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Inferno Canto02 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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Lo giorno se n'andava e l'aere bruno	A
toglieva li animai che sono in terra	B
da le fatiche loro e io sol uno	A
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The day was now departing the dark air	C
released the living beings of the earth	D
from work and weariness and I myself	E
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m'apparecchiava a sostener la guerra	B
s del cammino e s de la pietate	F
che ritrarr la mente che non erra	B
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alone prepared to undergo the battle	G
both of the journeying and of the pity	F
which memory mistaking not shall show	A
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O muse o alto ingegno or m'aiutate	F
o mente che scrivesti ci ch'io vidi	F
qui si parr la tua nobilitate	F
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O Muses o high genius help me now	H
o memory that set down what I saw	I
here shall your excellence reveal itself	E
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Io cominciai Poeta che mi guidi	F
guarda la mia virt s'ell' possente	F
prima ch'a l'alto passo tu mi fidi	F
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I started Poet you who are my guide	F
see if the force in me is strong enough	J
before you let me face that rugged pass	K
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Tu dici che di Silvio il parente	F
corruttibile ancora ad immortale	G
secolo and e fu sensibilmente	F
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You say that he who fathered Sylvius	K
while he was still corruptible had journeyed	F
into the deathless world with his live body	F
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Per se l'avversario d'ogne male	G
cortese i fu pensando l'alto effetto	F
ch'uscir dovea di lui e 'l chi e 'l quale	G
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For if the Enemy of every evil	G
was courteous to him considering	L
all he would cause and who and what he was	K
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non pare indegno ad omo d'intelletto	F
ch'e' fu de l'alma Roma e di suo impero	B
ne l'empireo ciel per padre eletto	F
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that does not seem incomprehensible	G
since in the empyrean heaven he was chosen	M
to father honored Rome and her empire	B
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la quale e 'l quale a voler dir lo vero	B
fu stabilita per lo loco santo	B
u' siede il successor del maggior Piero	B
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and if the truth be told Rome and her realm	N
were destined to become the sacred place	K
the seat of the successor of great Peter	B
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Per quest'andata onde li dai tu vanto	B
intese cose che furon cagione	M
di sua vittoria e del papale ammanto	B
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And through the journey you ascribe to him	O
he came to learn of things that were to bring	L
his victory and too the papal mantle	G
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Andovvi poi lo Vas d'elezione	M
per recarne conforto a quella fede	B
ch' principio a la via di salvazione	M
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Later the Chosen Vessel travelled there	B
to bring us back assurance of that faith	P
with which the way to our salvation starts	K
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Ma io perch venirvi o chi 'l concede	B
Io non Enea io non Paulo sono	M
me degno a ci n io n altri 'l crede	B
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But why should I go there Who sanctions it	B
For I am not Aeneas am not Paul	G
nor I nor others think myself so worthy	F
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Per che se del venire io m'abbandono	M
temo che la venuta non sia folle	G
Se' savio intendi me' ch'i' non ragiono	M
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Therefore if I consent to start this journey	M
I fear my venture may be wild and empty	M
You're wise you know far more than what I say	K
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E qual quei che disvuol ci che volle	G
e per novi pensier cangia proposta	M
s che dal cominciar tutto si tolle	G
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And just as he who unwills what he wills	K
and shifts what he intends to seek new ends	K
so that he's drawn from what he had begun	M
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tal mi fec'io 'n quella oscura costa	M
perch pensando consumai la 'mpresa	K
che fu nel cominciar cotanto tosta	M
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so was I in the midst of that dark land	M
because with all my thinking I annulled	M
the task I had so quickly undertaken	M
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S'i' ho ben la parola tua intesa	K
rispuose del magnanimo quell'ombra	B
l'anima tua da viltade offesa	K
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If I have understood what you have said	M
replied the shade of that great hearted one	M
your soul has been assailed by cowardice	K
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la qual molte fiate l'omo ingombra	B
s che d'onrata impresa lo rivolve	J
come falso veder bestia quand'ombra	B
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which often weighs so heavily on a man	M
distracting him from honorable trials	K
as phantoms frighten beasts when shadows fall	G
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Da questa tema acci che tu ti solve	J
dirotti perch'io venni e quel ch'io 'ntesi	K
nel primo punto che di te mi dolve	J
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That you may be delivered from this fear	B
I'll tell you why I came and what I heard	M
when I first felt compassion for your pain	M
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Io era tra color che son sospesi	K
e donna mi chiam beata e bella	M
tal che di comandare io la richiesi	K
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I was among those souls who are suspended	M
a lady called to me so blessed so lovely	M
that I implored to serve at her command	M
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Lucevan li occhi suoi pi che la stella	M
e cominciommi a dir soave e piana	M
con angelica voce in sua favella	M
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Her eyes surpassed the splendor of the star's	K
and she began to speak to me so gently	M
and softly with angelic voice She said	M
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O anima cortese mantoana	M
di cui la fama ancor nel mondo dura	M
e durer quanto 'l mondo lontana	M
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'O spirit of the courteous Mantuan	M
whose fame is still a presence in the world	M
and shall endure as long as the world lasts	K
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l'amico mio e non de la ventura	M
ne la diserta piaggia impedito	M
s nel cammin che volt' per paura	M
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my friend who has not been the friend of fortune	M
is hindered in his path along that lonely	M
hillside he has been turned aside by terror	M
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e temo che non sia gi s smarrito	M
ch'io mi sia tardi al soccorso levata	M
per quel ch'i' ho di lui nel cielo udito	M
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From all that I have heard of him in Heaven	M
he is I fear already so astray	M
that I have come to help him much too late	M
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Or movi e con la tua parola ornata	M
e con ci c'ha mestieri al suo campare	M
l'aiuta s ch'i' ne sia consolata	M
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Go now with your persuasive word with all	M
that is required to see that he escapes	K
bring help to him that I may be consoled	M
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I' son Beatrice che ti faccio andare	M
vegno del loco ove tornar disio	A
amor mi mosse che mi fa parlare	M
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For I am Beatrice who send you on	M
I come from where I most long to return	M
Love prompted me that Love which makes me speak	Q
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Quando sar dinanzi al segnor mio	O
di te mi loder sovente a lui	M
Tacette allora e poi comincia' io	B
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When once again I stand before my Lord	M
then I shall often let Him hear your praises '	-
Now Beatrice was silent I began	M
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O donna di virt sola per cui	Q
l'umana spezie eccede ogne contento	B
di quel ciel c'ha minor li cerchi sui	M
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'O Lady of virtue the sole reason why	R
the human race surpasses all that lies	K
beneath the heaven with the smallest spheres	K
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tanto m'aggrada il tuo comandamento	B
che l'ubidir se gi fosse m' tardi	B
pi non t' uo' ch'aprirmi il tuo talento	B
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so welcome is your wish that even if	J
it were already done it would seem tardy	B
all you need do is let me know your will	M
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Ma dimmi la cagion che non ti guardi	B
de lo scender qua giuso in questo centro	B
de l'ampio loco ove tornar tu ardi	B
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But tell me why you have not been more prudent	B
descending to this center moving from	O
that spacious place where you long to return '	-
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Da che tu vuo' saver cotanto a dentro	B
dirotti brievemente mi rispuose	K
perch'io non temo di venir qua entro	B
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'Because you want to fathom things so deeply	B
I now shall tell you promptly ' she replied	B
'why I am not afraid to enter here	B
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Temer si dee di sole quelle cose	K
c'hanno potenza di fare altrui male	M
de l'altre no ch non son paurose	K
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One ought to be afraid of nothing other	B
than things possessed of power to do us harm	O
but things innocuous need not be feared	B
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I' son fatta da Dio sua merc tale	M
che la vostra miseria non mi tange	S
n fiamma d'esto incendio non m'assale	M
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God in His graciousness has made me so	K
that this your misery cannot touch me	B
I can withstand the fires flaming here	B
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Donna gentil nel ciel che si compiange	S
di questo 'mpedimento ov'io ti mando	B
s c	B