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ove convien che di fortezza t'armi." 21 where you must arm yourself with fortitude.'
 
    Com' io divenni allor gelato e fioco, 22 Then how faint and frozen I became,
 
nol dimandar, lettor, ch'i' non lo scrivo, 23 reader, do not ask, for I do not write it,
 
però ch'ogne parlar sarebbe poco. 24 since any words would fail to be enough.
 
    Io non mori' e non rimasi vivo; 25 It was not death, nor could one call it life.
 
pensa oggimai per te, s'hai fior d'ingegno, 26 Imagine, if you have the wit,
 
qual io divenni, d'uno e d'altro privo. 27 what I became, deprived of either state.
 
    Lo 'mperador del doloroso regno 28 The emperor of the woeful kingdom
 
da mezzo 'l petto uscia fuor de la ghiaccia; 29 rose from the ice below his breast,
 
e più con un gigante io mi convegno, 30 and I in size am closer to a giant
 
    che i giganti non fan con le sue braccia: 31 than giants are when measured to his arms.
 
vedi oggimai quant' esser dee quel tutto 32 Judge, then, what the whole must be
 
ch'a così fatta parte si confaccia. 33 that is proportional to such a part.
 
    S'el fu sì bel com' elli è ora brutto, 34 If he was fair as he is hideous now,
 
e contra 'l suo fattore alzò le ciglia, 35 and raised his brow in scorn of his creator,

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