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〃Do thou remember me who am the Pia;
  Siena made me; unmade me Maremma;
  He knoweth it; who had encircled first;

Espousing me; my finger with his gem。〃



Purgatorio: Canto VI


Whene'er is broken up the game of Zara;
  He who has lost remains behind despondent;
  The throws repeating; and in sadness learns;

The people with the other all depart;
  One goes in front; and one behind doth pluck him;
  And at his side one brings himself to mind;

He pauses not; and this and that one hears;
  They crowd no more to whom his hand he stretches;
  And from the throng he thus defends himself。

Even such was I in that dense multitude;
  Turning to them this way and that my face;
  And; promising; I freed myself therefrom。

There was the Aretine; who from the arms
  Untamed of Ghin di Tacco had his death;
  And he who fleeing from pursuit was drowned。

There was imploring with his hands outstretched
  Frederick Novello; and that one of Pisa
  Who made the good Marzucco seem so strong。

I saw Count Orso; and the soul divided
  By hatred and by envy from its body;
  As it declared; and not for crime committed;

Pierre de la Brosse I say; and here provide
  While still on earth the Lady of Brabant;
  So that for this she be of no worse flock!

As soon as I was free from all those shades
  Who only prayed that some one else may pray;
  So as to hasten their becoming holy;

Began I: 〃It appears that thou deniest;
  O light of mine; expressly in some text;
  That orison can bend decree of Heaven;

And ne'ertheless these people pray for this。
  Might then their expectation bootless be?
  Or is to me thy saying not quite clear?〃

And he to me: 〃My writing is explicit;
  And not fallacious is the hope of these;
  If with sane intellect 'tis well regarded;

For top of judgment doth not vail itself;
  Because the fire of love fulfils at once
  What he must satisfy who here installs him。

And there; where I affirmed that proposition;
  Defect was not amended by a prayer;
  Because the prayer from God was separate。

Verily; in so deep a questioning
  Do not decide; unless she tell it thee;
  Who light 'twixt truth and intellect shall be。

I know not if thou understand; I speak
  Of Beatrice; her shalt thou see above;
  Smiling and happy; on this mountain's top。〃

And I: 〃Good Leader; let us make more haste;
  For I no longer tire me as before;
  And see; e'en now the hill a shadow casts。〃

〃We will go forward with this day〃 he answered;
  〃As far as now is possible for us;
  But otherwise the fact is than thou thinkest。

Ere thou art up there; thou shalt see return
  Him; who now hides himself behind the hill;
  So that thou dost not interrupt his rays。

But yonder there behold! a soul that stationed
  All; all alone is looking hitherward;
  It will point out to us the quickest way。〃

We came up unto it; O Lombard soul;
  How lofty and disdainful thou didst bear thee;
  And grand and slow in moving of thine eyes!

Nothing whatever did it say to us;
  But let us go our way; eying us only
  After the manner of a couchant lion;

Still near to it Virgilius drew; entreating
  That it would point us out the best ascent;
  And it replied not unto his demand;

But of our native land and of our life
  It questioned us; and the sweet Guide began:
  〃Mantua;〃and the shade; all in itself recluse;

Rose tow'rds him from the place where first it was;
  Saying: 〃O Mantuan; I am Sordello
  Of thine own land!〃 and one embraced the other。

Ah! servile Italy; grief's hostelry!
  A ship without a pilot in great tempest!
  No Lady thou of Provinces; but brothel!

That noble soul was so impatient; only
  At the sweet sound of his own native land;
  To make its citizen glad welcome there;

And now within thee are not without war
  Thy living ones; and one doth gnaw the other
  Of those whom one wall and one fosse shut in!

Search; wretched one; all round about the shores
  Thy seaboard; and then look within thy bosom;
  If any part of thee enjoyeth peace!

What boots it; that for thee Justinian
  The bridle mend; if empty be the saddle?
  Withouten this the shame would be the less。

Ah! people; thou that oughtest to be devout;
  And to let Caesar sit upon the saddle;
  If well thou hearest what God teacheth thee;

Behold how fell this wild beast has become;
  Being no longer by the spur corrected;
  Since thou hast laid thy hand upon the bridle。

O German Albert! who abandonest
  Her that has grown recalcitrant and savage;
  And oughtest to bestride her saddle…bow;

May a just judgment from the stars down fall
  Upon thy blood; and be it new and open;
  That thy successor may have fear thereof;

Because thy father and thyself have suffered;
  By greed of those transalpine lands distrained;
  The garden of the empire to be waste。

Come and behold Montecchi and Cappelletti;
  Monaldi and Fillippeschi; careless man!
  Those sad already; and these doubt…depressed!

Come; cruel one! come and behold the oppression
  Of thy nobility; and cure their wounds;
  And thou shalt see how safe is Santafiore!

Come and behold thy Rome; that is lamenting;
  Widowed; alone; and day and night exclaims;
  〃My Caesar; why hast thou forsaken me?〃

Come and behold how loving are the people;
  And if for us no pity moveth thee;
  Come and be made ashamed of thy renown!

And if it lawful be; O Jove Supreme!
  Who upon earth for us wast crucified;
  Are thy just eyes averted otherwhere?

Or preparation is 't; that; in the abyss
  Of thine own counsel; for some good thou makest
  From our perception utterly cut off?

For all the towns of Italy are full
  Of tyrants; and becometh a Marcellus
  Each peasant churl who plays the partisan!

My Florence! well mayst thou contented be
  With this digression; which concerns thee not;
  Thanks to thy people who such forethought take!

Many at heart have justice; but shoot slowly;
  That unadvised they come not to the bow;
  But on their very lips thy people have it!

Many refuse to bear the common burden;
  But thy solicitous people answereth
  Without being asked; and crieth: 〃I submit。〃

Now be thou joyful; for thou hast good reason;
  Thou affluent; thou in peace; thou full of wisdom!
  If I speak true; the event conceals it not。

Athens and Lacedaemon; they who made
  The ancient laws; and were so civilized;
  Made towards living well a little sign

Compared with thee; who makest such fine…spun
  Provisions; that to middle of November
  Reaches not what thou in October spinnest。

How oft; within the time of thy remembrance;
  Laws; money; offices; and usages
  Hast thou remodelled; and renewed thy members?

And if thou mind thee well; and see the light;
  Thou shalt behold thyself like a sick woman;
  Who cannot find repose upon her down;

But by her tossing wardeth off her pain。



Purgatorio: Canto VII


After the gracious and glad salutations
  Had three and four times been reiterated;
  Sordello backward drew and said; 〃Who are you?〃

〃Or ever to this mountain were directed
  The souls deserving to ascend to God;
  My bones were buried by Octavian。

I am Virgilius; and for no crime else
  Did I lose heaven; than for not having faith;〃
  In this wise then my Leader made reply。

As one who suddenly before him sees
  Something whereat he marvels; who believes
  And yet does not; saying; 〃It is! it is not!〃

So he appeared; and then bowed down his brow;
  And with humility returned towards him;
  And; where inferiors embrace; embraced him。

〃O glory of the Latians; thou;〃 he said;
  〃Through whom our language showed what it could do
  O pride eternal of the place I came from;

What merit or what grace to me reveals thee?
  If I to hear thy words be worthy; tell me
  If thou dost come from Hell; and from what cloister。〃

〃Through all the circles of the doleful realm;〃
  Responded he; 〃have I come hitherward;
  Heaven's power impelled me; and with that I come。

I by not doing; not by doing; lost
  The sight of that high sun which thou desirest;
  And which too late by me was recognized。

A place there is below no

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