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o Buondelmonte, quanto mal fuggisti | 140 | O Buondelmonte, how ill-fated that you fled | |||||
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le nozze süe per li altrui conforti! | 141 | those nuptials at another's urging! | |||||
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Molti sarebber lieti, che son tristi, | 142 | 'Many would be happy who now grieve | |||||
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se Dio t'avesse conceduto ad Ema | 143 | if God had let the river Ema take you | |||||
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la prima volta ch'a città venisti. | 144 | the first time that you came into our town. | |||||
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Ma conveniesi, a quella pietra scema | 145 | 'But it was destined that, to the shattered stone | |||||
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che guarda 'l ponte, che Fiorenza fesse | 146 | that guards the bridge, Florence should offer | |||||
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vittima ne la sua pace postrema. | 147 | a sacrificial victim in her final days of peace. | |||||
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