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DANTE: & VIRGIL:
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Ben m'accorsi ch'elli era da ciel messo, I well knew he He was a messenger from Heaven.,
e volsimi al maestro; e quei fé segno and I turned to the Master, who made
ch'i' stessi queto ed inchinassi ad esso. a gesture that I should stay quiet, and bow to him.
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Ahi quanto mi parea pien di disdegno! How full of indignation he seemed to me!
Venne a la porta e con una verghetta He reached the gate, and opened it with a wand:
l'aperse, che non v'ebbe alcun ritegno. there was no resistance.
THE MESSENGER SPEAKS FROM INSIDE THE CITY.
HEAVENLY MESSENGER (VOICE):
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O cacciati del ciel, gente dispetta», On the vile threshold he began to speak:
cominciò elli in su l'orribil soglia, O cacciati del ciel…outcasts from Heaven…
«ond' esta oltracotanza in voi s'alletta? why does this insolence still live in you?
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Perché recalcitrate a quella voglia Why are you recalcitrant to that will,
a cui non puote il fin mai esser mozzo, whose aims can never be frustrated,
e che più volte v'ha cresciuta doglia? and that has often increased your torment?
HEAVENLY MESSENGER (VOICE):
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Che giova ne le fata dar di cozzo? What use is it to butt your heads against the Fates?
Cerbero vostro, se ben vi ricorda, If you remember, your Cerberus still shows
ne porta ancor pelato il mento e 'l gozzo». a throat and chin scarred from doing so.
DANTE AND VIRGIL WALK TOWARDS THE ENTRANCE TO THE CITY OF DIS, WATCHING AND NOTING THE
DEPARTURE OF THE MESSENGER.
DANTE: & VIRGIL:
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Poi si rivolse per la strada lorda, Then he returned, over the miry pool,
e non fé motto a noi, ma fé sembiante and spoke no word to us, but looked like one
d'omo cui altra cura stringa e morda preoccupied and driven by other cares,
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che quella di colui che li è davante; than of those who stand before him.
e noi movemmo i piedi inver' la terra, And we stirred our feet towards the city,
sicuri appresso le parole sante. in safety, after his sacred speech.
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DANTE AND VIRGIL ENTER THE CITY AND DARKNESS FALLS. DANTE’S VOICE COMES OVER THE MUSIC AS
MOST OF THE DIS BATTLEMENT BOXES ARE REMOVED AND THOSE LEFT ARE TURNED ON THEIR SIDE TO
REPRESENT SEPULCHRES INSIDE DIS.
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