Translation of the song RV 644 Juditha triumphans 17. Aria Agitata infido flatu. artist Antonio Vivaldi

Agitata infido flatu

Tossed by the treacherous wind

Diu volatu

in its long flight,

Vagabundo

the wandering

Maesta hirundo

sad swallow

It plorando

goes weeping,

Boni ignara.

unaware of good.

Sed impulsu aurae serenae

But pushed by a fair breeze,

Tantae cito oblita poenae

suddenly forgetting such sorrow,

In dilecta

in its delightfully

Dulcia tecta

tender nest

Gaudi ridet haud avara.

it laughs joyfully, desiring no more.