Thursday, March 29

A Translation of Dante's Inferno 3.1-9

THROUGH ME YOU ENTER THE CITY OF DESOLATION
THROUGH ME THE ROAD AMONG THE LOST LIES
THROUGH ME YOU ENTER AGONY WITHOUT END

JUSTICE MOVED THE HAND OF MY MAKER ON HIGH:
BY DIVINE POWER AND SUPREME WISDOM I WAS FORGED;
I EXIST BY THE PRIMAL LOVE THAT MOVES THE SKIES.

WITHOUT ME, NOTHING WAS CREATED BEFORE,
SAVE ETERNAL. AND I ETERNAL REMAIN.
ALL HOPE ABANDON, YOU WHO ENTER.

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