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"Omai convien che tu così ti spoltre," | 46 | 'Now must you cast off sloth,' my master said. | |||||
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disse 'l maestro; "ché, seggendo in piuma, | 47 | 'Sitting on feather cushions or stretched out | |||||
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in fama non si vien, né sotto coltre; | 48 | under comforters, no one comes to fame. | |||||
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sanza la qual chi sua vita consuma, | 49 | 'Without fame, he who spends his time on earth | |||||
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cotal vestigio in terra di sé lascia, | 50 | leaves only such a mark upon the world | |||||
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qual fummo in aere e in acqua la schiuma. | 51 | as smoke does on the air or foam on water. | |||||
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