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DANTE:<br />
INF C33 1-3 / DANTE INF C33 1-3 / KLINE<br />
La bocca sollevò dal fiero pasto That sinner raised his mouth from the savage feast,<br />
quel peccator, forbendola a' capelli wiping it on the hair,<br />
del capo ch'elli avea di retro guasto. of the head he had stripped behind.<br />
UGOLINO./.MELPOMENE SLIDES THE BOOK UP TO SHOW HIS./.HER OPEN MOUTH, THEN<br />
SLIDES IT DOWN TO SHOW GRIEVING EYES.<br />
DANTE:<br />
INF C33 4-6 / DANTE INF C33 4-6 / KLINE<br />
Poi cominciò: «Tu vuo' ch'io rinovelli Then he began: You wish me to renew desperate<br />
disperato dolor che 'l cor mi preme grief, that wrings my heart at the very thought,<br />
già pur pensando, pria ch'io ne favelli. before I even tell of it.<br />
INF C33 7-9 / DANTE<br />
Ma se le mie parole esser dien seme But if my words are to be the seed, that bears<br />
che frutti infamia al traditor ch'i' rodo, fruit, in the infamy, of the traitor whom I gnaw,<br />
parlar e lagrimar vedrai insieme. you will see me speak and weep together.<br />
INF C33 10-12 / KLINE<br />
I do not know who you are, nor by what means you have come down here, but when I hear you, you seem to me, in<br />
truth, a Florentine.<br />
UGOLINO./.MELPOMENE HOLDS THE BOOK OUT AT ARM’S LENGTH, THE MASK POINTING<br />
TOWARDS HIM./.HER. HE./.SHE FEELS HIS./.HER OWN FACE WITH THE OTHER HAND, THEN<br />
DARTS THE HAND OUT ACCUSINGLY AT THE MASK.<br />
DANTE:<br />
INF C33 13-15 / DANTE INF C33 13-15 / KLINE<br />
Tu dei saper ch'i' fui conte Ugolino, You must know that I am Count Ugolino, and<br />
e questi è l'arcivescovo Ruggieri: this is the Archbishop Ruggieri. Now I will tell<br />
or ti dirò perché i son tal vicino. you why I am a neighbour such as this to him.<br />
INF C33 16-18 / DANTE<br />
Che per l'effetto de' suo' mai pensieri, It is not necessary to say that, confiding in him,<br />
fidandomi di lui, io fossi preso I was taken, through the effects of<br />
e poscia morto, dir non è mestieri; his evil schemes, and afterwards killed.<br />
INF C33 19-21 / DANTE<br />
però quel che non puoi avere inteso, But what you cannot have learnt,<br />
cioè come la morte mia fu cruda, how cruel my death was, you will hear:<br />
udirai, e saprai s'e' m'ha offeso. and know if he has injured me.<br />
UGOLINO./.MELPOMENE STANDS AND STARES FOR A LONG TIME TOWARDS THE BACK OF<br />
THE STAGE, THROUGH THE CURTAIN, THE BOOK IN HIS./.HER HANGING HAND. HE./.SHE<br />
TURNS QUICKLY AND BRINGS THE MASK ON THE BOOK UP TO THE FACE AND IMMEDIATELY<br />
TURNS IT SO THAT THE MASK FACES THE AUDIENCE.<br />
HE./.SHE SLIDES THE MASK SIDEWAYS, TO SHOW HALF THE FACE AND STANDS STILL<br />
THROUGHOUT THE FOLLOWING.<br />
DANTE:<br />
INF C33 22-24 / DANTE INF C33 22-24 / KLINE<br />
Breve pertugio dentro da la Muda, A narrow hole inside that tower,<br />
la qual per me ha 'l titol de la fame, which is called Famine, from my death,<br />
e che conviene ancor ch'altrui si chiuda, and in which others must yet be imprisoned,