The divine comedy — Page 4
This beast,
Dies Tier,
At whom thou criest, her way will suffer none
Bei dem du schreist, wird ihren Weg niemandem
To pass, and no less hindrance makes than death:
Zu passieren erlauben, und bereitet nicht minder Hindernis als der Tod:
So bad and so accursed in her kind,
So böse und so verflucht in ihrer Art,
That never sated is her ravenous will,
Dass niemals gesättigt ist ihr gieriger Wille,
Still after food more craving than before.
Stets nach Nahrung verlangender als zuvor.
To many an animal in wedlock vile
An manch ein Tier in schändlicher Vermählung
She fastens, and shall yet to many more,
Klammert sie sich, und wird es noch an viele mehr tun,
Until that greyhound come, who shall destroy
Bis jener Windhund kommt, der vernichten wird
Her with sharp pain. He will not life support
Sie mit scharfem Schmerz. Er wird sein Leben nicht erhalten
By earth nor its base metals, but by love,
Durch Erde noch ihre unedlen Metalle, sondern durch Liebe,
Wisdom, and virtue, and his land shall be
Weisheit und Tugend, und sein Land soll sein
The land 'twixt either Feltro. In his might
Das Land zwischen beiden Feltro. In seiner Macht
Shall safety to Italia's plains arise,
Soll Sicherheit auf Italiens Gefilden entstehen,
For whose fair realm, Camilla, virgin pure,
Für deren schönes Reich Camilla, reine Jungfrau,
Nisus, Euryalus, and Turnus fell.
Nisus, Euryalus und Turnus fielen.
He with incessant chase through every town
Er wird mit unablässiger Jagd durch jede Stadt
Shall worry, until he to hell at length
Hetzen, bis er sie schließlich zur Hölle
Restore her, thence by envy first let loose.
Zurückbringt, von wo sie durch Neid zuerst entlassen ward.
Vocabulary
- Dies
- This; that thing or matter
- Tier
- Animal; creature
- Bei
- At; near; by; during
- dem
- The; that (dative masculine or neuter)
- du
- You (informal singular pronoun)
- schreist
- You cry out; you scream (2nd person singular)
- wird
- Will; becomes (future or passive auxiliary)
- ihren
- Their; her (accusative or dative feminine)
- Weg
- Way; path; road; journey
- niemandem
- To no one; to nobody (dative)
- Zu
- To; at; too; towards
- passieren
- To happen; to occur; to pass
- erlauben
- To allow; to permit; to enable
- und
- And; plus
- bereitet
- Prepares; makes ready (3rd person singular)
- nicht
- Not; no; negation
- Hindernis
- Obstacle; hindrance; barrier; obstruction
- als
- As; than; when; like
- der
- The (masculine singular nominative)
- Tod
- Death; dying
- So
- So; thus; in this way; such
- böse
- Evil; bad; angry; wicked
- verflucht
- Cursed; damned; accursed
- in
- In; into; within
- ihrer
- Their; her (genitive or dative feminine)
- Art
- Kind; type; manner; nature; species
- Dass
- That; so that; in order that
- niemals
- Never; not ever; at no time
- gesättigt
- Satiated; satisfied; full
- ist
- Is; am; are (3rd person singular)
- gieriger
- Greedy; voracious; avaricious
- Wille
- Will; desire; intention; wish
- Stets
- Always; constantly; ever; continually
- nach
- After; according to; towards; past
- Nahrung
- Food; nourishment; sustenance; nutrition
- zuvor
- Before; previously; first; earlier
- An
- On; at; to; in
- manch
- Many a; some; several
- ein
- A; an; one
- schändlicher
- Shameful; dishonorable; disgraceful
- sie
- She; they; it (feminine or plural)
- sich
- Oneself; herself; themselves; itself
- es
- It; that (neuter pronoun)
- noch
- Still; yet; also; furthermore
- an
- On; at; to; in
- viele
- Many; numerous; a lot
- mehr
- More; further; additional; greater
- tun
- To do; to make; to act
- Bis
- Until; till; up to; until then
- jener
- That; those (distant demonstrative)
- kommt
- Comes; arrives (3rd person singular)
- vernichten
- To destroy; to annihilate; to ruin
- mit
- With; together with; by means of
- scharfem
- Sharp; keen; severe; acute
- Schmerz
- Pain; ache; sorrow; suffering
- Er
- He; him (masculine singular pronoun)
- sein
- To be; his (auxiliary verb or possessive)
- Leben
- Life; living; existence
- erhalten
- To keep; to receive; to maintain
- Durch
- Through; by; via; throughout
- Erde
- Earth; ground; soil; world
- Metalle
- Metals; metallic substances
- sondern
- But rather; instead; on the contrary
- Liebe
- Love; affection; care; fondness
- Weisheit
- Wisdom; sagacity; prudence
- Tugend
- Virtue; moral excellence; righteousness
- Land
- Land; country; state; region
- soll
- Shall; should; is supposed to; must
- Das
- The; that (neuter singular article)
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