Translation of the song lyrics Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act 1: "Scherza in mar la navicella" (Adelaide) - Philippe Jaroussky, Emőke Baráth, Ensemble Artaserse

Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act 1: "Scherza in mar la navicella" (Adelaide) (original)

Scherza in mar la navicella,
Mentre ride aura seconda;
Ma se poi fiera procella,
Turba il ciel, sconvolge l’onda,
Va perduta a naufragar.
Non così questo mio core
Cederà d’un empia sorte,
Allo sdegno, ed al furore,
Che per anco in faccia a morte
Sa da grande trionfar.
Scherza in mar la navicella,
Mentre ride aura seconda;
Ma se poi fiera procella,
Turba il ciel, sconvolge l’onda,
Va perduta a naufragar.

(translation)

The spacecraft jokes in the sea,
While she laughs aura second;
But if then she storms proudly,
She disturbs the sky, upsets the wave,
She is lost to shipwreck.
Not so this heart of mine
It will yield with an impious fate,
To the indignation, and to the fury,
That for even in the face to death
She knows how to triumph.
The spacecraft jokes in the sea,
While he laughs aura second;
But if she thunders proudly,
Disturbs the sky, upsets the wave,
She is lost to shipwreck.