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  For strong will be the organs of the body
  To everything which hath the power to please us。〃

So sudden and alert appeared to me
  Both one and the other choir to say Amen;
  That well they showed desire for their dead bodies;

Nor sole for them perhaps; but for the mothers;
  The fathers; and the rest who had been dear
  Or ever they became eternal flames。

And lo! all round about of equal brightness
  Arose a lustre over what was there;
  Like an horizon that is clearing up。

And as at rise of early eve begin
  Along the welkin new appearances;
  So that the sight seems real and unreal;

It seemed to me that new subsistences
  Began there to be seen; and make a circle
  Outside the other two circumferences。

O very sparkling of the Holy Spirit;
  How sudden and incandescent it became
  Unto mine eyes; that vanquished bore it not!

But Beatrice so beautiful and smiling
  Appeared to me; that with the other sights
  That followed not my memory I must leave her。

Then to uplift themselves mine eyes resumed
  The power; and I beheld myself translated
  To higher salvation with my Lady only。

Well was I ware that I was more uplifted
  By the enkindled smiling of the star;
  That seemed to me more ruddy than its wont。

With all my heart; and in that dialect
  Which is the same in all; such holocaust
  To God I made as the new grace beseemed;

And not yet from my bosom was exhausted
  The ardour of sacrifice; before I knew
  This offering was accepted and auspicious;

For with so great a lustre and so red
  Splendours appeared to me in twofold rays;
  I said: 〃O Helios who dost so adorn them!〃

Even as distinct with less and greater lights
  Glimmers between the two poles of the world
  The Galaxy that maketh wise men doubt;

Thus constellated in the depths of Mars;
  Those rays described the venerable sign
  That quadrants joining in a circle make。

Here doth my memory overcome my genius;
  For on that cross as levin gleamed forth Christ;
  So that I cannot find ensample worthy;

But he who takes his cross and follows Christ
  Again will pardon me what I omit;
  Seeing in that aurora lighten Christ。

From horn to horn; and 'twixt the top and base;
  Lights were in motion; brightly scintillating
  As they together met and passed each other;

Thus level and aslant and swift and slow
  We here behold; renewing still the sight;
  The particles of bodies long and short;

Across the sunbeam move; wherewith is listed
  Sometimes the shade; which for their own defence
  People with cunning and with art contrive。

And as a lute and harp; accordant strung
  With many strings; a dulcet tinkling make
  To him by whom the notes are not distinguished;

So from the lights that there to me appeared
  Upgathered through the cross a melody;
  Which rapt me; not distinguishing the hymn。

Well was I ware it was of lofty laud;
  Because there came to me; 〃Arise and conquer!〃
  As unto him who hears and comprehends not。

So much enamoured I became therewith;
  That until then there was not anything
  That e'er had fettered me with such sweet bonds。

Perhaps my word appears somewhat too bold;
  Postponing the delight of those fair eyes;
  Into which gazing my desire has rest;

But who bethinks him that the living seals
  Of every beauty grow in power ascending;
  And that I there had not turned round to those;

Can me excuse; if I myself accuse
  To excuse myself; and see that I speak truly:
  For here the holy joy is not disclosed;

Because ascending it becomes more pure。



Paradiso: Canto XV


A will benign; in which reveals itself
  Ever the love that righteously inspires;
  As in the iniquitous; cupidity;

Silence imposed upon that dulcet lyre;
  And quieted the consecrated chords;
  That Heaven's right hand doth tighten and relax。

How unto just entreaties shall be deaf
  Those substances; which; to give me desire
  Of praying them; with one accord grew silent?

'Tis well that without end he should lament;
  Who for the love of thing that doth not last
  Eternally despoils him of that love!

As through the pure and tranquil evening air
  There shoots from time to time a sudden fire;
  Moving the eyes that steadfast were before;

And seems to be a star that changeth place;
  Except that in the part where it is kindled
  Nothing is missed; and this endureth little;

So from the horn that to the right extends
  Unto that cross's foot there ran a star
  Out of the constellation shining there;

Nor was the gem dissevered from its ribbon;
  But down the radiant fillet ran along;
  So that fire seemed it behind alabaster。

Thus piteous did Anchises' shade reach forward;
  If any faith our greatest Muse deserve;
  When in Elysium he his son perceived。

〃O sanguis meus; O superinfusa
  Gratia Dei; sicut tibi; cui
  Bis unquam Coeli janua reclusa?〃

Thus that effulgence; whence I gave it heed;
  Then round unto my Lady turned my sight;
  And on this side and that was stupefied;

For in her eyes was burning such a smile
  That with mine own methought I touched the bottom
  Both of my grace and of my Paradise!

Then; pleasant to the hearing and the sight;
  The spirit joined to its beginning things
  I understood not; so profound it spake;

Nor did it hide itself from me by choice;
  But by necessity; for its conception
  Above the mark of mortals set itself。

And when the bow of burning sympathy
  Was so far slackened; that its speech descended
  Towards the mark of our intelligence;

The first thing that was understood by me
  Was 〃Benedight be Thou; O Trine and One;
  Who hast unto my seed so courteous been!〃

And it continued: 〃Hunger long and grateful;
  Drawn from the reading of the mighty volume
  Wherein is never changed the white nor dark;

Thou hast appeased; my son; within this light
  In which I speak to thee; by grace of her
  Who to this lofty flight with plumage clothed thee。

Thou thinkest that to me thy thought doth pass
  From Him who is the first; as from the unit;
  If that be known; ray out the five and six;

And therefore who I am thou askest not;
  And why I seem more joyous unto thee
  Than any other of this gladsome crowd。

Thou think'st the truth; because the small and great
  Of this existence look into the mirror
  Wherein; before thou think'st; thy thought thou showest。

But that the sacred love; in which I watch
  With sight perpetual; and which makes me thirst
  With sweet desire; may better be fulfilled;

Now let thy voice secure and frank and glad
  Proclaim the wishes; the desire proclaim;
  To which my answer is decreed already。〃

To Beatrice I turned me; and she heard
  Before I spake; and smiled to me a sign;
  That made the wings of my desire increase;

Then in this wise began I: 〃Love and knowledge;
  When on you dawned the first Equality;
  Of the same weight for each of you became;

For in the Sun; which lighted you and burned
  With heat and radiance; they so equal are;
  That all similitudes are insufficient。

But among mortals will and argument;
  For reason that to you is manifest;
  Diversely feathered in their pinions are。

Whence I; who mortal am; feel in myself
  This inequality; so give not thanks;
  Save in my heart; for this paternal welcome。

Truly do I entreat thee; living topaz!
  Set in this precious jewel as a gem;
  That thou wilt satisfy me with thy name。〃

〃O leaf of mine; in whom I pleasure took
  E'en while awaiting; I was thine own root!〃
  Such a beginning he in answer made me。

Then said to me: 〃That one from whom is named
  Thy race; and who a hundred years and more
  Has circled round the mount on the first cornice;

A son of mine and thy great…grandsire was;
  Well it behoves thee that the long fatigue
  Thou shouldst for him make shorter with thy works。

Florence; within the ancient boundary
  From which she taketh still her tierce and nones;
  Abode in quiet; temperate and chaste。

No golden chain she had; nor coronal;
  Nor ladies shod with sandal shoon; nor girdle
  That caught the eye more than the person did。

Not yet the daughter at her birth st

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