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VIRGIL:<br />
INF C2 76-78 / DANTE INF C2 76-78 / KLINE<br />
O donna di virtù sola per cui O lady of virtue, in whom, alone,<br />
l'umana spezie eccede ogne contento humanity exceeds all that is contained<br />
di quel ciel c'ha minor li cerchi sui, in the lunar heaven, which has the smallest sphere,<br />
INF C2 79-81 / DANTE<br />
tanto m'aggrada il tuo comandamento, your command is so pleasing to me, that,<br />
che l'ubidir, se già fosse, m'è tardi; obeying, were it done already, it were done too<br />
più non t'è uo' ch'aprirmi il tuo talento. slow: you have no need to explain your wishes<br />
further.<br />
INF C2 82-84 / DANTE<br />
Ma dimmi la cagion che non ti guardi But tell me why you do not hesitate<br />
de lo scender qua giuso in questo centro to descend here, to this centre below,<br />
de l'ampio loco ove tornar tu ardi". from the wide space you burn to return to.<br />
BEATRICE:<br />
INF C2 85-87 / DANTE INF C2 85-87 / KLINE<br />
"Da che tu vuo' saver cotanto a dentro, She replied: Since you wish to know,<br />
dirotti brievemente", mi rispuose, I will tell you this much,<br />
"perch' i' non temo di venir qua entro. briefly, of why I do not fear to enter here.<br />
INF C2 88-90 / DANTE<br />
Temer si dee di sole quelle cose Those things that have the power to hurt<br />
c'hanno potenza di fare altrui male; are to be feared:<br />
de l'altre no, ché non son paurose. not those other things that are not fearful.<br />
INF C2 91-93 / DANTE<br />
I' son fatta da Dio, sua mercé, tale, I am made such, by God’s grace,<br />
che la vostra miseria non mi tange, that your suffering does not touch me,<br />
né fiamma d'esto 'ncendio non m'assale. nor does the fire of this burning scorch me.<br />
INF C2 94-96 / DANTE<br />
Donna è gentil nel ciel che si compiange There is a gentle lady in heaven, who has such<br />
di questo 'mpedimento ov' io ti mando, compassion, for this trouble I send you to<br />
sì che duro giudicio là sù frange. relieve, that she overrules the strict laws on<br />
high.<br />
GENTLE LADY: MARY<br />
INF C2 97-99 / DANTE<br />
Questa chiese Lucia in suo dimando She called St Lucy…Lucia…to carry out her<br />
e disse:--Or ha bisogno il tuo fedele request, and said: “Now, he who is faithful<br />
di te, e io a te lo raccomando--. to you, needs you, and I commend him to you.”<br />
ST LUCY: VIRGIN MARTYR OF SYRACUSE, IN THE THIRD CENTURY AD, TRADITIONALLY ASSOCIATED WITH LIGHT & VISION.<br />
SHE IS DANTE’S PATRON SAINT (HE HAD WEAKENED EYESIGHT) & IS FOR HIM THE SYMBOL OF ILLUMINATING GRACE.<br />
INF C2 100-102 / DANTE<br />
Lucia, nimica di ciascun crudele, Lucy, who is opposed to all cruelty,<br />
si mosse, e venne al loco dov' i' era, rose and came to the place where I was,<br />
che mi sedea con l'antica Rachele. where I sat with that Rachel of antiquity.<br />
INF C2 103-105 / DANTE<br />
Disse: Beatrice, loda di Dio vera, Lucy said: “Beatrice, God’s true praise, why do<br />
ché non soccorri quei che t'amò tanto, you not help him, who loved you, so intensely,<br />
ch'uscì per te de la volgare schiera? he left behind the common crowd for you?<br />
INF C2 106-108 / DANTE<br />
Non odi tu la pieta del suo pianto, Do you not hear how pitiful his grief is? Do you<br />
non vedi tu la morte che 'l combatte not see the spiritual death that comes to meet<br />
him,<br />
su la fiumana ove 'l mar non ha vanto? on that dark river, over which the sea has no<br />
power?”<br />
BEATRICE TREMBLES WITH EMOTION.<br />
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