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DANTE (VOICE):
INF C26 25-27 / DANTE INF C26 25-27 / KLINE
Quan te 'l villan ch'al poggio si riposa, The eighth chasm was gleaming gleams with
nel tempo che colui che 'l mondo schiara flames, as numerous as like the fireflies the
peasant
la faccia sua a noi tien meno ascosa, sees, as he rests on the hill, when the sun, who
lights the world,
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INF C26 28-30 / DANTE
come la mosca cede a la zanzara, hides his face least from us, at sunset and the fly
vede lucciole giù per la vallea, gives way to the gnat down there, along the valley,
forse colà dov' e' vendemmia e ara: where he gathers grapes, perhaps, and ploughs.
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DANTE:
INF C26 25-27 / DANTE INF C26 25-27 / KLINE
Quan te 'l villan ch'al poggio si riposa, The eighth chasm was gleaming with flames, as
nel tempo che colui che 'l mondo schiara numerous as the fireflies the peasant sees, as he
rests
la faccia sua a noi tien meno ascosa, on the hill, when the sun, who lights the world,
INF C26 28-30 / DANTE
come la mosca cede a la zanzara, hides his face least from us, and the fly gives way
vede lucciole giù per la vallea, to the gnat down there, along the valley,
forse colà dov' e' vendemmia e ara: where he gathers grapes, perhaps, and ploughs.
DANTE:
INF C26 31-33 / DANTE INF C26 31-33 / KLINE
di tante fiamme tutta risplendea As soon as I came to where the floor showed itself,
l'ottava bolgia, sì com' io m'accorsi I saw them, and, as As Elisha, the mockery of
whom
tosto che fui là 've 'l fondo parea. by children who was mocked by children
ELISHA, ELIJAH: 2ND KINGS II 11, II 23-24
INF C26 34-36 / DANTE
E qual colui che si vengiò con li orsi was and avenged by bears,
vide 'l carro d'Elia al dipartire, saw Elijah’s chariot departing,
quando i cavalli al cielo erti levorsi, when the horses rose straight to Heaven,
INF C26 37-39 / DANTE
che nol potea sì con li occhi seguire, and could not follow it with his eyes,
ch'el vedesse altro che la fiamma sola, except by the flame alone,
sì come nuvoletta, in sù salire: like a little cloud, ascending,
INF C26 40-42 / DANTE
tal si move ciascuna per la gola so each of those flames moved, along.
del fosso, ché nessuna mostra 'l furto, the throat of the ditch, for none of them show
e ogne fiamma un peccatore invola. the theft, but every flame steals a sinner.
INF C26 43-45 / KLINE
I stood on the bridge, having so risen to look, that if I had not caught hold of a rock I should have fallen in without
being pushed.
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