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View Quote Per correr miglior acque alza le veleomai la navicella del mio ingegno,che lascia dietro a sé mar sì crudele.

View Quote To run over better waters the little vessel of my genius now hoists her sails, as she leaves behind her a sea so cruel.

View Quote Canto I, lines 1–3 (tr. C. E. Norton).

View Quote I' mi volsi a man destra, e puosi mentea l'altro polo, e vidi quattro stelleviste mai fuor ch'a la prima gente.

View Quote To the right hand I turned, and fixed my mindUpon the other pole, and saw four starsNe'er seen before save by the primal people.

View Quote Canto I, lines 22–24 (tr. Longfellow).

View Quote Libertà va cercando, ch'è sì cara,come sa chi per lei vita rifiuta.

View Quote He goes seeking liberty, which is so dear, as he knows who gives his life for it.

View Quote Canto I, lines 71–72 (tr. Sinclair).

View Quote O dignitosa coscïenza, e netta,come t'è picciol fallo amaro morso!

View Quote O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is little fault!

View Quote Canto III, lines 8–9 (tr. C. E. Norton).

View Quote Ché perder tempo a chi più sa più spiace.

View Quote For to lose time irks him most who most knows.

View Quote Canto III, line 78 (tr. Longfellow).

View Quote Come le pecorelle escon del chiusoa una, a due, a tre, e l'altre stannotimidette atterrando l'occhio e 'l muso;e ciò che fa la prima, e l'altre fanno,addossandosi a lei, s'ella s'arresta,semplici e quete, e lo 'mperché non sanno.

View Quote As sheep come issuing forth from out the foldBy ones and twos and threes, and the others standTimidly, holding down their eyes and nostrils,And what the foremost does the others do,Huddling themselves against her, if she stop,Simple and quiet and the wherefore know not.

View Quote Canto III, lines 79–84 (tr. Longfellow).

View Quote Vassene 'l tempo e l'uom non se n'avvede.

View Quote Time moves and yet we do not notice it.

View Quote Canto IV, line 9 (tr. Mandelbaum).

View Quote Se orazïone in prima non m'aitache surga sù di cuor che in grazia viva;l'altra che val, che 'n ciel non è udita?

View Quote Unless, before then, the prayer assist me which rises from a heart that lives in grace: what avails the other, which is not heard in heaven?

View Quote Canto IV, lines 133–135 (tr. C. E. Norton).

View Quote Che sempre l'omo in cui pensier rampollasovra pensier, da sé dilunga il segno,perché la foga l'un de l'altro insolla.

View Quote For always the man in whom thought springs up over thought sets his mark farther off, for the one thought saps the force of the other.

View Quote Canto V, lines 16–18 (tr. Sinclair).

View Quote Ché cima di giudicio non s'avvallaperché foco d'amor compia in un puntociò che de' sodisfar chi qui s'astalla.

View Quote For top of judgment doth not vail itself,Because the fire of love fulfils at onceWhat he must satisfy who here installs him.

View Quote Canto VI, lines 37–39 (tr. Longfellow).

View Quote Veramente a così alto sospettonon ti fermar, se quella nol ti diceche lume fia tra 'l vero e lo 'ntelletto.Non so se 'ntendi; io dico di Beatrice.

View Quote Do not rest in so profound a doubt except she tell it thee, who shall be a light between truth and intellect. I know not if thou understand: I speak of Beatrice.

View Quote Canto VI, lines 43–46 (tr. Carlyle-Wicksteed).

View Quote Era già l'ora che volge il disioai navicanti e 'ntenerisce il corelo dì ch'han detto ai dolci amici addio;e che lo novo peregrin d'amorepunge, se ode squilla di lontanoche paia il giorno pianger che si more.

View Quote It was now the hour that turns back the longing of seafarers and melts their heart the day they have bidden dear friends farewell and pierces the new traveller with love if he hears in the distance the bell that seems to mourn the dying day.

View Quote Canto VIII, lines 1–6 (tr. Sinclair).

View Quote Quanto in femmina fuoco d'amor dura,Se l'occhio o 'l tatto spesso nol raccende.

View Quote How long in woman lasts the fire of love,If eye or touch do not relight it often.

View Quote Canto VIII, lines 77–78 (tr. Longfellow).

View Quote O superbi Cristian, miseri lassi!Che, della vista della mente infermi,Fidanza avete ne' ritrosi passi;Non v' accorgete voi, che noi siam vermiNati a formar l' angelica farfalla,Che vola alla giustizia senza schermi?Di che l' animo vostro in alto galla,Poi siete quasi entomata in difetto,Sì come verme, in cui formazion falla?

View Quote O Christians, arrogant, exhausted, wretched,Whose intellects are sick and cannot see,Who place your confidence in backward steps,Do you not know that we are worms and bornTo form the angelic butterfly that soars,Without defenses, to confront His judgment?Why does your mind presume to flight when youAre still like the imperfect grub, the wormBefore it has attained its final form?

View Quote Canto X, lines 121–129 (tr. Mandelbaum).

View Quote Dà oggi a noi la cotidiana manna,sanza la qual per questo aspro disertoa retro va chi più di gir s'affanna.

View Quote Give us this day the daily manna, without which, in this rough desert, he backward goes, who toils most to go on.

View Quote Canto XI, lines 13–15 (tr. C. E. Norton).

View Quote Non è il mondan romore altro ch'un fiatodi vento, ch'or vien quinci e or vien quindi,e muta nome perché muta lato.

View Quote Worldly renown is naught but a breath of wind, which now comes this way and now comes that, and changes name because it changes quarter.

View Quote Canto XI, lines 100–102 (tr. C. E. Norton).

View Quote O gente umana, per volar sù nata,perché a poco vento così cadi?

View Quote O human race, born to fly upward, wherefore at a little wind dost thou so fall?

View Quote Canto XII, lines 95–96 (tr. C. E. Norton).

View Quote Le donne e ' cavalier, li affanni e li agiche ne 'nvogliava amore e cortesialà dove i cuor son fatti sì malvagi.

View Quote The dames and cavaliers, the toils and easeThat filled our souls with love and courtesy,There where the hearts have so malicious grown!

View Quote Canto XIV, lines 109–111 (tr. Longfellow).

View Quote A maggior forza e a miglior naturaliberi soggiacete; e quella criala mente in voi, che 'l ciel no ha in sua cura.Però, se 'l mondo presente disvia,in voi è la cagione, in voi si cheggia.

View Quote To a greater power and to a better nature you, free, are subject, and that creates the mind in you which the heavens have not in their charge. Therefore if the present world goes astray, in you is the cause, in you let it be sought.

View Quote Canto XVI, lines 79–83 (tr. Sinclair).

View Quote Ogn'erba si conosce per lo seme.

View Quote By its seed each herb is recognized.

View Quote Canto XVI, line 114 (tr. Longfellow).

View Quote Compare: "Ye shall know them by their fruits." Matthew 7:16 KJV.

View Quote Ciascun confusamente un bene apprendenel qual si queti l'animo, e disira;per che di giugner lui ciascun contende.

View Quote Each one confusedly a good conceivesWherein the mind may rest, and longeth for it;Therefore to overtake it each one strives.

View Quote Canto XVII, lines 127–129 (tr. Longfellow). I recognize the signals of the ancient flame.

View Quote Contra miglior voler voler mal pugna; ...

View Quote Against a better will the will fights ill, ...

View Quote Canto XX, line 1 (tr. C. E. Norton).

View Quote Con povertà volesti anzi virtuteche gran ricchezza posseder con vizio.

View Quote Virtue with poverty didst thou preferTo the possession of great wealth with vice.

View Quote Canto XX, lines 26–27 (tr. Longfellow).

View Quote Amore,acceso di virtù, sempre altro accese,pur che la fiamma sua paresse fore.

View Quote Love kindled by virtue always kindles another, provided that its flame appear outwardly.

View Quote Canto XXII, lines 10–12.

View Quote Vedi l'erbette, i fiori e li arbuscelliche qui la terra sol da sé produce.

View Quote Behold the grass, the flowerets, and the shrubsWhich of itself alone this land produces.

View Quote Canto XXVII, lines 134–135 (tr. Longfellow).

View Quote Men che drammadi sangue m'è rimaso, che non tremi;conosco i segni de l'antica fiamma.

View Quote Less than a drop of blood remains in me that does not tremble; I recognize the signals of the ancient flame.

View Quote Canto XXX, lines 46–48.

View Quote Compare: Agnosco veteris vestigia flammae ("I feel once more the scars of the old flame", tr. C. Day Lewis), Virgil, Aeneid, Book IV, line 23.

View Quote Voi vigilate ne l'etterno die.

View Quote Ye keep your watch in the eternal day.

View Quote Canto XXX, line 103 (tr. Longfellow).

View Quote Ma tanto più maligno e più silvestrosi fa 'l terren col mal seme e non cólto,quant'elli ha più di buon vigor terrestro.

View Quote But so much the more malign and wild does the ground become with bad seed and untilled, as it has the more of good earthly vigor.

View Quote Canto XXX, lines 118–120 (tr. C. E. Norton).

View Quote Puro e disposto a salire a le stelle.

View Quote Pure and disposed to mount unto the stars.

View Quote Canto XXXIII, line 145 (tr. C. E. Norton).