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Ora cen porta l'un de' duri margini; |
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Now one of the stony borders bears us on |
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e 'l fummo del ruscel di sopra aduggia, |
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and vapors from the stream arise as mist |
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sì che dal foco salva l'acqua e li argini. |
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protecting banks and water from the flames. |
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Quali Fiamminghi tra Guizzante e Bruggia, |
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As the Flemings between Wissant and Bruges, |
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temendo 'l fiotto che 'nver' lor s'avventa; |
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fearing the tide that rushes in upon them, |
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fanno lo schermo perché 'l mar si fuggia; |
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erect a bulwark to repel the sea, |
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e quali Padoan lungo la Brenta, |
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and as the Paduans build dikes along the Brenta, |
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per difender lor ville e lor castelli, |
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to protect their towns and castles |
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anzi che Carentana il caldo senta: |
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before the heat brings floods to Carentana -- |
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a tale imagine eran fatti quelli, |
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in just that way these banks were formed, |
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tutto che né sì alti né sì grossi, |
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except the architect -- whoever he was -- |
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qual che si fosse, lo maestro félli. |
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had made them not as lofty nor as thick. |
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Già eravam da la selva rimossi |
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By now we were so distant from the wood |
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tanto, ch'i' non avrei visto dov' era, |
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that I could not have made it out, |
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perch' io in dietro rivolto mi fossi, |
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even had I turned in its direction. |
