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    Già era in loco onde s'udia 'l rimbombo 1 I had arrived where we could hear the distant roar
 
de l'acqua che cadea ne l'altro giro, 2 of water falling to the lower circle,
 
simile a quel che l'arnie fanno rombo, 3 like the rumbling hum of bees around a hive,
 
    quando tre ombre insieme si partiro, 4 when three shades at a run
 
correndo, d'una torma che passava 5 broke from a passing crowd
 
sotto la pioggia de l'aspro martiro. 6 under that rain of bitter torment.
 
    Venian ver' noi, e ciascuna gridava: 7 Together they came toward us, each one calling:
 
"Sòstati tu ch'a l'abito ne sembri 8 'Stop, you, who by your garb appear to be
 
essere alcun di nostra terra prava." 9 a man from our degenerate city.'
 
    Ahimè, che piaghe vidi ne' lor membri, 10 Oh, what sores I noticed on their limbs,
 
ricenti e vecchie, da le fiamme incese! 11 both old and new ones, branded by the flames!
 
Ancor men duol pur ch'i' me ne rimembri. 12 It pains me still, when I remember them.
 
    A le lor grida il mio dottor s'attese; 13 My teacher was attentive to their cries,
 
volse 'l viso ver' me, e "Or aspetta," 14 then turned his face to me and said:
 
disse, "a costor si vuole esser cortese. 15 'Now wait: to these one must show courtesy.

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