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by Apostolo Zeno (1669 - 1750)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Come suol la navicella

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Come suol la navicella
tra le Sirti e la procella
sospirar l'amato lido,
tal si lagna il tuo bel cor.

Gran nocchiero è il dio di Gnido,
ma nel mare della speme
a fugar l'aure serene
move i nembi reo timor.

Text Authorship:

by Apostolo Zeno (1669 - 1750) [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 Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741), "Come suol la navicella", 1719, first performed 1719, from the opera Teuzzone [ sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "As the skiff is wont to do", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-04-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 41

As the skiff is wont to do

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

As the skiff is wont to
sigh for the long-awaited shore,
as it navigates 
'twixt perilous coasts and storm-waves,
so your heart makes its complaints known.

The god of Knidos is a great captain, to be sure,
but base fear drives threatening clouds
to drive away serene breezes
within the sea of hope.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Apostolo Zeno (1669 - 1750)
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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-17
Line count: 9
Word count: 53