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    Sì trapassammo per sozza mistura 100 So we passed on through the foul mix
 
de l'ombre e de la pioggia, a passi lenti, 101 of shades and rain with lagging steps,
 
toccando un poco la vita futura; 102 touching a little on the life to come.
 
    per ch'io dissi: "Maestro, esti tormenti 103 'Master,' I asked, 'after the great Judgment
 
crescerann' ei dopo la gran sentenza, 104 will these torments be greater, less,
 
o fier minori, o saran sì cocenti?" 105 or will they stay as harsh as they are now?'
 
    Ed elli a me: "Ritorna a tua scïenza, 106 And he replied: 'Return to your science,
 
che vuol, quanto la cosa è più perfetta, 107 which has it that, in measure of a thing's perfection,
 
più senta il bene, e così la doglienza. 108 it feels both more of pleasure and of pain.
 
    Tutto che questa gente maladetta 109 'Although these accursèd people
 
in vera perfezion già mai non vada, 110 will never come to true perfection,
 
di là più che di qua essere aspetta." 111 they will be nearer it than they are now.'
 
    Noi aggirammo a tondo quella strada, 112 We went along that curving road,
 
parlando più assai ch'i' non ridico; 113 with much more talk than I repeat,
 
venimmo al punto dove si digrada: 114 and reached the point of our descent.
 
quivi trovammo Pluto, il gran nemico. 115 And there we came on Plutus, our great foe.

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