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e aggrappossi al pel com' om che sale, |
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and clung to the hair like a man who climbed upward, |
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sì che 'n inferno i' credea tornar anche. |
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so that I thought we were heading back to Hell. |
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"Attienti ben, ché per cotali scale," |
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'Hold on tight, for by such rungs as these,' |
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disse 'l maestro, ansando com' uom lasso, |
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said my master, panting like a man exhausted, |
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"conviensi dipartir da tanto male." |
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'must we take leave of so much evil.' |
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Poi uscì fuor per lo fóro d'un sasso |
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Then out through an opening in the rock he went, |
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e puose me in su l'orlo a sedere; |
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setting me down upon its edge to rest. |
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appresso porse a me l'accorto passo. |
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And then, with quick and cautious steps, he joined me. |
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Io levai li occhi e credetti vedere |
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I raised my eyes, thinking I would see |
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Lucifero com' io l'avea lasciato, |
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Lucifer still the same as I had left him, |
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e vidili le gambe in sù tenere; |
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but saw him with his legs held upward. |
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e s'io divenni allora travagliato, |
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And if I became confused, let those dull minds |
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la gente grossa il pensi, che non vede |
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who fail to see what point I'd passed |
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qual è quel punto ch'io avea passato. |
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comprehend what I felt then. |
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"Lèvati sù," disse 'l maestro, "in piede: |
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The master said to me: 'Get to your feet, |
