L ' I N F E R N O

INF C21 73-75 / DANTE INF C21 73-75 / KLINE
Innanzi che l'uncin vostro mi pigli, Before you touch me with your forks,
traggasi avante l'un di voi che m'oda, one of you come over here, to listen,
e poi d'arruncigliarmi si consigli». and then discuss whether you will grapple me.
DEMONS (VOICES): & DANTE:
INF C21 76-77 / DANTE INF C21 76-77 / KLINE
Tutti gridaron: Vada Malacoda! They all cried: You go, Malacoda Evil Tail
per ch'un si mosse--e li altri stetter fermi-- at which one moved while the others stood still,
MALACODA (VOICE): & DANTE:
INF C21 78 / DANTE INF C21 78 / KLINE
e venne a lui dicendo: Che li approda? and came towards Virgil, saying: What good
will it do him?
VIRGIL (VOICE):
INF C21 79-81 / DANTE INF C21 79-81 / KLINE
«Credi tu, Malacoda, qui vedermi My Master said: Malacoda, do you think
esser venuto», disse 'l mio maestro, I have come here without
«sicuro già da tutti vostri schermi, the Divine Will, and propitious fate,
INF C21 82-84 / DANTE
sanza voler divino e fato destro? safe from all your obstructions?
Lascian' andar, ché nel cielo è voluto Let me go by, since it is willed,
ch'i' mostri altrui questo cammin silvestro». in Heaven, that I show another this wild road.
DANTE:
INF C21 79-81 / DANTE INF C21 79-81 / KLINE
«Credi tu, Malacoda, qui vedermi My Master said: Malacoda, do you think
esser venuto», disse 'l mio maestro, I have come here without
«sicuro già da tutti vostri schermi, the Divine Will, and propitious fate,
INF C21 82-84 / DANTE
sanza voler divino e fato destro? safe from all your obstructions?
Lascian' andar, ché nel cielo è voluto Let me go by, since it is willed,
ch'i' mostri altrui questo cammin silvestro». in Heaven, that I show another this wild road.
MALACODA BACKS DOWN.
MALACODA (VOICE): & DANTE:
INF C21 85-87 / DANTE INF C21 85-87 / KLINE
Allor li fu l'orgoglio sì caduto, Then the demon’s pride was so down,
ch'e' si lasciò cascar l'uncino a' piedi, that he let the hook drop at his feet,
e disse a li altri: Omai non sia feruto. and said to the others: Do not hurt him! That’s
Malacoda: ‘Evil Tail’.
VIRGIL (VOICE): & DANTE:
INF C21 88-90 / DANTE INF C21 88-90 / KLINE
E 'l duca mio a me: «O tu che siedi And my guide to me: O you, who are sitting,
tra li scheggion del ponte quatto quatto, crouching, crouching amongst
sicuramente omai a me ti riedi». the bridge’s crags, return to me safely, now!
INF C21 91-96 / KLINE
At which I moved, and came to him quickly, and the devils all pressed forward so that I was afraid they would not
hold to their orders. So I once saw the infantry, marching out, under treaty of surrender, from Caprona, afraid at
finding themselves surrounded by so many enemies.
DANTE WAITS FOR MORE WORDS, REALISES VIRGIL MEANS HIM, AND DESCENDS THE → R → . HE
CONTINUES INTERPRETING AND NAMING THE SPEAKERS WHILE BEING THREATENED.
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