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grazïoso fia lor vedervi assai." |
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They will be pleased to have you join them.'
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Solo tre passi credo ch'i' scendesse, |
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It seemed I had taken only three steps down
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e fui di sotto, e vidi un che mirava |
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when I saw one who stared at me alone,
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pur me, come conoscer mi volesse. |
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as if he tried to bring my name to mind.
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Temp' era già che l'aere s'annerava, |
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It was now the hour when the air grows dark,
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ma non sì che tra li occhi suoi e ' miei |
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yet had not turned so dark it failed to show
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non dichiarisse ciò che pria serrava. |
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his eyes and mine what had been hidden.
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Ver' me si fece, e io ver' lui mi fei: |
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He moved toward me and I moved toward him.
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giudice Nin gentil, quanto mi piacque |
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Noble Judge Nino, what joy it was to me
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quando ti vidi non esser tra ' rei! |
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when I saw that you were not among the damned!
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Nullo bel salutar tra noi si tacque; |
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Between us no fair greeting went unsaid. |
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poi dimandò: "Quant' è che tu venisti |
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Then he asked: 'How long is it since you came |
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a piè del monte per le lontane acque?" |
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over far waters to this mountain?' |
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"Oh!" diss' io lui, "per entro i luoghi tristi |
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'Oh,' I said to him, 'I came this morning |
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venni stamane, e sono in prima vita, |
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from the doleful regions. I am in my first life, |
