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mi parve pinta de la nostra effige: 131 to be painted with our likeness,
 
per che 'l mio viso in lei tutto era messo. 132 so that my sight was all absorbed in it.
 
    Qual è 'l geomètra che tutto s'affige 133 Like the geometer who fully applies himself
 
per misurar lo cerchio, e non ritrova, 134 to square the circle and, for all his thought,
 
pensando, quel principio ond' elli indige, 135 cannot discover the principle he lacks,
 
    tal era io a quella vista nova: 136 such was I at that strange new sight.
 
veder voleva come si convenne 137 I tried to see how the image fit the circle
 
l'imago al cerchio e come vi s'indova; 138 and how it found its where in it.
 
    ma non eran da ciò le proprie penne: 139 But my wings had not sufficed for that
 
se non che la mia mente fu percossa 140 had not my mind been struck by a bolt
 
da un fulgore in che sua voglia venne. 141 of lightning that granted what I asked.
 
    A l'alta fantasia qui mancò possa; 142 Here my exalted vision lost its power.
 
ma già volgeva il mio disio e 'l velle, 143 But now my will and my desire, like wheels revolving
 
sì come rota ch'igualmente è mossa, 144 with an even motion, were turning with
 
l'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle. 145 the Love that moves the sun and all the other stars.

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