Cedo alla sorte
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG FRE
Cedo alla sorte
gli allori estremi;
non son più forte
per contrastar.
Nemico è il vento,
l'onda è infedele;
non ho più remi,
non ho più vele
e a suo talento
mi porta il mar.
F. Mendelssohn sets stanza 1
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Confirmed with Achille in Sciro, by Pietro Antonio Domenico
Bonaventura Trapassi, Vienna, van Ghelen, 1736, lines 1136-1145.
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- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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I yield unto fate
Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano)
I yield unto fate
those far-off laurels,
for I no longer have the strength
to put up a fight.
The wind is hostile to me,
the wave is faithless.
I neither have more oars
nor have I sails,
and the sea carries me away
as is its wont.
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This text was added to the website: 2020-01-20
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