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    Io dico, seguitando, ch'assai prima 1 To continue, let me say that long before
 
che noi fossimo al piè de l'alta torre, 2 we reached the foot of that high tower
 
li occhi nostri n'andar suso a la cima 3 our eyes had noted at its top
 
    per due fiammette che i vedemmo porre, 4 two flaming lights displayed up there
 
e un'altra da lungi render cenno, 5 to which another, so far off the eye
 
tanto ch'a pena il potea l'occhio tòrre. 6 could hardly make it out, sent back a signal.
 
    E io mi volsi al mar di tutto 'l senno; 7 And turning to that sea of wisdom, I asked:
 
dissi: "Questo che dice? e che risponde 8 'What does this mean? And that other fire,
 
quell' altro foco? e chi son quei che 'l fenno?" 9 what does it answer? And who are they who made it?'
 
    Ed elli a me: "Su per le sucide onde 10 And he to me: 'Over the filthy waves
 
già scorgere puoi quello che s'aspetta, 11 you may already glimpse what is to come,
 
se 'l fummo del pantan nol ti nasconde." 12 if the marsh-fumes do not hide it from you.'
 
    Corda non pinse mai da sé saetta 13 Never did a bowstring loose an arrow
 
che sì corresse via per l'aere snella, 14 that whipped away more swiftly through the air
 
com' io vidi una nave piccioletta 15 than, even as I watched, a skiff came skimming
 
    venir per l'acqua verso noi in quella, 16 straight toward us on the water,

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