Stars -

Behold Dite !

this is the place where you’d better

with fortitude must arm thyself

I then raised my eyes, the vision was there

They arrive to Dite, infernal city where there is the sixth ring

The emperor

of the kingdom dolorous

gigantic was in front of me

I did not die, and not I remained alive

Dante and Virgilio get close to Lucifero: a majestic figure stuck in ice

Without forces I got along

Toiling without words in silence,

my mind staggered in a storm of emotions,

nightmares petrified me

Dante’s reaction to the sight of Lucifero

«Vexilla Regis Prodeunt Inferni»

Literal latin quote

lord of hell is here

majestic rises from the ice

with regality

like a tower

three faces on his head

lord of hell is here

deceiver, fallen from the sky

pulsing core of pain

beaten by god

immortal evil/demon

Description of the sight of Lucifero

II Cosmo

Before leaving hell,

without any rest,

and walking right

into that hidden road

to return to the bright world

And Ere from the abyss

I tear myself away

I feel the urge to ask

my guide for answers …

Just before leaving hell, Dante feels the urge of asking Virgilio some questions

Thus I said my Lead:

«Where is the ice?

How is he kept

Stuck upside down?

And how the sun

made its day path in

such a short time?

"

These are the three questions Dante’s asking his guide

Now we are beneath the hemispere

and we pass the point

to which things heavy

with great force draw from every side

Here it is morning when it’s eve there

The beast is still

Fixed the way he was

Cast off and fallen from the skies

Virgilio answers Dante: he says they have passed the Earth’s centre and will

exit on the other side, so night and day are inverted

III Finally Ascendant

Below There’s a place

Which is Known not by the sight

But by The sound of a small river

Description of the scene around, the slowly ascent for leaving hell

Gushing from the stone eroded

and just slightly falls

Me and my Master Without care

Forever leave hell to rebehold the stars

Forever Leaving Hell

«E quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle.»

Literal quote

forever leave hell

rising to the heavens

eyes towards the blue

to return to the bright world

turn my back to pain

aiming to the everlasting love

fill my heart with light

like a sky full of stars

finally ascendant