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DANTE:
INF C33 1-3 / DANTE INF C33 1-3 / KLINE
La bocca sollevò dal fiero pasto That sinner raised his mouth from the savage feast,
quel peccator, forbendola a' capelli wiping it on the hair,
del capo ch'elli avea di retro guasto. of the head he had stripped behind.
UGOLINO./.MELPOMENE SLIDES THE BOOK UP TO SHOW HIS./.HER OPEN MOUTH, THEN
SLIDES IT DOWN TO SHOW GRIEVING EYES.
DANTE:
INF C33 4-6 / DANTE INF C33 4-6 / KLINE
Poi cominciò: «Tu vuo' ch'io rinovelli Then he began: You wish me to renew desperate
disperato dolor che 'l cor mi preme grief, that wrings my heart at the very thought,
già pur pensando, pria ch'io ne favelli. before I even tell of it.
INF C33 7-9 / DANTE
Ma se le mie parole esser dien seme But if my words are to be the seed, that bears
che frutti infamia al traditor ch'i' rodo, fruit, in the infamy, of the traitor whom I gnaw,
parlar e lagrimar vedrai insieme. you will see me speak and weep together.
INF C33 10-12 / KLINE
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
truth, a Florentine.
UGOLINO./.MELPOMENE HOLDS THE BOOK OUT AT ARM’S LENGTH, THE MASK POINTING
TOWARDS HIM./.HER. HE./.SHE FEELS HIS./.HER OWN FACE WITH THE OTHER HAND, THEN
DARTS THE HAND OUT ACCUSINGLY AT THE MASK.
DANTE:
INF C33 13-15 / DANTE INF C33 13-15 / KLINE
Tu dei saper ch'i' fui conte Ugolino, You must know that I am Count Ugolino, and
e questi è l'arcivescovo Ruggieri: this is the Archbishop Ruggieri. Now I will tell
or ti dirò perché i son tal vicino. you why I am a neighbour such as this to him.
INF C33 16-18 / DANTE
Che per l'effetto de' suo' mai pensieri, It is not necessary to say that, confiding in him,
fidandomi di lui, io fossi preso I was taken, through the effects of
e poscia morto, dir non è mestieri; his evil schemes, and afterwards killed.
INF C33 19-21 / DANTE
però quel che non puoi avere inteso, But what you cannot have learnt,
cioè come la morte mia fu cruda, how cruel my death was, you will hear:
udirai, e saprai s'e' m'ha offeso. and know if he has injured me.
UGOLINO./.MELPOMENE STANDS AND STARES FOR A LONG TIME TOWARDS THE BACK OF
THE STAGE, THROUGH THE CURTAIN, THE BOOK IN HIS./.HER HANGING HAND. HE./.SHE
TURNS QUICKLY AND BRINGS THE MASK ON THE BOOK UP TO THE FACE AND IMMEDIATELY
TURNS IT SO THAT THE MASK FACES THE AUDIENCE.
HE./.SHE SLIDES THE MASK SIDEWAYS, TO SHOW HALF THE FACE AND STANDS STILL
THROUGHOUT THE FOLLOWING.
DANTE:
INF C33 22-24 / DANTE INF C33 22-24 / KLINE
Breve pertugio dentro da la Muda, A narrow hole inside that tower,
la qual per me ha 'l titol de la fame, which is called Famine, from my death,
e che conviene ancor ch'altrui si chiuda, and in which others must yet be imprisoned,