Ballata, i'voi che tu ritrovi Amore ...

from Beatrice (2019) from "La Vita Nuova" by Thomas Oboe Lee

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Ballata, i’voi che tu ritrovi Amore,
e con lui vade a madonna davante,
sì che la scusa mia, la qual tu cante,
ragioni poi con lei lo mio segnore.

Tu vai, ballata, sì cortesemente,
che sanza compagnia
dovresti avere in tutte parti ardire;
ma se tu vuoli andar sicuramente,
retrova l’Amor pria,
chè forse non è bon sanza lui gire;
però che quella che ti dee audire,
sì com’io credo, è ver di me adirata:
se tu di lui non fossi accompagnata,
leggeramente ti faria disnore.

Ballata, I want you to seek out Love,
and go with him to where my lady is,
so that my apology, which you are to sing,
my master can then discuss with her.

You go, ballata, so courteously,
that, even without company,
you ought to be confident anywhere;
but if you wish to go securely,
seek out Love first,
for perhaps it is not good to go without him;
because the lady who is to hear you,
as I believe, is angry with me:
if you were not accompanied by him,
she would easily show you disrespect.

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from Beatrice (2019) from "La Vita Nuova", released April 9, 2020

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Thomas Oboe Lee Cambridge, Massachusetts

Thomas Oboe Lee was born in China in 1945. He lived in São Paulo, Brazil, for six years before coming to the United States in 1966. After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh, he studied composition at the New England Conservatory and Harvard University. He has been a member of the music faculty at Boston College since 1990. ... more

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