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veggendo quel miracol più addorno. |
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through the heavens had grown wider in their arc. |
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E qual è 'l trasmutare in picciol varco |
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And such a change as passes in a moment |
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di tempo in bianca donna, quando 'l volto |
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from the blushing face of a fair-skinned lady, |
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suo si discarchi di vergogna il carco, |
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unburdened of the reason for her shame, |
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tal fu ne li occhi miei, quando fui vòlto, |
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greeted my eyes once I had turned around, |
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per lo candor de la temprata stella |
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because of the white radiance of the temperate |
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sesta, che dentro a sé m'avea ricolto. |
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sixth star, which had gathered me into itself. |
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Io vidi in quella giovïal facella |
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In that torch of Jupiter I watched |
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lo sfavillar de l'amor che lì era |
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the sparkling of the love resplendent there |
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segnare a li occhi miei nostra favella. |
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make signs, before my eyes, of our speech. |
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E come augelli surti di rivera, |
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And as birds risen from the river's edge, |
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quasi congratulando a lor pasture, |
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seeming to celebrate their pleasure in their food, |
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fanno di sé or tonda or altra schiera, |
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form now a rounded arc, and now another shape, |
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sì dentro ai lumi sante creature |
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so, radiant within their lights, the holy creatures |
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volitando cantavano, e faciensi |
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sang as they flew and shaped themselves |
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or D, or I, or L in sue figure. |
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in figures, now D, now I, now L. |
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Prima, cantando, a sua nota moviensi; |
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At first, singing, they danced to their own tune. |
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poi, diventando l'un di questi segni, |
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And then, taking on one of these shapes, |
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un poco s'arrestavano e taciensi. |
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they paused in their movement and were silent. |
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O diva Pegasëa che li 'ngegni |
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O divine Pegasean, who bestow glory |
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fai glorïosi e rendili longevi, |
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and long life on genius, as, with your help, |
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ed essi teco le cittadi e ' regni, |
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it gives life to towns and kingdoms, |
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illustrami di te, sì ch'io rilevi |
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inspire me with your light so that I may set down |
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le lor figure com' io l'ho concette: |
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their shapes as I conceived them in my mind. |
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paia tua possa in questi versi brevi! |
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May your power appear in these few lines. |
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Mostrarsi dunque in cinque volte sette |
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They then displayed themselves in five times seven |
