L ' I N F E R N O

INF C4 40-42 / DANTE
Per tai difetti, non per altro rio, For this defect, and for no other fault, we are lost,
semo perduti, e sol di tanto offesi and we are only tormented,
che sanza speme vivemo in disio». in that without hope we live in desire.
INF C4 43-45 / KLINE
When I heard this, great sadness gripped my heart, because I knew of people of great value, who must be suspended
in that Limbo.
DANTE IS DOWNCAST: HE KNOWS ‘PEOPLE OF GREAT VALUE…IN THAT LIMBO’ [INF C4 45].
DANTE: or DANTE:
INF C4 46-47 / DANTE INF C4 46-47 / KLINE
«Dimmi, maestro mio, dimmi, segnore», Wishing to be certain in that faith that overcomes
comincia' io per voler esser certo every error, I began: Tell me my Master,
di quella fede che vince ogne errore: tell me, sir, did anyone ever go from here,
DANTE:
INF C4 48 / DANTE INF C4 48 / KLINE
di quella fede che vince ogne errore: tell me, sir, did anyone ever go from here,
INF C4 49-51 / DANTE INF C4 49-51 / KLINE
«uscicci mai alcuno, o per suo merto through his own merit or because of others’
o per altrui, che poi fosse beato?». merit, who afterwards was blessed?
E quei che 'ntese il mio parlar coverto, And he, understanding my veiled question,
THEY DESCEND THE → R → BUT THEIR VOICES ARE STILL HEARD. VIRGIL UNDERSTANDS
HIS ‘VEILED QUESTION’ [INF C4 51-52].
VIRGIL (VOICE):
INF C4 52-54 / DANTE INF C4 52-54 / KLINE
rispuose: «Io era nuovo in questo stato, replied: I was new to this state,
quando ci vidi venire un possente, when I saw a great one, Christ come here
con segno di vittoria coronato. crowned with the sign of victory.
GREAT ONE: CHRIST
INF C4 55-57 / DANTE
Trasseci l'ombra del primo parente, He took from us the shade of Adam,
d'Abèl suo figlio e quella di Noè, our first parent, of his son Abel, and that of Noah,
di Moïsè legista e ubidente; of Moses the lawgiver,
DANTE notes (VOICE):
INF C4 56-57 / DANTE INF C4 56-57 / KLINE
d'Abèl suo figlio e quella di Noè, his son Abel, and that of Noah,
di Moïsè legista e ubidente; of Moses the lawgiver,
VIRGIL (VOICE):
INF C4 58-60 / DANTE INF C4 58-60 / KLINE
Abraàm patrïarca e Davìd re, and Abraham, the obedient Patriarch, King
David,
Israèl con lo padre e co' suoi nati Jacob with his father Isaac, and his children,
e con Rachele, per cui tanto fé, and Rachel, for whom he laboured so long,
DANTE notes (VOICE):
INF C4 58-60 / DANTE INF C4 58-60 / KLINE
Abraàm patrïarca e Davìd re, and Abraham, the obedient Patriarch, King David,
Israèl con lo padre e co' suoi nati Jacob with his father Isaac, and his children,
e con Rachele, per cui tanto fé, and Rachel, for whom he laboured so long,
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