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
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.
Details voor de vertaling
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/
Laatst goedgekeurd of bewerkt door luccaro - 9 juni 2006 07:34