Dante's Divina Commedia Translation

The difficult translation of first Canto of Divina Commedia is here completed In the part published before, Dante imagined to find himself in a dark forest where he met three beasts. Now he is going to meet the poet Virgilio who will bring him through the Hell and Purgatory. The original italian is omitted for simplicity. I ask readers to comment even negatively this hard work. ....... And such as guy acquiring with decision, And comes the time which brings him then to lose, So that his thoughts with sorrow find collision; Similar the peaceless beast with strong abuse Coming against me direct bit by bit Constrained me with shadow to confuse. And while compelled to slide down and quit, Before my eyes just the faint view appeared Of who for long hush seemed to have no fit. When I saw him in the wide desert cleared, “Miserere of me”, I screamed to him, “If you to shadow or to man adhered” Replied: “I'm not now, man I was not dim, Lombard my parents just certainly were Both from Mantua, their home with vim. Arose sub Julio, even late occur, And lived in Rome under August good In times of liars false gods and faith blur. Poet I was, and sung of that with just mood Anchise’s son who came in a trip from Troy, When superb Ilion burned as a wood. But why you follow of trouble the decoy? Why the delectable hill don’t you rise Which is the start and cause of a full joy?”. “Are you now that Virgilio source wise Who spreads of words a so ample river?”. I answered him with my shameful eyes. “O of other poets light and honor giver, Might I have gain from long study and love Which made me look for your work with quiver. You are my master who inspires above, You are the only one from whom I took The stile admirable of my honor shove. The beast which made me run away now look; I beg your help, indeed famous wise man, ‘Cause me a trembling in veins and pulse shook” “To take another trip better you can”, He answered, when saw my weeping pain, “If out of this savage place you want to scan; Since this beast , which causes your complain, Nobody allows its way to align, But fights against him until is slain, And its nature is so ruthless and malign, That never fills in its greedy will, And is hungrier after than before dine. Many are the animals with which joins still, And even more will be, until the hound Will come, and shall it painfully kill. This one by richness will not be bound But by wisdom, love and virtue alone And between two felts will come and found. Might help that Italy to humble prone For which lost life Camilla virgin pure Eurialo, Turno and Niso killed as known. This one will hunt it hard in every moor, Until it will fall in the deepest hell, Just where from it started envy impure. So for your sake I think and judge well That you should follow me, your guide, And I will shepherd you in endless dell; Where with desperate shouting you shall collide, You shall see ancient spirits in their pain, Who are all shouting to be again died; You shall see those who happily sustain To stay in fire, hoping to come back No matter when in the blessed domain. Where you can climb following the track, A more worthy soul than me will be: With her I will leave you, this is my tack; Since the great emperor who there up can see, 'Cause I was a rebel against his law, To guide you there forbids that I be free. He commands everywhere and puts his awe; Here resides his domain and lofty throne: Lucky the people elected to this joie!”. And I to him: “Poet, my need is here shown In name of God you did not even know, To escape this evil maybe not alone, That you now bring me where you told to go, So then I see the true saint Peter’s gate And also people you tell afflicted so” And when he moved, him I followed straight.