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by Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 - 1375)

Grifon, lupi, leon, bisce e serpenti
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Grifon, lupi, leon, bisce e serpenti,
draghi, leopardi, tigri, orsi e cinghiari,
disfrenati cavai, tori armentari,
rabbiosi can, tempeste e discendenti

folgori, tuoni, impetuosi venti,
ruine, incendi, scherani e corsari,
discorridori armati e sagittari
soglion fuggir le paurose genti:

ma io, che non son tal, perché discerno
com'orribil fuggirmi a chi non torna,
fuggita, se non vede dipartirme?

forse son io el diavol dell'inferno?
e crederre 'l s'io avessi le corna,
poi che così a costei veggio fuggirme!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 - 1375), no title [author's text checked 1 time 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 Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882 - 1973), "Grifon, lupi, leon, bisce e serpenti" [ voice and orchestra ], from Quattro vecchie canzoni, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-10-05
Line count: 14
Word count: 78

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