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INF C24 4-6 / DANTE<br />
quando la brina in su la terra assempra when the hoar-frost copies its white sister<br />
l'imagine di sua sorella bianca, the snow’s image on the ground,<br />
ma poco dura a la sua penna tempra, but the hardness of its tracery lasts only a little<br />
time;<br />
INF C24 7-9 / DANTE<br />
lo villanello a cui la roba manca, the peasant, whose fodder is exhausted,<br />
si leva, e guarda, e vede la campagna rises and looks out, and sees the fields all white,<br />
biancheggiar tutta; ond' ei si batte l'anca, at which he strikes his thigh,<br />
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INF C24 10-12 / DANTE<br />
ritorna in casa, e qua e là si lagna, goes back into the house, and wanders to and fro,<br />
come 'l tapin che non sa che si faccia; lamenting, like a wretch<br />
poi riede, e la speranza ringavagna, who does not know what to do;<br />
DANTE COMES BACKWARDS DOWN THE → L → , FOLLOWED BY A MORE-CHEERFUL VIRGIL.<br />
DANTE:<br />
INF C24 13-15 / DANTE INF C24 13-15 / KLINE<br />
veggendo 'l mondo aver cangiata faccia then comes out again, and regains hope, seeing<br />
in poco d'ora, e prende suo vincastro how the world has changed its aspect, in a moment;<br />
e fuor le pecorelle a pascer caccia. and takes his crook, and chases his lambs out to<br />
feed;<br />
INF C24 16-18 / DANTE<br />
Così mi fece sbigottir lo mastro Così…so… the Master made me disheartened,<br />
quand' io li vidi sì turbar la fronte, when I saw his forehead so troubled,<br />
e così tosto al mal giunse lo 'mpiastro; but the plaster arrived quickly for the wound.<br />
THE WALL<br />
VIRGIL LEADS THE WAY TO THE BLOCKS AT THE REAR OF THE STAGE WHICH NOW FORM A 2- METRE HIGH<br />
WALL WITH SMALL GAPS.<br />
INF C24 19-27 / KLINE<br />
For, when we reached the shattered arch, my guide turned to me with that sweet aspect, that I first saw at the base of<br />
the mountain. He opened his arms, after having made some plan in his mind, first looking carefully at the ruin, and<br />
took hold of me. And like one who prepares and calculates, always seeming to provide in advance, so he lifting me<br />
up towards the summit<br />
VIRGIL:<br />
INF C24 28-30 / DANTE INF C24 28-30 / KLINE<br />
d'un ronchione, avvisava un'altra scheggia of one big block, searched for another fragment,<br />
dicendo: Sovra quella poi t'aggrappa; saying: Now clamber over that.,<br />
ma tenta pria s'è tal ch'ella ti reggia. but check first if it will carry you.<br />
INF C24 31-45 / KLINE<br />
It was no route for one clothed in a cloak of lead, since we could hardly climb from rock to rock, he weighing little,<br />
and I pushed from behind. And if the ascent were not shorter on that side than on the other, I would truly have been<br />
defeated, I do not know about him. But as Malebolge all drops towards the entrance to the lowest well, the position<br />
of every valley implies that the one side rises, and the other falls: at last, we came, however, to the point at which<br />
the last boulder ends. The breath was so driven from my lungs, when I was up, that I could go no further: in fact, I<br />
sat down when I arrived.