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VIRGIL POINTS IN TWO DIRECTIONS.<br />

VIRGIL: & VIRGIL:<br />

INF C1 76-78 / DANTE INF C1 76-78 / KLINE<br />

Ma tu perché ritorni a tanta noia? But you, why do you You turn back towards such<br />

perché non sali il dilettoso monte pain. Why do you not climb the delightful<br />

mountain,<br />

ch'è principio e cagion di tutta gioia? that is the origin and cause of all joy?<br />

DANTE:<br />

INF C1 79-81 / DANTE INF C1 79-81 / KLINE<br />

Or se' tu quel Virgilio e quella fonte I answered him, with a humble expression:<br />

che spandi di parlar sì largo fiume?, Are you then that Virgil, and that<br />

rispuos' io lui con vergognosa fronte. fountain, that pours out so great a river of speech?<br />

INF C1 82-84 / DANTE<br />

O de li altri poeti onore e lume, O, glory and light to other poets,<br />

vagliami 'l lungo studio e 'l grande amore may that long study, and the great love, that made<br />

che m'ha fatto cercar lo tuo volume. me scan your work, be worth something now.<br />

INF C1 85-87 / DANTE<br />

Tu se' lo mio maestro e 'l mio autore, You are my master, and my author:<br />

tu se' solo colui da cu' io tolsi you alone are the one from whom I learnt<br />

lo bello stilo che m'ha fatto onore. the high style that has brought me honour.<br />

DANTE POINTS UP THE STEPS TO WHERE HE SAW THE SHE-WOLF.<br />

DANTE: or DANTE:<br />

INF C1 88-90 / DANTE INF C1 88-90 / KLINE<br />

Vedi la bestia per cu' io mi volsi; See the creature that I turned back from:<br />

aiutami da lei, famoso saggio, O, sage, famous in wisdom, save me from her,<br />

ch'ella mi fa tremar le vene e i polsi. she that makes my veins and my pulse tremble.<br />

VIRGIL:<br />

INF C1 91-93 / DANTE INF C1 91-93 / KLINE<br />

A te convien tenere altro vïaggio, When he saw me weeping, he answered:<br />

rispuose, poi che lagrimar mi vide, You must go another road, if you wish<br />

se vuo' campar d'esto loco selvaggio; to escape this savage place.<br />

INF C1 94-96 / DANTE<br />

ché questa bestia, per la qual tu gride, This creature that distresses you allows<br />

non lascia altrui passar per la sua via, no man to cross her path,<br />

ma tanto lo 'mpedisce che l'uccide; but obstructs him, to destroy him;<br />

INF C1 97-99 / DANTE<br />

e ha natura sì malvagia e ria, and she has so vicious and perverse a nature,<br />

che mai non empie la bramosa voglia, that she never sates her greedy appetite,<br />

e dopo 'l pasto ha più fame che pria. and after food is hungrier than before.<br />

INF C1 100-102 / DANTE<br />

Molti son li animali a cui s'ammoglia, Many are the creatures she mates with, and there<br />

e più saranno ancora, infin che 'l veltro will be many more, until the Greyhound…<br />

verrà, che la farà morir con doglia. Can Grande della Scala…comes who will make her<br />

die in pain.<br />

GREYHOUND: PROBABLY THE GREAT GHIBELLINE LEADER CAN GRANDE DELLA SCALA, BORN IN VERONA, BETWEEN FELTRO<br />

IN VENETIA & MONTEFELTRO IN ROMAGNA. DANTE’S LATER PATRON, HE MAY HAVE BEEN REGARDED BY DANTE AS THE<br />

DELIVERER WHO WOULD RESTORE IMPERIAL POWER, REINSTITUTE ROMAN LAW, ELIMINATE AVARICE, BRING PEACE &<br />

ESTABLISH A REFORMED ORDER OF THINGS.<br />

DANTE notes:<br />

INF C1 102 / DANTE INF C1 102 / KLINE<br />

verrà, che la farà morir con doglia. della Scala…comes who will make her die in pain.<br />

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