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So; piercing through the dense and darksome air;
  More and more near approaching tow'rd the verge;
  My error fled; and fear came over me;

Because as on its circular parapets
  Montereggione crowns itself with towers;
  E'en thus the margin which surrounds the well

With one half of their bodies turreted
  The horrible giants; whom Jove menaces
  E'en now from out the heavens when he thunders。

And I of one already saw the face;
  Shoulders; and breast; and great part of the belly;
  And down along his sides both of the arms。

Certainly Nature; when she left the making
  Of animals like these; did well indeed;
  By taking such executors from Mars;

And if of elephants and whales she doth not
  Repent her; whosoever looketh subtly
  More just and more discreet will hold her for it;

For where the argument of intellect
  Is added unto evil will and power;
  No rampart can the people make against it。

His face appeared to me as long and large
  As is at Rome the pine…cone of Saint Peter's;
  And in proportion were the other bones;

So that the margin; which an apron was
  Down from the middle; showed so much of him
  Above it; that to reach up to his hair

Three Frieslanders in vain had vaunted them;
  For I beheld thirty great palms of him
  Down from the place where man his mantle buckles。

〃Raphael mai amech izabi almi;〃
  Began to clamour the ferocious mouth;
  To which were not befitting sweeter psalms。

And unto him my Guide: 〃Soul idiotic;
  Keep to thy horn; and vent thyself with that;
  When wrath or other passion touches thee。

Search round thy neck; and thou wilt find the belt
  Which keeps it fastened; O bewildered soul;
  And see it; where it bars thy mighty breast。〃

Then said to me: 〃He doth himself accuse;
  This one is Nimrod; by whose evil thought
  One language in the world is not still used。

Here let us leave him and not speak in vain;
  For even such to him is every language
  As his to others; which to none is known。〃

Therefore a longer journey did we make;
  Turned to the left; and a crossbow…shot oft
  We found another far more fierce and large。

In binding him; who might the master be
  I cannot say; but he had pinioned close
  Behind the right arm; and in front the other;

With chains; that held him so begirt about
  From the neck down; that on the part uncovered
  It wound itself as far as the fifth gyre。

〃This proud one wished to make experiment
  Of his own power against the Supreme Jove;〃
  My Leader said; 〃whence he has such a guerdon。

Ephialtes is his name; he showed great prowess。
  What time the giants terrified the gods;
  The arms he wielded never more he moves。〃

And I to him: 〃If possible; I should wish
  That of the measureless Briareus
  These eyes of mine might have experience。〃

Whence he replied: 〃Thou shalt behold Antaeus
  Close by here; who can speak and is unbound;
  Who at the bottom of all crime shall place us。

Much farther yon is he whom thou wouldst see;
  And he is bound; and fashioned like to this one;
  Save that he seems in aspect more ferocious。〃

There never was an earthquake of such might
  That it could shake a tower so violently;
  As Ephialtes suddenly shook himself。

Then was I more afraid of death than ever;
  For nothing more was needful than the fear;
  If I had not beheld the manacles。

Then we proceeded farther in advance;
  And to Antaeus came; who; full five ells
  Without the head; forth issued from the cavern。

〃O thou; who in the valley fortunate;
  Which Scipio the heir of glory made;
  When Hannibal turned back with all his hosts;

Once brought'st a thousand lions for thy prey;
  And who; hadst thou been at the mighty war
  Among thy brothers; some it seems still think

The sons of Earth the victory would have gained:
  Place us below; nor be disdainful of it;
  There where the cold doth lock Cocytus up。

Make us not go to Tityus nor Typhoeus;
  This one can give of that which here is longed for;
  Therefore stoop down; and do not curl thy lip。

Still in the world can he restore thy fame;
  Because he lives; and still expects long life;
  If to itself Grace call him not untimely。〃

So said the Master; and in haste the other
  His hands extended and took up my Guide;
  Hands whose great pressure Hercules once felt。

Virgilius; when he felt himself embraced;
  Said unto me: 〃Draw nigh; that I may take thee;〃
  Then of himself and me one bundle made。

As seems the Carisenda; to behold
  Beneath the leaning side; when goes a cloud
  Above it so that opposite it hangs;

Such did Antaeus seem to me; who stood
  Watching to see him stoop; and then it was
  I could have wished to go some other way。

But lightly in the abyss; which swallows up
  Judas with Lucifer; he put us down;
  Nor thus bowed downward made he there delay;

But; as a mast does in a ship; uprose。



Inferno: Canto XXXII


If I had rhymes both rough and stridulous;
  As were appropriate to the dismal hole
  Down upon which thrust all the other rocks;

I would press out the juice of my conception
  More fully; but because I have them not;
  Not without fear I bring myself to speak;

For 'tis no enterprise to take in jest;
  To sketch the bottom of all the universe;
  Nor for a tongue that cries Mamma and Babbo。

But may those Ladies help this verse of mine;
  Who helped Amphion in enclosing Thebes;
  That from the fact the word be not diverse。

O rabble ill…begotten above all;
  Who're in the place to speak of which is hard;
  'Twere better ye had here been sheep or goats!

When we were down within the darksome well;
  Beneath the giant's feet; but lower far;
  And I was scanning still the lofty wall;

I heard it said to me: 〃Look how thou steppest!
  Take heed thou do not trample with thy feet
  The heads of the tired; miserable brothers!〃

Whereat I turned me round; and saw before me
  And underfoot a lake; that from the frost
  The semblance had of glass; and not of water。

So thick a veil ne'er made upon its current
  In winter…time Danube in Austria;
  Nor there beneath the frigid sky the Don;

As there was here; so that if Tambernich
  Had fallen upon it; or Pietrapana;
  E'en at the edge 'twould not have given a creak。

And as to croak the frog doth place himself
  With muzzle out of water;when is dreaming
  Of gleaning oftentimes the peasant…girl;

Livid; as far down as where shame appears;
  Were the disconsolate shades within the ice;
  Setting their teeth unto the note of storks。

Each one his countenance held downward bent;
  From mouth the cold; from eyes the doleful heart
  Among them witness of itself procures。

When round about me somewhat I had looked;
  I downward turned me; and saw two so close;
  The hair upon their heads together mingled。

〃Ye who so strain your breasts together; tell me;〃
  I said; 〃who are you;〃 and they bent their necks;
  And when to me their faces they had lifted;

Their eyes; which first were only moist within;
  Gushed o'er the eyelids; and the frost congealed
  The tears between; and locked them up again。

Clamp never bound together wood with wood
  So strongly; whereat they; like two he…goats;
  Butted together; so much wrath o'ercame them。

And one; who had by reason of the cold
  Lost both his ears; still with his visage downward;
  Said: 〃Why dost thou so mirror thyself in us?

If thou desire to know who these two are;
  The valley whence Bisenzio descends
  Belonged to them and to their father Albert。

They from one body came; and all Caina
  Thou shalt search through; and shalt not find a shade
  More worthy to be fixed in gelatine;

Not he in whom were broken breast and shadow
  At one and the same blow by Arthur's hand;
  Focaccia not; not he who me encumbers

So with his head I see no farther forward;
  And bore the name of Sassol Mascheroni;
  Well knowest thou who he was; if thou art Tuscan。

And that thou put me not to further speech;
  Know that I Camicion de' Pazzi was;
  And wait Carlino to exonerate me。〃

Then I beheld a thousand faces; made
  Purple with cold; whence o'er me comes a shudder;
  And evermore will come; at frozen ponds。

And while we were advancing tow'rds the middle;
  Where everything of weight unites together;
  And I was shivering in the eternal shade;

Whether 'twere will; or destiny; or chance;
  I know not; but in walking 'mong the heads
  I struck my foot hard in the face of one。

Weeping he growled: 〃Why dost thou trample me?
  Unless thou comest to increase the vengeance
  of Montaperti; why dost thou molest me?〃

And I: 〃My Master; now wait here for me;
  That I through him may issue from a doubt;
  Then thou mayst hurry me; as thou shalt wish。〃

The Leader stopped; and to that one I said
  Who was blaspheming vehemently still:
  〃Who art thou; that thus reprehendest others?〃

〃Now who art thou; that goest through Antenora
  Smiting;〃 replied he; 〃other people's cheeks;
  So that; if thou wert living; 'twere too much?〃

〃Living I am; and dear to thee it may be;〃
  Was my response; 〃if thou demandest fame;
  That 'mid the other notes thy name I place。〃

And he to me: 〃For the reverse I long;
  Take thyself hence; and give me no more trouble;
  For ill thou knowest to flatter in this hollow。〃

Then by the scalp behind I seized upon him;
  And said: 〃It must needs be thou name thyself;
  Or not a hair remain upon thee here。〃

Whence he to me: 〃Though thou strip off my hair;
  I will not tell thee who I am; nor show thee;
  If on my head a thousand times thou fall。〃

I had his hair in hand already twisted;
  And more than one shock of it had pulled out;
  He barking; with his eyes held firmly down;

When cried another: 〃What doth ail thee; Bocca?
  Is't not enough to clatter with thy jaws;
  But thou must bark? what devil touches thee?〃

〃Now;〃 said I; 〃I care not to have thee speak;
  Accursed traitor; for unto thy shame
  I will report of thee veracious news。〃

〃Begone;〃 replied he; 〃and tell what thou wilt;
  But be not silent; if thou issue hence;
  Of him who had just now his tongue so prompt;

He weepeth here the silver of the French;
  'I saw;' thus canst thou phrase it; 'him of Duera
  There where the sinners stand out in the cold。'

If thou shouldst questioned be who else was there;
  Thou hast beside thee him of Beccaria;
  Of whom the gorget Florence slit asunder;

Gianni del Soldanier; I think; may be
  Yonder with Ganellon; and Tebaldello
  Who oped Faenza when the people slep。〃

Already we had gone away from him;
  When I beheld two frozen in one hole;
  So that one head a hood was to the other;

And even as bread through hunger is devoured;
  The uppermost on the other set his teeth;
  There where the brain is to the nape united。

Not in another fashion Tydeus gnawed
  The temples of Menalippus in disdain;
  Than that one did the skull and the other things。

〃O thou; who showest by such bestial sign
  Thy hatred against him whom thou art eating;
  Tell me the wherefore;〃 said I; 〃with this compact;

That if thou rightfully of him complain;
  In knowing who ye are; and his transgression;

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