L ' I N F E R N O

DANTE:
INF C14 16-18 / DANTE INF C14 16-18 / KLINE
O vendetta di Dio, quanto tu dei O God’s vengeance, how what was shown
esser temuta da ciascun che legge to my sight should be feared,
ciò che fu manifesto a li occhi mei! by all who read!
INF C14 19-21 / DANTE
D'anime nude vidi molte gregge I saw many groups of naked spirits,
che piangean tutte assai miseramente, who were all moaning bitterly:
e parea posta lor diversa legge. and there seemed to be diverse rules applied to
them.
INF C14 22-24 / DANTE
Supin giacea in terra alcuna gente, Some were lying face upward on the ground;
alcuna si sedea tutta raccolta, some sat all crouched:
e altra andava continüamente. and others roamed around continuously.
INF C14 25-27 / DANTE
Quella che giva 'ntorno era più molta, Those who moved were more numerous,
e quella men che giacëa al tormento, and those that lay in torment fewer,
ma più al duolo avea la lingua sciolta. but uttering louder cries of pain.
DANTE:
INF C14 28-30 / DANTE INF C14 28-30 / KLINE
Sovra tutto 'l sabbion, d'un cader lento, Dilated flakes of fire, falling slowly,
piovean di foco dilatate falde, like snow in the windless mountains,
come di neve in alpe sanza vento. rained down over all the vast sands.
INF C14 31-33 / DANTE
Quali Alessandro in quelle parti calde Like the flames that Alexander saw falling,
d'Indïa vide sopra 'l süo stuolo in the hot zones of India, over all his army,
fiamme cadere infino a terra salde, until they reached the ground,
INF C14 34-36 / DANTE
per ch'ei provide a scalpitar lo suolo fires that were more easily quenched while they
con le sue schiere, acciò che lo vapore were separate, so that his troops took care
mei si stingueva mentre ch'era solo: to trample the earth - like those,
INF C14 37-39 / DANTE
tale scendeva l'etternale ardore; fell this eternal heat, kindling the sand
onde la rena s'accendea, com' esca like tinder beneath flint and steel,
sotto focile, a doppiar lo dolore. doubling the pain.
INF C14 40-42 / DANTE
Sanza riposo mai era la tresca The dance of their tortured hands
de le misere mani, or quindi or quinci was never still, now here, now there,
escotendo da sé l'arsura fresca. shaking off the fresh burning.
DANTE:
INF C14 40-42 / DANTE INF C14 40-42 / KLINE
Sanza riposo mai era la tresca The dance of their tortured hands
de le misere mani, or quindi or quinci was never still, now here, now there,
escotendo da sé l'arsura fresca. shaking off the fresh burning.
VIRGIL COMES DOWN THE → L → OR RETURNS FROM BACKSTAGE. DANTE POINTS TO A SPIRIT LYING IN
NEAR-DARKNESS AT THE SIDE OF THE STAGE.
DANTE:
INF C14 43-45 / DANTE INF C14 43-45 / KLINE
I' cominciai: «Maestro, tu che vinci I began: Master, you who overcome everything
tutte le cose, fuor che ' demon duri except the obdurate demons, that came out
ch'a l'intrar de la porta incontra uscinci, against us at the entrance to the gate,
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