L ' I N F E R N O

DANTE:
INF C32 82-84 / DANTE INF C32 82-84 / KLINE
E io: Maestro mio, or qui m'aspetta, And I: My Master, wait here for me, now,
sì ch'io esca d'un dubbio per costui; so that I can rid me of a doubt concerning him,
poi mi farai, quantunque vorrai, fretta. then you can make as much haste as you please.
VIRGIL MOVES OFF AND DANTE ADDRESSES BOCCA./.URANIA.
DANTE:
INF C32 85-87 / DANTE INF C32 85-87 / KLINE
Lo duca stette, e io dissi a colui The Master stood, and I said to that shade
che bestemmiava duramente ancora: which still reviled me bitterly:
Qual se' tu che così rampogni altrui? Who are you, who reproach others in this way?
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BOCCA / URANIA:
INF C32 88-90 / DANTE INF C32 88-90 / KLINE
Or tu chi se' che vai per l'Antenora, No, who are you, he answered, who go through
percotendo, rispuose, altrui le gote, the Antenora striking the faces of others, in such a
sì che, se fossi vivo, troppo fora? way, that if you were alive, it would be an insult?
DANTE:
INF C32 91-93 / DANTE INF C32 91-93 / KLINE
Vivo son io, e caro esser ti puote, I replied: I am alive, and if you long for fame,
fu mia risposta, se dimandi fama, it might be a precious thing to you,
ch'io metta il nome tuo tra l'altre note. if I put your name among the others.
BOCCA / URANIA:
INF C32 94-96 / DANTE INF C32 94-96 / KLINE
Ed elli a me: Del contrario ho io brama. And he to me: I long for the opposite:
Lèvati quinci e non mi dar più lagna, take yourself off, and annoy me no more:
ché mal sai lusingar per questa lama! since you little know how to flatter on this icy
slope.
DANTE SEIZES BOCCA./.URANIA BY THE HAIR. HE./.SHE GRUNTS.
DANTE:
INF C32 97-99 / DANTE INF C32 97-99 / KLINE
Allor lo presi per la cuticagna Then I seized him by the back of the scalp,
e dissi: El converrà che tu ti nomi, and said: You need to name yourself,
o che capel qui sù non ti rimagna. before there is not a hair left on your head!
BOCCA / URANIA:
INF C32 100-102 / DANTE INF C32 100-102 / KLINE
Ond' elli a me: «Perché tu mi dischiomi, At which he said to me: Even if you pluck me,
né ti dirò ch'io sia, né mosterrolti, I will not tell you who I am, nor demonstrate it to
se mille fiate in sul capo mi tomi». you, though you tear at my head, a thousand times.
INF C32 103-106 / KLINE
I already had his hair coiled in my hand, and had pulled away more than one tuft of it, while he barked, and kept his
eyes down, when another spirit cried:
BUOSO./.POLYHYMNIA RAISES HER HEAD.
BUOSO DE DUERA / POLYHYMNIA:
INF C32 106-108 / DANTE INF C32 106-108 / KLINE
quando un altro gridò: «Che hai tu, Bocca? What is wrong with you, Bocca, is it not enough
non ti basta sonar con le mascelle, that you chatter with your jaws,
se tu non latri? qual diavol ti tocca?» but you have to bark too? What devil is at you?