L ' I N F E R N O

DANTE:
INF C29 13-15 / DANTE INF C29 13-15 / KLINE
«Se tu avessi», rispuos' io appresso, I replied, then: Had you noticed the reason
«atteso a la cagion per ch'io guardava, why I looked, perhaps you might
forse m'avresti ancor lo star dimesso». still have allowed me to stay.
INF C29 16-18 / DANTE
Parte sen giva, e io retro li andava, Meanwhile, the guide was moving on,
lo duca, già faccendo la risposta, and I went behind him, making my reply,
e soggiugnendo: «Dentro a quella cava and adding, now: In the hollow
INF C29 19-21 / DANTE
dov' io tenea or li occhi sì a posta, where I held my gaze, I believe a spirit
credo ch'un spirto del mio sangue pianga of my own blood, laments the guilt
la colpa che là giù cotanto costa». that costs so greatly here.
VIRGIL:
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Allor disse 'l maestro: «Non si franga Then the Master said: Do not let your thoughts
lo tuo pensier da qui innanzi sovr' ello. be distracted by him:
Attendi ad altro, ed ei là si rimanga; attend to something else: let him stay there.
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ch'io vidi lui a piè del ponticello I saw him point to you, at the foot of the little
bridge,
mostrarti e minacciar forte col dito, and threaten, angrily, with his finger:
e udi' 'l nominar Geri del Bello. and I heard them call him Geri del Bello
GERI DEL BELLO: FIRST COUSIN OF DANTE’S FATHER, WHO WAS KILLED FOR SOWING DISCORD AMONG THE SACCHETTI
FAMILY & WAS NOT AVENGED UNTIL THIRTY YEARS AFTER THE VISION, WHEN GERI’S NEPHEWS, THE SONS OF MESSER CIONE
DEL BELLO ALIGHIERI KILLED ONE OF THE SACCHETTI IN HIS OWN HOUSE. THE FAMILIES WERE RECONCILED IN 1342.
INF C29 28-30 / DANTE
Tu eri allor sì del tutto impedito You were so entangled, then, with him
sovra colui che già tenne Altaforte, who once held Altaforte, that you did not
che non guardasti in là, sì fu partito». look that way, so he departed.
WITH HIM: BERTRAND DE BORN (THIS SECTION IS OMITTED)
DANTE:
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«O duca mio, la vïolenta morte I said: Oh, my guide, his violent murder made
che non li è vendicata ancor», diss' io, him indignant, not yet avenged on his behalf,
«per alcun che de l'onta sia consorte, by any that shares his shame:
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fece lui disdegnoso; ond' el sen gio therefore, I guess, he went away,
sanza parlarmi, sì com' ïo estimo: without speaking to me: and, by that,
e in ciò m'ha el fatto a sé più pio». has made me pity him the more.
DANTE QUIETLY TRANSLATES DE BORN’S LINE.
DANTE:
CANZONE? / DE BORN CANZONE? / DE BORN
Non posc mudar c’un cantar non exparia. I cannot refrain from sending forth my song.
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INF C29 37-45 / KLINE
So we talked, as far as the first place on the causeway that would have revealed the next valley, right to its floor, if it
had been lighter. When we were above the last cloister of Malebolge, so that its lay brothers could be seen, many
groans pierced me, whose arrows were barbed with pity, at which I covered my ears with my hands.