L ' I N F E R N O

INF C16 61-63 / DANTE
Lascio lo fele e vo per dolci pomi I leave the gall behind, and go towards the
promessi a me per lo verace duca; sweet fruits promised me by my truthful guide,
ma 'nfino al centro pria convien ch'i' tomi». but first I must go downwards to the centre.
JACOPO RUSTICUCCI (VOICE?):
INF C16 64-66 / DANTE INF C16 64-66 / KLINE
«Se lungamente l'anima conduca He replied, then: That your soul may long
le membra tue», rispuose quelli ancora, inhabit your body,
«e se la fama tua dopo te luca, and your fame may shine after you,
DANTE notes:
INF C16 64 / DANTE INF C16 64-66 / KLINE
e se la fama tua dopo te luca, and may your fame shine after you,
JACOPO RUSTICUCCI (VOICE?):
INF C16 67-69 / DANTE INF C16 67-69 / KLINE
cortesia e valor dì se dimora tell Tell us if courtesy and courage,
ne la nostra città sì come suole, still live in our city as they used to.,
o se del tutto se n'è gita fora; or if they have quite forsaken it?
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INF C16 70-72 / DANTE
ché Guiglielmo Borsiere, il qual si duole Guglielmo Borsiere, who has been in pain with us,
con noi per poco e va là coi compagni, a little while, and goes along there with our
assai ne cruccia con le sue parole». companions, torments us greatly with what he says.
GUGLIELMO BORSIERE: A RETIRED PURSE-MAKER WHO ENTERED THE ARISTOCRACY. IN BOCCACCIO’S DECAMERON 1 8 HE IS
NOTED FOR REFINEMENT & ELOQUENCE. HE DIED SHORTLY BEFORE 1300.
DANTE CRIES OUT ‘WITH LIFTED FACE [INF C16 76] TO THE WORLD.
DANTE:
INF C16 73-75 / DANTE INF C16 73-75 / KLINE
«La gente nuova e i sùbiti guadagni New men, and sudden wealth,
orgoglio e dismisura han generata, have created pride and excess in you,
Fiorenza, in te, sì che tu già ten piagni». Florence, so that you already weep for it.
INF C16 76-78 / KLINE
So I cried with lifted face and the three, who took this for an answer, gazed at one another, as one gazes at the truth.
THE 3 SPIRITS ‘GAZE AT ONE ANOTHER AS ONE GAZES AT THE TRUTH’ [INF C16 77-78].
JACOPO RUSTICUCCI:
INF C16 79-81 / DANTE INF C16 79-81 / KLINE
«Se l'altre volte sì poco ti costa», They replied together: Happy are you, if,
rispuoser tutti, «il satisfare altrui, by speaking according to your will,
felice te se sì parli a tua posta! it costs so little for you to satisfy others!
GUIDO GUERRA: & TEGGHIAIO:
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Però, se campi d'esti luoghi bui So, if If you escape these gloomy spaces,
e torni a riveder le belle stelle, and turn, and see the beauty of the stars again,
quando ti gioverà dicere "I' fui", when you will be glad to say: “I was”.,
GUIDO & TEGGHIAIO: & RUSTICUCCI:
INF C16 85-87 / DANTE INF C16 85-87 / KLINE
fa che di noi a la gente favelle». see See that you tell people of us.
Indi rupper la rota, e a fuggirsi Then they broke up their circle, and,
ali sembiar le gambe loro isnelle. as they ran, their swift legs seemed wings.