Van den Budenmayer Concerto in mi mineur (SBI 152) Version de 1798 - Zbigniew Preisner translation in English

Van den Budenmayer Concerto in mi mineur (SBI 152) Version de 1798

O voi che siete in piccioletta barca
Desiderosi d'ascoltar, seguiti
Dietro al mio legno che cantando varca

Non vi mettete in pelago, ché forse
Perdendo me, rimarreste smarriti
L'acqua ch'io prendo già mai non si corse
Minerva spira, e conducemi Appollo
E nove Muse mi dimostran l'Orse

Van den Budenmayer Concerto in E Minor (SBI 152) Version of 1798

O you who are in a small boat,
Desirous of listening, following
Behind my ship that singing crosses the sea,

Do not venture onto the open sea, for perhaps
Losing me, you would remain lost;
The water I take has never been sailed before.
Minerva breathes, and Apollo guides me,
And nine Muses show me the Bears.