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Just as cranes chant their mournful songs, |
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faccendo in aere di sé lunga riga, |
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making a long line in the air, |
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così vid' io venir, traendo guai, |
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thus I saw approach, heaving plaintive sighs, |
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ombre portate da la detta briga; |
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shades lifted on that turbulence, |
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per ch'i' dissi: "Maestro, chi son quelle |
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so that I said: 'Master, who are these |
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genti che l'aura nera sì gastiga?" |
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whom the black air lashes?' |
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"La prima di color di cui novelle |
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'The first of them about whom |
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tu vuo' saper," mi disse quelli allotta, |
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you would hear,' he then replied, |
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"fu imperadrice di molte favelle. |
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'was empress over many tongues. |
