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forti cose a pensar mettere in versi. 42 to put in verse things hard for thought.
 
    Poco più oltre, sette alberi d'oro 43 A short way on, seven golden trees
 
falsava nel parere il lungo tratto 44 seemed to appear, an illusion caused
 
del mezzo ch'era ancor tra noi e loro; 45 by the space that separated them from us.
 
    ma quand' i' fui sì presso di lor fatto, 46 But when I had come close enough,
 
che l'obietto comun, che 'l senso inganna, 47 distance no longer could deceive the senses
 
non perdea per distanza alcun suo atto, 48 nor distort the common object's proper shape,
 
    la virtù ch'a ragion discorso ammanna, 49 and the faculty that readies reason for its matter
 
sì com' elli eran candelabri apprese, 50 knew them as candelabra, which indeed they were,
 
e ne le voci del cantare "Osanna." 51 and in the voices of the chant I heard 'Hosanna.'
 
    Di sopra fiammeggiava il bello arnese 52 From above flared the glorious array,
 
più chiaro assai che luna per sereno 53 far brighter than the moon, bright
 
di mezza notte nel suo mezzo mese. 54 at mid-month in a midnight sky.
 
    Io mi rivolsi d'ammirazion pieno 55 Full of wonder, I turned to my good Virgil
 
al buon Virgilio, ed esso mi rispuose 56 and he answered with a look

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