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by Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321)

Ma tu, foco d'amor
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Se vedi li occhi miei di pianger vaghi
per novella pietà che 'l cor mi strugge,
per lei ti priego che da te non fugge,
Signor, che tu di tal piacere i svaghi;
 
con la tua dritta man, cioè, che paghi
chi la giustizia uccide e poi rifugge
al gran tiranno, del cui tosco sugge
ch'elli ha già sparto e vuol che 'l mondo allaghi;
 
e messo ha di paura tanto gelo
nel cor de' tuo' fedei che ciascun tace.
Ma tu, foco d'amor, lume del cielo,
 
questa vertù che nuda e fredda giace,
levala su vestita del tuo velo,
ché sanza lei non è in terra pace.

Text Authorship:

  • by Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321) [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 Nicolai Jacobsen (b. 1979), "Ma tu, foco d'amor", 2006 [tenor, horn, and piano], from Dante Songs, no. 4. [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-10-05
Line count: 14
Word count: 108

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