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    così per entro loro schiera bruna 34 just as, within their dark-hued files,
 
s'ammusa l'una con l'altra formica, 35 one ant will put its face up to the other's,
 
forse a spïar lor via e lor fortuna. 36 perhaps to inquire of his path and fortune.
 
    Tosto che parton l'accoglienza amica, 37 When they have ceased their friendly greeting,
 
prima che 'l primo passo lì trascorra, 38 before they take a new step to continue,
 
sopragridar ciascuna s'affatica: 39 each one makes an effort to outshout the rest.
 
    la nova gente: "Soddoma e Gomorra"; 40 The new ones cry: 'Sodom and Gomorrah!'
 
e l'altra: "Ne la vacca entra Pasife, 41 and the others: 'Pasiphaë crawls into the cow
 
perché 'l torello a sua lussuria corra." 42 so that the bull may hasten to her lust.'
 
    Poi, come grue ch'a le montagne Rife 43 Then, as though cranes were flying, some toward
 
volasser parte, e parte inver' l'arene, 44 cool Riphaean mountains and some toward desert sands,
 
queste del gel, quelle del sole schife, 45 these shunning frost and those the sun,
 
    l'una gente sen va, l'altra sen vene; 46 the one crowd goes, the other nears,
 
e tornan, lagrimando, a' primi canti 47 and all return, weeping, to their former song
 
e al gridar che più lor si convene; 48 and to the cry that most befits them.

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