Hell Translation Canto Xxx Part 1

The time when Juno excruciated was Due to Salome against the Theban blood, As many times was shown to be the cause, Atamante became so insane and crud, That when his wife with two sons saw To go on and have both hands full could, Shouted: “Let us lay nets, so I can draw The lioness and lion cubs when pass”; And then he stretched more than one cruel claw, Catching just the one called Learco, alas, And revolved and stroke him against a stone; She then drowned herself with others at last. And when the godsend lower had then flown The Trojan height which before had dared all, So that with his reign the king too was blown, Sad Ecuba, poor and captive to bawl, After she saw Polissena was died, And of hers Polidoro on shore haul Of sea she gloomy was aware beside, Frantic then became and barked as a mutt; That much the pain just made hers mind so tied. Never Theban or Trojan furies but Were seen to be with any wild so much, Not hitting beasts, nor human limbs to cut, As much as I saw on two faint souls clutch, Which biting run just quite in the same way A pork running when the pigsty opens such. One reached Capocchio, and as to slay Rapid snapped at his neck, so that, its pull, Constrained his belly to rub ground and lay. And the Aretine who remained, trembling full Told me: “Gianni Schicchi is the sprite, And goes around treating others as a fool”. “Oh!”, I told, “if the other won’t bite Your body, then please try to tell me Who he is, before he leaves this site”. And he: ”That the ancient soul has to be Of wicked Mirra, who in the past became Lover to hers father, doing love as spree. She went to sin with him seeking hers aim, Forging herself in the someone else shape, As the other one going there, with blame, To gain the woman grace and then to rape, Forged himself Buoso Donati guy, False testifying to the will reshape”. (continues next)