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  And he uprose erect with breast and front
  E'en as if Hell he had in great despite。

And with courageous hands and prompt my Leader
  Thrust me between the sepulchres towards him;
  Exclaiming; 〃Let thy words explicit be。〃

As soon as I was at the foot of his tomb
  Somewhat he eyed me; and; as if disdainful;
  Then asked of me; 〃Who were thine ancestors?〃

I; who desirous of obeying was;
  Concealed it not; but all revealed to him;
  Whereat he raised his brows a little upward。

Then said he: 〃Fiercely adverse have they been
  To me; and to my fathers; and my party;
  So that two several times I scattered them。〃

〃If they were banished; they returned on all sides;〃
  I answered him; 〃the first time and the second;
  But yours have not acquired that art aright。〃

Then there uprose upon the sight; uncovered
  Down to the chin; a shadow at his side;
  I think that he had risen on his knees。

Round me he gazed; as if solicitude
  He had to see if some one else were with me;
  But after his suspicion was all spent;

Weeping; he said to me: 〃If through this blind
  Prison thou goest by loftiness of genius;
  Where is my son? and why is he not with thee?〃

And I to him: 〃I come not of myself;
  He who is waiting yonder leads me here;
  Whom in disdain perhaps your Guido had。〃

His language and the mode of punishment
  Already unto me had read his name;
  On that account my answer was so full。

Up starting suddenly; he cried out: 〃How
  Saidst thou;he had?  Is he not still alive?
  Does not the sweet light strike upon his eyes?〃

When he became aware of some delay;
  Which I before my answer made; supine
  He fell again; and forth appeared no more。

But the other; magnanimous; at whose desire
  I had remained; did not his aspect change;
  Neither his neck he moved; nor bent his side。

〃And if;〃 continuing his first discourse;
  〃They have that art;〃 he said; 〃not learned aright;
  That more tormenteth me; than doth this bed。

But fifty times shall not rekindled be
  The countenance of the Lady who reigns here;
  Ere thou shalt know how heavy is that art;

And as thou wouldst to the sweet world return;
  Say why that people is so pitiless
  Against my race in each one of its laws?〃

Whence I to him: 〃The slaughter and great carnage
  Which have with crimson stained the Arbia; cause
  Such orisons in our temple to be made。〃

After his head he with a sigh had shaken;
  〃There I was not alone;〃 he said; 〃nor surely
  Without a cause had with the others moved。

But there I was alone; where every one
  Consented to the laying waste of Florence;
  He who defended her with open face。〃

〃Ah! so hereafter may your seed repose;〃
  I him entreated; 〃solve for me that knot;
  Which has entangled my conceptions here。

It seems that you can see; if I hear rightly;
  Beforehand whatsoe'er time brings with it;
  And in the present have another mode。〃

〃We see; like those who have imperfect sight;
  The things;〃 he said; 〃that distant are from us;
  So much still shines on us the Sovereign Ruler。

When they draw near; or are; is wholly vain
  Our intellect; and if none brings it to us;
  Not anything know we of your human state。

Hence thou canst understand; that wholly dead
  Will be our knowledge from the moment when
  The portal of the future shall be closed。〃

Then I; as if compunctious for my fault;
  Said: 〃Now; then; you will tell that fallen one;
  That still his son is with the living joined。

And if just now; in answering; I was dumb;
  Tell him I did it because I was thinking
  Already of the error you have solved me。〃

And now my Master was recalling me;
  Wherefore more eagerly I prayed the spirit
  That he would tell me who was with him there。

He said: 〃With more than a thousand here I lie;
  Within here is the second Frederick;
  And the Cardinal; and of the rest I speak not。〃

Thereon he hid himself; and I towards
  The ancient poet turned my steps; reflecting
  Upon that saying; which seemed hostile to me。

He moved along; and afterward thus going;
  He said to me; 〃Why art thou so bewildered?〃
  And I in his inquiry satisfied him。

〃Let memory preserve what thou hast heard
  Against thyself;〃 that Sage commanded me;
  〃And now attend here;〃 and he raised his finger。

〃When thou shalt be before the radiance sweet
  Of her whose beauteous eyes all things behold;
  From her thou'lt know the journey of thy life。〃

Unto the left hand then he turned his feet;
  We left the wall; and went towards the middle;
  Along a path that strikes into a valley;

Which even up there unpleasant made its stench。



Inferno: Canto XI


Upon the margin of a lofty bank
  Which great rocks broken in a circle made;
  We came upon a still more cruel throng;

And there; by reason of the horrible
  Excess of stench the deep abyss throws out;
  We drew ourselves aside behind the cover

Of a great tomb; whereon I saw a writing;
  Which said: 〃Pope Anastasius I hold;
  Whom out of the right way Photinus drew。〃

〃Slow it behoveth our descent to be;
  So that the sense be first a little used
  To the sad blast; and then we shall not heed it。〃

The Master thus; and unto him I said;
  〃Some compensation find; that the time pass not
  Idly;〃 and he: 〃Thou seest I think of that。

My son; upon the inside of these rocks;〃
  Began he then to say; 〃are three small circles;
  From grade to grade; like those which thou art leaving。

They all are full of spirits maledict;
  But that hereafter sight alone suffice thee;
  Hear how and wherefore they are in constraint。

Of every malice that wins hate in Heaven;
  Injury is the end; and all such end
  Either by force or fraud afflicteth others。

But because fraud is man's peculiar vice;
  More it displeases God; and so stand lowest
  The fraudulent; and greater dole assails them。

All the first circle of the Violent is;
  But since force may be used against three persons;
  In three rounds 'tis divided and constructed。

To God; to ourselves; and to our neighbour can we
  Use force; I say on them and on their things;
  As thou shalt hear with reason manifest。

A death by violence; and painful wounds;
  Are to our neighbour given; and in his substance
  Ruin; and arson; and injurious levies;

Whence homicides; and he who smites unjustly;
  Marauders; and freebooters; the first round
  Tormenteth all in companies diverse。

Man may lay violent hands upon himself
  And his own goods; and therefore in the second
  Round must perforce without avail repent

Whoever of your world deprives himself;
  Who games; and dissipates his property;
  And weepeth there; where he should jocund be。

Violence can be done the Deity;
  In heart denying and blaspheming Him;
  And by disdaining Nature and her bounty。

And for this reason doth the smallest round
  Seal with its signet Sodom and Cahors;
  And who; disdaining God; speaks from the heart。

Fraud; wherewithal is every conscience stung;
  A man may practise upon him who trusts;
  And him who doth no confidence imburse。

This latter mode; it would appear; dissevers
  Only the bond of love which Nature makes;
  Wherefore within the second circle nestle

Hypocrisy; flattery; and who deals in magic;
  Falsification; theft; and simony;
  Panders; and barrators; and the like filth。

By the other mode; forgotten is that love
  Which Nature makes; and what is after added;
  From which there is a special faith engendered。

Hence in the smallest circle; where the point is
  Of the Universe; upon which Dis is seated;
  Whoe'er betrays for ever is consumed。〃

And I: 〃My Master; clear enough proceeds
  Thy reasoning; and full well distinguishes
  This cavern and the people who possess it。

But tell me; those within the fat lagoon;
  Whom the wind drives; and whom the rain doth beat;
  And who encounter with such bitter tongues;

Wherefore are they inside of the red city
  Not punished; if God has them in his wrath;
  And if he has not; wherefore in such fashion?〃

And unto me he said: 〃Why wanders so
  Thine intellect from that which it is wont?
  Or; sooth; thy mind where is

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