Van den Budenmayer concerto 1798 (La double vie de Véronique OST)
LYRICS : ENGLISH TRANSLATION (Dante : Towards the Sky) O Ye, who in some pretty little boat, Eager to listen, have been following Behind my ship, that singing sails along, Turn back to look again upon your shores; Do not put out to sea, lest peradventure, In losing me, you might yourselves be lost.
The sea I sail has never yet been passed; Minerva breathes, and pilots me Apollo, And Muses nine point out to me the Bears.
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O voi che siete in piccioletta barca, desiderosi d'ascoltar, seguiti dietro al mio legno che cantando varca, tornate a riveder li vostri liti: non vi mettete in pelago, che forse, perdendo me, rimarreste smarriti. L'acqua ch'io prendo gia mai non si corse; Minerva spira, e conducemi Appollo, e nove Muse mi dimostran l'Orse.