“Bele Doette" | Anonymous | Tenet Vocal Artists

“Bele Doette" Anonymous October 9, 2015 St. Malachy’s – The Actors’ Chapel, NYC Tenet Vocal Artists Jolle Greenleaf, soprano Robert Mealy, vielle Jolle Greenleaf, artistic director Robert Mealy, guest director Translation: Lovely Doette is sitting by the windows reading a book, but her heart is not in it; she’s thinking about her friend Doon, who has gone tourneying in other lands. Ah, how it grieves me! A squire descended the hall stairs and unfastened his bag. Lovely Doette runs down the stairs, not thinking she will hear bad news. Ah, how it grieves me! Lovely Doette began to ask him: “Where is my lord whom I love so much?” “In God’s name, Lady, I can keep it from you no longer: my lord is dead; he was killed jousting.” Ah, how it grieves me! Lovely Doette began to mourn: “How awful that you went there, noble Count Do! For love of you I shall wear a hair-shirt; no pelisse of fur will touch my body.” Ah, how it grieves me! “For you I will build an abbey such that on the day of this feast, if anyone comes who has betrayed his love, he will never be able to enter the church.” Ah, how it grieves me! For you I shall become a nun in the Church of St. Paul. Help support Tenet's work: tenet.nyc/donate