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104<br />
VIRGIL:<br />
INF C12 19-21 / DANTE INF C12 19-21 / KLINE<br />
Pàrtiti, bestia, ché questi non vene Leave here, monstrous creature. This man<br />
ammaestrato da la tua sorella, does not come here, aided by your sister, Ariadne,<br />
ma vassi per veder le vostre pene». but passes through to see the punishments.<br />
INF C12 22-24 / KLINE<br />
Like a bull, breaking loose, at the moment when it receives the fatal blow, that cannot go forward, but plunges here<br />
and there,<br />
INF C12 25-27 / DANTE<br />
vid' io lo Minotauro far cotale; so I saw the Minotaur, and my cautious guide cried:<br />
e quello accorto gridò: «Corri al varco; Run to the passage: while he is in a fury,<br />
mentre ch'e' 'nfuria, è buon che tu ti cale». it is time for you to descend.<br />
INF C12 28-30 / KLINE<br />
So we made our way, downwards, over the landslide of stones, that often shifted beneath my feet, from the<br />
unaccustomed weight.<br />
THEY WALK AND DANTE LOOKS INTO THE BACKSTAGE GLOOM.<br />
VIRGIL:<br />
INF C12 31-33 / DANTE INF C12 31-33 / KLINE<br />
Io gia pensando; e quei disse: «Tu pensi I went thoughtfully, and he said: Perhaps you are<br />
forse a questa ruina, ch'è guardata contemplating this fallen mass of rock, guarded<br />
da quell' ira bestial ch'i' ora spensi. by the bestial anger that I quelled a moment ago.<br />
INF C12 34-36 / DANTE<br />
Or vo' che sappi che l'altra fïata I would have you know that the The previous time<br />
ch'i' discesi qua giù nel basso inferno, I came down here to the deep Inferno,<br />
questa roccia non era ancor cascata. this spill had not yet fallen.<br />
INF C12 37-39 / DANTE<br />
Ma certo poco pria, se ben discerno, But, if I discern the truth, the deep and loathsome<br />
che venisse colui che la gran preda valley, shook, not long before He<br />
levò a Dite del cerchio superno, came to take the great ones of the highest circle,<br />
HE: CHRIST<br />
INF C12 40-42 / DANTE<br />
da tutte parti l'alta valle feda so that I thought the universe<br />
tremò sì, ch'i' pensai che l'universo thrilled with love, by which<br />
sentisse amor, per lo qual è chi creda as some believe<br />
AS SOME BELIEVE: EMPEDOCLES<br />
DANTE notes:<br />
INF C12 40-42 / DANTE INF C12 40-42 / KLINE<br />
da tutte parti l'alta valle feda so that I thought the universe<br />
tremò sì, ch'i' pensai che l'universo thrilled with love, by which<br />
sentisse amor, per lo qual è chi creda as some believe<br />
VIRGIL:<br />
INF C12 43-45 / DANTE INF C12 43-45 / KLINE<br />
più volte il mondo in caòsso converso; the world has often been overwhelmed by chaos.<br />
e in quel punto questa vecchia roccia, In that moment ancient rocks,<br />
qui e altrove, tal fece riverso. here and elsewhere, tumbled.<br />
THE CENTAURS