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percosse traean dietro e ventilate. |
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swirled and billowed out behind them.
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L'un poco sovra noi a star si venne, |
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One came and took his stand there just above us
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e l'altro scese in l'opposita sponda, |
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and one alighted on the other bank,
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sì che la gente in mezzo si contenne. |
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so that the company was set between them.
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Ben discernëa in lor la testa bionda; |
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I could discern the angels' flaxen hair,
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ma ne la faccia l'occhio si smarria, |
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but looking at their faces dazzled me,
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come virtù ch'a troppo si confonda. |
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my power of sight undone by so much brightness.
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"Ambo vegnon del grembo di Maria," |
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'Both come from Mary's bosom,'
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disse Sordello, "a guardia de la valle, |
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said Sordello, 'to guard the valley
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per lo serpente che verrà vie via." |
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from the serpent that will soon appear.'
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Ond' io, che non sapeva per qual calle, |
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Not knowing by what path,
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mi volsi intorno, e stretto m'accostai, |
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I turned around, all chilled with fear,
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tutto gelato, a le fidate spalle. |
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and huddled closer to the trusted shoulders.
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E Sordello anco: "Or avvalliamo omai |
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Sordello continued: 'Let us now go down
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tra le grandi ombre, e parleremo ad esse; |
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into the valley and speak with those great shades.
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