LA VITA NUOVA lyrics

Oh Beatrice
my sweet Beatrice
you have given me a new life
oh Beatrice
beauteous Beatrice
love is such a comedy divine

all is blank before I saw you
in the book that is my memory
your reflection is a mirror
in which I see a brand new me

I first breathed the air of heaven
when you came into my days
you were only nine years old
when at first I saw your face

just a young girl on a bridge
the bridge over my heart
and when I reached the other side
that's where my soul began to start

too young too young too young too young
the song is sung it is forbidden
but what I felt could not be wrong
although I had to keep it hidden

Beatrice
my dear Beatrice
you have given my life meaning
Beatrice
oh my Beatrice
before I knew you I was only dreaming

and now that you are gone
my life must carry on
you have led me into heaven
out of the paradise inferno

and even though I've told no one
except in terza rima rhyme
I will be in love forever on
though you never could be mine

a new life a new life
never to be night
a new life a new life
out of darkness into light

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