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    Io vidi per la croce un lume tratto 37 I saw a streak of light drawn through the cross
 
dal nomar Iosuè, com' el si feo; 38 at Joshua's name as soon as it was spoken,
 
né mi fu noto il dir prima che 'l fatto. 39 nor could I tell the naming and the deed apart.
 
    E al nome de l'alto Macabeo 40 And, at the name of valorous Maccabaeus,
 
vidi moversi un altro roteando, 41 I saw shoot by another whirling light --
 
e letizia era ferza del paleo. 42 and it was joy that whipped that spinning top.
 
    Così per Carlo Magno e per Orlando 43 My watchful gaze was fastened
 
due ne seguì lo mio attento sguardo, 44 on Charlemagne and Roland there, as well,
 
com' occhio segue suo falcon volando. 45 just as the eye pursues the falcon in its flight.
 
    Poscia trasse Guiglielmo e Rinoardo 46 William, Renouard, and then Duke Godfrey
 
e 'l duca Gottifredi la mia vista 47 next drew my eyes along that cross,
 
per quella croce, e Ruberto Guiscardo. 48 and Robert Guiscard also did so.
 
    Indi, tra l'altre luci mota e mista, 49 Then, leaving me to mingle with the other lights,
 
mostrommi l'alma che m'avea parlato 50 the soul who'd spoken last with me displayed
 
qual era tra i cantor del cielo artista. 51 his artistry among the singers of that heaven.
 
    Io mi rivolsi dal mio destro lato 52 I turned to my right to learn
 
per vedere in Beatrice il mio dovere, 53 from Beatrice what I ought to do,
 
o per parlare o per atto, segnato; 54 whether signaled by some word or gesture,
 
    e vidi le sue luci tanto mere, 55 and I saw her eyes so clear, so joyful,
 
tanto gioconde, che la sua sembianza 56 that her aspect in its radiance outshone
 
vinceva li altri e l'ultimo solere. 57 her former glory, even that most recent.
 
    E come, per sentir più dilettanza 58 And as, from feeling more delight in doing good,
 
bene operando, l'uom di giorno in giorno 59 a man becomes aware from day to day
 
s'accorge che la sua virtute avanza, 60 of his increasing virtue,
 
    sì m'accors' io che 'l mio girare intorno 61 seeing that miracle adorned with greater brightness,
 
col cielo insieme avea cresciuto l'arco, 62 I became aware my wheeling circles

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