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    quando Beatrice in sul sinistro fianco 46 when I saw that Beatrice had turned toward her left
 
vidi rivolta e riguardar nel sole: 47 and now was staring at the sun --
 
aguglia sì non li s'affisse unquanco. 48 never had eagle so fixed his gaze on it.
 
    E sì come secondo raggio suole 49 And, as a second ray will issue from the first
 
uscir del primo e risalire in suso, 50 and rise again up to its source,
 
pur come pelegrin che tornar vuole, 51 even as a pilgrim longs to go back home,
 
    così de l'atto suo, per li occhi infuso 52 so her gaze, pouring through my eyes
 
ne l'imagine mia, il mio si fece, 53 on my imagination, made itself my own, and I,
 
e fissi li occhi al sole oltre nostr' uso. 54 against our practice, set my eyes upon the sun.
 
    Molto è licito là, che qui non lece 55 Much that our powers here cannot sustain is there
 
a le nostre virtù, mercé del loco 56 allowed by virtue of the nature of the place
 
fatto per proprio de l'umana spece. 57 created as the dwelling fit for man.
 
    Io nol soffersi molto, né sì poco, 58 I could not bear it long, yet not so brief a time
 
ch'io nol vedessi sfavillar dintorno, 59 as not to see it sparking everywhere,
 
com' ferro che bogliente esce del foco; 60 like liquid iron flowing from the fire.

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