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Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita |
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Midway in the journey of our life |
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mi ritrovai per una selva oscura, |
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I came to myself in a dark wood, |
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ché la diritta via era smarrita. |
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for the straight way was lost. |
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Ahi quanto a dir qual era è cosa dura |
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Ah, how hard it is to tell |
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esta selva selvaggia e aspra e forte |
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the nature of that wood, savage, dense and harsh -- |
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che nel pensier rinova la paura! |
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the very thought of it renews my fear! |
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Tant' è amara che poco è più morte; |
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It is so bitter death is hardly more so. |
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ma per trattar del ben ch'i' vi trovai, |
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But to set forth the good I found |
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dirò de l'altre cose ch'i' v'ho scorte. |
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I will recount the other things I saw. |
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Io non so ben ridir com' i' v'intrai, |
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How I came there I cannot really tell, |
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tant' era pien di sonno a quel punto |
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I was so full of sleep |
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che la verace via abbandonai. |
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when I forsook the one true way. |
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Ma poi ch'i' fui al piè d'un colle giunto, |
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But when I reached the foot of a hill, |
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là dove terminava quella valle |
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there where the valley ended |
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che m'avea di paura il cor compunto, |
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that had pierced my heart with fear, |