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    Questi parea che contra me venisse 46 He seemed about to pounce --
 
con la test' alta e con rabbiosa fame, 47 his head held high and furious with hunger --
 
sì che parea che l'aere ne tremesse. 48 so that the air appeared to tremble at him.
 
    Ed una lupa, che di tutte brame 49 And then a she-wolf who, all hide and bones,
 
sembiava carca ne la sua magrezza, 50 seemed charged with all the appetites
 
e molte genti fé già viver grame, 51 that have made many live in wretchedness
 
    questa mi porse tanto di gravezza 52 so weighed my spirits down with terror,
 
con la paura ch'uscia di sua vista, 53 which welled up at the sight of her,
 
ch'io perdei la speranza de l'altezza. 54 that I lost hope of making the ascent.
 
    E qual è quei che volontieri acquista, 55 And like one who rejoices in his gains
 
e giugne 'l tempo che perder lo face, 56 but when the time comes and he loses,
 
che 'n tutti suoi pensier piange e s'attrista; 57 turns all his thought to sadness and lament,
 
    tal mi fece la bestia sanza pace, 58 such did the restless beast make me --
 
che, venendomi 'ncontro, a poco a poco 59 coming against me, step by step,
 
mi ripigneva là dove 'l sol tace. 60 it drove me down to where the sun is silent.

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