L ' I N F E R N O

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