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has ordered me to lead this man
up to the mountain’s height. Since sunset casts 28
its shadow on us we will climb by night,
having not reached real Purgatory yet.
Sordello, can you tell us the right way?” 31
“Yes, I will be your guide a while,” said he,
“but not uphill at once. Now you must halt
and be escorted to a resting place 34
where you will find folk you’ll be glad to see.”
“Why? Who bans our divinely ordered climb?”
my master cried, “Do you?” Sordello stooped, 37
drew a line with his finger on the ground,
and said, “When light departs you won’t cross this.
None forbids night climbing here, but darkness 40
abolishes all wish to climb, though letting
any drift backward down the way they came.”
My master brooded, then said, “Lead us please 43
to where you say a rest will do us good.”
He led us in the gloaming a short way
toward a corrie hollowing the slope, 46
then said, “Here we will wait for a new day
deep in the mountain’s lap.” A winding path
49 that rose and fell brought us to that deep dell.
We stood upon the edge where, gazing down
there still was light enough to see below
52 a glowing lawn as green as emerald
with blossoms golden, crimson, pearly white,
silver and azure and pure indigo.
55 All colours of the rainbow were surpassed
by blooms feasting our eyes. Their fragrances
blent in one sweetness, lovely but unknown
58 to living men before I breathed that air,
and there sat souls unseen by lower folk
singing the Holy Hymn to Heaven’s Queen.
61 “Before the sun now setting leaves the sky,”
Sordello said, “we need descend no more.
Why? Those below are clearly seen from here.
64 He who sits highest of that kingly crew,
too glum to move his lips in sacred song
was Rudolph, Emperor, who failed to heal
67 wounds that have mangled Italy so long.
Trying to comfort him is Ottocar,
King of Bohemia, in his nappies
70 better than bearded Wenceslaus, his son
who lazily now occupies his throne.
That snub-nosed chap beating his breast in grief
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