Through deep fog | Through deep fog

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Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Tra caligini profonde

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Tra caligini profonde  
erra ognor la nostra mente
s'ha per guida un cieco nume.

Di rovina sulle sponde
è in pericolo imminente
se ragion non le dà il lume.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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), "Tra caligini profonde", HWV 31 (1733), first performed 1733, from the opera Orlando, no. 20. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Through deep fog", 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: 2018-05-20
Line count: 6
Word count: 29

Through deep fog

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Through deep fog
our minds are apt to wander
if a blind god
is their guide.

They are in imminent danger
of meeting their doom 
upon hostile shores
if light does not give them reason.

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Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2018 by Andrew Schneider, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2018-08-08
Line count: 8
Word count: 35