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INF C13 79-84 / KLINE<br />
The poet listened for a while, then said to me: ‘Since he is silent, do not lose the moment, but speak, and ask him to<br />
tell you more.’ At which I said to him: ‘You ask him further, about what you think will interest me, because I could<br />
not, such pity fills my heart.’<br />
VIRGIL:<br />
INF C13 85-87 / DANTE INF C13 85-87 / KLINE<br />
Perciò ricominciò: «Se l'om ti faccia So he continued: That the man may do freely what<br />
liberamente ciò che 'l tuo dir priega, your words request from him, imprisoned spirit,<br />
spirito incarcerato, ancor ti piaccia be pleased<br />
INF C13 88-89 / DANTE<br />
di dirne come l'anima si lega to tell us further how the spirits are caught in these<br />
in questi nocchi; e dinne, se tu puoi, knots.: and tell us, if you can,<br />
DANTE:<br />
INF C13 89-90 / KLINE INF C13 89-90 / KLINE<br />
in questi nocchi; e dinne, se tu puoi, and And tell us, if you can, whether any of them<br />
s'alcuna mai di tai membra si spiega». free themselves from these limbs.<br />
[WORDS ORIGINALLY VIRGIL’S]<br />
TRUNK / PIER DELLE VIGNE (VOICE):<br />
INF C13 91-93 / DANTE INF C13 91-93 / KLINE<br />
Allor soffiò il tronco forte, e poi My reply will be brief. Then the trunk<br />
si convertì quel vento in cotal voce: blew fiercely, and the breath<br />
«Brievemente sarà risposto a voi. was turned to words like these:<br />
TRUNK./.PIER DELLE VIGNE SPEAKS WHILE DANTE VERSIFIES./.INTERPRETS, ABOUT A VERSE BEHIND.<br />
DANTE: & TRUNK / PIER DELLE VIGNE (VOICE):<br />
INF C13 94-96 / DANTE INF C13 94-96 / KLINE<br />
Quando si parte l'anima feroce When the savage spirit leaves the body,<br />
dal corpo ond' ella stessa s'è disvelta, from which it has ripped itself,<br />
Minòs la manda a la settima foce. Minos sends it to the seventh gulf.<br />
INF C13 97-99 / DANTE<br />
Cade in la selva, e non l'è parte scelta; It falls into this wood, and no place is set for it,<br />
ma là dove fortuna la balestra, but, wherever chance hurls it, there it sprouts,<br />
quivi germoglia come gran di spelta. like a grain of German wheat,<br />
INF C13 100-102 / DANTE<br />
Surge in vermena e in pianta silvestra: shoots up as a sapling, and then as a wild tree.<br />
l'Arpie, pascendo poi de le sue foglie, The Harpies feeding then on its leaves hurt it,<br />
fanno dolore, e al dolor fenestra. and give an outlet to its hurt.<br />
INF C13 103-105 / DANTE<br />
Come l'altre verrem per nostre spoglie, Like others we shall go to our corpses on the<br />
ma non però ch'alcuna sen rivesta, Day of Judgement, but not so that any of us may<br />
ché non è giusto aver ciò ch'om si toglie. inhabit them again, because it would not be just to<br />
have what we took from ourselves.<br />
INF C13 106-108 / DANTE<br />
Qui le strascineremo, e per la mesta We shall drag them here, and our bodies<br />
selva saranno i nostri corpi appesi, will be hung through the dismal wood,<br />
ciascuno al prun de l'ombra sua molesta». each on the thorn-tree of its tormented shade.<br />
INF C13 109-114 / KLINE<br />
We were still listening to the tree, thinking it might tell us more, when we were startled by a noise, like those who<br />
think the wild boar is nearing where they stand, and hear the animals and the crashing of branches.