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    così quelle carole, differente- 16 just so those dancers in their circling,
 
mente danzando, de la sua ricchezza 17 moving to a different measure, fast or slow,
 
mi facieno stimar, veloci e lente. 18 let me gauge their wealth of gladness.
 
    Di quella ch'io notai di più carezza 19 From the dancer I made out to be most precious
 
vid' ïo uscire un foco sì felice, 20 I saw come forth a flame so full of joy
 
che nullo vi lasciò di più chiarezza; 21 that not one there produced a greater brightness.
 
    e tre fïate intorno di Beatrice 22 Three times it circled Beatrice,
 
si volse con un canto tanto divo, 23 its song so filled with heavenly delight
 
che la mia fantasia nol mi ridice. 24 my phantasy cannot repeat it.
 
    Però salta la penna e non lo scrivo: 25 And so my pen skips and I do not write it,
 
ché l'imagine nostra a cotai pieghe, 26 for our imagination is too crude, as is our speech,
 
non che 'l parlare, è troppo color vivo. 27 to paint the subtler colors of the folds of bliss.
 
    "O santa suora mia che sì ne prieghe 28 'O my holy sister, who pray to us
 
divota, per lo tuo ardente affetto 29 with such devotion, by the ardor of your love
 
da quella bella spera mi disleghe." 30 you draw me forth from that fair circle.'

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