​Per me si va ne la città dolente,Per me si va ne l'etterno dolore,Per me si va tra la perduta gente.Giustizia mosse il mio alto fattore:Fecemi la divina potestateLa somma sapienza e'l primo amoreDinanzi a me non fuor cose create se non etterne, e io etterno duro.Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'intrate.

You did thirst for blood, and with blood I fill you

Through me is the way to the city of woe. Through me is the way to sorrow eternal. Through me is the way to the lost below. Justice moved my architect supernal. I was constructed by divine power,supreme wisdom, and love primordial. Before me no created things were. Save those eternal, and eternal I abide. Abandon all hope, you who enter.

There he died; and as thou seest me, sawI the three fall one by one, between the fifthday and the sixth: whence I betook me,already blind, to groping over each, and forthree days called them, after they were dead;then fasting had more power than grief.

There is no greater sorrowthan thinking back upon a happy timein misery--

I felt for the tormented whirlwindsDamned for their carnal sinsCommitted when they let their passions rule their reason.

your soul has been assailed by cowardice,which often weighs so heavily on a man--distracting him from honorable trials--as phantoms frighten beasts when shadows fall.

There is no greater sorrow Than to be mindful of the happy time In misery

Poi s'appiccar, come di calda cera fossero stati, e mischiar lor colore, né l'un né l'altro già parea quel ch'era:come procede innanzi da l'ardore, per lo papiro suso, un color bruno che non è nero ancora e 'l bianco more.