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NOW THEY SPEAK ALTERNATELY.<br />
PAOLO:<br />
INF C5 133-134 / DANTE INF C5 133-134 / KLINE<br />
Quando leggemmo il disïato riso When we read how that lover kissed<br />
esser basciato da cotanto amante, the beloved smile,<br />
FRANCESCA:<br />
INF C5 135-136 / DANTE INF C5 135-136 / KLINE<br />
questi, che mai da me non fia diviso, he who will never be separated from me,<br />
la bocca mi basciò tutto tremante. kissed my mouth all trembling.<br />
PAOLO:<br />
INF C5 137-138 / DANTE INF C5 137-138 / KLINE<br />
Galeotto fu 'l libro e chi lo scrisse: That book was a Galeotto, a pandar,<br />
quel giorno più non vi leggemmo avante. and he who wrote it: that day we read no more.<br />
GALEOTTO. GALLEHAUT: THE GO-BETWEEN FOR LANCELOT & GUENEVERE, WHO URGED THE QUEEN TO GIVE LANCELOT THE<br />
FIRST KISS.. HIS NAME WAS THEREFORE SYNONYMOUS WITH ‘PANDAR’ (‘PANDER’).<br />
♫WIND RISES HUGELY * * * * * * * * * *<br />
INF C5 138<br />
THE CURTAIN BILLOWS. PAOLO AND FRANCESCA CLING TO IT AND DANTE STEPS FORWARD, AS IF TO HELP<br />
THEM. THE CURTAIN LIFTS THE PAIR INTO THE AIR. DANTE FALLS FORWARD IN A FAINT AND BLACKNESS<br />
DESCENDS.<br />
WHEN THE LIGHT RISES DANTE IS SITTING, WRITING AND ADDRESSING THE AUDIENCE. VIRGIL STANDS<br />
NEXT TO HIM. VIRGIL STANDS LOOKING INTO THE AUDIENCE.<br />
♫RAIN * * * * * * * * * *<br />
INF C5 139<br />
Perhaps ‘Piova Piova Piova Piova…(‘it’s raining’) and/or ‘Rain Rain Rain Rain…’<br />
Heavier rain might be represented by ‘Pioggia Pioggia Pioggia…’ (‘rain’ – the noun)<br />
DANTE:<br />
INF C5 139-141 / DANTE INF C5 139-141 / KLINE<br />
Mentre che l'uno spirto questo disse, While the one spirit spoke, the other wept,<br />
l'altro piangëa; sì che di pietade so that I fainted out of pity,<br />
io venni men così com' io morisse. and, as if I were dying,<br />
INF C5 142 / DANTE<br />
E caddi come corpo morto cade. fell, as a dead body falls.<br />
HE CHOPS DOWN ON EACH ACCENTED SYLLABLE WITH HIS HAND AND CLOSES THE CANTO.<br />
DANTE:<br />
INF C5 142 / DANTE INF C5 142 / KLINE<br />
E caddi come corpo morto cade. fell, as a dead body falls.<br />
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