Donne ch'avete intelletto d'amore ...

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

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Donne ch’avete intelletto d’amore,
i’vo’con voi de la mia donna dire,
no perch’io creda sua laude finire,
ma ragionar per isfogar la mente.

Io dico che pensando il suo valore,
Amor sì dolce mi si fa sentire,
che s’io allora non perdessi ardire,
farei parlando innamorar la gente.

E io non vo’ parlar sì altamente,
ch’io divenisse per temenza vile;
ma tratterò del suo stato gentile
a rispetto di lei leggeramente,
donne e donzelle amorose, con vui,
chè non é cosa da parlarne altrui.

Ladies who have an understanding of Love,
I wish to speak with you about my lady,
not because I think I can exhaust her praises,
but to talk and so relieve my mind.

I say that, when I consider her worth,
Love makes himself felt for me so sweetly
that, if I did not lose courage then,
I would make everyone fall in love as I spoke.

And I do not wish to speak so loftily
as to become cowardly through fear;
but I shall discuss her noble condition
only slightly, as regards her merit,
with you, living ladies and maidens,
for it is not a subject to discuss with others.

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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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