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Poi vidi cose dubitose molto, nel vano imaginare ov'io entrai .​.​.

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

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Poi vidi cose dubitose molto,
nel vano imaginare ov’io entrai;
ed esser mi parea non so in qual loco,
e veder donne andar per via disciolte,
qual lagrimando, e qual traendo guai,
che di tristizia saettavan foco.

Poi mi parve vedere a poco a poco
turbar lo sole e apparir la stella,
e pianger elli ed ella;
cader li augelli volando per l’are,
e la terra tremare;
ed omo apparve scolorito e fioco,
dicendomi: “Che fai? non sai novella?
morta è la donna tua, ch’era sì bella.”

Then I saw very frightening things
in the empty ramblings of my mind;
and I thought I was I know not where,
seeing disheveled women walk down the street,
some weeping, others wailing,
and all darting flames of sorrow.

Then I thought I saw gradually
the sun darkened and the stars coming out,
and both sun and stars weeping;
the birds that flew through the air falling,
and the earth shaking;
and a pale, hoarse man appeared,
telling me: “What are you doing? Have you not heard the news?
Your lady, who was so beautiful, is dead.”

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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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