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la via è lunga e 'l cammino è malvagio, 95 for the way is long and the road not easy,
 
e già il sole a mezza terza riede." 96 and the sun returns to middle tierce.'
 
    Non era camminata di palagio 97 It was not the great hall of a palace,
 
là 'v' eravam, ma natural burella 98 where we were, but a natural dungeon,
 
ch'avea mal suolo e di lume disagio. 99 rough underfoot and wanting light.
 
    "Prima ch'io de l'abisso mi divella, 100 'Master, before I tear myself from this abyss,'
 
maestro mio," diss' io quando fui dritto, 101 I said once I had risen,
 
"a trarmi d'erro un poco mi favella: 102 'say a few words to rid me of my doubt.
 
    ov' è la ghiaccia? e questi com' è fitto 103 'Where is the ice? Why is this one fixed now
 
sì sottosopra? e come, in sì poc' ora, 104 upside down? And how in so few hours
 
da sera a mane ha fatto il sol tragitto?" 105 has the sun moved from evening into morning?'
 
    Ed elli a me: "Tu imagini ancora 106 And he to me: 'You imagine you are still
 
d'esser di là dal centro, ov' io mi presi 107 beyond the center, where I grasped the hair
 
al pel del vermo reo che 'l mondo fóra. 108 of the guilty worm by whom the world is pierced.
 
    Di là fosti cotanto quant' io scesi; 109 'So you were, as long as I descended,

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