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    Era lo loco ov' a scender la riva 1 Steep was the cliff we had to clamber down,
 
venimmo, alpestro e, per quel che v'er' anco, 2 rocky and steep, but -- even worse -- it held
 
tal, ch'ogne vista ne sarebbe schiva. 3 a sight that every eye would shun.
 
    Qual è quella ruina che nel fianco 4 As on the rockslide that still marks the flank
 
di qua da Trento l'Adice percosse, 5 of the Àdige, this side of Trent,
 
o per tremoto o per sostegno manco, 6 whether by earthquake or erosion at the base,
 
    che da cima del monte, onde si mosse, 7 from the mountain-top they slid away from,
 
al piano è sì la roccia discoscesa, 8 the shattered boulders strew the precipice
 
ch'alcuna via darebbe a chi sù fosse: 9 and thus give footing to one coming down --
 
    cotal di quel burrato era la scesa; 10 just so was the descent down that ravine.
 
e 'n su la punta de la rotta lacca 11 And at the chasm's jagged edge
 
l'infamïa di Creti era distesa 12 was sprawled the infamy of Crete,
 
    che fu concetta ne la falsa vacca; 13 conceived in that false cow.
 
e quando vide noi, sé stesso morse, 14 When he caught sight of us, he gnawed himself
 
sì come quei cui l'ira dentro fiacca. 15 like someone ruled by wrath.

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