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    conoscerebbe quanto m'era a grato 22 would understand what joy it was to me
 
ubidire a la mia celeste scorta, 23 but to obey my heavenly guide,
 
contrapesando l'un con l'altro lato. 24 weighing one side of the scale against the other.
 
    Dentro al cristallo che 'l vocabol porta, 25 Within the crystal, circling our earth,
 
cerchiando il mondo, del suo caro duce 26 that bears the name of the world's belovèd king,
 
sotto cui giacque ogne malizia morta, 27 under whose rule all wickedness lay dead,
 
    di color d'oro in che raggio traluce 28 the color of gold in a ray of sunlight,
 
vid' io uno scaleo eretto in suso 29 I saw a ladder, rising to so great a height
 
tanto, che nol seguiva la mia luce. 30 my eyesight could not rise along with it.
 
    Vidi anche per li gradi scender giuso 31 I also saw, descending on its rungs,
 
tanti splendor, ch'io pensai ch'ogne lume 32 so many splendors that I thought that every light
 
che par nel ciel, quindi fosse diffuso. 33 shining in the heavens was pouring down.
 
    E come, per lo natural costume, 34 And as, following their native instinct,
 
le pole insieme, al cominciar del giorno, 35 rooks rise up together at the break of day,
 
si movono a scaldar le fredde piume; 36 warming their feathers, stiffened by the cold,
 
    poi altre vanno via sanza ritorno, 37 and some of them fly off, not to return,
 
altre rivolgon sé onde son mosse, 38 while some turn back to where they had set out,
 
e altre roteando fan soggiorno; 39 and some keep wheeling overhead,
 
    tal modo parve me che quivi fosse 40 just such varied motions did I observe
 
in quello sfavillar che 'nsieme venne, 41 within that sparkling throng, which came as one,
 
sì come in certo grado si percosse. 42 as soon as it had reached a certain rung.

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