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  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 not sad with torments;
  But darkness only; where the lamentations
  Have not the sound of wailing; but are sighs。

There dwell I with the little innocents
  Snatched by the teeth of Death; or ever they
  Were from our human sinfulness exempt。

There dwell I among those who the three saintly
  Virtues did not put on; and without vice
  The others knew and followed all of them。

But if thou know and can; some indication
  Give us by which we may the sooner come
  Where Purgatory has its right beginning。〃

He answered: 〃No fixed place has been assigned us;
  'Tis lawful for me to go up and round;
  So far as I can go; as guide I join thee。

But see already how the day declines;
  And to go up by night we are not able;
  Therefore 'tis well to think of some fair sojourn。

Souls are there on the right hand here withdrawn;
  If thou permit me I will lead thee to them;
  And thou shalt know them not without delight。〃

〃How is this?〃 was the answer; 〃should one wish
  To mount by night would he prevented be
  By others? or mayhap would not have power?〃

And on the ground the good Sordello drew
  His finger; saying; 〃See; this line alone
  Thou couldst not pass after the sun is gone;

Not that aught else would hindrance give; however;
  To going up; save the nocturnal darkness;
  This with the want of power the will perplexes。

We might indeed therewith return below;
  And; wandering; walk the hill…side round about;
  While the horizon holds the day imprisoned。〃

Thereon my Lord; as if in wonder; said:
  〃Do thou conduct us thither; where thou sayest
  That we can take delight in tarrying。〃

Little had we withdrawn us from that place;
  When I perceived the mount was hollowed out
  In fashion as the valleys here are hollowed。

〃Thitherward;〃 said that shade; 〃will we repair;
  Where of itself the hill…side makes a lap;
  And there for the new day will we await。〃

'Twixt hill and plain there was a winding path
  Which led us to the margin of that dell;
  Where dies the border more than half away。

Gold and fine silver; and scarlet and pearl…white;
  The Indian wood resplendent and serene;
  Fresh emerald the moment it is broken;

By herbage and by flowers within that hollow
  Planted; each one in colour would be vanquished;
  As by its greater vanquished is the less。

Nor in that place had nature painted only;
  But of the sweetness of a thousand odours
  Made there a mingled fragrance and unknown。

〃Salve Regina;〃 on the green and flowers
  There seated; singing; spirits I beheld;
  Which were not visible outside the valley。

〃Before the scanty sun now seeks his nest;〃
  Began the Mantuan who had led us thither;
  〃Among them do not wish me to conduct you。

Better from off this ledge the acts and faces
  Of all of them will you discriminate;
  Than in the plain below received among them。

He who sits highest; and the semblance bears
  Of having what he should have done neglected;
  And to the others' song moves not his lips;

Rudolph the Emperor was; who had the power
  To heal the wounds that Italy have slain;
  So that through others slowly she revives。

The other; who in look doth comfort him;
  Governed the region where the water springs;
  The Moldau bears the Elbe; and Elbe the sea。

His name was Ottocar; and in swaddling…clothes
  Far better he than bearded Winceslaus
  His son; who feeds in luxury and ease。

And the small…nosed; who close in council seems
  With him that has an aspect so benign;
  Died fleeing and disflowering the lily;

Look there; how he is beating at his breast!
  Behold the other one; who for his cheek
  Sighing has made of his own palm a bed;

Father and father…in…law of France's Pest
  Are they; and know his vicious life and lewd;
  And hence proceeds the grief that so doth pierce them。

He who appears so stalwart; and chimes in;
  Singing; with that one of the manly nose;
  The cord of every valour wore begirt;

And if as King had after him remained
  The stripling who in rear of him is sit

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