Amidst fierce storms, my soul | Amidst fierce storms, my soul

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by Vincenzo Grimani (1655? - 1710)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

L'alma mia fra le tempeste

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

L'alma mia fra le tempeste  
ritrovar spera il suo porto.

Di costanza armato ho il petto,
che d'un regno al dolce aspetto
le procelle più funeste
son oggetti di conforto.

Text Authorship:

by Vincenzo Grimani (1655? - 1710) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "L'alma mia fra le tempeste", HWV 6 no. 4 (1709), first performed 1709 [ oboe, strings, soprano voice, continuo ], from opera Agrippina, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Amidst fierce storms, my soul", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-05
Line count: 6
Word count: 30

Amidst fierce storms, my soul

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Amidst fierce storms, my soul
expects to find a safe harbor.

My breast is so armed with resolve
that, at the sweet image of power,
the most dreaded tempests
are objects of comfort.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Vincenzo Grimani (1655? - 1710)
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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-01
Line count: 6
Word count: 33