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O superbi cristian, miseri lassi, |
O vainglorious Christians, miserable wretches!
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| 122 |
che, de la vista de la mente infermi, |
Sick in the visions engendered in your minds,
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| 123 |
fidanza avete ne' retrosi passi, |
you put your trust in backward steps.
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| 124 |
non v'accorgete voi che noi siam vermi |
Do you not see that we are born as worms,
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| 125 |
nati a formar l'angelica farfalla, |
though able to transform into angelic butterflies
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| 126 |
che vola a la giustizia sanza schermi? |
that unimpeded soar to justice?
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| 127 |
Di che l'animo vostro in alto galla, |
What makes your mind rear up so high?
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| 128 |
poi siete quasi antomata in difetto, |
You are, as it were, defective creatures,
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| 129 |
sì come vermo in cui formazion falla? |
like the unformed worm, shaped from the mud.
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