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    Io gia pensando; e quei disse: "Tu pensi 31 I went on lost in thought. And he said:
 
forse a questa ruina, ch'è guardata 32 'Perhaps you're wondering about this rockslide
 
da quell' ira bestial ch'i' ora spensi. 33 guarded by that bestial rage I quelled just now.
 
    Or vo' che sappi che l'altra fïata 34 'I want you to know, the other time
 
ch'i' discesi qua giù nel basso inferno, 35 I came down into nether Hell
 
questa roccia non era ancor cascata. 36 this rock had not yet fallen.
 
    Ma certo poco pria, se ben discerno, 37 'But surely, if memory does not fail,
 
che venisse colui che la gran preda 38 it was just before He came who carried off
 
levò a Dite del cerchio superno, 39 from Dis the great spoil of the highest circle
 
    da tutte parti l'alta valle feda 40 'when the deep and foul abyss shook on every side,
 
tremò sì, ch'i' pensai che l'universo 41 so that I thought the universe felt love,
 
sentisse amor, per lo qual è chi creda 42 by which, as some believe,
 
    più volte il mondo in caòsso converso; 43 'the world has many times been turned to chaos.
 
e in quel punto questa vecchia roccia, 44 And at that moment this ancient rock,
 
qui e altrove, tal fece riverso. 45 here and elsewhere, fell broken into pieces.

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