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DANTE:<br />
INF C16 124-126 / DANTE INF C16 124-126 / KLINE<br />
Sempre a quel ver c'ha faccia di menzogna A man should always shut his lips, as far as he can,<br />
de' l'uom chiuder le labbra fin ch'el puote, to truth that seems like falsehood,<br />
però che sanza colpa fa vergogna; since he incurs reproach,<br />
INF C16 127-129 / DANTE<br />
ma qui tacer nol posso; e per le note though he is blameless, but I cannot be silent<br />
here:<br />
di questa comedìa, lettor, ti giuro, and Reader, I swear to you, by the words of this<br />
s'elle non sien di lunga grazia vòte, Commedia, that they may not be free of lasting<br />
favour,<br />
INF C16 130-132 / DANTE<br />
ch'i' vidi per quell' aere grosso e scuro that I saw a shape, Geryon, marvellous,<br />
venir notando una figura in suso, to every unshaken heart , come swimming<br />
maravigliosa ad ogne cor sicuro, upwards through the dense, dark air,<br />
A SHAPE: GERYON, THE TYPE OF FRAUD OR MALICE. A COMBINATION OF THE MYTHICAL (THREE-BODIED IN THE MYTH, BUT<br />
NOT HERE) & MONSTROUS KING OF SPAIN WHOM HERCULES KILLED FOR THE SAKE OF HIS HERD OF CATTLE (VIRGIL’S AENEID<br />
8 202 & OVID’S METAMORPHOSES 9 184), & THE CREATURES OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT IN REVELATION 9.<br />
DANTE CLOSES THE CANTO.<br />
DANTE:<br />
INF C16 133-135 / DANTE<br />
sì come torna colui che va giuso as a man rises, who has gone down, sometime,<br />
talora a solver l'àncora ch'aggrappa to loose an anchor, caught on a rock<br />
o scoglio o altro che nel mare è chiuso, or something else, hidden in the water,<br />
INF C16 136 / DANTE<br />
che 'n sù si stende e da piè si rattrappa. who spreads his arms out, and draws up his feet.<br />
CANTO 17<br />
VIRGIL:<br />
INF C17 1-3 / DANTE INF C17 1-3 / KLINE<br />
Ecco la fiera con la coda aguzza, See the The savage beast Geryon, with the<br />
pointed<br />
che passa i monti e rompe i muri e l'armi! tail, that crosses mountains, and pierces walls<br />
and<br />
Ecco colei che tutto 'l mondo appuzza! armour, : see him, who pollutes the whole<br />
world.<br />
INF C17 4-6 / KLINE<br />
So my guide began to speak to me, and beckoned to him to land near the end of our rocky path,<br />
DANTE: & DANTE:<br />
INF C17 7-9 / DANTE INF C17 7-9 / KLINE<br />
E quella sozza imagine di froda and that vile image of Fraud came on,<br />
sen venne, e arrivò la testa e 'l busto, and grounded his head and chest,<br />
ma 'n su la riva non trasse la coda. but did not lift his tail onto the cliff.<br />
DANTE:<br />
INF C17 10-12 / DANTE INF C17 10-12 / KLINE<br />
La faccia sua era faccia d'uom giusto, His face was the face of an honest man,<br />
tanto benigna avea di fuor la pelle, it had so benign and outward aspect:<br />
e d'un serpente tutto l'altro fusto; all the rest was a serpent’s body.