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    Per letiziar là sù fulgor s'acquista, 70 There above, brightness is gained by joy,
 
sì come riso qui; ma giù s'abbuia 71 as is laughter here, but down below
 
l'ombra di fuor, come la mente è trista. 72 a shade shows dark when sadness clouds its mind.
 
    "Dio vede tutto, e tuo veder s'inluia," 73 'God sees all, and your sight is so in-Himmed,
 
diss' io, "beato spirto, sì che nulla 74 blessèd spirit,' I said, 'that no wish of any kind
 
voglia di sé a te puot' esser fuia. 75 is able to conceal itself from you.
 
    Dunque la voce tua, che 'l ciel trastulla 76 'Why then does your voice, which ever pleases Heaven,
 
sempre col canto di quei fuochi pii 77 together with the singing of those loving flames
 
che di sei ali facen la coculla, 78 that form their cowls from their six wings,
 
    perché non satisface a' miei disii? 79 'not offer my desires their satisfaction?
 
Già non attendere' io tua dimanda, 80 I would not await your question
 
s'io m'intuassi, come tu t'inmii." 81 if I in-you'd me as you in-me'd you.'
 
    "La maggior valle in che l'acqua si spanda," 82 'The widest expanse of water inside shores,'
 
incominciaro allor le sue parole, 83 were the initial words of his response,
 
"fuor di quel mar che la terra inghirlanda, 84 'drawn from the sea encircling all the world,

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