PHILOLOGY Column Image. COMMENTARY Column Image. TOYNBEE Column Image. DARTMOUTH DANTE PROJECT Column Image. AUDIO Column Image. IMAGES Column Image.
Move to the Princeton Dante Project home. Move to the start of Canto 21
Search for items in categories. Search for items in categories. Search for items in categories. Search for items in categories. Search for items in categories. Search for items in categories.
Move to the following Location: Inf, Canto 20, Lines 116:130 Move to the Summary Page. Move to the table of contents. Move to the Search Page. Move to the following Location: Inf, Canto 21, Lines 16:30
 
    Così di ponte in ponte, altro parlando 1 Thus from one bridge to the next we came
 
che la mia comedìa cantar non cura, 2 until we reached its highest point, speaking
 
venimmo; e tenavamo 'l colmo, quando 3 of things my Comedy does not care to sing.
 
    restammo per veder l'altra fessura 4 We stopped to look into the next crevasse
 
di Malebolge e li altri pianti vani; 5 of Malebolge and heard more useless weeping.
 
e vidila mirabilmente oscura. 6 All I could see was an astounding darkness.
 
    Quale ne l'arzanà de' Viniziani 7 As in the arsenal of the Venetians
 
bolle l'inverno la tenace pece 8 in wintertime they boil the viscous pitch
 
a rimpalmare i legni lor non sani, 9 to caulk their unsound ships
 
    ché navicar non ponno -- in quella vece 10 because they cannot sail -- one rebuilds
 
chi fa suo legno novo e chi ristoppa 11 his ship, while still another plugs
 
le coste a quel che più vïaggi fece; 12 the seams of his, weathered by many a voyage:
 
    chi ribatte da proda e chi da poppa; 13 one hammers at the stem, another at the stern,
 
altri fa remi e altri volge sarte; 14 this one makes the oars, that one twists the ropes
 
chi terzeruolo e artimon rintoppa --: 15 for rigging, another patches jib and mainsail --

Copyright © 1997-1998 The Trustees of Princeton University and Prof. Robert Hollander.
All Rights Reserved. Use of this site is governed by Terms and Conditions of Use/Legal Notices in connection with the use of this web site.
Thank you for visiting. And for reading the fine print. Bugs? Comments?
Close
C Inf XXI 1-3
Close
Frodolenti
Inferno_1, summarized entry
Malebolge
Close
Play Terzina
Play Page
Play Canto
Close
Inferno XXI
Close
C Inf XXI 1-3
Close
Comedìa
Close
Play Terzina
Play Page
Play Canto
Close
C Inf XXI 1-3
Close
Play Terzina
Play Page
Play Canto
Close
Malebolge
Close
Play Terzina
Play Page
Play Canto
Close
Malebolge
Close
Play Terzina
Play Page
Play Canto
Close
Play Terzina
Play Page
Play Canto
Close
C Inf XXI 7-21
Close
Arzanà
Viniziani
Vinègia, summarized entry
Close
Play Terzina
Play Page
Play Canto
Close
inf.21.7
Close
C Inf XXI 7-21
Close
Vinègia, summarized entry
Close
Play Terzina
Play Page
Play Canto
Close
C Inf XXI 7-21
Close
Vinègia, summarized entry
Close
Play Terzina
Play Page
Play Canto
Close
C Inf XXI 7-21
Close
Vinègia, summarized entry
Close
Play Terzina
Play Page
Play Canto
Close
C Inf XXI 7-21
Close
Vinègia, summarized entry
Close
Play Terzina
Play Page
Play Canto
Close
C Inf XXI 7-21
Close
Vinègia, summarized entry
Close
Play Terzina
Play Page
Play Canto
Close
C Inf XXI 7-21
Close
Barbarìccia
Vinègia, summarized entry
Close
Play Terzina
Play Page
Play Canto
Close
C Inf XXI 7-21
Close
Vinègia, summarized entry
Close
Play Terzina
Play Page
Play Canto
Close
C Inf XXI 7-21
Close
Vinègia, summarized entry
Close
Play Terzina
Play Page
Play Canto