Lyrics in english translation:

(Dante : Towards the Sky)
O you out there, inside your tiny little barge,
eager to listen, following behind
my ship that, singing, crosses to deep seas,
Don't set out into the deep, for fear that, perhaps,
losing sight of me, you be left adrift.
The waters that I sail were never crossed before
Athena inspires me, Apollo is my helmsman.
And the nine Muses show me the Bear Star.

original lyrics

(Dante : Il chant - Verso il cielo)
O voi che siete in piccioletta barga,
desiderosi d'ascoltar, seguiti
dietro al mio legno che cantando varca,
Non vi mettete in pelago, che' forse,
perdendo me, rimarreste smarriti.
L'acque ch'io prendo gia` mai non si corse;
Minerva spira e conducemi Appollo,
e nove Muse mi dimostram l'Orse.