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Maria mi diè, chiamata in alte grida; |
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'that Mary gave me when invoked with cries |
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e ne l'antico vostro Batisteo |
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of childbirth, and in your ancient Baptistry, |
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insieme fui cristiano e Cacciaguida. |
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I was at once Cacciaguida and a Christian. |
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Moronto fu mio frate ed Eliseo; |
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'Moronto was my brother, as was Eliseo. |
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mia donna venne a me di val di Pado, |
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My wife came from the valley of the Po, |
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e quindi il sopranome tuo si feo. |
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and from her you took the surname that you bear. |
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Poi seguitai lo 'mperador Currado; |
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'Later, I became a partisan of Emperor Conrad, |
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ed el mi cinse de la sua milizia, |
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who girded me to be his knight |
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tanto per bene ovrar li venni in grado. |
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once, with my faithful service, I had won his favor. |
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Dietro li andai incontro a la nequizia |
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'I followed him to oppose the iniquity |
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di quella legge il cui popolo usurpa, |
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of that false creed whose people, by the failure |
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per colpa d'i pastor, vostra giustizia. |
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of your shepherds, usurp your right. |
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Quivi fu' io da quella gente turpa |
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'There was I freed by that foul race |
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disviluppato dal mondo fallace, |
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from all the snares of the deceitful world -- |
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lo cui amor molt'anime deturpa; |
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the love of which corrupts so many souls -- |
