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by Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321)

Egli alza ad ora ad or la mano, e sfida
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
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Egli alza ad ora ad or la mano, e sfida
la debole mia vita, esto perverso,
che disteso a riverso
mi tiene in terra d’ogni guizzo stanco:
allor mi surgon ne la mente strida;
e ‘l sangue, ch’è per le vene disperso,
fuggendo corre verso
lo cor, che ‘l chiama; ond’io rimango bianco.
Elli mi fiede sotto il braccio manco
sì forte che ‘l dolor nel cor rimbalza:
allor dico: "S’elli alza
un’altra volta, Morte m’avrà chiuso
prima che ‘l colpo sia disceso giuso".

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Text Authorship:

  • by Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321), appears in Rime per la donna pietra [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 Anna Dobrucka (b. 1989), no title, 2021 [ 5 female voices ], from Così nel mio parlar voglio esser aspro, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

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

This text was added to the website: 2026-08-12
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Word count: 84

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