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