Translation of the song Sovente il sole artist Antonio Vivaldi

Sovente, il sole

Often, the sun

risplende in cielo,

Shines in the sky,

più bello e vago (caro)

More beautiful and vague (beloved)

se oscura nube

If a dark cloud

già l'offuscò.

Has managed to obscure it.

E il mar, tranquillo,

And the sea, all calm,

quasi senza onda

Almost without any waves

talor si scorge,

Can be seen, at times,

si ria procella

As if a nasty storm

pria lo turbò...

Had unsettled it beforehand.