Translation of the song RV 644 Juditha triumphans 18 Recitativo: In tentorio supernae. artist Antonio Vivaldi

OLOFERNE

OLOFERNE

In tentono supernae

In my tent let it be

Sint in ordine coenae.

served a superb dinner.

Quid, quid natat in Ponto,

Whatever swims in the Pontus,

Quid, quid in Caelo, et terra nutrit

or flyes in the sky, and whatever earth nourishes

Ne sit legere grave.

shall not be hard to obtain.

Hinc nostrae Reginae,

Here, to our queen,

Cui Vagae, tu deservies,

whom you, Vagaus, will serve,

Sit cretensis Lyei donum suave.

be given the sweet gift of the Cretan Lyaeus.