L ' I N F E R N O

VIRGIL: & DANTE:
INF C3 9 / DANTE INF C3 9 / KLINE
Lasciate ogne speranza, voi
ch'intrate'. FORSAKE ALL HOPE, ALL YOU THAT ENTER
HERE.’
Alternative (because the first translation I knew used ‘abandon’):
ABANDON ALL HOPE, YOU WHO ENTER HERE.’
INF C3 10-12 / KLINE
These were the words, with their dark colour, that I saw written above the gate, at which I said: ‘Master, their
meaning, to me, is hard.’
♫INFERNAL: LOUD NOTE * * * * * * * * * *
INF C3 9
VIRGIL:
INF C3 13-15 / DANTE INF C3 13-15 / KLINE
Ed elli a me, come persona accorta: And he replied to me, as one who knows:
«Qui si convien lasciare ogne sospetto; Here, all uncertainty must be left behind:
ogne viltà convien che qui sia morta. all cowardice must be dead.
INF C3 16-21 KLINE
We have come to the place where I told you that you would see the sad people who have lost the good of the
intellect.’ And placing his hand on mine, with a calm expression, that comforted me, he led me towards the hidden
things.
VIRGIL PLACES HIS HAND ON DANTE’S [INF C3 19] AND LEADS HIM TOWARDS THE → R → .
INF C3 22-30 KLINE
Here sighs, complaints, and deep groans, sounded through the starless air, so that it made me weep at first. Many
tongues, a terrible crying, words of sadness, accents of anger, voices deep and hoarse, with sounds of hands amongst
them, making a turbulence that turns forever, in that air, stained, eternally, like sand spiralling in a whirlwind.
♫MISERABLE MODE * * * * * * * * * *
INF C3 15 from C3 22, 25-30
‘sighs, complaints, deep groans; many tongues, a terrible crying, words of sadness, accents of
anger, voices deep & hoarse, with sounds of hands amongst them, making a turbulence that turns
forever, in that air, stained, eternally, like sand spiralling in a whirlwind.’
VIRGIL AND DANTE DISAPPEAR DOWN THE → R → . WE HEAR THEIR VOICES AS THEY
TRAVEL BEHIND THE CURTAIN.
DANTE (VOICE):
INF C3 31-32 / DANTE INF C3 31-32 / KLINE
E io ch'avea d'error la testa cinta, And I, my head surrounded by the horror, said:
dissi: «Maestro, che è quel ch'i' odo? Master, what is this I hear, and what race are these,
e che gent' è che par nel duol sì vinta?». that seem so overcome by suffering?
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