And just as he who, with exhausted breath,
having escaped from sea to shore, turns back
to watch the dangerous waters he has quit,
so did my spirit, … - Dante Alighieri
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And just as he who, with exhausted breath, having escaped from sea to shore, turns back to watch the dangerous waters he has quit, so did my spirit, still a fugitive, turn back to look intently at the pass that never has let any man survive.
Dante Alighieri (c. 30 May 1265 – 13 September 1321), most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri, was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa (modern Italian: Commedia) and later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio, is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language.
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"[Sonetto XVIII] "Primo cominciamento" Era venuta ne la mente mia la gentil donna che per suo valore fu posta da l’altissimo signore nel ciel de l’umiltate, ov’è Maria. [Vita Nuova XXXIV 7] "Secondo cominciamento"
Era venuta ne la mente mia quella donna gentil che piange Amore, entro ’n quel punto che lo suo valore vi trasse a riguardar quel ch’eo facia.
Amor, che ne la mente la sentia, s’era svegliato nel destrutto core, e diceva a’ sospiri: "Andate fore"; per che ciascun dolente si partia.
Piangendo uscivan for de lo mio petto con una voce che sovente mena le lagrime dogliose a li occhi tristi.
Ma quei che n’uscian for com maggior pena, venian dicendo: "Oi nobile intelletto, oggi fa l’anno che nel ciel salisti"."
أم تراك في أغوار حكمتك تدبر خيراً ربما كان يعيا على مداركنا أن نسبرهـ..
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