the divine comedy(神曲)-第58章
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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