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"S'i' ho ben la parola tua intesa," | 43 | 'If I have rightly understood your words,' | |||||
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rispuose del magnanimo quell' ombra, | 44 | replied the shade of that great soul, | |||||
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"l'anima tua è da viltade offesa; | 45 | 'your spirit is assailed by cowardice, | |||||
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la qual molte fïate l'omo ingombra | 46 | 'which many a time so weighs upon a man | |||||
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sì che d'onrata impresa lo rivolve, | 47 | it turns him back from noble enterprise, | |||||
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come falso veder bestia quand' ombra. | 48 | the way a beast shies from a shadow. | |||||
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