Translation of the song Scherza in mar la navicella artist Georg Friedrich Händel

Scherza in mar la navicella,

The little ship jokes around in the sea

Mentre ride aura seconda;

As the gentle breeze laughs;

Ma se poi fiera procella,

But if the proud storm

Turba il ciel, sconvolge l’onda,

Stirs up the sky, swells the waves,

Va perduta a naufragar.

It will be lost as a shipwreck.

Non così questo mio core

Not so will this heart of mine

Cederà d’un empia sorte,

Cede to an infamous fate,

Allo sdegno, ed al furore,

Of disdain, and of fury,

Che per anco in faccia a morte

Which, also facing death,

Sa da grande trionfar.

Knows to achieve great triumph.