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by Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749 - 1838)

Temerari! sortite
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Temerari! sortite  
fuori di questo loco! E non profani
l'alito infausto degl'infami detti
nostro cor, nostro orecchio e nostri affetti!
Invan per voi, per gli altri invan si cerca
le nostre alme sedur: l'intatta fede
che per noi già si diede ai cari amanti
saprem loro serbar infino a morte,
a dispetto del mondo e della sorte.

Come scoglio immoto resta    
contro i venti e la tempesta,
così ognor quest'alma è forte
nella fede e nell'amor.
Con noi nacque quella face
che ci piace e ci consola;
e potrà la morte sola
far che cangi affetto il cor.
Rispettate, anime ingrate,
questo esempio di costanza;
e una barbara speranza
non vi renda audaci ancor.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749 - 1838), no title [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Come scoglio immoto resta", K 588 no. 14, first performed 1790, from opera Così fan tutte, no. 14 [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-19
Line count: 21
Word count: 114

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