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by Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321)

O voi che per la via d’Amor passate
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
O voi che per la via d’Amor passate
attendete e guardate
s’elli è dolore alcun, quanto ’l mio, grave;
e prego sol ch’audir mi sofferiate,
e poi imaginate
s’io son d’ogni tormento ostale e chiave.

Amor, non già per mia poca bontate,
ma per sua nobilitate,
mi pose in vita sì dolce e soave,
ch’io mi sentia dir dietro spesse fiate:
"Deo, per qual dignitate
così leggiadro questi lo core have?"

Or ho perduta tutta mia baldanza,
che si movea d’amoroso tesoro;
ond’io pover dimoro,
in guisa che di dir mi ven dottanza.

Sì che volendo far come coloro
che per vergogna celan lor mancanza,
di fuor mostro allegranza,
e dentro da lo core struggo e ploro.

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. 7 [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. II : “O voi che per la via…”", published 1934 [ voice and piano ], from Sette sonetti dalla Vita nuova di Dante, no. 1, Milano : Carisch [sung text checked 1 time]

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

This text was added to the website: 2025-03-26
Line count: 20
Word count: 117

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