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INF C24 103-105 / DANTE<br />
e poi che fu a terra sì distrutto, and after he was heaped on the ground,<br />
la polver si raccolse per sé stessa the powder gathered itself together,<br />
e 'n quel medesmo ritornò di butto. and immediately returned to its previous shape.<br />
DANTE:<br />
INF C24 106-108 / DANTE INF C24 106-108 / KLINE<br />
Così per li gran savi si confessa So, great sages say, the phoenix dies,<br />
che la fenice more e poi rinasce, and then renews, when it nears<br />
quando al cinquecentesimo anno appressa; its five-hundredth year.<br />
INF C24 109-111 / DANTE<br />
erba né biado in sua vita non pasce, In its life it does not eat grass or grain,<br />
ma sol d'incenso lagrime e d'amomo, but only tears of incense, and amomum:<br />
e nardo e mirra son l'ultime fasce. and its last shroud is nard and myrrh.<br />
DANTE TURNS TO THE SCENE.<br />
169<br />
DANTE:<br />
INF C24 112-114 / DANTE INF C24 112-114 / KLINE<br />
E qual è quel che cade, e non sa como, The sinner when he rose was rises like one who<br />
per forza di demon ch'a terra il tira, falls, and does not know how, through the power<br />
of<br />
o d'altra oppilazion che lega l'omo, a demon that drags him down to the ground, or<br />
through<br />
INF C24 115-117 / DANTE<br />
quando si leva, che 'ntorno si mira some other affliction. that binds men, and,<br />
tutto smarrito de la grande angoscia when he rises, He gazes round, himself,<br />
ch'elli ha sofferta, e guardando sospira: all dazed by the great anguish<br />
INF C24 118-120 / DANTE<br />
tal era 'l peccator levato poscia. he has suffered., and as he gazes, sighs.<br />
Oh potenza di Dio, quant' è severa, O how heavy the power of God,<br />
che cotai colpi per vendetta croscia! that showers down such blows in vengeance!<br />
THE PISTOIAN PHOENIX SPEAKS FROM BEHIND THE WALL.<br />
VANNI FUCCI (VOICE):<br />
INF C24 121-123 / DANTE INF C24 121-123 / KLINE<br />
Lo duca il domandò poi chi ello era; The guide then asked him who he was, at which<br />
per ch’ei rispuose: Io piovvi di Toscana, he answered: I rained down from Tuscany<br />
poco tempo è, in questa gola fiera. into this gully, a short while back.<br />
VANNI FUCCI *---- ? - 1300 + AGE : 35??<br />
PLACE./.LANGUAGE ETC<br />
PISTOIA.<br />
DESCRIPTION<br />
VOICE ONLY.<br />
VANNI FUCCI: ILLEGITIMATE SON OF A NOBLE FAMILY, A TURBULENT BLACK GUELPH FROM PISTOIA WHO, IN 1293,<br />
TOGETHER WITH 2 ACCOMPLICES, STOLE THE TREASURE OF SAN JACOPO FROM THE CHURCH OF SAN ZENO. RAMPIONO DE’<br />
FORESI WAS HELD IN PRISON FOR THE CRIME, WHILE THE CULPRITS WENT UNDETECTED FOR A YEAR. (THERE ARE OTHER<br />
NAMES, VERSIONS.)<br />
NO COMMENTATOR HAS A GOOD WORD TO SAY FOR VANNI FUCCI EXCEPT THE CANONICO CRESCIMBENI…WHO COUNTS HIM<br />
AMONG THE ITALIAN POETS…AND QUOTES A SONNET OF HIS: FOR I HAVE LOST THE GOOD I MIGHT HAVE HAD / THROUGH<br />
LITTLE WIT, AND NOT OF MINE OWN WILL. (LONGFELLOW)