Que vermes somos etc., como do verme nasce a borboleta, assim nós homens outra coisa não somos senão vermes dos quais devem surgir as borboletas dign… - Dante Alighieri

As the geometer intently seeks
to square the circle, but he cannot reach, through thought on thought, the principle he needs, so I searched that strange sight.

My son, you've seen the temporary fire
and the eternal fire; you have reached
the place past which my powers cannot see.
I've brought you here through intellect and art;
from now on, let your pleasure be your guide;
you're past the steep and past the narrow paths.
Look at the sun that shines upon your brow;
look at the grasses, flowers, and the shrubs
born here, spontaneously, of the earth.
Among them, you can rest or walk until
the coming of the glad and lovely eyes — those eyes that weeping, sent me to your side.
Await no further word or sign from me:
your will is free, erect, and whole — to act
against that will would be to err: therefore
I crown and miter you over yourself

Enquanto eu de prazer e pasmo entrado,
Esse doce manjar stava gozando,
129 Que sacia mas sempre é desejado,