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DANTE (VOICE):<br />
INF C3 55-57 / DANTE INF C3 55-57 / KLINE<br />
e dietro le venìa sì lunga tratta and behind it came so long a line of people,<br />
di gente, ch'i' non averei creduto I never would have believed that death<br />
che morte tanta n'avesse disfatta. had undone so many.<br />
AFTER ANOTHER WHILE…<br />
DANTE (VOICE):<br />
INF C3 58-60 / DANTE INF C3 58-60 / KLINE<br />
Poscia ch'io v'ebbi alcun riconosciuto, When I had recognised some among them,<br />
vidi e conobbi l'ombra di colui I saw and knew the shade of him<br />
che fece per viltade il gran rifiuto. who from cowardice made ‘the great refusal’:<br />
Pope Celestine.<br />
THE SHADE OF HIM: CELESTINE V, SAINT & POPE: PIETRO DA MORRONE, A SAINTLY HERMIT FROM THE ABRUZZI, WAS<br />
COMPELLED TO BECOME POPE BY THE CARDINALS IN 1294, AT THE AGE OF EIGHTY. FIVE MONTHS LATER, WORN OUT, HE<br />
ABDICATED AND WAS CONFINED BY HIS SUCCESSOR, BONIFACE VIII, TILL HIS DEATH IN 1296. HE WAS CANONISED IN 1313.<br />
DANTE notes (VOICE):<br />
INF C3 60 / DANTE INF C3 60 / KLINE<br />
che fece per viltade il gran rifiuto. who from cowardice made ‘the great refusal’.<br />
DANTE (VOICE):<br />
INF C3 61-63 / DANTE INF C3 61-63 / KLINE<br />
Incontanente intesi e certo fui Immediately I understood that this This<br />
che questa era la setta d'i cattivi, was is the despicable crew,<br />
a Dio spiacenti e a' nemici sui. hateful to God and his enemies.<br />
DANTE:<br />
INF C3 64-66 / DANTE INF C3 64-66 / KLINE<br />
Questi sciaurati, che mai non fur vivi, These wretches, who never truly lived,<br />
erano ignudi e stimolati molto were are naked, and goaded<br />
da mosconi e da vespe ch'eran ivi. viciously by hornets, and wasps,<br />
INF C3 67-69 / DANTE<br />
Elle rigavan lor di sangue il volto, there, making their faces stream with blood,<br />
che, mischiato di lagrime, a' lor piedi that, mixed with tears, was is collected,<br />
da fastidiosi vermi era ricolto. at their feet, by loathsome worms.<br />
DANTE (VOICE):<br />
INF C3 70-72 / DANTE INF C3 70-72 / KLINE<br />
E poi ch'a riguardar oltre mi diedi, And then, as I looked onwards, I saw people<br />
vidi genti a la riva d'un gran fiume; on the bank of a great river,<br />
per ch'io dissi: «Maestro, or mi concedi at which I said: Master, now let me understand<br />
INF C3 73-75 / DANTE<br />
ch'I' sappia quali sono, e qual costume who these are, and what custom<br />
le fa di trapassar parer sì pronte, makes them so ready to cross over,<br />
com' i' discerno per lo fioco lume». as I can see by the dim light.<br />
VIRGIL:<br />
INF C3 76-78 / DANTE INF C3 76-78 / KLINE<br />
Ed elli a me: «Le cose ti fier conte And he to me: The thing will be told you,<br />
quando noi fermerem li nostri passi when we halt our steps,<br />
su la trista riviera d'Acheronte». on the sad strand of Acheron.<br />
DANTE notes:<br />
INF C3 78 / DANTE INF C3 78 / KLINE<br />
su la trista riviera d'Acheronte». on the sad strand of Acheron.<br />
INF C3 79-81 / KLINE<br />
Then, fearing that my words might have offended him, I stopped myself from speaking, with eyes ashamed and<br />
downcast, till we had reached the flood.<br />
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