L ' I N F E R N O

CANTO 6
CERBERUS
INF C6 1-3 / KLINE
When my senses return, that closed themselves off from pity of those two kindred, who stunned me with complete
sadness,
DANTE RISES AND WALKS ALONG THE STAGE FRONT, LOOKING DOWN INTO THE AUDIENCE AND WRITING.
VIRGIL:
INF C6 4-6 / DANTE INF C6 4-6 / KLINE
novi tormenti e novi tormentati I see around me new New torments,
mi veggio intorno, come ch'io mi mova and new tormented souls…, wherever I move,
e ch'io mi volga, e come che io guati. or turn, and wherever I gaze.
DANTE:
INF C6 4-6 / DANTE INF C6 4-6 / KLINE
novi tormenti e novi tormentati I see around me new torments,
mi veggio intorno, come ch'io mi mova and new tormented souls, wherever I move,
e ch'io mi volga, e come che io guati. or turn, and wherever I gaze.
INF C6 7-9 / DANTE
Io sono al terzo cerchio, de la piova I am in the third circle, of eternal, accursed,
etterna, maladetta, fredda e greve; cold and heavy rain:
regola e qualità mai non l'è nova. its kind and quality is never new.
HE TRANSLATES FOR THE AUDIENCE.
DANTE:
INF C6 7-9 / DANTE INF C6 7-9 / KLINE
Io sono al terzo cerchio, de la piova I am in the third circle, of eternal, accursed,
etterna, maladetta, fredda e greve; cold and heavy rain:
regola e qualità mai non l'è nova. its kind and quality is never new.
INF C6 10-12 / DANTE
Grandine grossa, acqua tinta e neve Large hail, tainted water, and sleet,
per l'aere tenebroso si riversa; pour down through the shadowy air:
pute la terra che questo riceve. and the earth is putrid that receives it.
THE POETS STOP AND EXCLAIM ALMOST TOGETHER.
DANTE: & VIRGIL:
INF C6 13 / DANTE INF C6 13 / KLINE
Cerbero, fiera crudele e diversa, Cerberus, the fierce and strange monster,
VIRGIL GIVES AN ABBREVIATED DESCRIPTION WHILE DANTE HANGS BACK A BIT AND VERSIFIES. THE
VERSES MAY BE COMPLETE OR KEY WORDS.
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