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		<title>Dante Alighieri -- The Divine Comedy [Divina Commedia], Book 1 &#8220;Inferno,&#8221; Canto  8, l.  49ff (8.49) [Virgil] (1309) [tr. Musa (1971)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many in life esteem themselves great men who then will wallow here like pigs in mud, leaving behind them their repulsive fame. [Quanti si tegnon or là sù gran regi che qui staranno come porci in brago, di sé lasciando orribili dispregi!] (Source (Italian)). Other translations: How many Kings were thought of high renown, Who [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many in life esteem themselves great men<br />
who then will wallow here like pigs in mud,<br />
leaving behind them their repulsive fame.</p>
<p><em>[Quanti si tegnon or là sù gran regi<br />
che qui staranno come porci in brago,<br />
di sé lasciando orribili dispregi!]</em></p>
<br><b>Dante Alighieri</b> (1265–1321) Italian poet<br><i>The Divine Comedy [Divina Commedia]</i>, Book 1 <i>&#8220;Inferno,&#8221;</i> Canto  8, l.  49ff (8.49) [Virgil] (1309) [tr. Musa (1971)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://archive.org/details/dantesinferno00dant/page/64/mode/2up?q=%22esteem+themselves%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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(<a href="https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Divina_Commedia/Inferno/Canto_VIII#:~:text=Quanti%20si%20tegnon%20or%20l%C3%A0%20s%C3%B9%20gran%20regi%0Ache%20qui%20staranno%20come%20porci%20in%20brago%2C%0Adi%20s%C3%A9%20lasciando%20orribili%20dispregi!">Source (Italian)</a>). Other translations:<br><br>

<blockquote>How many Kings were thought of high renown,<br>
Who wallow in this marsh, like Hogs in mire,<br>
Leaving their horrid characters behind!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Inferno_of_Dante_Translated/1ARcAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22who%20wallow%22">Rogers</a> (1782), l. 41ff]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>There many a regal Chief of ancient note, <br>
Wallowing thro' mire obscene lament their lot,<br>
In ruin roll'd, like brethren of the sty.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/divinacommediaof01dantuoft/page/158/mode/2up?q=%22regal+chief%22">Boyd</a> (1802), st. 9] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">There above<br>
How many now hold themselves mighty kings<br>
Who here like swine shall wallow in the mire,<br>
Leaving behind them horrible dispraise!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/8789/8789-h/8789-h.htm#cantoI.7:~:text=There%20above%0AHow%20many%20now%20hold%20themselves%20mighty%20kings%0AWho%20here%20like%20swine%20shall%20wallow%20in%20the%20mire%2C%0ALeaving%20behind%20them%20horrible%20dispraise!">Cary</a> (1814)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>How many kings now <i>there</i> set up their horn, <br>
That here shall wallow as in filth the swine, <br>
And leave their names to execrable scorn!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/infernodanteali02daymgoog/page/n58/mode/2up?q=%22how+many+kings%22">Dayman</a> (1843)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>How many up there now think themselves great kings, that shall lie here like swine in mire, leaving behind them horrible reproaches!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Inferno/WqpEAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22now%20think%20themselves%22">Carlyle</a> (1849)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>How many mighty kings are now above,<br>
Shall one day stand like hogs within their stye,<br>
Disparaging their memory terribly.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/comedyofdanteal00dant/page/34/mode/2up?q=%22mighty+kings%22">Bannerman</a> (1850)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Above how many live as mighty kings<br>
Who here like swine shall grovel in the mire,<br>
Leaving behind them shame and foul contempt!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Translation_of_Dante_s_Inferno/dzvcz2MMLLMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22mighty%20kings%22">Johnston</a> (1867)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>How many are esteemed great kings up there,<br>
⁠Who here shall be like unto swine in mire,<br>
⁠Leaving behind them horrible dispraises!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Divine_Comedy_(Longfellow_1867)/Volume_1/Canto_8#:~:text=How%20many%20are,them%20horrible%20dispraises!">Longfellow</a> (1867)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>How many now hold themselves great kings up there who shall stand here like swine in the slush, leaving horrible dispraise of themselves! <br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.92729/page/92/mode/2up?q=%22hold+themselves+great%22">Butler</a> (1885)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Many great kings who now lift up their horns<br>
Will wallow here like swine in filthy swill, <br>
Leaving their memories to most horrible scorns.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/divinecomedyofda00dantrich/page/30/mode/2up?q=%22many+great+kings%22">Minchin</a> (1885)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>How many now up there are held great kings who shall stand here like swine in mire, leaving of themselves horrible dispraises.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1995/1995-h/1995-h.htm#cantoI.VIII:~:text=How%20many%20now%20up%20there%20are%20held%20great%20kings%20who%20shall%20stand%20here%20like%20swine%20in%20mire%2C%20leaving%20of%20themselves%20horrible%20dispraises.">Norton</a> (1892)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>How many are there that bear themselves above as mighty kings, that here shall stand like swine in slush, leaving behind them loathing and condemnation!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/comedydantealig00sullgoog/page/n54/mode/2up?q=%22mighty+kings%22">Sullivan</a> (1893)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>How many count themselves up there great princes, <br>
Who here like hogs in mire shall have their station,<br>
Leaving behind them horrible reproaches!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/infernodanteali00grifgoog/page/n62/mode/2up?q=%22proud+and+haughty%22">Griffith</a> (1908)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>How many above there now account themselves great kings who shall lie here like swine in the mire, leaving of themselves horrible dispraises!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Divine_Comedy_of_Dante_Alighieri/c8ZKnRirTNUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22now%20account%20themselves%22">Sinclair</a> (1939)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>How many above there deem themselves great kings<br>
Now, who shall lie wallowing in mire like swine,<br>
Leaving a name that with dishonor rings!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/portabledante00dant/page/42/mode/2up?q=%22deem+themselves%22">Binyon</a> (1943)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Many who strut like kings up there are such<br>
As here shall wallow hog-like in the mud,<br>
Leaving behind nothing but foul reproach.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/divinecomedy00peng/page/116/mode/2up?q=%22strut+like+kings%22">Sayers</a> (1949)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>How many living now, chancellors of wrath,<br>
shall come to lie here yet in this pigmire,<br>
leaving a curse to be their aftermath!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/infernoverserend00dantrich/page/80/mode/2up?q=%22chancellors+of+wrath%22">Ciardi</a> (1954)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>How many up there now account themselves great kings, that here shall lie like swine in mire, leaving behind them horrible dispraises.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/inferno0000dant/page/n91/mode/2up?q=%22great+kings%22">Singleton</a> (1970)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>How many up above now count themselves<br>
great kings, who'll wallow here like pigs in slime,<br>
leaving behind foul memories of crimes!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/lccn_83048678/page/70/mode/2up?q=%22count+themselves%22">Mandelbaum</a> (1980)]</blockquote><br>


<blockquote>How many, up there, think themselves great kings<br>
Who here will wallow in the mire like pigs,<br>
Leaving behind them nothing but infamous horrors.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/divinecomedy0000dant/page/78/mode/2up?q=%22great+kings%22">Sisson</a> (1981)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>In the world above, how many a self-deceiver<br>
Now counting himself a mighty king will sprawl<br>
Swinelike amid the mire when life is over,<br>
Leaving behind a name that men revile.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/infernoofdantene00dant/page/62/mode/2up?q=%22self-deceiver%22">Pinsky</a> (1994)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>How many consider themselves great kings up <br>
above, who here will be like pigs in the mire, leaving<br>
behind horrible dispraise of themselves!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/divinecomedyofda0001dant_u1l7/page/128/mode/2up?q=%22great+kings%22">Durling</a> (1996)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>How many up there think themselves mighty kings, that will lie here like pigs in mire, leaving behind them dire condemnation!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Italian/DantInf8to14.php#anchor_Toc64091766:~:text=How%20many%20up%20there%20think%20themselves%20mighty%20kings%2C%20that%20will%20lie%20here%20like%20pigs%20in%20mire%2C%20leaving%20behind%20them%20dire%20condemnation!">Kline</a> (2002)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>How many, in the world above, pose there<br>
as kings but here will like like pigs in much,<br>
leaving behind them horrible dispraise.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/divinecomedy0000dant_l7y1/page/34/mode/2up?q=%22pose+there%22">Kirkpatrick</a> (2006)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>How many now above who think themselves<br>
great kings will lie here in the mud, like swine,<br>
leaving behind nothing but ill repute!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://dante.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/dante/campuscgi/mpb/GetCantoSection.pl?LANG=2&INP_POEM=Inf&INP_SECT=8&INP_START=49&INP_LEN=3">Hollander/Hollander</a> (2007)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>How many think themselves the greatest of kings,<br>
But here will lie around like pigs in slime,<br>
Remembered for having indulged in horrible things!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Divine_Comedy/WZyBj-s9PfsC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22greatest%20of%20kings%22">Raffel</a> (2010)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>And there are others up there of the same<br>
Persuasion they are kings. They, too, will be<br>
Pigs in this filthy sty, and leave behind<br>
Nothing but curses rained upon the hole<br>
Their swelled heads filled.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/inferno0000dant_y2l4/page/42/mode/2up?q=%22they+are+kings%22">James</a> (2013), l. 47ff]</blockquote><br>						</span>
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