L ' I N F E R N O

THE LUSTFUL
♫WIND / PERSONS HOWLING: LOUDER * * * * * * * * * *
INF C5 24
DANTE (VOICE):
INF C5 25-27 / DANTE INF C5 25-27 / KLINE
Or incomincian le dolenti note Now the mournful notes begin to reach me:
a farmisi sentire; or son venuto now Now I come
là dove molto pianto mi percuote. where much sorrowing hurts me.
INF C5 28-30 / KLINE
I came to a place devoid of light, that moans like a tempestuous sea, when it is buffeted by warring winds.
INF C5 31-33 / DANTE
La bufera infernal, che mai non resta, The hellish storm that never ceases
mena li spirti con la sua rapina; drives the spirits with its force,
voltando e percotendo li molesta. and, whirling and striking, it molests them:
INF C5 34-36 / KLINE
When they come to the ruins there are shouts, moaning and crying, where they blaspheme against divine power.
IN THE DARK, VIRGIL AND DANTE ARE BACK ON STAGE.
VIRGIL:
INF C5 37-39 / DANTE INF C5 37-39 / KLINE
Intesi ch'a così fatto tormento I learnt that the The carnal sinners
enno dannati i peccator carnali, are condemned to these torments,
che la ragion sommettono al talento. they who subject their reason to their lust.
DANTE:
INF C5 40-42 / DANTE INF C5 40-42 / KLINE
E come li stornei ne portan l'ali And, as their wings carry the starlings, in
nel freddo tempo, a schiera larga e piena, a vast, crowded flock, in the cold season,
così quel fiato li spiriti mali so that That wind carries the wicked spirits,
DANTE LOOKS AND SILENTLY COMPOSES FOR A WHILE THEN RECITES.
VIRGIL INTERPRETS./.TRANSLATES A LITTLE BEHIND HIM.
DANTE: & VIRGIL:
INF C5 40-42 / DANTE INF C5 40-42 / KLINE
E come li stornei ne portan l'ali And, as their wings carry the starlings,
nel freddo tempo, a schiera larga e piena, in a vast, crowded flock, in the cold season,
così quel fiato li spiriti mali so that wind carries the wicked spirits,
INF C5 43-45 / DANTE
di qua, di là, di giù, di sù li mena; and leads them here and there, and up
nulla speranza li conforta mai, and down. No hope of rest, or even
non che di posa, ma di minor pena. lesser torment, comforts them.
INF C5 46-48 / DANTE
E come i gru van cantando lor lai, And as the cranes go, making their sounds,
faccendo in aere di sé lunga riga, forming a long flight, of themselves, in the air,
così vid' io venir, traendo guai, so I saw the shadows come,
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