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CANTO 3

PER ME SI VA NE LA CITTA' DOLENTE, 1
PER ME SI VA NE L'ETTERNO DOLORE,
PER ME SI VA TRA LA PEPDUTA GENTE.
GIUSTIZIA MOSSE IL MIO ALTO FATTORE; 4
FECEMI LA DIVINA PODESTATE,
LA SOMMA SAPÏENZA E'L PRIMO AMORE.
DINANZI A ME NON FUOR COSE CREATE 7
SE NON ETTERNE, E IO ETTERNO DURO.
LASCIATE OGNE SPERANZA, VOI CH'INTRATE.
Queste parole di colore oscuro 10
vid' ïo scritte al sommo d'una porta,
per ch'io: "Maestro, il senso lor m'è duro."
Ed elli a me, come persona accorta: 13
"Qui si convien lasciare ogne sospetto,
ogne viltà convien che qui sia morta.
Noi siam venuti al loco ov' i' t'ho detto 16
che tu vedrai le genti dolorose
c'hanno perduto il ben de l'intelletto."
E poi che la sua mano a la mia puose 19
con lieto volto, ond' io mi confortai,
mi mise dentro a le segrete cose.
Quivi sospiri, pianti e alti guai 22
risonavan per l'aere sanza stelle,
per ch'io al cominciar ne lagrimai.
Diverse lingue, orribili favelle, 25
parole di dolore, accenti d'ira,
voci alte e fioche, e suon di man con elle
facevano un tumulto, il qual s'aggira 28
sempre in quell'aura sanza tempo tinta,
come la rena quando turbo spira.

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri. Volume: 1. Contributors: Robert M. Durling - editor, Dante Alighieri - author, Robert M. Durling - transltr, Robert Turner - illustrator. Publisher: Oxford University Press. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1996. Page Number: 54.
    
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