Act 1 Between Two Worlds (Occularis Infernum) -

So upon every side the sinners stood

Foerever lost in hearing the truth

Thus underneath the boiling they withdrew

Suffered long enough in fear

Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita

Mi ritrovai per una selva oscura

Ché la diritta via era smarrita

Ahi quanto a dir qual era è cosa dura

Esta selva selvaggia e aspra e forte

Che nel pensier rinova la paura!

Tant'è amara che poco è più morte;

Ma per trattar del ben ch’i' vi trovai

Dirò de l’altre cose ch’i' v’ho scorte

I saw and still my heart doth shudder at it

One waiting thus

Even as it comes to pass

When the pain is closer

When the pain is near

In every turn and every world

He come undone

As i suffer no more

Ungracefully

No matter what in every turn

It follows you

Devouring your pain

Tant’era pien di sonno a quel punto

Che la verace via abbandonai

Ma poi ch’i' fui al piè d’un colle giunto

Là dove terminava quella valle

Che m’avea di paura il cor compunto

Guardai in alto, e vidi le sue spalle

Vestite già de' raggi del pianeta

Che mena dritto altrui per ogne calle

I saw and still my heart doth shudder at it

One waiting thus

Even as it comes to pass

When the pain is closer

When the pain is near

In every turn and every world

He come undone

As i suffer no more

Ungracefully

No matter what in every turn

It follows you

So upon every side the sinners stood

Foerever lost in hearing the truth

Thus underneath the boiling they withdrew

Suffered long enough in fear

In the middle of the journey of our life

I found myself in a dark forest

For the right way was lost

Ouch as to say what it was is hard thing

A wild and harsh and strong forest

That in thought renews fear!

It is so bitter that little is more death;

But to deal with the good I found there

I will tell you about the other things that I have found there

I saw and still my heart doth shudder at it

One waiting thus

Even as it comes to pass

When the pain is closer

When the pain is near

In every turn and every world

He come undone

As i suffer no more

Ungracefully

No matter what in every turn

It follows you

Devouring your pain

So much was full of sleep at that point

That the true way I abandoned

But then I was at the foot of a hill I reached

Where that valley ended

That my heart was frightened

I looked up, and saw his shoulders

Already clothed with the rays of the planet

Which leads others straight to each calle

I saw and still my heart doth shudder at it

One waiting thus

Even as it comes to pass

When the pain is closer

When the pain is near

In every turn and every world

He come undone

As i suffer no more

Ungracefully

No matter what in every turn

It follows you