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    Imagini, chi bene intender cupe 1 Let him, who would fully understand
 
quel ch'i' or vidi -- e ritegna l'image, 2 what I now saw, imagine -- and let him, while I speak,
 
mentre ch'io dico, come ferma rupe --, 3 hold that image, steady as a rock --
 
    quindici stelle che 'n diverse plage 4 fifteen stars that light up various regions
 
lo cielo avvivan di tanto sereno 5 of the sky, and with such brightness
 
che soperchia de l'aere ogne compage; 6 as to overcome the intervening haze.
 
    imagini quel carro a cu' il seno 7 Let him imagine the Wain, nestling
 
basta del nostro cielo e notte e giorno, 8 in the bosom of our sky both night and day
 
sì ch'al volger del temo non vien meno; 9 so that its wheeling shaft is never out of sight.
 
    imagini la bocca di quel corno 10 Let him imagine the mouth of that horn
 
che si comincia in punta de lo stelo 11 descending from the axle's endpoint
 
a cui la prima rota va dintorno, 12 around which the first wheel revolves,
 
    aver fatto di sé due segni in cielo, 13 and all these seen together to have formed, up in the sky,
 
qual fece la figliuola di Minoi 14 a double constellation, like the ring once formed
 
allora che sentì di morte il gelo; 15 of Minos' daughter when she felt the chill of death,

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