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