L ' I N F E R N O

DANTE:
INF C12 1-3 / DANTE INF C12 1-3 / KLINE
Era lo loco ov' a scender la riva The place we reached to climb down the bank
venimmo, alpestro e, per quel che v'er' anco, was craggy, and, because of the creature there,
tal, ch'ogne vista ne sarebbe schiva. also, a path that every eye would shun.
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INF C12 4-6 / DANTE
Qual è quella ruina che nel fianco The descent of that rocky precipice was like
di qua da Trento l'Adice percosse, the landslide that struck the left bank of the Adige,
o per tremoto o per sostegno manco, this side of Trento, caused by an earthquake
INF C12 7-9 / DANTE
che da cima del monte, onde si mosse, or a faulty buttress, since the rock is so shattered,
al piano è sì la roccia discoscesa, from the summit of the mountain,
ch'alcuna via darebbe a chi sù fosse: where it started, to the plain,
INF C12 10-12 / DANTE
cotal di quel burrato era la scesa; that it might form a route, for someone above:
e 'n su la punta de la rotta lacca and at the top of the broken gully,
l'infamïa di Creti era distesa the infamy of Crete, the Minotaur,
INF C12 13-15 / DANTE
che fu concetta ne la falsa vacca; conceived on Pasiphaë, in the wooden cow,
e quando vide noi, sé stesso morse, lay stretched out. When he saw us he gnawed
himself,
sì come quei cui l'ira dentro fiacca. like someone consumed by anger inside.
PASIPHAË: WIFE OF MINOS OF CRETE & MOTHER OF THE MINOTAUR, ASTERION, WHOM SHE CONCEIVED, CONCEALED IN A
WOODEN FRAMEWORK MADE TO LOOK LIKE A HEIFER, WITH A WHITE BULL FROM THE SEA.
VIRGIL:
INF C12 12 / DANTE INF C12 12 / KLINE
l'infamïa di Creti era distesa the The infamy of Crete, the Minotaur,
INF C12 13-15 / DANTE
che fu concetta ne la falsa vacca; conceived on Pasiphaë, in the wooden cow, lay
e quando vide noi, sé stesso morse, stretched out. When he saw us he gnawed himself,
sì come quei cui l'ira dentro fiacca. like someone consumed by anger inside.
VIRGIL HAS EMERGED. DANTE PROMPTS HIM TWICE TO ACT OUT HIS EARLIER GOADING OF THE
MINOTAUR.
DANTE: & DANTE:
INF C12 16 / DANTE INF C12 16 / KLINE
Lo savio mio inver' lui gridò: «Forse My wise guide called to him: Perhaps you think
VIRGIL:
INF C12 16-18 / DANTE INF C12 16-18 / KLINE
Lo savio mio inver' lui gridò: «Forse My wise guide called to him: Perhaps you think
tu credi che qui sia 'l duca d'Atene, that Theseus, the Duke of Athens, is here, who
che sù nel mondo la morte ti porse? brought about your death, in the world above?
VIRGIL STOPS AND DANTE PROMPTS HIM.
VIRGIL:
INF C12 19 / DANTE INF C12 19 / KLINE
Pàrtiti, bestia, ché questi non vene Leave here, monstrous creature.