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♫PROPHECY MOTIF * * * * * * * * * *<br />
INF C10 78<br />
FARINATA:<br />
INF C10 79-81 / DANTE INF C10 79-81 / KLINE<br />
Ma non cinquanta volte fia raccesa but the face of the moon-goddess Persephone,<br />
la faccia de la donna che qui regge, who rules here, will not be crescent fifty times,<br />
che tu saprai quanto quell' arte pesa. before you learn the difficulty of that art.<br />
PERSEPHONE: THE VEGETATION RITUALS OF CERES-DEMETER & PERSEPHONE FORMED THE ESSENCE OF THE SECRET<br />
MYSTERIES AT ELEUSIS. ONE OF THE INCARNATIONS OF THE TRIPLE MOON-GODDESS.<br />
YOU LEARN: FARINATA WARNS HIM OF HIS LONG EXILE, TELLING HIM THAT NOT FIFTY MOONS WILL PASS BEFORE HE LEARNS<br />
HOW HARD IT IS TO RETURN FROM BANISHMENT. THE DATE OF THE VISION IS APRIL 1300 & DANTE’S EFFORTS AT RETURN<br />
WERE THWARTED BY THE FAILURE OF POPE BENEDICT XI, WHO SUCCEEDED BONIFACE TO ACHIEVE RECONCILIATION IN<br />
EARLY 1304. BENEDICT VISITED FLORENCE BUT LEFT ON JUNE 4TH LEAVING THE REBELLIOUS CITY UNDER AN INTERDICT. IT<br />
WAS LESS THAN FIFTY ONE LUNAR MONTHS BEFORE DANTE’S EFFORTS AT RETURN FAILED, SUGGESTING A COMMUNICATION<br />
WITH BENEDICT (DANTE WAS ACTING AS SECRETARY THEN TO ALLESSANDRO DA ROMANO, OF THE OLD GHIBELLINE FAMILY<br />
OF THE COUNTS GUIDI, WHO WAS THE LEADER OF THE GHIBELLINES IN EXILE) SOME TIME IN MARCH OR EARLY APRIL.<br />
INF C10 82-84 / DANTE<br />
E se tu mai nel dolce mondo regge, And, as you wish to return to the sweet world,<br />
dimmi: perché quel popolo è sì empio tell me why that people is so fierce towards my kin,<br />
incontr' a' miei in ciascuna sua legge? in all its lawmaking?<br />
DANTE:<br />
INF C10 85-87 / DANTE INF C10 85-87 / KLINE<br />
Ond' io a lui: «Lo strazio e 'l grande scempio At which I answered him: The great slaughter<br />
che fece l'Arbia colorata in rosso, and havoc, that dyed the Arbia red, is the cause<br />
tal orazion fa far nel nostro tempio». of those indictments against them, in our churches.<br />
FARINATA:<br />
INF C10 88-90 / DANTE INF C10 88-90 / KLINE<br />
Poi ch'ebbe sospirando il capo mosso, Then he shook his head, sighing, and said:<br />
«A ciò non fu' io sol», disse, «né certo I was not alone in that matter, nor would I<br />
sanza cagion con li altri sarei mosso. have joined with the others without good cause,<br />
INF C10 91-93 / DANTE<br />
Ma fu' io solo, là dove sofferto but I was alone, there, when all agreed<br />
fu per ciascun di tòrre via Fiorenza, to raze Florence to the ground,<br />
colui che la difesi a viso aperto». and I openly defended her.<br />
DANTE:<br />
INF C10 94-96 / DANTE INF C10 94-96 / KLINE<br />
Deh, se riposi mai vostra semenza», Ah, as I hope your descendants might sometime<br />
prega' io lui, «solvetemi quel nodo have peace, I begged him, solve the puzzle<br />
che qui ha 'nviluppata mia sentenza. that has entangled my mind.<br />
INF C10 97-99 / DANTE<br />
El par che voi veggiate, se ben odo, It seems, if I hear right, that you see<br />
dinanzi quel che 'l tempo seco adduce, beforehand what time brings,<br />
e nel presente tenete altro modo». but have a different knowledge of the present.<br />
FARINATA:<br />
INF C10 100-102 / DANTE INF C10 100-102 / KLINE<br />
«Noi veggiam, come quei c'ha mala luce, Like one who has imperfect vision’, he said,<br />
le cose», disse, «che ne son lontano; we see things that are distant from us: so much<br />
cotanto ancor ne splende il sommo duce. of the light the supreme Lord still allows us.<br />
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