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Mira c'ha fatto petto de le spalle; | 37 | 'See how his shoulder-blades are now his chest. | |||||
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perché volse veder troppo davante, | 38 | Because he aspired to see too far ahead | |||||
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di retro guarda e fa retroso calle. | 39 | he looks behind and treads a backward path. | |||||
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Vedi Tiresia, che mutò sembiante | 40 | 'See Tiresias, who changed his likeness | |||||
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quando di maschio femmina divenne, | 41 | when he was turned from male to female, | |||||
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cangiandosi le membra tutte quante; | 42 | transformed in every member. | |||||
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