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A cigner lui qual che fosse 'l maestro, |
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Now who had plied his craft to bind him so |
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non so io dir, ma el tenea soccinto |
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I cannot say, but his right arm |
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dinanzi l'altro e dietro il braccio destro |
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was bound behind him, the other one in front, |
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d'una catena che 'l tenea avvinto |
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by chains that from the neck down held him fixed. |
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dal collo in giù, sì che 'n su lo scoperto |
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They wound five times around his bulk |
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si ravvolgëa infino al giro quinto. |
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on the part of him that we could see. |
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"Questo superbo volle esser esperto |
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'This prideful spirit chose to test his strength |
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di sua potenza contra 'l sommo Giove," |
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against almighty Jove,' my leader said, |
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disse 'l mio duca, "ond' elli ha cotal merto. |
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'and this is his reward. |
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Fïalte ha nome, e fece le gran prove |
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'He is Ephialtes. He joined the great assault |
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quando i giganti fer paura a' dèi; |
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when giants put the gods in fear. |
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le braccia ch'el menò, già mai non move." |
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Those arms he brandished he can move no more.' |
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E io a lui: "S'esser puote, io vorrei |
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And I to him: 'If it is allowed, |
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che de lo smisurato Brïareo |
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I'd like to see with my own eyes |
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esperïenza avesser li occhi mei." |
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Briareus and his immeasurable bulk.' |
