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    tal, non per foco ma per divin' arte, 16 so, not with fire, but by the art of God,
 
bollia là giuso una pegola spessa, 17 a thick pitch boiled there,
 
che 'nviscava la ripa d'ogne parte. 18 sticking to the banks on either side.
 
    I' vedea lei, ma non vedëa in essa 19 I saw the pitch but still saw nothing in it
 
mai che le bolle che 'l bollor levava, 20 except the bubbles raised up by the boiling,
 
e gonfiar tutta, e riseder compressa. 21 the whole mass swelling and then settling back.
 
    Mentr' io là giù fisamente mirava, 22 While I stared fixedly upon the seething pitch,
 
lo duca mio, dicendo "Guarda, guarda!" 23 my leader cried: 'Look out, look out!'
 
mi trasse a sé del loco dov' io stava. 24 and drew me to him, away from where I stood.
 
    Allor mi volsi come l'uom cui tarda 25 Then I turned like a man, intent
 
di veder quel che li convien fuggire 26 on making out what he must run from,
 
e cui paura sùbita sgagliarda, 27 undone by sudden fear,
 
    che, per veder, non indugia 'l partire: 28 who does not slow his flight for all his looking back:
 
e vidi dietro a noi un diavol nero 29 just so I caught a glimpse of some dark devil
 
correndo su per lo scoglio venire. 30 running toward us up the ledge.

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