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Purg Canto viii Lines 49-54
49   Temp' era già che l'aere s'annerava, It was now the hour when the air grows dark,
50 ma non sì che tra li occhi suoi e ' miei yet had not turned so dark it failed to show
51 non dichiarisse ciò che pria serrava. his eyes and mine what had been hidden.
52   Ver' me si fece, e io ver' lui mi fei: He moved toward me and I moved toward him.
53 giudice Nin gentil, quanto mi piacque Noble Judge Nino, what joy it was to me
54 quando ti vidi non esser tra ' rei! when I saw that you were not among the damned!