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Già era, e con paura il metto in metro, | 10 | Now -- and I shudder as I write it out in verse -- | |||||
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là dove l'ombre tutte eran coperte, | 11 | I was where the shades were wholly covered, | |||||
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e trasparien come festuca in vetro. | 12 | showing through like bits of straw in glass. | |||||
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Altre sono a giacere; altre stanno erte, | 13 | Some are lying down, still others stand erect: | |||||
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quella col capo e quella con le piante; | 14 | some with their heads, and some their footsoles, up, | |||||
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altra, com' arco, il volto a' piè rinverte. | 15 | some bent like bows, their faces to their toes. | |||||
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