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Già era dritta in sù la fiamma e queta | 1 | The flame now stood erect and still, | |||||
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per non dir più, e già da noi sen gia | 2 | meaning to speak no more, and was departing | |||||
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con la licenza del dolce poeta, | 3 | with the gentle poet's leave, | |||||
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quand' un'altra, che dietro a lei venìa, | 4 | when another flame, coming close behind, | |||||
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ne fece volger li occhi a la sua cima | 5 | caused our eyes to fix upon its tip, | |||||
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per un confuso suon che fuor n'uscia. | 6 | drawn by the gibberish that came from it. | |||||
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