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Translation - Italian-English - La Canzone di Amore di J. Alfred Prufrok

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Title
La Canzone di Amore di J. Alfred Prufrok
Text
Submitted by jenna
Source language: Italian

S'io credesse che mia risposta fosse
A persona che mai tornasse al mondo,
Questa fiamma staria senza piu scosse.
Ma perciocche giammai di questo fondo
Non torno vivo alcun, s'i'odo il vero,
Senza tema d'infamia ti rispondo

Title
Love song of Alfred Prufrock
Translation
English

Translated by luccaro
Target language: English

If I thought that my answer was to someone
Who might one day return up to the world,
This flame without more flickering would stand still.
However, since no one ever turned back, alive,
From this abyss — should what I hear be true —
Without the fear of infamy, I answer you.
Remarks about the translation
this text (wirtten by Elliot) quotes Dante's Divine Comedy, Inferno, chapter 27, verses 61-66.
you can find an English version here:
- http://www.italianstudies.org/comedy/Inferno27.htm
- http://dante.ilt.columbia.edu/new/comedy/
Validated by luccaro - 9 June 2006 07:34