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S'ïo avessi le rime aspre e chiocce, | 1 | If I had verses harsh enough and rasping | |||||
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come si converrebbe al tristo buco | 2 | as would befit this dismal hole | |||||
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sovra 'l qual pontan tutte l'altre rocce, | 3 | upon which all the other rocks weigh down, | |||||
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io premerei di mio concetto il suco | 4 | more fully would I press out the juice | |||||
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più pienamente; ma perch' io non l'abbo, | 5 | of my conception. But, since I lack them, | |||||
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non sanza tema a dicer mi conduco; | 6 | with misgiving do I bring myself to speak. | |||||
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