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vocali e consonanti; e io notai |
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consonants and vowels, and I saw these letters |
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le parti sì, come mi parver dette. |
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singly, and in the order they were traced. |
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"DILIGITE IUSTITIAM," primai |
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DILIGITE IUSTITIAM -- these letters, |
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fur verbo e nome di tutto 'l dipinto; |
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placed together, verb and noun, came first, |
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"QUI IUDICATIS TERRAM," fur sezzai. |
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QUI IUDICATIS TERRAM, last. |
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Poscia ne l'emme del vocabol quinto |
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Then they came to rest in the fifth word's M |
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rimasero ordinate; sì che Giove |
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so that this place in Jupiter was shining |
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pareva argento lì d'oro distinto. |
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as does silver overlaid with gold. |
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E vidi scendere altre luci dove |
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And I saw other lights descend and settle |
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era il colmo de l'emme, e lì quetarsi |
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on the M's high crest to sing, I think, |
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cantando, credo, il ben ch'a sé le move. |
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of that great Good which draws them to Itself. |
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Poi, come nel percuoter d'i ciocchi arsi |
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Then, as when someone strikes a burning log, |
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surgono innumerabili faville, |
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causing innumerable sparks to fly, |
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onde li stolti sogliono agurarsi, |
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sparks from which the foolish form their divinations, |
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resurger parver quindi più di mille |
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just so a thousand lights and more appeared |
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luci e salir, qual assai e qual poco, |
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to rise from there and mount, some more, some less, |
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sì come 'l sol che l'accende sortille; |
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as the Sun that kindles them ordained. |
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e quïetata ciascuna in suo loco, |
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When each had settled in its place |
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la testa e 'l collo d'un'aguglia vidi |
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I saw an eagle's head and neck |
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rappresentare a quel distinto foco. |
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take shape out of that overlay of fire. |
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Quei che dipinge lì, non ha chi 'l guidi; |
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He who fashions there has need of none to guide Him |
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ma esso guida, e da lui si rammenta |
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but Himself. Thus we recognize as His |
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quella virtù ch'è forma per li nidi. |
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the form that every bird takes for its nest. |
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L'altra bëatitudo, che contenta |
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The other blessèd spirits, who seemed at first content |
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pareva prima d'ingigliarsi a l'emme, |
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to turn themselves into a lily on the M, |
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con poco moto seguitò la 'mprenta. |
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with gentle motion joined, completing the design. |
