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Tanto Gentile E Tanto Onesta Pare (She Looks So Gentle And So Pure)

by Ariella Uliano

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Tanto Gentile E Tanto Onesta Pare is a sonnet by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) from his collection of verse Vita Nova (The New Life,1293). It tells of the love of Dante for Beatrice. Music by (P)&(C) Ariella Uliano.

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Tanto Gentile e Tanto Onesta Pare (original sonnet by Dante Alighieri)

«Tanto gentile e tanto onesta pare
la donna mia, quand’ella altrui saluta,
ch’ogne lingua devèn, tremando, muta,
e li occhi no l’ardiscon di guardare.

Ella si va, sentendosi laudare,
benignamente d’umiltà vestuta,
e par che sia una cosa venuta
da cielo in terra a miracol mostrare.

Mostrasi sì piacente a chi la mira
che dà per li occhi una dolcezza al core,
che ‘ntender no la può chi no la prova;

e par che de la sua labbia si mova
un spirito soave pien d’amore,
che va dicendo a l’anima: Sospira. »

(Translation of the sonnet by Dante G. Rossetti)
My Lady Looks So Gentle And So Pure

'My lady looks so gentle and so pure
When yielding salutation by the way,
That the tongue trembles and has nought to say,
And the eyes, which fain would see, may not endure
And still, amid the praise she hears secure,
She walks with humbleness for her array;
Seeming a creature sent from Heaven to stay
On earth, and show a miracle made sure.
She is so pleasant in the eyes of men
That through the sight the inmost heart doth gain
A sweetness which needs proof to know it by:
And from between her lips there seems to move
A soothing essence that is full of love,
Saying for ever to the spirit, "Sigh!"'

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released May 7, 2021
Adelmo Sassi: electric guitar; Nicola Berti: percussion; Andrea Trotti: flute; Francesco Gualerzi: saxophone; Johnny Sacco: bass guitar; Ariella Uliano: singing voice. Music composed by Ariella Uliano. Recorded at JS Studio, RE, Italy. Photography © Renzo Frontoni. Produced by MusicariE.

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Ariella Uliano’s music is rooted in and shaped by Italian and English cultures. Ariella researches Music & Dance, English Literature & Art, and she talks on Music, Literature and the Visual Arts. Good listening!

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