L ' I N F E R N O

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