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♫FLIGHT OF PAOLO AND FRANCESCA * * * * * * * * * *<br />
INF C5 81<br />
Aerial, aetherial, posibly containing the words: colombe dal disio chiamate<br />
DANTE WRITES OR ADDRESSES THE AUDIENCE DURING THE FLIGHT.<br />
DANTE:<br />
INF C5 82-85 / DANTE INF C5 82-85 / KLINE<br />
Quali colombe dal disio chiamate As doves Doves, claimed by desire, fly steadily,<br />
con l'ali alzate e ferme al dolce nido with raised wings, through the air, to their sweet<br />
vegnon per l'aere, dal voler portate; nest, carried by the will, so the spirits flew from<br />
the crowd.<br />
INF C5 85-87 / KLINE<br />
where Dido is coming towards us through malig nant air, such was the power of my affecting call.<br />
PAOLO AND FRANCESCA ARE SEEN FOR THE 1 ST TIME AS THEY ARRIVE, AS IF BLOWN, INTO THE LIGHT.<br />
THEY GRASP THE BACK CURTAIN AS A PRECAUTION AGAINST THE CHORAL WIND, WHICH FALLS SILENT.<br />
PAOLO MALATESTA *---- ? - 1285 AGE : *-- ?<br />
PLACE./.LANGUAGE ETC<br />
RIMINI<br />
DESCRIPTION<br />
IL BELLO.<br />
FRANCESCA DA RIMINI *---- ? - 1285? AGE : *-- ?<br />
PLACE./.LANGUAGE ETC<br />
BORN RAVENNA.<br />
DESCRIPTION<br />
*<br />
FRANCESCA DA RIMINI: LOVED PAOLO MALATESTA, IL BELLO, & WAS UNFAITHFUL TO HER HUSBAND GIANCIOTTO, THE SON<br />
OF MALATESTA DA VERUCCHIO, LORD OF RIMINI. GIANCIOTTO STABBED TO DEATH THE UNFAITHFUL FRANCESCA WITH<br />
PAOLO. (HE WAS STILL ALIVE IN 1300, THE DATE OF THE VISION, SO THAT THE CAÏNA, THE FIRST RING OF THE NINTH CIRCLE,<br />
RESERVED FOR MURDERERS OF THEIR KIN, IS ‘WAITING’ FOR HIM ACCORDING TO FRANCESCA.) SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF<br />
GUIDO VECCHIO DA POLENTA & AUNT OF GUIDO NOVELLO AT WHOSE COURT IN RAVENNA DANTE FOUND HIS LAST REFUGE.<br />
PAOLO DOES NOT ACTUALLY SPEAK IN DANTE’S POEM. HERE HE GETS SOME OF FRANCESCA’S LINES.<br />
FRANCESCA:<br />
INF C5 88-90 / DANTE INF C5 88-90 / KLINE<br />
O animal grazïoso e benigno O gracious and benign living creature,<br />
che visitando vai per l'aere perso that comes to visit us, through the dark air,<br />
noi che tignemmo il mondo di sanguigno, if the universe’s king were our friend,<br />
INF C5 91-93 / DANTE<br />
se fosse amico il re de l'universo, we, who tainted the earth with blood,<br />
noi pregheremmo lui de la tua pace, would beg him to give you peace,<br />
poi c'hai pietà del nostro mal perverso. since you take pity on our sad misfortune.<br />
PAOLO:<br />
INF C5 94-96 / DANTE INF C5 94-96 / KLINE<br />
Di quel che udire e che parlar vi piace, While the wind, as now, is silent,<br />
noi udiremo e parleremo a voi, we will hear you and speak to you,<br />
mentre che 'l vento, come fa, ci tace. of what you are pleased to listen to and talk of.<br />
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