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ciò che pria mi piacëa, allor m'increbbe, |
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'I grew displeased with what had pleased me once. |
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e pentuto e confesso mi rendei; |
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Repentant and shriven, I became a friar. |
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ahi miser lasso! e giovato sarebbe. |
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And woe is me! it would have served. |
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Lo principe d'i novi Farisei, |
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'But he, Prince of the latter-day Pharisees, |
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avendo guerra presso a Laterano, |
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engaged in battle near the Lateran |
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e non con Saracin né con Giudei, |
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and not with either Saracen or Jew, |
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ché ciascun suo nimico era Cristiano, |
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'for all his enemies were Christian -- |
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e nessun era stato a vincer Acri |
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not one of them had gone to conquer Acre |
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né mercatante in terra di Soldano, |
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or traffic in the Sultan's lands -- |
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né sommo officio né ordini sacri |
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'paid no heed, for his part, to the highest office |
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guardò in sé, né in me quel capestro |
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or his holy orders, nor, for mine, |
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che solea fare i suoi cinti più macri. |
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to the cord that used to keep its wearers lean. |
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Ma come Costantin chiese Silvestro |
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'As Constantine once had Sylvester summoned |
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d'entro Siratti a guerir de la lebbre, |
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from Soracte to cure his leprous sores, |
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così mi chiese questi per maestro |
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so this man called on me to be his doctor |
