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CIACCO 1256?? - 1286 AGE : 30??<br />

PLACE./.LANGUAGE ETC<br />

FLORENCE. CIACCO (HOG) WAS A CONTEMPORARY OF DANTE. MENTIONED IN BOCCACCIO: DECAMERON 9 8.<br />

DESCRIPTION<br />

FAT.<br />

CIACCO:<br />

INF C6 41-42 / DANTE INF C6 41-42 / KLINE<br />

mi disse, riconoscimi, se sai: Inferno, recognise me if you can:<br />

tu fosti, prima ch'io disfatto, fatto. you were made before I was unmade.<br />

DANTE:<br />

INF C6 43-45 / DANTE INF C6 43-45 / KLINE<br />

E io a lui: «L'angoscia che tu hai And I to him: The anguish that you suffer,<br />

forse ti tira fuor de la mia mente, conceals you perhaps from my memory,<br />

sì che non par ch'i' ti vedessi mai. so that it seems as if I never knew you.<br />

INF C6 46-48 / DANTE<br />

Ma dimmi chi tu se' che 'n sì dolente But tell me who you are, that are lodged so sadly,<br />

loco se' messo, e hai sì fatta pena, and undergo such punishment, that though<br />

che, s'altra è maggio, nulla è sì spiacente». there are others greater, none is so unpleasant.<br />

CIACCO:<br />

INF C6 49-51 / DANTE INF C6 49-51 / KLINE<br />

Ed elli a me: «La tua città, ch'è piena And he to me: Your city, that is so full<br />

d'invidia sì che già trabocca il sacco, of envy it overflows,<br />

seco mi tenne in la vita serena. held me in the clear life.<br />

DANTE notes:<br />

INF C6 49 / DANTE INF C6 49 / KLINE<br />

Ed elli a me: «La tua città…Fiorenza…,<br />

ch'è piena And he to me: Your city, that is so full<br />

INF C6 52-4 / DANTE<br />

Voi cittadini mi chiamaste Ciacco: You, the citizens, called me Ciacco:<br />

per la dannosa colpa de la gola, and for the damnable sin of gluttony, as you see,<br />

come tu vedi, a la pioggia mi fiacco. I languish beneath the rain:<br />

INF C6 55-57 / KLINE<br />

and I am not the only wretched spirit, since all these are punished likewise for like sin.<br />

DANTE:<br />

INF C6 58-60 / DANTE INF C6 58-60 / KLINE<br />

Io li rispuosi: «Ciacco, il tuo affanno I answered him: Ciacco, your affliction<br />

mi pesa sì, ch'a lagrimar mi 'nvita; weighs on me, inviting me to weep,<br />

ma dimmi, se tu sai, a che verranno but tell me, if you can,<br />

INF C6 61-63 / DANTE<br />

li cittadin de la città partita; what the citizens of that divided city<br />

s'alcun v'è giusto; e dimmi la cagione will come to; if any there are just:<br />

per che l'ha tanta discordia assalita». and the reason why such discord tears it apart.<br />

♫PROPHECY MOTIF * * * * * * * * * *<br />

INF C6 64<br />

This may occur when a character talks of the supposed future. It should be short, perhaps a single<br />

chord or arpeggio, and soft enough to avoid the bad film-music doom cliché.<br />

71

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