dàn dīng zài yī gè hēi 'àn de sēn lín mí lù； yù jiàn bào、 shī、 mǔ láng； shī rén wéi jí 'ěr de líng hún lái jiù hù tā。
　　　
　　 zài rén shēng de zhōng tú， wǒ mí shī zài yī gè hēi 'àn de sēn lín zhī zhōng。 yào shuō míng nà gè sēn lín de huāng liáng、 sù jìng hé guǎng mò， shì duō me de kùn nán yā！ yī xiǎng dào tā wǒ xīn lǐ jiù shì yī zhèn hài pà， jiù xiàng sǐ wáng lái lín。 zài xù shù wǒ yù zhe jiù hù rén zhī qián， xiān bǎ chù mù jīng xīn de qíng jǐng miáo shù yī fān。
　　　
　　 wǒ zěn yàng huì zǒu jìn zhè gè sēn lín zhī zhōng， wǒ zì jǐ yě bù qīng chǔ， zhǐ jué dé wǒ zài hūn hūn yù shuì de chà nà， wǒ jiù shī diào liǎo zhèng lù。 hòu lái wǒ zǒu dào sēn lín de yī biān， hài pà de niàn tóu hái chán bǎng zhe wǒ de xīn， hū rán dào liǎo yī gè xiǎo shān de jiǎo xià， nà xiǎo shān de dǐng shàng pī zhe yào yǎn de yáng guāng， zhè shì pǔ zhào lǚ tú de míng dēng。 yī yè de jīng xià， zhēn shì kě lián。 zhè shí wǒ cái lüè wēi xià xīn lái。 cóng hǎi lǐ pá shàng 'àn lái de， yī bān yào huí tóu kàn kàn shēn hòu de jīng tāo hài làng， suǒ yǐ wǒ zài jīng hún chū dìng zhī hòu， wǒ yě jiù huí gù lái lù。 cái xiǎo dé lái lù xiǎn jiān xīn 'è。 bù shì shēng rén suǒ dào de。
　　　
　　 wǒ xiū xī liǎo yī huì 'ér， jiù lì qǐ lái gǎn wǒ de lù chéng， yī bù yī bù pá shàng huāng liáng de shān pō。 méi yòu pá dé duō gāo qián miàn hū rán tiào chū yī zhǐ mǐn jié de、 wǔ sè bān lán de bào， lán zhù wǒ de qù lù， wǒ jǐ cì xiǎng huí tóu táo bì tā。 nà shí tiān dà liàng liǎo， tài yáng cóng dōng fāng shēng qǐ， sì yě dū qīng xī qǐ lái； zhè yàng qīng shuǎng de zǎo chén， zhè yàng wēn hé de shí hòu， shǐ wǒ yòu kè fú nà huàn yǎn kě pà de yě shòu zhī xī wàng。 dàn shì， yī bō wèi píng， yī bō yòu qǐ、 yī zhǐ shī zǐ yòu chū xiàn liǎo， tā sì hū xiàng zhe wǒ měng chōng guò lái， tā shì jī 'è jí liǎo， gāo tái zhe tóu， hū hū de dì chū qì， zhēn xià shā rén。 tóng shí hái yòu yī zhǐ gān shòu de mǔ láng， tā sì hū shì jī bù zé shí de， ér qiě yǐ jīng yòu xǔ duō rén shòu liǎo tā de shāng hài。 tā de yī shuāng yǎn jīng sǐ dīng zhe wǒ， xià dé wǒ quán shēn fā dǒu， yú shì wǒ zhǐ hǎo fàng qì pá dào shān dǐng de dǎ suàn。
　　
　　 wǒ hǎo xiàng shì yī wèi kě wàng zhe jīn qián de rén， hū rán shòu dào yī gè shī bài de dǎ jī， ér chén xiàn yú tòng chǔ bēi 'āi de jìng dì。 wǒ shòu dào nà zhǐ mǔ láng de bī pò、 tā yī bù yī bù dì bī jìn wǒ， shǐ wǒ bù dé bù tuì wǎng nà hēi 'àn de sēn lín。 zài wǒ hòu tuì de shí hòu， wǒ kàn jiàn yī gè rén。 tā sì hū shì jìng mò liǎo hěn jiǔ， xiàng bù huì shuō huà yī yàng。 zài cǐ huāng shān kuàng yě， jū rán lái liǎo jiù xīng， wǒ tuō kǒu jiào dào： “ qǐng nǐ kuài lái jiù wǒ， bù guǎn nǐ shì shénme， yī gè yǐng zǐ yě hǎo， yī gè zhēn rén yě hǎo。 ”
　　　
　　 tā huí dá dào：“ wǒ cóng qián shì rén， xiàn zài bù shì rén liǎo。 wǒ de fù mǔ shì lún bā dì rén， tā men de guó jiā shì màn tú yà。 wǒ shēng yú yóu lì wū sī wáng cháo， dàn shì chí liǎo yī diǎn， hòu lái zhù zài luó mǎ， shòu 'ào gǔ sī dū wáng de bǎo hù， nà shí hái shì yì jiào liú xíng。 wǒ shì yī gè shī rén， wǒ gē yín 'ān qí sài sī de 'ér zǐ， tā shì zhēn zhèng de yīng xióng， tā cóng tè jì yà chéng táo chū lái， yīn wéi nà gè xióng wěi de chéng yǐ bèi xī là rén shāo huǐ liǎo。 dàn shì nǐ wèishénme rú cǐ jīng huáng shī cuò， wèishénme bù pá guò zhè zuò míng mèi de shān， zhè shì rén men xìng fú de yuán quán？”
　　　
　　 wǒ bèi shuō dé miàn hóng 'ěr chì， xiàng tā huí dá dào：” nà mò nǐ jiù shì wéi jí 'ěr me？ cóng nǐ de zuǐ lǐ， yín chū duō me měi lì 'ér hé xié de shī jù yā！ nǐ shì zhòng shī rén de dēng tǎ， yī qiē de guāng róng dū guī yú nǐ！ wǒ 'àihào nǐ de shī piān， bìng xué xí hé yán jiū guò nǐ de zhù zuò！ nǐ shì wǒ de lǎo shī， shì wǒ xīn zhōng de 'ǒu xiàng， wǒ cóng nǐ xué dé hěn duō hǎo shī jù， yīn cǐ shǐ wǒ yòu liǎo yī xiē míng shēng。 …… qǐng nǐ kàn nà xiē yě shòu， wǒ hòu tuì de yuán yīn jiù shì wéi zhe tā men。 zhù míng de zhé rén， qǐng nǐ bāng zhù wǒ lái fǎn kàng tā men， tā men shǐ wǒ sì zhī de xuè ròu dū chàn dòng qǐ lái liǎo！”
　　　
　　 tā kàn jiàn wǒ liú lèi， tā dá dào：“ nǐ yīngdāng lìng xún yī tiáo chū lù， yào lí kāi zhè kuài huāng yě de dì fāng， yīn wéi nà zhǐ mǔ láng jué bù ràng yī gè rén jīng guò nà lǐ， chú fēi bǎ tā shā dào。 tā de běn xìng fēi cháng cán kù， dù zǐ cóng lái méi yòu bǎo zú de shí hòu， yù jiā chī dé duō， fǎn 'ér yù jiā jī 'è。 hé tā gòu jié de yě shòu hái duō ní， ér qiě shì yī tiān bǐ yī tiān duō， zhǐ yòu děng dào nà zhù míng de liè gǒu chū shì， cái néng gòu bǎ tā men yī yī shā jìn。 tā bù 'ài jīn qián， bù tān tǔ dì， tā yǐ rén 'ài， zhì huì， yǒng gǎn zuò shí pǐn， tā de guó tǔ shì zài fěi 'ěr tè luó hé fěi 'ěr tè luó zhī jiān。 tā jiāng zhěng jiù kě lián de yì dà lì， wéi zhe tā， shèng nǚ kǎ mì lā， wǎng 'ěr nǔ sī， ōu lǚ 'ā lǔ sī hé ní sū sī zhè xiē réndōu zhàn shāng 'ér sǐ liǎo。 tā jiāng bǎ mǔ láng sǎo jìn， bǎ tā men zài gǎn jìn dì yù， yīn wéi dāng chū tā men jiù shì bèi mó guǐ cóng nà lǐ fàng chū lái de。 yīn cǐ wǒ xiǎng dào： yào shì nǐ dào nà lǐ qù kàn kàn， duì nǐ shì yòu yì chù de； wǒ kě yǐ zuò nǐ de xiàng dǎo， yǐn dǎo nǐ tuō lí zhè kuài kě pà de dì fāng； yǐn dǎo nǐ jīng lì yǒng jié zhī bāng， nà lǐ nǐ kě yǐ tīng dào jué wàng de hū shēng， kàn jiàn kǔ nán de gǔ yōu líng， měi yī gèdōu zài cháng shì zhe dì 'èr cì de sǐ； nǐ hái kě yǐ kàn jiàn nà xiē mǎn zú yú huǒ yàn zhī zhōng de yōu líng， yīn wéi tā men hái yòu hé nà xiē xìng fú zhě zhù zài yī qǐ de xī wàng ní。 mò liǎo， jiǎ shǐ nǐ yuàn yì shàng shēng， hái yòu yī gè bǐ wǒ gèng gāo guì de líng hún lái yǐn dǎo nǐ， nà shí wǒ jiù hé nǐ fēn bié liǎo。 yīn wéi wǒ méi yòu xìn yǎng tā， suǒ yǐ wǒ bù néng zǒu jìn shàng dì suǒ zhù de dì fāng。 shàng dì tǒng zhì yǔ zhòu， quán lì wú suǒ bù zài， dàn shì tā zài tiān shàng yòu yī dìng de zuò wèi； néng gòu jiē jìn tā de rén shì duō me kuài lè yā！”
　　　
　　 yú shì wǒ zhè yàng shuō：“ shī rén yā！ qǐng nǐ wéi shàng dì de yuán gù， yǐn dǎo wǒ táo chū zhè gè hēi 'àn de sēn lín hé qí tā gèng huài de dì fāng bà； bàn zhe wǒ dào nǐ fāng cái suǒ shuō de jìng jiè， yī kàn chén nì zài bēi 'āi de shēn yuān lǐ de yōu líng； zuì hòu yǐn dǎo wǒ dào shèng bǐ dé de mén。”
　　　
　　 yú shì wǒ gēn zhe wéi jí 'ěr wǎng qián zǒu。

　　IN the midway of this our mortal life,
　　I found me in a gloomy wood, astray
　　Gone from the path direct: and e'en to tell
　　It were no easy task, how savage wild
　　That forest, how robust and rough its growth,
　　Which to remember only, my dismay
　　Renews, in bitterness not far from death.
　　Yet to discourse of what there good befell,
　　All else will I relate discover'd there.
　　How first I enter'd it I scarce can say,
　　Such sleepy dullness in that instant weigh'd
　　My senses down, when the true path I left,
　　But when a mountain's foot I reach'd, where clos'd
　　The valley, that had pierc'd my heart with dread,
　　I look'd aloft, and saw his shoulders broad
　　Already vested with that planet's beam,
　　Who leads all wanderers safe through every way.
　　
　　Then was a little respite to the fear,
　　That in my heart's recesses deep had lain,
　　All of that night, so pitifully pass'd:
　　And as a man, with difficult short breath,
　　Forespent with toiling, 'scap'd from sea to shore,
　　Turns to the perilous wide waste, and stands
　　At gaze; e'en so my spirit, that yet fail'd
　　Struggling with terror, turn'd to view the straits,
　　That none hath pass'd and liv'd. My weary frame
　　After short pause recomforted, again
　　I journey'd on over that lonely steep,
　　
　　
　　The hinder foot still firmer. Scarce the ascent
　　Began, when, lo! a panther, nimble, light,
　　And cover'd with a speckled skin, appear'd,
　　Nor, when it saw me, vanish'd, rather strove
　　To check my onward going; that ofttimes
　　With purpose to retrace my steps I turn'd.
　　
　　The hour was morning's prime, and on his way
　　Aloft the sun ascended with those stars,
　　That with him rose, when Love divine first mov'd
　　Those its fair works: so that with joyous hope
　　All things conspir'd to fill me, the gay skin
　　Of that swift animal, the matin dawn
　　And the sweet season. Soon that joy was chas'd,
　　And by new dread succeeded, when in view
　　A lion came, 'gainst me, as it appear'd,
　　
　　With his head held aloft and hunger-mad,
　　That e'en the air was fear-struck. A she-wolf
　　Was at his heels, who in her leanness seem'd
　　Full of all wants, and many a land hath made
　　Disconsolate ere now. She with such fear
　　O'erwhelmed me, at the sight of her appall'd,
　　That of the height all hope I lost. As one,
　　Who with his gain elated, sees the time
　　When all unwares is gone, he inwardly
　　Mourns with heart-griping anguish; such was I,
　　Haunted by that fell beast, never at peace,
　　Who coming o'er against me, by degrees
　　Impell'd me where the sun in silence rests.
　　
　　While to the lower space with backward step
　　I fell, my ken discern'd the form one of one,
　　Whose voice seem'd faint through long disuse of speech.
　　When him in that great desert I espied,
　　"Have mercy on me!" cried I out aloud,
　　"Spirit! or living man! what e'er thou be!"
　　
　　He answer'd: "Now not man, man once I was,
　　And born of Lombard parents, Mantuana both
　　By country, when the power of Julius yet
　　Was scarcely firm. At Rome my life was past
　　Beneath the mild Augustus, in the time
　　Of fabled deities and false. A bard
　　Was I, and made Anchises' upright son
　　The subject of my song, who came from Troy,
　　When the flames prey'd on Ilium's haughty towers.
　　But thou, say wherefore to such perils past
　　Return'st thou? wherefore not this pleasant mount
　　Ascendest, cause and source of all delight?"
　　"And art thou then that Virgil, that well-spring,
　　From which such copious floods of eloquence
　　Have issued?" I with front abash'd replied.
　　"Glory and light of all the tuneful train!
　　May it avail me that I long with zeal
　　Have sought thy volume, and with love immense
　　Have conn'd it o'er. My master thou and guide!
　　Thou he from whom alone I have deriv'd
　　That style, which for its beauty into fame
　　Exalts me. See the beast, from whom I fled.
　　O save me from her, thou illustrious sage!
　　
　　
　　"For every vein and pulse throughout my frame
　　She hath made tremble." He, soon as he saw
　　That I was weeping, answer'd, "Thou must needs
　　Another way pursue, if thou wouldst 'scape
　　From out that savage wilderness. This beast,
　　At whom thou criest, her way will suffer none
　　To pass, and no less hindrance makes than death:
　　So bad and so accursed in her kind,
　　That never sated is her ravenous will,
　　Still after food more craving than before.
　　To many an animal in wedlock vile
　　She fastens, and shall yet to many more,
　　Until that greyhound come, who shall destroy
　　Her with sharp pain. He will not life support
　　By earth nor its base metals, but by love,
　　Wisdom, and virtue, and his land shall be
　　The land 'twixt either Feltro. In his might
　　Shall safety to Italia's plains arise,
　　For whose fair realm, Camilla, virgin pure,
　　Nisus, Euryalus, and Turnus fell.
　　He with incessant chase through every town
　　Shall worry, until he to hell at length
　　Restore her, thence by envy first let loose.
　　I for thy profit pond'ring now devise,
　　That thou mayst follow me, and I thy guide
　　Will lead thee hence through an eternal space,
　　Where thou shalt hear despairing shrieks, and see
　　Spirits of old tormented, who invoke
　　A second death; and those next view, who dwell
　　Content in fire, for that they hope to come,
　　Whene'er the time may be, among the blest,
　　Into whose regions if thou then desire
　　T' ascend, a spirit worthier then I
　　Must lead thee, in whose charge, when I depart,
　　Thou shalt be left: for that Almighty King,
　　Who reigns above, a rebel to his law,
　　Adjudges me, and therefore hath decreed,
　　That to his city none through me should come.
　　He in all parts hath sway; there rules, there holds
　　His citadel and throne. O happy those,
　　Whom there he chooses!" I to him in few:
　　"Bard! by that God, whom thou didst not adore,
　　I do beseech thee (that this ill and worse
　　I may escape) to lead me, where thou saidst,
　　That I Saint Peter's gate may view, and those
　　Who as thou tell'st, are in such dismal plight."
　　
　　Onward he mov'd, I close his steps pursu'd.

　　dàn dīng chí yí bù jìn， wéi jí 'ěr shuō míng tā de shǐ mìng： bèi yǎ tè lì qí céng wǎng tā suǒ zhù de“ hòu pàn suǒ”， qǐng tā chū lái yuán zhù dàn dīng。
　　　
　　 bàng wǎn tiān sè jiàn jiàn hēi liǎo， dì shàng láo kǔ de dòng wù yě yào xiū xī liǎo。 zhǐ yòu wǒ yī gè rén zhèng yù bèi zhe qù cháng tú bá shè， yìng zhe xīn cháng qù yī kàn nà xiē kě lián chóng。 zhè xiē jiàn wén， dū kào wǒ zhǔn què de jì yì lái xù shù de。 shī gē de nǚ shén yā、 zhuó yuè de tiān cái yā， qǐng nǐ men bāng zhù wǒ bā！ jì yì yā， qǐng nǐ bǎ wǒ suǒ jiàn wén de yìn xiàng zhǔn què dì liú zhù bà， shì nǐ lì gōng de shí hòu dào liǎo！
　　　
　　 yú shì wǒ yuè：“ zhǐ yǐn wǒ de shī rén yā！ qǐng kǎo lǜ yī xià bà： wǒ shì fǒu néng yòu zú gòu de néng lì， lái chéng dān zhè jiàn jiān nán de gōng zuò ní？ nǐ shuō xī 'ěr wéi wū sī de fù qīn céng yǐ xuè ròu zhī qū zǒu rù yǒng jié zhī bāng， dàn shì shàng dì yǔn xǔ tā zhè yàng de tè quán bù shì méi lǐ yóu de： yīn wéi tiān shàng yǐ jīng què dìng tā zuò luó mǎ de kāi shān zǔ， nà lǐ shì dì guó dedōu chéng， yòu shì cóng dà bǐ dé yǐ lái jiào huáng zuò wèi de suǒ zài dì。 tā cóng zhè yī tàng lǚ xíng zhōng， dé dào liǎo wèi lái shèng lì hé shèng jiào guāng róng de qǐ shì。 hòu lái shèng bǎo luó wéi zhe gǒng gù xìn yǎng， shǐ rén dé dào jiě jiù， yě yòu zhè yàng yī cì de lǚ xíng。 dàn shì wǒ ní， wèishénme yào qù？ shuí yǔn xǔ wǒ qù？ wǒ jì bù shì 'āi ā sī yòu bù shì shèng bǎo luó； wú lùn wǒ zì jǐ huò shì bié rén kàn láidōu jué dé wǒ bù gòu zī gé wǒ yào shì mào mèi dì gēn zhe nǐ qù， shì zú yǐ zhèng shí wǒ de yú chǔn wú zhī。 nǐ shì zhé rén， suī rán wǒ de huà shuō dé bù qīng chǔ。 nǐ zǒng huì míng bái wǒ de yì sī bà。”
　　　
　　 hǎo xiàng yī gè zhōng tú gǎi biàn jìhuà de rén yī yàng， bù néng bù bǎ yǐ jīng dòng liǎo shǒu de gōng zuò fàng xià， yīn cǐ wǒ dòu liú zài hūn hēi de shān lù shàng， zì huǐ bù jiā sī kǎo， biàn qīng yì yīngyǔn liǎo zhè yàng zhòng dà de shǐ mìng。
　　　
　　 gāo guì de shī hún dá dào：“ jiǎ shǐ wǒ shí fēn míng bái nǐ de shuō huà， nà jiù shì nǐ de xīn lǐ shēng liǎo wèi jù。 wèi jù， tā shǐ rén men zài zhèng dà de shì yè miàn qián wàng 'ér què bù， hǎo xiàng dǎn xiǎo de yě shòu， yī tīng jiàn fēng shēng jiù xià dé táo páo yī yàng。 wǒ yào qū kāi nǐ xīn lǐ de wèi jù， wǒ yào gào sù nǐ wǒ wèishénme yào lái zhè lǐ， wǒ tīng liǎo shénme rén de zhǔ tuō cái lái dā jiù nǐ。
　　　
　　“ wǒ zhèng zài shēng chén wèi jué de shí hòu， yī gè měi lì de zǐ nǚ jiào zhe wǒ， wǒ shàng qián qù yìng mìng。 tā de yī shuāng yǎn jīng bǐ xīng guāng hái yào míng liàng； tā yòng róu hé 'ér liáo liàng de yīn diào duì wǒ shuō：
　　　
　　“ shàn liáng de màn tú yà de yōu hún yā！ nǐ de shēng míng chuán biàn shì jiè， qiě kě yǔ rì yuè tóng huī ní。 wǒ yòu yī gè bù xìng de péng yǒu， tā pái huái zài huāng mò de shān lín， zhèng zài jīng huáng shī cuò， chù zài jìn tuì liǎng nán de jìng dì， yīn wéi wǒ zài tiān shàng dé zhe tā de xiāo xī huò xǔ tài chí liǎo， kǒng pà tā yào mí tú gèng yuǎn。 xiàn zài qǐng nǐ qù yī tàng bà， yòng nǐ měi miào dòng rén de cí lìng， bāng zhù tā lí kāi nà lǐ， zhè yàng wǒ jiù fàng xīn liǎo。 wǒ shì bèi yǎ tè lì qí， shì cóng tiān shàng xià lái， wǒ shì jí zhe yào huí qù de； shì 'ài qíng gǎn dòng liǎo wǒ， yīn cǐ wǒ bù dé bù duì nǐ shuō。 dāng wǒ huí dào zhù rén nà lǐ， wǒ yào cháng cháng zài tā miàn qián chēng zàn nǐ ní。”
　　　
　　 bèi yǎ tè lì qí jìng mò liǎo， yú shì wǒ duì tā shuō：“ shàn nǚ rén yā， yīn wéi nǐ de yuán gù， dì shàng de rén lèi cái chéng wéi wàn wù zhī líng！ nǐ mìng lìng wǒ zhè yàng zuò， zhèng shì nǐ kàn zhòng wǒ； jiǎ shǐ wǒ xiàn zài yǐ jīng bàn tuǒ liǎo， wǒ hái jué dé fú cóng nǐ tài chí liǎo yī diǎn。 nǐ de yì sī gù rán yòng bù zhe zài xiàng wǒ jiě shì， dàn shì nǐ wèishénme gǎn jiàng lín xià dì， ér qiě yòu jí zhe yào huí tiān guó ní？”
　　　
　　 tā dá dào：“ jì rán nǐ yào xiǎng zhī dào， wǒ jiù bǎ tā jiǎn dān tā shuō jǐ jù bà。 yǔ zhòu jiān zhǐ yòu néng gòu sǔn hài wǒ de wǒ cái pà tā； bù rán de huà， yòu hé bì pà tā ní！ wǒ dé dào shàng dì de 'ēn huì， nǐ men de tòng kǔ chù bù dào wǒ， zhè lǐ de huǒ yàn yě chù jí bù dào wǒ。…… tiān shàng yòu yī wèi gāo guì de shèng nǚ shèng mǔ mǎ lì yà， tā duì yú wǒ qǐng nǐ qù dā jiù de zhè gè rén fēi cháng lián xī。 tā pò lì dài tā cí bēi。 tā jiào lú qí yà dào：“ xiàn zài nǐ de yī gè zhōng shí xìn tú zhèng xū yào nǐ de yǐn dǎo， wǒ bǎ tā wěi tuō gěi nǐ bà。” lú qí yà cán kù zhī dí， mǎ shàng dào wǒ nà lǐ qù， nà shí wǒ zhèng hé gǔ shí de lā jié duì zuò zhe。 lú qí yà shuō：“ bèi yǎ dài lì qí， shàng dì zhī sòng yáng。 nǐ wèishénme bù bāng zhù 'ài nǐ de rén？ tā wéi zhe nǐ chāo fán tuō sú liǎo。 tā de tòng kǔ， nǐ bù kě lián tā me？ nǐ bù kàn jiàn tā zài nà lǐ hé sǐ zhèng zhā me？ rén hǎi bō lán， bù xià yú dà yáng de kuáng fēng nù tāo yā！” wǒ tīng liǎo zhè fān huó yǐ hòu， bǐ dì shàng de rén qū fú bì huò hái yào kuài jǐ bèi， wǒ cóng wǒ de xìng fú dì xià lái， xìn rèn liǎo nǐ de cí lìng， zhè gè bù zhèng shì nǐ de guāng róng， jiù shì tīng liǎo tā de rén yě yòu guāng róng ní。”
　　　
　　“ tā shuō liǎo yǐ hòu、 diào zhuǎn tā míng liàng de yǎn jīng quán liú lèi liǎo； yīn cǐ shǐ wǒ jiā kuài dì dào nǐ zhè lǐ lái； yīn cǐ wǒ bǎ nǐ cóng lán zhù qù lù de yě shòu nà lǐ jiù chū lái。 xiàn zài nǐ wèishénme chí yí bù qián？ wèishénme yī kē xīn bèi kǒng jù bāo wéi liǎo？ wèishénme bù yǒng gǎn xiē？ qǐ bù gū fù liǎo dà tíng sān gè shèng nǚ hé wǒ de yī piàn hǎo xīn me？”
　　　
　　 hǎo bǐ yè lǐ shòu liǎo shuāng dǎ de huā duǒ， chuí tóu sàng qì de jǐn bì zhe， hū rán shòu zhe tài yáng de zhào yào 'ér yòu kāi fàng liǎo； wǒ de xīn yě shì zhè yàng， wǒ de jīng shén zhèn fèn liǎo， wǒ de yǒng qì huí fù liǎo， wǒ jiù duì tā shuō：“ jiě jiù wǒ de rén， tā shì duō me cí bēi yā！ zhì yú nǐ ní， fú cóng tā de huà zhè yàng kuài， shì duō me hǎo xīn cháng yā！ wǒ tīng liǎo nǐ de huà， wǒ xià yī gè jué xīn gēn zhe nǐ qù liǎo。 xiàn zài wǒ men liǎng gè rén yī tiáo xīn， nǐ shì wǒ de yǐn lù rén， wǒ de zhù rén， wǒ de lǎo shī。”
　　　
　　 shuō wán liǎo， yú shì tā yí dòng tā de jiǎo bù， wǒ jiù zǒu shàng qí qū huāng yě de lù tú。

　　NOW was the day departing, and the air,
　　Imbrown'd with shadows, from their toils releas'd
　　All animals on earth; and I alone
　　Prepar'd myself the conflict to sustain,
　　Both of sad pity, and that perilous road,
　　Which my unerring memory shall retrace.
　　
　　O Muses! O high genius! now vouchsafe
　　Your aid! O mind! that all I saw hast kept
　　Safe in a written record, here thy worth
　　And eminent endowments come to proof.
　　
　　I thus began: "Bard! thou who art my guide,
　　Consider well, if virtue be in me
　　Sufficient, ere to this high enterprise
　　Thou trust me. Thou hast told that Silvius' sire,
　　Yet cloth'd in corruptible flesh, among
　　Th' immortal tribes had entrance, and was there
　　Sensible present. Yet if heaven's great Lord,
　　Almighty foe to ill, such favour shew'd,
　　In contemplation of the high effect,
　　Both what and who from him should issue forth,
　　It seems in reason's judgment well deserv'd:
　　Sith he of Rome, and of Rome's empire wide,
　　In heaven's empyreal height was chosen sire:
　　Both which, if truth be spoken, were ordain'd
　　And 'stablish'd for the holy place, where sits
　　Who to great Peter's sacred chair succeeds.
　　He from this journey, in thy song renown'd,
　　Learn'd things, that to his victory gave rise
　　And to the papal robe. In after-times
　　The chosen vessel also travel'd there,
　　To bring us back assurance in that faith,
　　Which is the entrance to salvation's way.
　　But I, why should I there presume? or who
　　Permits it? not, Aeneas I nor Paul.
　　Myself I deem not worthy, and none else
　　Will deem me. I, if on this voyage then
　　I venture, fear it will in folly end.
　　Thou, who art wise, better my meaning know'st,
　　Than I can speak." As one, who unresolves
　　What he hath late resolv'd, and with new thoughts
　　Changes his purpose, from his first intent
　　Remov'd; e'en such was I on that dun coast,
　　Wasting in thought my enterprise, at first
　　So eagerly embrac'd. "If right thy words
　　I scan," replied that shade magnanimous,
　　"Thy soul is by vile fear assail'd, which oft
　　So overcasts a man, that he recoils
　　From noblest resolution, like a beast
　　At some false semblance in the twilight gloom.
　　That from this terror thou mayst free thyself,
　　I will instruct thee why I came, and what
　　I heard in that same instant, when for thee
　　Grief touch'd me first. I was among the tribe,
　　Who rest suspended, when a dame, so blest
　　And lovely, I besought her to command,
　　Call'd me; her eyes were brighter than the star
　　Of day; and she with gentle voice and soft
　　Angelically tun'd her speech address'd:
　　"O courteous shade of Mantua! thou whose fame
　　Yet lives, and shall live long as nature lasts!
　　A friend, not of my fortune but myself,
　　On the wide desert in his road has met
　　Hindrance so great, that he through fear has turn'd.
　　Now much I dread lest he past help have stray'd,
　　And I be ris'n too late for his relief,
　　From what in heaven of him I heard. Speed now,
　　And by thy eloquent persuasive tongue,
　　And by all means for his deliverance meet,
　　Assist him. So to me will comfort spring.
　　I who now bid thee on this errand forth
　　Am Beatrice; from a place I come.
　　
　　 (Note: Beatrice. I use this word, as it is
　　pronounced in the Italian, as consisting of four
　　syllables, of which the third is a long one.)
　　
　　Revisited with joy. Love brought me thence,
　　Who prompts my speech. When in my Master's sight
　　I stand, thy praise to him I oft will tell."
　　
　　She then was silent, and I thus began:
　　"O Lady! by whose influence alone,
　　Mankind excels whatever is contain'd
　　Within that heaven which hath the smallest orb,
　　So thy command delights me, that to obey,
　　If it were done already, would seem late.
　　No need hast thou farther to speak thy will;
　　Yet tell the reason, why thou art not loth
　　To leave that ample space, where to return
　　Thou burnest, for this centre here beneath."
　　
　　She then: "Since thou so deeply wouldst inquire,
　　I will instruct thee briefly, why no dread
　　Hinders my entrance here. Those things alone
　　Are to be fear'd, whence evil may proceed,
　　None else, for none are terrible beside.
　　I am so fram'd by God, thanks to his grace!
　　That any suff'rance of your misery
　　Touches me not, nor flame of that fierce fire
　　Assails me. In high heaven a blessed dame
　　Besides, who mourns with such effectual grief
　　That hindrance, which I send thee to remove,
　　That God's stern judgment to her will inclines."
　　To Lucia calling, her she thus bespake:
　　"Now doth thy faithful servant need thy aid
　　And I commend him to thee." At her word
　　Sped Lucia, of all cruelty the foe,
　　And coming to the place, where I abode
　　Seated with Rachel, her of ancient days,
　　She thus address'd me: "Thou true praise of God!
　　Beatrice! why is not thy succour lent
　　To him, who so much lov'd thee, as to leave
　　For thy sake all the multitude admires?
　　Dost thou not hear how pitiful his wail,
　　Nor mark the death, which in the torrent flood,
　　Swoln mightier than a sea, him struggling holds?"
　　Ne'er among men did any with such speed
　　Haste to their profit, flee from their annoy,
　　As when these words were spoken, I came here,
　　Down from my blessed seat, trusting the force
　　Of thy pure eloquence, which thee, and all
　　Who well have mark'd it, into honour brings."
　　
　　"When she had ended, her bright beaming eyes
　　Tearful she turn'd aside; whereat I felt
　　Redoubled zeal to serve thee. As she will'd,
　　Thus am I come: I sav'd thee from the beast,
　　Who thy near way across the goodly mount
　　Prevented. What is this comes o'er thee then?
　　Why, why dost thou hang back? why in thy breast
　　Harbour vile fear? why hast not courage there
　　And noble daring? Since three maids so blest
　　Thy safety plan, e'en in the court of heaven;
　　And so much certain good my words forebode."
　　
　　As florets, by the frosty air of night
　　Bent down and clos'd, when day has blanch'd their leaves,
　　Rise all unfolded on their spiry stems;
　　So was my fainting vigour new restor'd,
　　And to my heart such kindly courage ran,
　　That I as one undaunted soon replied:
　　"O full of pity she, who undertook
　　My succour! and thou kind who didst perform
　　So soon her true behest! With such desire
　　Thou hast dispos'd me to renew my voyage,
　　That my first purpose fully is resum'd.
　　Lead on: one only will is in us both.
　　Thou art my guide, my master thou, and lord."
　　
　　So spake I; and when he had onward mov'd,
　　I enter'd on the deep and woody way.

　　dì yù zhī mén； dì yù zhī zǒu láng， rú dà shòu xíng zhī dì。 cǎn dàn de 'ā kè lóng hé； lǎo chuán fū kǎ lóng。
　　　
　　“ cóng wǒ zhè lǐ zǒu jìn kǔ nǎo zhī chéng， zǒu jìn zuì 'è zhī yuān， zǒu jìn yōu líng duì lǐ。 zhèng yì gǎn dòng liǎo wǒ de chuàng shì zhù： wǒ shì shén quán， shén zhì， shén 'ài de zuò pǐn。 chú shuǐ cún de dōng xī zhī wài， zài wǒ zhī qián méi yòu suǒ zào de wù， wǒ hé tiān dì tóng zài： nǐ men zǒu jìn lái， bǎ chuàng de xī wàng pāo zài nǎo hòu bà！”
　　　
　　 wǒ kàn jiàn shàng duàn wén zì， hēi chén chén dì xiě zài dà mén shàng； wǒ shuō：“ lǎo shī， zhè xiē wén zì de yì sī jiào wǒ hěn nán dǒng。” tā xiàng shì yī gè bó xué duō cái de rén， duì wǒ shuō：“ dào liǎo zhè gè dì fāng， yī qiē de kǒng bù hé wèi jù dōuyào fàng zài nǎo hòu。 wǒ men yǐ jīng dào liǎo wǒ duì nǐ shuō qǐ de dì fāng： zài zhè lǐ wǒ men jiāng yào kàn jiàn yī qún kǔ nǎo de、 bù dǒng shénme jiào xìng fú de yōu líng。” yú shì tā lā liǎo wǒ de shǒu， liǎn shàng lù chū wēi xiào， shǐ wǒ xīn lǐ dé dào 'ān wèi， tā yǐn dǎo wǒ zǒu jìn yōu míng zhī guó。
　　　
　　 zài zhè lǐ， tàn xī shēng， bào yuàn shēng， bēi tí shēng， zài méi yòu xīng guāng de hūn 'àn de kōng qì lǐ yìnghè zhe。 wǒ yī zhèn xīn suān， bù jué diào xià lèi lái。 qiān qí bǎi guài de yǔ yīn， tòng kǔ de jiào hǎn， kě pà de nù mà， gāo hǎn hé 'àn qì， pāi shǒu hé dùn zú， kōng qì lǐ miàn xuān nào bù yǐ， yǒng wú jìng jì， yòu hǎo sì fēng juàn shā chén， zhē tiān bì rì。 nà shí wǒ máo gǔ sǒng rán， wèn dào：“ lǎo shī， wǒ suǒ tīng jiàn de shì shénme？ fā chū zhè yàng tòng kǔ hū shēng de yòu shì shénme rén lèi ní？” tā dá dào：“ zhè xiē dōushì wú yòu míng shēng de nuò fū， hái hùn zá liǎo yī xiē bēi wēi bǐ lòu de tiān shǐ： tā men shì zhǐ zhī zì lì de qí qiáng pài， tā men duì yú shàng dì jì bù fǎn pàn， yě bù zhōng shí； zhè yī bān yōu líng jì wéi tiān guó suǒ pái chì， yīn wéi tiān guó yào bǎo chí tā de chún jié， yòu bùwèi dì yù suǒ shōu róng， yīn wéi zuì 'è zhī tú shàng yòu yī diǎn zì kuā zhī chù ní。” wǒ shuō：“ nà wèi tā men shòu liǎo shénme xíng fá， shǐ tā men zhè yàng tòng kǔ ní？” tā dá dào：“ wǒ kě yǐ jí jiǎn dān dì duì nǐ shuō。 tā men jì méi yòu jì miè de xī wàng， zhǐ shì guò zhe hūn kuì píng yōng de huó， yě méi yòu gǎi jìn de kě néng。 shì jiè shàng duì yú tā men méi yòu jìzǎi； zhèng yì hé cí bēi dū qīng shì tā men： wǒ men yě bù bì zài tán lùn tā men liǎo， kàn kàn jiù zǒu bà！”
　　　
　　 nà shí wǒ kàn jiàn yī miàn qí zǐ yáo dòng zhe xiàng qián páo， dōu zhe juàn zǐ， yī kè yě bù tíng xī， gēn zhe qí zǐ hòu miàn de shì yī dà qún de yōu líng。 wǒ yào shì bù kàn jiàn， zhēn bù huì xiāng xìn sǐ shén yǐ jīng bàn wán liǎo zhè xǔ duō！ zài zhè xiē yōu líng zhī zhōng， wǒ hái rèn shí jǐ gè， wǒ zuì kàn dé qīng chǔ de shì nà gè yīn wéi nuò qiè 'ér ràng wèi de。 yú shì wǒ míng bái liǎo， zhè yī qún xià jiàn hūn yōng de rén wéi shàng dì suǒ bù xǐ 'ér wéi tā de chóu rén suǒ bù róng yā！ zhè xiē bù xìng de rén， ròu tǐ suī shēng， jīng shén yǐ sǐ； tā mendōu chì shēn lù tǐ， yòu mǎ fēng hé niú méng cì zhe tā men； xuè hé lèi cóng tā men liǎn shàng liú dào jiǎo gēn shàng， zuò liǎo dú chóng men de shí liào。
　　　
　　 wǒ xiàng yuǎn chù wàng qù， yòu kàn jiàn yī qún rén zài yī tiáo dà hé de 'àn shàng， yú shì wǒ shuō：” lǎo shī， yǔn xǔ wǒ zhī dào nà lǐ de yī qún rén me？ kào zhe yī diǎn ruò de guāng liàng wǒ kàn dé jiàn yī qún rén zài nà lǐ jǐ zhe dù hé， jiū jìng shì shuí pò shǐ tā men zhè yàng zuò ní？” tā dá dào：“ wǒ men zǒu dào nà tiáo míng jiào 'ā kè lóng de cǎn dàn de hé biān jiù míng bái liǎo。” yīn wéi wèn huà bù jí shí， wǒ jué dé yòu xiē cán kuì， zhǐ hǎo dī zhe tóu， yī yán bù fā， zhí zǒu dào hé biān。
　　　
　　 nà lǐ kàn jiàn yī gè xū fā jiē de lǎo rén lì zài chuán shàng， dà hǎn dào：“ bù xìng de nǐ men， zuì 'è de líng hún！ bù yào zài xī wàng kàn jiàn tiān rì liǎo！ wǒ lái yǐn nǐ men dào bǐ 'àn： zǒu jìn yōu xiāng， zǒu jìn rén mín， zǒu jìn bīng chí。 zhì yú nǐ ní， nǐ shì huó rén， kuài lí kāi tā men bà， zhè xiē dōushì sǐ rén yā！” tā kàn jiàn wǒ hái shì zhàn zhe bù dòng， biàn nù dào：“ nǐ lìng yòu yī tiáo lù zǒu， lìng yòu yī gè dù kǒu， lìng yòu yī gè jiào qīng de chuán lái dù nǐ ní。” wǒ de yǐn lù rén duì tā shuō：“ kǎ lóng， nǐ bù yào lái zǔ zhǐ， zhè shì shàng dì de yì sī， bù bì duō shuō liǎo。”
　　　
　　 lǎo rén tīng bà， guǒ rán bù shuō huà liǎo， tā bǎ fā huǒ de yǎn jīng xiàng 'àn shàng yī wàng， nà xiē jiāo kū de luǒ lù zhe de líng hún dū biàn liǎo miàn sè， jǐn yǎo zhe yá chǐ； tā men zhòu mà shàng dì hé xiān zǔ， yī qiē rén lèi， zǐ zǐ sūn sūn， shèn zhì tā men zì jǐ jiàng shēng de dì fāng hé chū shì de shí chén。 yú shì tā men zǒu jìn nà kě zǔ zhòu de qīng hēi sè de hé， nà lǐ děng dài yī qiē bù pà shàng dì de rén。 mó guǐ kǎ lóng mù guāng rú shāo zhe de huǒ tàn yī bān， zhǐ huī tā men yī yī dēng chuán， chí yán de jiù yào shòu dào kǎo dǎ。 hǎo xiàng qiū tiān de huáng yè， cóng shù zhī shàng yī piàn yī piàn luò dào dì shàng， zhè xiē yà dāng de bù xiào zǐ sūn， yě yī gè yī gè xià liǎo chuán； lǎo jiàn fū shǐ zhe yī gè gè yǎn sè， zhòng yōu hún jiù xiàng xiǎo niǎo men wén huàn lái guī yī yàng。 yú shì tā men zuò zhe chuán dù hé liǎo， hái méi yòu dào dá bǐ 'àn， zhè biān 'àn shàng yòu jù chéng yī gè xīn qún。 shàn liáng de yǐn lù rén duì wǒ shuō：“ wǒ de hái zǐ， wǒ gào sù nǐ， nà xiē zāo féng shàng dì zhī nù 'ér sǐ de， dū cóng gè dì jù jí zài zhè lǐ。 tā men jí zhe yào dù guò zhè tiáo hé， yīn wéi shén de zhèng yì cì zhe tā men， yīn wéi tā men de hài pà， jiù biàn dé zì yuàn liǎo。 shàn liáng de líng hún dōubù zǒu zhè tiáo lù、 kǎ lóng suǒ yǐ jù jué nǐ de lǐ yóu， nǐ yě kě yǐ míng bái liǎo。”
　　　
　　 tā de huà shuō wán liǎo， yōu 'àn zhī xiāng hū yòu jù liè de dì zhèn， wǒ xiàn zài huí xiǎng qǐ lái， hái shǐ wǒ hún shēn chū liǎo yī zhèn lěng hàn ní。 zài zhè lèi shuǐ jìn shī zhī dì yòu guā qǐ liǎo dà fēng， tóng shí dài zhe chì sè de shǎn diàn， yú shì wǒ de shén jīng hūn luàn， ěr chén mù huàn， rú shuì zhe liǎo yī bān。

　　"THROUGH me you pass into the city of woe:
　　Through me you pass into eternal pain:
　　Through me among the people lost for aye.
　　Justice the founder of my fabric mov'd:
　　To rear me was the task of power divine,
　　Supremest wisdom, and primeval love.
　　Before me things create were none, save things
　　Eternal, and eternal I endure.
　　
　　
　　"All hope abandon ye who enter here."
　　
　　Such characters in colour dim I mark'd
　　Over a portal's lofty arch inscrib'd:
　　Whereat I thus: "Master, these words import
　　Hard meaning." He as one prepar'd replied:
　　"Here thou must all distrust behind thee leave;
　　Here be vile fear extinguish'd. We are come
　　Where I have told thee we shall see the souls
　　To misery doom'd, who intellectual good
　　Have lost." And when his hand he had stretch'd forth
　　To mine, with pleasant looks, whence I was cheer'd,
　　Into that secret place he led me on.
　　
　　Here sighs with lamentations and loud moans
　　Resounded through the air pierc'd by no star,
　　That e'en I wept at entering. Various tongues,
　　Horrible languages, outcries of woe,
　　Accents of anger, voices deep and hoarse,
　　With hands together smote that swell'd the sounds,
　　Made up a tumult, that for ever whirls
　　Round through that air with solid darkness stain'd,
　　Like to the sand that in the whirlwind flies.
　　
　　I then, with error yet encompass'd, cried:
　　"O master! What is this I hear? What race
　　Are these, who seem so overcome with woe?"
　　
　　He thus to me: "This miserable fate
　　Suffer the wretched souls of those, who liv'd
　　Without or praise or blame, with that ill band
　　Of angels mix'd, who nor rebellious prov'd
　　Nor yet were true to God, but for themselves
　　Were only. From his bounds Heaven drove them forth,
　　Not to impair his lustre, nor the depth
　　Of Hell receives them, lest th' accursed tribe
　　Should glory thence with exultation vain."
　　
　　I then: "Master! what doth aggrieve them thus,
　　That they lament so loud?" He straight replied:
　　"That will I tell thee briefly. These of death
　　No hope may entertain: and their blind life
　　So meanly passes, that all other lots
　　They envy. Fame of them the world hath none,
　　Nor suffers; mercy and justice scorn them both.
　　Speak not of them, but look, and pass them by."
　　
　　And I, who straightway look'd, beheld a flag,
　　Which whirling ran around so rapidly,
　　That it no pause obtain'd: and following came
　　Such a long train of spirits, I should ne'er
　　Have thought, that death so many had despoil'd.
　　
　　When some of these I recogniz'd, I saw
　　And knew the shade of him, who to base fear
　　Yielding, abjur'd his high estate. Forthwith
　　I understood for certain this the tribe
　　Of those ill spirits both to God displeasing
　　And to his foes. These wretches, who ne'er lived,
　　Went on in nakedness, and sorely stung
　　By wasps and hornets, which bedew'd their cheeks
　　With blood, that mix'd with tears dropp'd to their feet,
　　And by disgustful worms was gather'd there.
　　
　　Then looking farther onwards I beheld
　　A throng upon the shore of a great stream:
　　Whereat I thus: "Sir! grant me now to know
　　Whom here we view, and whence impell'd they seem
　　So eager to pass o'er, as I discern
　　Through the blear light?" He thus to me in few:
　　"This shalt thou know, soon as our steps arrive
　　Beside the woeful tide of Acheron."
　　
　　Then with eyes downward cast and fill'd with shame,
　　Fearing my words offensive to his ear,
　　Till we had reach'd the river, I from speech
　　Abstain'd. And lo! toward us in a bark
　　Comes on an old man hoary white with eld,
　　
　　
　　Crying, "Woe to you wicked spirits! hope not
　　Ever to see the sky again. I come
　　To take you to the other shore across,
　　Into eternal darkness, there to dwell
　　In fierce heat and in ice. And thou, who there
　　Standest, live spirit! get thee hence, and leave
　　These who are dead." But soon as he beheld
　　I left them not, "By other way," said he,
　　"By other haven shalt thou come to shore,
　　Not by this passage; thee a nimbler boat
　　Must carry." Then to him thus spake my guide:
　　"Charon! thyself torment not: so 't is will'd,
　　Where will and power are one: ask thou no more."
　　
　　Straightway in silence fell the shaggy cheeks
　　Of him the boatman o'er the livid lake,
　　Around whose eyes glar'd wheeling flames. Meanwhile
　　Those spirits, faint and naked, color chang'd,
　　And gnash'd their teeth, soon as the cruel words
　　They heard. God and their parents they blasphem'd,
　　The human kind, the place, the time, and seed
　　That did engender them and give them birth.
　　
　　Then all together sorely wailing drew
　　To the curs'd strand, that every man must pass
　　Who fears not God. Charon, demoniac form,
　　With eyes of burning coal, collects them all,
　　Beck'ning, and each, that lingers, with his oar
　　Strikes. As fall off the light autumnal leaves,
　　One still another following, till the bough
　　Strews all its honours on the earth beneath;
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　E'en in like manner Adam's evil brood
　　Cast themselves one by one down from the shore,
　　Each at a beck, as falcon at his call.
　　
　　Thus go they over through the umber'd wave,
　　And ever they on the opposing bank
　　Be landed, on this side another throng
　　Still gathers. "Son," thus spake the courteous guide,
　　"Those, who die subject to the wrath of God,
　　All here together come from every clime,
　　And to o'erpass the river are not loth:
　　For so heaven's justice goads them on, that fear
　　Is turn'd into desire. Hence ne'er hath past
　　Good spirit. If of thee Charon complain,
　　Now mayst thou know the import of his words."
　　
　　This said, the gloomy region trembling shook
　　So terribly, that yet with clammy dews
　　Fear chills my brow. The sad earth gave a blast,
　　That, lightening, shot forth a vermilion flame,
　　Which all my senses conquer'd quite, and I
　　Down dropp'd, as one with sudden slumber seiz'd.

　　dì yù dì yī juàn， jí hòu pàn suǒ， wéi wèi xìn yé jiào zhě suǒ jū； zhù míng de yì jiào tú。
　　　
　　 yī gè hěn dà de léi shēng， zhèn dòng wǒ chén shuì de tóu nǎo， wǒ hǎo bǐ tū rán bèi rén jiào xǐng yī bān。 wǒ shuì yǎn méng lóng， xiàng sì zhōu yī kàn， xiǎng zhī dào wǒ shì zài shénme dì fāng。 zhēn de， wǒ yǐ jīng bīn lín zhe kǔ nǎo de shēn yuān， zhè lǐ miàn yòu wú qióng wú jìn de bēi shēng 'āi yīn， huì jù zài yī qǐ， yóu rú léi wū。 zhè yī gè shēn yuān shì rú cǐ hūn 'àn， rú cǐ yōu mì， ér qiě yún wù lǒngzhào， wǒ dìng shén xiàng xià miàn kàn qù， jìng yī wù bù biàn。
　　　
　　 shī rén miàn sè huī bái， kāi shǐ duì wǒ shuō：“ xiàn zài wǒ men kě yǐ zǒu xià yōu 'àn de shì jiè qù liǎo： wǒ zài qián miàn， nǐ gēn zài hòu miàn。” wǒ zhù yì dào tā de liǎn sè， wǒ shuō：“ wǒ néng lái dào cǐ dì， quán shì shòu liǎo nǐ de gǔ lì， xiàn zài nǐ yě hài pà liǎo， jiào wǒ zěn me gēn zhe nǐ？” tā dá dào：“ wǒ kě lián xià miàn tòng kǔ zhī bèi， yīn cǐ biǎo xiàn zài wǒ liǎn shàng， nǐ què yǐ wéi wǒ shì hài pà。 wǒ men zǒu bà！ lù chéng hěn cháng， bù róng wǒ men zài tuō yán yī kè。” shuō bà tā zǒu xià qù liǎo， tā jiào wǒ yě zǒu xià qù， yú shì wǒ men dào liǎo wéi rào shēn yuān de dì yī juàn lǐ。
　　　
　　 zài zhè lǐ， méi yòu bào yuàn shēng， zhǐ yòu tàn xī shēng， jiù shì tā yáo hàn liǎo cǎn dàn de kōng qì， tā shì cóng yī bān nán rén， nǚ rén， hái zǐ fā chū lái de， zhè xiē líng hún suī rán yù yù bù lè， dàn yě méi yòu shénme tòng kǔ。
　　　
　　 shàn liáng de lǎo shī duì wǒ shuō：“ nǐ xiǎng zhī dào zhè xiē líng hún me？ wǒ yuàn yì tí qián gào sù nǐ： tā men bìng méi yòu zuì guò， tā men zhōng jiān suī yě yòu lì guò gōng láo de， dàn zhè hái bù gòu。 yīn wéi tā mén méi yòu shòu guò xǐ lǐ， zhè yī zhuāng shì dá dào nǐ de xìn yǎng zhī mén。 tā men yīn wéi shēng zài nà sū jī dū zhī qián， zūn jìng shàng dì méi yòu hé hū zhèng dào； wǒ zì jǐ yě shì qí zhōng zhī yī。 yīn wéi zhè yī gè quē diǎn， bìng méi yòu bié zhǒng cuò chù， wǒ men jiù pài zài zhè lǐ。 wǒ men wéi yī de tòng kǔ shì shēng huó yú yuàn wàng zhī zhōng 'ér yòu méi yòu xī wàng。”
　　　
　　 wǒ tīng liǎo tā de huà， fēi cháng nán guò， yīn wéi wǒ zhī dào yòu xǔ duō tè shū de rén wù， jìng pài zài zhè gè“ hòu pàn suǒ”， tā men de shēng huò chén hái wèi néng jué dìng ní。 wǒ duì yú zhè zhǒng chāo yú yī qiē de xìn yǎng， huái zhe yī diǎn yí huò wèn dào：“ qǐng nǐ gào sù wǒ， wǒ de lǎo shī！ shì fǒu yě yòu yī zhǒng líng hún， yǐ zhàng tā zì jǐ de huò bié rén de gōng láo， kě yǐ cóng zhè lǐ shēng dào tiān guó qù de me？” tā míng bái wǒ wèn huà de yì sī liǎo， tā dá dào：“ dāng wǒ lái cǐ dì bù jiǔ de shí hòu， yòu yī gè wú shàng wēi quán zhě guāng lín， tā dài zhe yī qiē shèng lì de róng guān。 tā cóng zhè lǐ jiù chū： wǒ men de shǐ zǔ hé tā de 'ér zǐ yà bó， nuó yà， lì fǎ bìng qiě fú fǎ de mó xī， zú cháng yà men lā hǎn， guó wáng dà wèi， yǐ sè liè hé tā de hái zǐ jí lā jié， wéi zhe tā， tā céng fèi liǎo xǔ duō qì lì； hái yòu qí yú xǔ duō， dū shēng dào tiān guó xiǎng fú liǎo。 cǐ wài jiù méi yòu bié de líng hún dé jiù zhě， zhè yě shì wǒ yào gào sù nǐ de。”
　　　
　　 wǒ men biān zǒu biān shuō， yòu jīng guò yī gè shù lín， zhè shù lín lǐ zhù mǎn zhe gè zhǒng yōu líng。 cóng wǒ hūn shuì zhī dì dào zhè lǐ hái méi yòu duō me yuǎn， wǒ kàn dào huǒ guāng zhào liàng yī gè qū yù。 wǒ lí zháohuǒ guāng hái yòu yī duàn lù chéng， suī rán bù tài yuǎn， dàn shì hái nán yǐ biàn bié shénme yī zhǒng kě jìng de líng hún zhù zài nà lǐ。 wǒ shuō：“ nǐ shì zūn jìng gè zhǒng kē xué hé yì shù de， qǐng wèn nǐ zhè xiē líng hún yòu shénme guāng róng zhī chù， kě yǐ hé bié de bù xìng zhě lí kāi ní？” tā huí dá dào：“ tā men de gāo guì xìng míng， zài dì shàng jiǎn zhí wú rén bù zhī， yīn cǐ tiān shàng yě gěi tā men tè bié de 'ēn huì。”
　　　
　　 dāng shí wǒ tīng jiàn yī zhǒng shēng yīn：“ zūn jìng de dà shī rén！ tā men chū qù de yǐng zǐ huí lái liǎo。” zài zhè gè shēng yīn yǐ hòu， yòu huī fù liǎo yuán lái de jì jìng， yī huì， wǒ kàn jiàn sì gè dà yǐng zǐ zǒu shàng qián lái， kàn tā men de miàn róng， jì bù bēi 'āi， yě bù huān lè。 wǒ shàn liáng de lǎo shī duì wǒ shuō：“ qǐng nǐ zhù yì zǒu zài qí yú sān gè de qián miàn de nà wèi ná zhe bǎo jiàn de， tā jiù shì shī guó zhī wáng hé mǎ； tā hòu miàn de yī gè shì fěng cì shī rén hè lā sī， dì sān gè shì 'ào wéi dé， mò liǎo yī gè shì lú kǎ nǔ sī， tā men kè qì dé hěn， fāng cái hǎn wǒ dà shī rén， qí shí tā men cái yīnggāi shòu cǐ chēng hū ní。” yú shì wǒ kàn jiàn shī guó lǐ gāo guì de yī pài， zhè yī pài de shī rú fēi yīng， líng jià yī qiē。 tā men jù tán liǎo yī huì， jiù zhuǎn shēn xiàng wǒ biǎo shì jìng yì， wǒ de lǎo shī zhàn zài bàng biān wēi xiào。 tā mén zuì zūn jìng wǒ de yī diǎn jiù shì bǎ wǒ yě suàn zài tā men lǐ miàn， yīn cǐ wǒ zài zhè xiē zhé rén zhī zhōng shì dì liù gè。 wǒ men zǒu xiàng huǒ guāng。 wǒ men yī lù tán lùn， zhè xiē huà bù biàn xiě chū lái， zhǐ hǎo bǎo chí chén mò。
　　　
　　 wǒ men zǒu dào yī gè gāo guì de chéng bǎo qián miàn， yòu qī céng gāo qiáng、 zhōu wéi yòu yī tiáo yī yǎn jiàn dǐ de hé liú； wǒ men rú lǚ píng dì yī bān zǒu guò qù liǎo， wǒ péi zhe zhè xiē zhé rén zǒu jìn qī zhòng mén， dào liǎo yī kuài qīng cǎo dì shàng。 zài nà lǐ yòu xǔ duō rén， dōushì yǎn guāng píng zhèng， fù yòu quán wēi de shén qì； tā men shuō huà shǎo dé shēng diào róu hé。 wǒ men yòu zǒu dào yī kuài gāo qǐ de dì fāng， yīn cǐ wǒ kě yǐ bǎ tā men kàn dé qīng qīng chǔ chǔ。 zài wǒ qián miàn， lǜ yóu yóu de cǎo dì shàng， yòu xǔ duō yīng xióng hé wěi rén de líng hún dū xiǎn xiàn chū lái liǎo。 wǒ néng qīn lín shèng huì， xīn lǐ gǎn dào fēi cháng guāng róng。 wǒ kàn jiàn 'è liè kè tè lā hé xǔ duō yīng xióng， qí zhōng wǒ rèn shí hè kè tuō 'ěr hé 'āi ā sī， hái yòu chuān jūn zhuāng de kǎi sǎ hé tā yī shuāng ruì lì de yīng yǎn。 zài lìng yī biān， wǒ kàn jiàn kǎ mì lā hé péng tè xī lāi yà， yòu kàn jiàn guó wáng lā tí nǔ sī hé tā de nǚ 'ér lā wéi ní yà zuò zài yī qǐ。 wǒ kàn jiàn qū zhú tǎ 'ěr kūn niǔ sī de bù lǔ wǎng sī， lú kē lěi qí wù yōu lì yà， mǎ 'ěr qí yà hé kē 'ěr nài lì yà； wǒ kàn jiàn sà lā dīng gū dú dì zhàn zài lìng yī chù。 wǒ zài tái tóu kàn dé yuǎn xiē zé kàn jiàn yī gè dà shī zuò zài zhé xué jiā de duì lǐ： dà jiā kàn zhe tā， zūn jìng tā； zhè lǐ wǒ kàn jiàn sū gé lā dǐ hé bólātú， tā 'èr rén zuì kào jìn dà shī； dé mó kè lǐ tè、 tā shuō yǔ zhòu shì 'ǒu rán de jiēguǒ； dí 'ào gé ní sī， ā nà kè sà gē lā hé tài lì sī， ēn pèi duō kè lè sī， hè lā kè lì tú， hé zhī nuò； wǒ yòu kàn jiàn yī gè shàn yú guān chá wù xìng de， tā jiù shì dí 'ào sī kē lì dé； wǒ yòu kàn jiàn 'ào 'ěr fǔ sī， lí nǔ sī， tú liú sī， hé lún lǐ jiā sài nèi jiā； jǐ hé jiā 'ōu jǐ lǐ dé hé tuō lè mì； xī bō gé lā dǐ、 ā wéi sēn nà hé jiā lún； dà zhù shì jiā 'ā wēi luó 'è sī， wǒ bù néng bǎ zhè xiē rén yī yī xiě chū lái， zhǐ néng shuō yī jù” zhǐ xiǎo shì duō” liǎo。
　　　
　　 yú shì wǒ men de liù rén tuán fēn wéi liǎng zǔ； wǒ hé wǒ de yǐn lù rén zǒu chū zhè kuài qīng jìng zhī dì， zhòng dào fēn rǎo zhī chǎng； lí kāi yòu guāng zhī chù， zài rù yōu 'àn zhī jìng。

　　BROKE the deep slumber in my brain a crash
　　Of heavy thunder, that I shook myself,
　　As one by main force rous'd. Risen upright,
　　My rested eyes I mov'd around, and search'd
　　With fixed ken to know what place it was,
　　Wherein I stood. For certain on the brink
　　I found me of the lamentable vale,
　　The dread abyss, that joins a thund'rous sound
　　Of plaints innumerable. Dark and deep,
　　And thick with clouds o'erspread, mine eye in vain
　　Explor'd its bottom, nor could aught discern.
　　
　　"Now let us to the blind world there beneath
　　Descend;" the bard began all pale of look:
　　"I go the first, and thou shalt follow next."
　　
　　Then I his alter'd hue perceiving, thus:
　　"How may I speed, if thou yieldest to dread,
　　Who still art wont to comfort me in doubt?"
　　
　　He then: "The anguish of that race below
　　With pity stains my cheek, which thou for fear
　　Mistakest. Let us on. Our length of way
　　Urges to haste." Onward, this said, he mov'd;
　　And ent'ring led me with him on the bounds
　　Of the first circle, that surrounds th' abyss.
　　Here, as mine ear could note, no plaint was heard
　　Except of sighs, that made th' eternal air
　　Tremble, not caus'd by tortures, but from grief
　　Felt by those multitudes, many and vast,
　　Of men, women, and infants. Then to me
　　The gentle guide: "Inquir'st thou not what spirits
　　Are these, which thou beholdest? Ere thou pass
　　Farther, I would thou know, that these of sin
　　Were blameless; and if aught they merited,
　　It profits not, since baptism was not theirs,
　　The portal to thy faith. If they before
　　The Gospel liv'd, they serv'd not God aright;
　　And among such am I. For these defects,
　　And for no other evil, we are lost;
　　
　　
　　"Only so far afflicted, that we live
　　Desiring without hope." So grief assail'd
　　My heart at hearing this, for well I knew
　　Suspended in that Limbo many a soul
　　Of mighty worth. "O tell me, sire rever'd!
　　Tell me, my master!" I began through wish
　　Of full assurance in that holy faith,
　　Which vanquishes all error; "say, did e'er
　　Any, or through his own or other's merit,
　　Come forth from thence, whom afterward was blest?"
　　
　　Piercing the secret purport of my speech,
　　He answer'd: "I was new to that estate,
　　When I beheld a puissant one arrive
　　Amongst us, with victorious trophy crown'd.
　　He forth the shade of our first parent drew,
　　Abel his child, and Noah righteous man,
　　Of Moses lawgiver for faith approv'd,
　　Of patriarch Abraham, and David king,
　　Israel with his sire and with his sons,
　　Nor without Rachel whom so hard he won,
　　And others many more, whom he to bliss
　　Exalted. Before these, be thou assur'd,
　　No spirit of human kind was ever sav'd."
　　
　　We, while he spake, ceas'd not our onward road,
　　Still passing through the wood; for so I name
　　Those spirits thick beset. We were not far
　　On this side from the summit, when I kenn'd
　　A flame, that o'er the darken'd hemisphere
　　Prevailing shin'd. Yet we a little space
　　Were distant, not so far but I in part
　　Discover'd, that a tribe in honour high
　　That place possess'd. "O thou, who every art
　　And science valu'st! who are these, that boast
　　Such honour, separate from all the rest?"
　　
　　He answer'd: "The renown of their great names
　　That echoes through your world above, acquires
　　Favour in heaven, which holds them thus advanc'd."
　　Meantime a voice I heard: "Honour the bard
　　Sublime! his shade returns that left us late!"
　　No sooner ceas'd the sound, than I beheld
　　Four mighty spirits toward us bend their steps,
　　Of semblance neither sorrowful nor glad.
　　
　　When thus my master kind began: "Mark him,
　　Who in his right hand bears that falchion keen,
　　The other three preceding, as their lord.
　　This is that Homer, of all bards supreme:
　　Flaccus the next in satire's vein excelling;
　　The third is Naso; Lucan is the last.
　　Because they all that appellation own,
　　With which the voice singly accosted me,
　　Honouring they greet me thus, and well they judge."
　　
　　So I beheld united the bright school
　　Of him the monarch of sublimest song,
　　That o'er the others like an eagle soars.
　　When they together short discourse had held,
　　They turn'd to me, with salutation kind
　　Beck'ning me; at the which my master smil'd:
　　Nor was this all; but greater honour still
　　They gave me, for they made me of their tribe;
　　And I was sixth amid so learn'd a band.
　　
　　Far as the luminous beacon on we pass'd
　　Speaking of matters, then befitting well
　　To speak, now fitter left untold. At foot
　　Of a magnificent castle we arriv'd,
　　Seven times with lofty walls begirt, and round
　　Defended by a pleasant stream. O'er this
　　As o'er dry land we pass'd. Next through seven gates
　　I with those sages enter'd, and we came
　　Into a mead with lively verdure fresh.
　　
　　There dwelt a race, who slow their eyes around
　　Majestically mov'd, and in their port
　　Bore eminent authority; they spake
　　Seldom, but all their words were tuneful sweet.
　　
　　We to one side retir'd, into a place
　　Open and bright and lofty, whence each one
　　Stood manifest to view. Incontinent
　　There on the green enamel of the plain
　　Were shown me the great spirits, by whose sight
　　I am exalted in my own esteem.
　　
　　Electra there I saw accompanied
　　By many, among whom Hector I knew,
　　Anchises' pious son, and with hawk's eye
　　Caesar all arm'd, and by Camilla there
　　Penthesilea. On the other side
　　Old King Latinus, seated by his child
　　Lavinia, and that Brutus I beheld,
　　Who Tarquin chas'd, Lucretia, Cato's wife
　　Marcia, with Julia and Cornelia there;
　　And sole apart retir'd, the Soldan fierce.
　　
　　Then when a little more I rais'd my brow,
　　I spied the master of the sapient throng,
　　Seated amid the philosophic train.
　　Him all admire, all pay him rev'rence due.
　　There Socrates and Plato both I mark'd,
　　Nearest to him in rank; Democritus,
　　Who sets the world at chance, Diogenes,
　　With Heraclitus, and Empedocles,
　　And Anaxagoras, and Thales sage,
　　Zeno, and Dioscorides well read
　　In nature's secret lore. Orpheus I mark'd
　　And Linus, Tully and moral Seneca,
　　Euclid and Ptolemy, Hippocrates,
　　Galenus, Avicen, and him who made
　　That commentary vast, Averroes.
　　
　　Of all to speak at full were vain attempt;
　　For my wide theme so urges, that ofttimes
　　My words fall short of what bechanc'd. In two
　　The six associates part. Another way
　　My sage guide leads me, from that air serene,
　　Into a climate ever vex'd with storms:
　　And to a part I come where no light shines.

　　dì 'èr juàn， sè yù chǎng zhōng de líng hún， zài kuáng fēng zhōng piāo dàng。 fú lán qí sī jiā hé bǎo luó de liàn 'ài。
　　　
　　 wǒ cóng dì yī juàn xià jiàng dào dì 'èr juàn， zhè lǐ dì miàn xiá xiǎo， tòng kǔ jiào dà， gèng shǐ rén 'āi shāng。
　　　
　　 zhè lǐ zuò zhe yī gè yǎo yá qièchǐ de kě pà de mǐ nuò sī， tā shěn chá jìn lái de líng hún， shěn pàn tā men de zuì míng， qiǎn sòng dào shòu xíng de dì diǎn。 yī gè líng hún jìn lái de shí hòu， bù dé bù bǎ zì jǐ de guò shī yī yī zhāogòng chū lái， yú shì nà pàn guān yòng wěi bā rào tā de shēn zǐ， rào de juàn shù jiù shì fàn rén yìng dào de dì yù juàn shù， xǔ duō fàn rù yōng zài tā de qián miàn， tā men yī yī zì chéng guò cuò， bàng biān de rén tīng zhe； zuì hòu， yī gè gè dì bèi xuán fēng juàn xià qù liǎo。
　　　
　　 mǐ nuò sī kàn jiàn wǒ yǐ hòu， tā jiù tíng zhǐ bàn gōng， duì wǒ shuō：“ nǐ yě dào zhè gè tòng kǔ dì fāng lái me！ shì zěn yàng jìn lái de？ nǐ dé liǎo shuí de yǔn xǔ？ nǐ bù yào yǐ wéi dì yù mén hěn dà， kě yǐ suí biàn chuǎng jìn。” wǒ de yǐn lù rén dá dào：“ wèishénme zhè yàng dà jīng xiǎo guài？ nǐ bù yào zǔ zhǐ tā， zhè shì wéi suǒ yù wéi zhě de mìng lìng， bù bì duō wèn liǎo。”
　　　
　　 yú shì wǒ men kāi shǐ tīng jiàn bēi cǎn de shēng yīn， yù zhe kū qì de xí jī。 wǒ dào liǎo yī kuài méi yòu guāng de dì fāng， nà lǐ hǎo bǐ hǎi shàng， kuáng fēng zhèng zài chuī zhe。 dì yù de fēng bō yǒng bù tíng xī， hěn duō yōu hún zài fēng làng zhōng piāo dàng， diān zhī dǎo zhī， yòu shí zhuàng zài duàn yá jué bì de shàng， hūháo tòng kū， yīn 'ér zǔ zhòu shén de quán lì。 wǒ zhī dào zhè zhǒng xíng fá shì jiā yú huāng yín zhī rén de， tā mendōu shì qū fú yú ròu yù 'ér wàng jì liǎo lǐ xìng de。 tā men hǎo xiàng dōng rì tiān kōng lǐ bèi hán fēng suǒ chuī de wū yā， nà xiē zuì 'è de líng hún dōng piāo xī dàng bù néng jìng zhǐ。 tā men yòu xiàng yī zhèn yuǎn lí gù xiāng de qiū yàn， shēng shēng 'āi míng， cì rén xīn fèi。 yīn cǐ wǒ shuō：“ wǒ de lǎo shī， zhè xiē bèi yōu 'àn kōng qì suǒ biān tà de shì shuí ní？”
　　　
　　 tā dá dào：“ zhè lǐ miàn dì yī gè shì nǚ huáng dì， tā yòu guǎng tǔ zhòng mín； tā yīn wéi huāng yín wú dù， kǒng pà yòu rén zhǐ zhāi， tā biàn shuō tā zuò tā suǒ yuàn yì zuò de， zhè jiù shì tiān jīng dì yì， bù zhǔn bàng rén zhǐ zé。 tā míng jiào sài mǐ lā mì sī， tā jì xù tā de zhàng fū ní nuò zuò yà shù wáng。 lìng yī gè shì yīn liàn 'ài 'ér zì shā de， tā wàng jì liǎo yǔ jiù rén xī kǎi sī shēng qián de méng shì， ér zhōng qíng yú xīn rén； zài yī gè jiù shì huāng yín de kè lì 'ào pà lì lā。” tā yī gè yī gè yòng shǒu zhǐ zhe gěi wǒ kàn： yīn tā 'ér xuè liú chéng hé de hǎi lún； yīn liàn 'ài 'ér zuì hòu zhōng rén 'àn suàn de yīng xióng 'ā jī liú sī； hái yòu pà lǐ sī hé tè lǐ sī dān， wǒdōu kàn jiàn liǎo； cǐ wài hái yòu wéi liàn shòu 'ér xī shēng xìng mìng de yōu líng， zhēn shì shǔbù shèngshǔ。 wǒ de lǎo shī lì shù gǔ dài hòu fēi hé gǔ dài yǒng shì zhī hòu， wǒ xīn tóu hū shēng lián xī， wéi zhī tàn xī bù yǐ。
　　　
　　 shāo hòu， wǒ shuō：“ shī rén yā！ wǒ yuàn yì duì zhè liǎng gè hé zài yī qǐ de líng hún shuō jǐ jù huà ní， tā men zài fēng zhōng sì hū shì hěn qīng de。 tā duì wǒ shuō：“ nǐ děng tā men jiē jìn de shí hòu， yòng 'ài shén de míng yì qǐng qiú tā men tíng liú yī huì， tā men shì kě yǐ lái de。” bù yī huì， fēng bǎ tā men chuī xiàng wǒ men zhè lǐ， wǒ gāo shēng jiào dào：“ kùn juàn de líng hún yā！ jiǎ shǐ méi yòu rén zǔ 'ài nǐ men， qǐng lái zhè lǐ hé wǒ men shuō jǐ jù huà bà。” hǎo xiàng gē zǐ bèi zhào huàn zhāng yì guī cháo yī yàng， zhè liǎng gè líng hún lí kāi dí duō de duì wǔ， cóng xiǎn 'è de fēng bō lǐ miàn fēi xiàng wǒ men， wǒ de qǐng qiú jìng chǎn shēng liǎo xiào yìng。 nà nǚ de líng hún xiàng wǒ men shuō：“ kuān hòu de、 shàn liáng de huó rén yā！ nǐ chuān guò liǎo zhè yàng de yōu 'àn dì fāng， lái kàn wǒ men， céng jīng yòng xuè wū huì liǎo dì miàn de wǒ men。 jiǎ shǐ yǔ zhòu zhī zhù tīng cóng wǒ men， wǒ men yuàn yì qǐng qiú tā gěi nǐ tài píng rì zǐ。 yīn wéi nǐ duì yú wǒ men de bù xìng yòu zhe tóng qíng 'ài lián zhī xīn yā！ chèn xiàn zài fēng làng píng jìng de shí kè， wǒ men kě yǐ tīng nǐ de shuō huà， bìng qiě huí dá nǐ de wèn tí。 wǒ chū shēng zài dà hǎi zhī bīn， nà lǐ bō hé huì hé qún liú 'ér zhù rù。 ài， hěn kuài dì dǎ dòng liǎo yī kē ruǎn ruò de xīn， shǐ tā mí liàn yú yī gè piào liàng de ròu tǐ， yīn 'ér shǐ wǒ shī qù liǎo tā， zhè shì yán zhī shāng xīn yā！ ài， bù qīng yì fàng guò liǎo bèi 'ài de， shǐ wǒ hěn zhì rè dì xǐ huān shàng tā， jiù shì xiàn zài tā yě bù lí kāi wǒ yā！ ài shǐ wǒ men sǐ dào tóng shí tóng dì； gāi yǐn huán lǐ děng zhe nà suǒ qǔ wǒ mén shēng mìng de xiōng shǒu ní。”
　　　
　　 wǒ tīng liǎo zhè xiē shòu shāng hài de líng hún de huà yǐ hòu， wǒ bǎ tóu dī xià， zhí dào shī rén duì wǒ shuō：“ nǐ xiǎng shénme？” wǒ dá dào：“ āi！ shénme yī zhǒng tián mì de sī xiǎng hé rè chéng de yuàn wàng。 yǐn yòu tā men zǒu shàng liǎo zhè tiáo bēi cǎn de dào lù ní？” yú shì wǒ yòu huí zhuǎn tóu lái duì zhè liǎng gè líng hún shuō：“ fú lán qí sī jiā， nǐ de kǔ nǎo shǐ wǒ 'āi shāng 'ér shēng lián xī。 dàn shì wǒ hái yào wèn nǐ： nǐ men zěn yàng huì gè zì zhī dào duì fāng yǐn yú xīn 'ér wèi chū yú kǒu de 'ài ní？” nà yōu hún dá dào：“ zài bù xìng zhī rì， huí yì guò qù huān lè zhī shí。 shì yī gè tiān dà de tòng kǔ； zhè zhǒng tòng kǔ shì nǐ de lǎo shī suǒ zhī dào de。 bù guò， jiǎ shǐ nǐ yuàn yì zhī dào wǒ men liàn 'ài de gēn miáo， wǒ jiāng hán lèi sù shuō gěi nǐ tīng。 yòu yī tiān， wǒ men zài xiāo xián zhōng， gòng dú zhe lǎng sī luò de liàn 'ài gù shì， wǒ men zhǐ yòu liǎng gè rén zài nà lǐ， quán wú yī diǎn yí jù。 yòu hǎo jǐ cì zhè běn shū shǐ wǒ men tái tóu xiāng wàng， yīn 'ér shì xiàn jiāo cuò， bìng qiě shǐ wǒ mén miàn sè hū biàn； zuì hòu yòu yī kè， jiù jué dìng liǎo wǒ men de mìng yùn。 dāng wǒ men dú dào nà wēi xiào de zuǐ chún zěn yàng bèi tā de qíng rén suǒ qīn wěn de shí hòu， tā jiāng yǒng bù lí kāi wǒ liǎo！ tā chàn dòng zhe qīn liǎo wǒ de zuǐ chún yóu wǒ biǎo shì。 zhè běn shū hé tā de zhù zuò zhě dǎo zuò liǎo wǒ men de jiā lè 'ào tuō， cóng nà yī tiān qǐ， wǒ men bù zài dú zhè yī běn shū liǎo。”
　　　
　　 zhè yī gè líng hún zhèng zài sù shuō de shí hòu， nà yī gè tòng kǔ dì kū zhe； wǒ yī shí yě bèi tā men qíng gǎn gǎn dòng liǎo， jìng hūn yùn dǎo dì， hǎo xiàng duàn liǎo hū xī。

　　FROM the first circle I descended thus
　　Down to the second, which, a lesser space
　　Embracing, so much more of grief contains
　　Provoking bitter moans. There, Minos stands
　　Grinning with ghastly feature: he, of all
　　Who enter, strict examining the crimes,
　　Gives sentence, and dismisses them beneath,
　　According as he foldeth him around:
　　For when before him comes th' ill fated soul,
　　It all confesses; and that judge severe
　　Of sins, considering what place in hell
　　Suits the transgression, with his tail so oft
　　Himself encircles, as degrees beneath
　　He dooms it to descend. Before him stand
　　Always a num'rous throng; and in his turn
　　Each one to judgment passing, speaks, and hears
　　His fate, thence downward to his dwelling hurl'd.
　　
　　
　　"O thou! who to this residence of woe
　　Approachest?" when he saw me coming, cried
　　Minos, relinquishing his dread employ,
　　"Look how thou enter here; beware in whom
　　Thou place thy trust; let not the entrance broad
　　Deceive thee to thy harm." To him my guide:
　　"Wherefore exclaimest? Hinder not his way
　　By destiny appointed; so 'tis will'd
　　Where will and power are one. Ask thou no more."
　　
　　Now 'gin the rueful wailings to be heard.
　　Now am I come where many a plaining voice
　　Smites on mine ear. Into a place I came
　　Where light was silent all. Bellowing there groan'd
　　A noise as of a sea in tempest torn
　　By warring winds. The stormy blast of hell
　　With restless fury drives the spirits on
　　Whirl'd round and dash'd amain with sore annoy.
　　When they arrive before the ruinous sweep,
　　There shrieks are heard, there lamentations, moans,
　　And blasphemies 'gainst the good Power in heaven.
　　
　　
　　I understood that to this torment sad
　　The carnal sinners are condemn'd, in whom
　　Reason by lust is sway'd. As in large troops
　　And multitudinous, when winter reigns,
　　The starlings on their wings are borne abroad;
　　So bears the tyrannous gust those evil souls.
　　On this side and on that, above, below,
　　It drives them: hope of rest to solace them
　　Is none, nor e'en of milder pang. As cranes,
　　Chanting their dol'rous notes, traverse the sky,
　　Stretch'd out in long array: so I beheld
　　Spirits, who came loud wailing, hurried on
　　By their dire doom. Then I: "Instructor! who
　　Are these, by the black air so scourg'd?"—"The first
　　'Mong those, of whom thou question'st," he replied,
　　"O'er many tongues was empress. She in vice
　　Of luxury was so shameless, that she made
　　Liking be lawful by promulg'd decree,
　　To clear the blame she had herself incurr'd.
　　This is Semiramis, of whom 'tis writ,
　　That she succeeded Ninus her espous'd;
　　And held the land, which now the Soldan rules.
　　The next in amorous fury slew herself,
　　And to Sicheus' ashes broke her faith:
　　Then follows Cleopatra, lustful queen."
　　
　　
　　There mark'd I Helen, for whose sake so long
　　The time was fraught with evil; there the great
　　Achilles, who with love fought to the end.
　　Paris I saw, and Tristan; and beside
　　A thousand more he show'd me, and by name
　　Pointed them out, whom love bereav'd of life.
　　
　　When I had heard my sage instructor name
　　Those dames and knights of antique days, o'erpower'd
　　By pity, well-nigh in amaze my mind
　　Was lost; and I began: "Bard! willingly
　　I would address those two together coming,
　　Which seem so light before the wind." He thus:
　　"Note thou, when nearer they to us approach.
　　
　　
　　"Then by that love which carries them along,
　　Entreat; and they will come." Soon as the wind
　　Sway'd them toward us, I thus fram'd my speech:
　　"O wearied spirits! come, and hold discourse
　　With us, if by none else restrain'd." As doves
　　By fond desire invited, on wide wings
　　And firm, to their sweet nest returning home,
　　Cleave the air, wafted by their will along;
　　Thus issu'd from that troop, where Dido ranks,
　　They through the ill air speeding; with such force
　　My cry prevail'd by strong affection urg'd.
　　
　　"O gracious creature and benign! who go'st
　　Visiting, through this element obscure,
　　Us, who the world with bloody stain imbru'd;
　　If for a friend the King of all we own'd,
　　Our pray'r to him should for thy peace arise,
　　Since thou hast pity on our evil plight.
　　()f whatsoe'er to hear or to discourse
　　It pleases thee, that will we hear, of that
　　Freely with thee discourse, while e'er the wind,
　　As now, is mute. The land, that gave me birth,
　　Is situate on the coast, where Po descends
　　To rest in ocean with his sequent streams.
　　
　　"Love, that in gentle heart is quickly learnt,
　　Entangled him by that fair form, from me
　　Ta'en in such cruel sort, as grieves me still:
　　Love, that denial takes from none belov'd,
　　Caught me with pleasing him so passing well,
　　That, as thou see'st, he yet deserts me not.
　　
　　
　　"Love brought us to one death: Caina waits
　　The soul, who spilt our life." Such were their words;
　　At hearing which downward I bent my looks,
　　And held them there so long, that the bard cried:
　　"What art thou pond'ring?" I in answer thus:
　　"Alas! by what sweet thoughts, what fond desire
　　Must they at length to that ill pass have reach'd!"
　　
　　Then turning, I to them my speech address'd.
　　And thus began: "Francesca! your sad fate
　　Even to tears my grief and pity moves.
　　But tell me; in the time of your sweet sighs,
　　By what, and how love granted, that ye knew
　　Your yet uncertain wishes?" She replied:
　　"No greater grief than to remember days
　　Of joy, when mis'ry is at hand! That kens
　　Thy learn'd instructor. Yet so eagerly
　　If thou art bent to know the primal root,
　　From whence our love gat being, I will do,
　　As one, who weeps and tells his tale. One day
　　For our delight we read of Lancelot,
　　How him love thrall'd. Alone we were, and no
　　Suspicion near us. Ofttimes by that reading
　　Our eyes were drawn together, and the hue
　　Fled from our alter'd cheek. But at one point
　　Alone we fell. When of that smile we read,
　　The wished smile, rapturously kiss'd
　　By one so deep in love, then he, who ne'er
　　From me shall separate, at once my lips
　　All trembling kiss'd. The book and writer both
　　Were love's purveyors. In its leaves that day
　　We read no more." While thus one spirit spake,
　　The other wail'd so sorely, that heartstruck
　　I through compassion fainting, seem'd not far
　　From death, and like a corpse fell to the ground.