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pigliando più de la dolente ripa 17 descending the dismal slope
 
che 'l mal de l'universo tutto insacca. 18 that crams in all the evil of the universe.
 
    Ahi giustizia di Dio! tante chi stipa 19 Ah, Justice of God, who heaps up
 
nove travaglie e pene quant' io viddi? 20 such strange punishment and pain as I saw there?
 
e perché nostra colpa sì ne scipa? 21 And why do our sins so waste us?
 
    Come fa l'onda là sovra Cariddi, 22 Just as the waves clash above Charybdis,
 
che si frange con quella in cui s'intoppa, 23 one breaking on the other when they meet,
 
così convien che qui la gente riddi. 24 so here the souls move in their necessary dance.
 
    Qui vid' i' gente più ch'altrove troppa, 25 Here the sinners were more numerous than elsewhere,
 
e d'una parte e d'altra, con grand' urli, 26 and they, with great shouts, from opposite sides
 
voltando pesi per forza di poppa. 27 were shoving burdens forward with their chests.
 
    Percotëansi 'ncontro; e poscia pur lì 28 They crashed into each other, turned
 
si rivolgea ciascun, voltando a retro, 29 and beat retreat, shoving their loads and shouting:
 
gridando: "Perché tieni?" e "Perché burli?" 30 'Why do you hoard?' or 'Why do you squander?'
 
    Così tornavan per lo cerchio tetro 31 Thus they proceeded in their dismal round
 
da ogne mano a l'opposito punto, 32 on both sides toward the opposite point,

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