The Lovers
Canto V - Circle II
Canto V - The Lovers
Paolo & Francesca
" …And all the while
the one of the two spirits spoke these words,
the other wept, in such a way that pity
blurred my senses; I swooned as though to die,
and fell to Hell’s floor as a body, dead falls.”
the one of the two spirits spoke these words,
the other wept, in such a way that pity
blurred my senses; I swooned as though to die,
and fell to Hell’s floor as a body, dead falls.”
— Translation by Mark Musa
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Paolo & Francesca
…for when we read how her fond smile was kissed by such a lover,
he who is one with me alive and dead
breathed on my lips the tremor of his kiss…
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