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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Invidia inimica
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Invidia inimica
Di ciascun virtuoso
Quel ch' altro ten ascoso,
A ti convien che dica.

Infra figlioli e patri
Invidia tu poni
Infra sorelle e fratri
Discordia tu doni.
Ogni pensieri danni
Per dire e far mali,
Perfin ai animali
Non te vuol per amica.

Se vidi alcun in corte
Che abbia virtù o pace
Tosto, per darli morte,
Trovi li tuo seguace;
Senza cagion verace
Dicendo gran bosia
Non posa notte ni dia
Chi de ti se nodrica.

O dio, per tua Potenza,
Dal mio grasso stato
Se son cacciato senza
Aver mal operato,
Non seguirò may cato
De questo seporazzo
Di fero pungerazzo
Chi punto m'a d'ortica.

Invidia inimica
Di ciascun virtuoso
Quel ch' altro ten ascoso,
A ti convien che dica.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Guillaume Dufay (c1400 - 1474), "Invidia inimica" [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "Envy, the enemy", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2012-05-22
Line count: 32
Word count: 124

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