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1	O insensata cura de' mortali,	O foolish cares of mortals, how flawed
2	quanto son difettivi silogismi	are all the arguments that make you flap
3	quei che ti fanno in basso batter l'ali!	your wings in downward flight
4	Chi dietro a iura e chi ad amforismi	One pursued the law, one the Hippocratic
5	sen giva, e chi seguendo sacerdozio,	Aphorisms, while yet another sought
6	e chi regnar per forza o per sofismi,	the priesthood, and another, rule by force or fraud,
7	e chi rubare e chi civil negozio,	one was set on plunder, one on the public weal,
8	chi nel diletto de la carne involto	one wearied himself in the toils of flesh
9	s'affaticava e chi si dava a l'ozio,	and its delights, another gave himself to idleness,
10	quando, da tutte queste cose sciolto,	while I, set free from all these things,
11	con Bëatrice m'era suso in cielo	was, high in heaven with Beatrice,
12	cotanto glorïosamente accolto.	thus gloriously received.