L ' I N F E R N O

GUIDO FLAME VOICE & ERATO:
INF C27 109-110 / DANTE INF C27 109-110 / KLINE
di quel peccato ov' io mo cader deggio, of that sin, into which I must now fall, large
lunga promessa con l'attender corto promises to your enemies, with little delivery of
ti farà trïunfar ne l'alto seggio". them, will give you victory, from your high
throne.”
INF C27 112-114 / DANTE
Francesco venne poi, com' io fu' morto, Afterwards, when I was dead, Saint Francis
per me; ma un d'i neri cherubini came for me: but one of the Black Cherubim
li disse: "Non portar: non mi far torto. said to him: “Do not take him: do not wrong me.
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INF C27 115-117 / DANTE
Venir se ne dee giù tra ' miei meschini He must descend among my servants, because he
perché diede 'l consiglio frodolente, gave a counsel of deceit, since when I have kept
dal quale in qua stato li sono a' crini; him fast by the hair: he who does not repent,
INF C27 118-120 / DANTE
ch'assolver non si può chi non si pente, cannot be absolved: nor can one repent a thing,
né pentere e volere insieme puossi and at the same time will it,
per la contradizion che nol consente". since the contradiction is not allowed.”
INF C27 121-123 / DANTE
Oh me dolente! come mi riscossi O miserable self! How I started, when he seized
me,
quando mi prese dicendomi: "Forse saying to me: “Perhaps
tu non pensavi ch'io löico fossi!". you did not think I was a logician.”
DANTE notes:
INF C27 121 / DANTE INF C27 121 / KLINE
Oh me dolente! come mi riscossi O miserable self! How I started, when he seized me
GUIDO FLAME VOICE & ERATO:
INF C27 124-126 / DANTE INF C27 124-126 / KLINE
A Minòs mi portò; e quelli attorse He carried me to Minos, who coiled his tail
otto volte la coda al dosso duro; eight times round his fearful back,
e poi che per gran rabbia la si morse, and then, biting it in great rage,
INF C27 127-129 / DANTE
disse: "Questi è d'i rei del foco furo"; said: “This sinner is for the thievish fire”,
per ch'io là dove vedi son perduto, and so I am lost here, as you see,
e sì vestito, andando, mi rancuro. and clothed like this, go inwardly grieving.
INF C27 130-132 / KLINE
When he had ended his speech, so, the flame went sorrowing, writhing and flickering its sharp horn.
DANTE & VIRGIL GO BACKSTAGE OR DOWN THE → R → FOR A WHILE.
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INF C27 127
DANTE AND VIRGIL RETURN.
CANTO 28