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    Vero è che 'n su la proda mi trovai 7 I found myself upon the brink
 
de la valle d'abisso dolorosa 8 of an abyss of suffering
 
che 'ntrono accoglie d'infiniti guai. 9 filled with the roar of endless woe.
 
    Oscura e profonda era e nebulosa 10 It was full of vapor, dark and deep.
 
tanto che, per ficcar lo viso a fondo, 11 Straining my eyes toward the bottom,
 
io non vi discernea alcuna cosa. 12 I could see nothing.
 
    "Or discendiam qua giù nel cieco mondo," 13 'Now let us descend into the blind world
 
cominciò il poeta tutto smorto. 14 down there,' began the poet, gone pale.
 
"Io sarò primo, e tu sarai secondo." 15 'I will be first and you come after.'
 
    E io, che del color mi fui accorto, 16 And I, noting his pallor, said:
 
dissi: "Come verrò, se tu paventi 17 'How shall I come if you're afraid,
 
che suoli al mio dubbiare esser conforto?" 18 you, who give me comfort when I falter?'
 
    Ed elli a me: "L'angoscia de le genti 19 And he to me: 'The anguish of the souls
 
che son qua giù, nel viso mi dipigne 20 below us paints my face
 
quella pietà che tu per tema senti. 21 with pity you mistake for fear.
 
    Andiam, ché la via lunga ne sospigne." 22 'Let us go, for the long road calls us.'
 
Così si mise e così mi fé intrare 23 Thus he went first and had me enter
 
nel primo cerchio che l'abisso cigne. 24 the first circle girding the abyss.

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