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segnata bene de la interna stampa: |
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with the clear imprint of its inner stamp, |
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non perché nostra conoscenza cresca |
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'not that our knowledge be increased by what you say |
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per tuo parlare, ma perché t'ausi |
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but that you rehearse the telling of your thirst |
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a dir la sete, sì che l'uom ti mesca." |
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so that the drink be poured for you.' |
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"O cara piota mia che sì t'insusi, |
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'O my precious root, you are raised so high |
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che, come veggion le terrene menti |
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that, even as earthly minds discern no triangle |
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non capere in trïangol due ottusi, |
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can contain two angles, both of them obtuse, |
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così vedi le cose contingenti |
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'so you, gazing on the point that holds all time |
