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che, possendo peccar, mi volsi a Dio. 90 and with the means to sin, I turned to God.
 
    Oh vana gloria de l'umane posse! 91 'O vanity of human powers,
 
com' poco verde in su la cima dura, 92 how briefly lasts the crowning green of glory,
 
se non è giunta da l'etati grosse! 93 unless an age of darkness follows!
 
    Credette Cimabue ne la pittura 94 'In painting Cimabue thought he held the field
 
tener lo campo, e ora ha Giotto il grido, 95 but now it's Giotto has the cry,
 
sì che la fama di colui è scura. 96 so that the other's fame is dimmed.
 
    Così ha tolto l'uno a l'altro Guido 97 'Thus has one Guido taken from the other
 
la gloria de la lingua; e forse è nato 98 the glory of our tongue, and he, perhaps, is born
 
chi l'uno e l'altro caccerà del nido. 99 who will drive one and then the other from the nest.
 
    Non è il mondan romore altro ch'un fiato 100 'Worldly fame is nothing but a gust of wind,
 
di vento, ch'or vien quinci e or vien quindi, 101 first blowing from one quarter, then another,
 
e muta nome perché muta lato. 102 changing name with every new direction.
 
    Che voce avrai tu più, se vecchia scindi 103 'Will greater fame be yours if you put off
 
da te la carne, che se fossi morto 104 your flesh when it is old than had you died

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