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by Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321)

L’amaro lagrimar che voi faceste
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
"L’amaro lagrimar che voi faceste,
oi occhi miei, così lunga stagione,
facea lagrimar l’altre persone
de la pietate, come voi vedeste.

Ora mi par che voi l’obliereste,
s’io fosse dal mio lato sì fellone,
ch’i’ non ven disturbasse ogne cagione,
membrandovi colei cui voi piangeste.

La vostra vanità mi fa pensare,
e spaventami sì, ch’io temo forte
del viso d’una donna che vi mira.

Voi non dovreste mai, se non per morte,
la vostra donna, ch’è morta, obliare".
Così dice ’l meo core, e poi sospira.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Dante Alighieri, Rime in Le Opere di Dante a cura di Michele Barbi, Firenze : Società Dantesca Italiana, 1960


Text Authorship:

  • by Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321), no title, appears in La vita nuova, no. 37 [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 Andree Aeschlimann Rochat (1900 - 1990), "Son. XXI: “L’amaro lagrimar…”", published 1934 [ voice and piano ], from Sette sonetti dalla Vita nuova di Dante, no. 6, Milano : Carisch [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-03-26
Line count: 14
Word count: 86

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