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		<title>Dante Alighieri -- The Divine Comedy [Divina Commedia], Book 2 &#8220;Purgatorio,&#8221; Canto 33, l. 142ff (33.142-146) (1314) [tr. Kirkpatrick (2007)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came back from that holiest of waves remade, refreshed as any new tree is, renewed, refreshed with foliage anew, pure and prepared to rise towards the stars. &#160; [Io ritornai da la santissima onda rifatto sì come piante novelle rinovellate di novella fronda, puro e disposto a salire a le stelle.] Conclusion of Dante&#8217;s [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I came back from that holiest of waves<br />
<span class="tab">remade, refreshed as any new tree is,<br />
<span class="tab">renewed, refreshed with foliage anew,<br />
pure and prepared to rise towards the stars.<br />
&nbsp;<br />
<em>[Io ritornai da la santissima onda<br />
<span class="tab">rifatto sì come piante novelle<br />
<span class="tab">rinovellate di novella fronda,<br />
puro e disposto a salire a le stelle.]</span></span></em></span></span></p>
<br><b>Dante Alighieri</b> (1265-1321) Italian poet<br><i>The Divine Comedy [Divina Commedia]</i>, Book 2 <i>&#8220;Purgatorio,&#8221;</i> Canto 33, l. 142ff (33.142-146) (1314) [tr. Kirkpatrick (2007)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://archive.org/details/divinecomedy2pur0000dant/page/318/mode/2up?q=%22i+came+back+from%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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Conclusion of Dante's journey through Purgatory, his soul having been cleansed drinking the waters of the Eunoë. As with <a href="https://wist.info/dante-alighieri-poet/63218/"><i>Inferno</i></a> and <i>Paradisio</i>, <i>Purgatorio</i> ends on the word "stars."<br><br>

(<a href="https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Divina_Commedia/Purgatorio/Canto_XXXIII#:~:text=Io%20ritornai%20da,a%20le%20stelle.">Source (Italian)</a>). Alternate translations:<br><br>

<blockquote>From that pure fount, with renovated pow'r <br>
<span class="tab">I rose, prepar'd to leave that happy Shore,<br>
<span class="tab">And mount among the Stars, on ardent wing.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/divinacommediad00unkngoog/page/n388/mode/2up?q=%22From+that+pure+fount%22">Boyd</a> (1802), st. 27] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">I return’d<br>
<span class="tab">From the most holy wave, regenerate,<br>
<span class="tab">If ’en as new plants renew’d with foliage new,<br>
Pure and made apt for mounting to the stars.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/8795/8795-h/8795-h.htm#cantoII.33:~:text=I%20return%E2%80%99d%0AFrom%20the%20most%20holy%20wave%2C%20regenerate%2C%0AIf%20%E2%80%99en%20as%20new%20plants%20renew%E2%80%99d%20with%20foliage%20new%2C%0APure%20and%20made%20apt%20for%20mounting%20to%20the%20stars.">Cary</a> (1814)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Returned I from that holiest of waves <br>
<span class="tab">Refreshed in spirit, like the new-sprung plants, <br>
<span class="tab">Renewed with foliage suited to their wants, <br>
Pure, and disposed to climb unto the stars.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/comedyofdanteal00dant/page/320/mode/2up?q=%22returned+i+from%22">Bannerman</a> (1850)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>From the most holy water I returned<br>
<span class="tab">Regenerate, in the manner of new trees<br>
<span class="tab">That are renewed with a new foliage,<br>
Pure and disposed to mount unto the stars.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Divine_Comedy_(Longfellow_1867)/Volume_2/Canto_33#:~:text=From%20the%20most%20holy%20water%20I%20returned%0A%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0Regenerate%2C%20in%20the%20manner%20of%20new%20trees%0A%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0That%20are%20renewed%20with%20a%20new%20foliage%2C%0A%0APure%20and%20disposed%20to%20mount%20unto%20the%20stars.">Longfellow</a> (1867)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I turned back from the most holy wave refect in such wise as new plants renewed with new foliage, pure and disposed to mount up to the stars.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/purgatorydantea00aliggoog/page/n434/mode/2up?q=%22I+turned+back+from%22">Butler</a> (1885)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I turnèd back from those most holy waves<br>
<span class="tab">Created fresh, as plants made new once more,<br>
<span class="tab">Renewèd through the birth of new green leaves, <br>
Pure, and prepared unto the stars to soar.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/divinecomedyofda00dantrich/page/260/mode/2up?q=%22I+turned+back+from%22">Minchin</a> (1885)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I returned from the most holy wave, renovated as new plants renewed with new foliage, pure and disposed to mount unto the stars.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1996/1996-h/1996-h.htm#cantoII.XXXIII:~:text=I%20returned%20from%20the%20most%20holy%20wave%2C%20renovated%20as%20new%20plants%20renewed%20with%20new%20foliage%2C%20pure%20and%20disposed%20to%20mount%20unto%20the%20stars.">Norton</a> (1892)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I came back from the most holy waves, born again, even as new trees renewed with new foliage, pure and ready to mount to the stars.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/purgatorioofdant00dant_0/page/428/mode/2up?q=%22most+holy+waves%22">Okey</a> (1901)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>From the most holy waters I came forth again remade, even as new plants renewed with new leaves, pure and ready to mount to the stars.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/iipurgatoriowith00dant/page/440/mode/2up?q=%22from+the+most%22">Sinclair</a> (1939)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Back from that wave's most holy privilege<br>
<span class="tab">I turned me, re-made, as the plant repairs <br>
<span class="tab">Itself, renewed with its new foliage.<br>
Pure and disposed to mount up to the stars.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/portabledante00dant/page/364/mode/2up?q=%22back+from+that+wave%27s%22">Binyon</a> (1943)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>From those most holy waters, born anew <br>
<span class="tab">I came, like trees by change of calendars <br>
<span class="tab">Renewed with new-sprung foliage through and through,<br>
Pure and prepared to leap up to the stars.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/divinecomedy0002unse/page/334/mode/2up?q=%22from+those+most+holy%22">Sayers</a> (1955)]  </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I came back from those holiest waters new, <br>
<span class="tab">remade, reborn, like a sun-wakened tree<br>
<span class="tab">that spreads new foliage to the Spring dew<br>
in sweetest freshness, healed of Winter's scars;<br>
perfect, pure, and ready for the stars.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/purgatorio00dant/page/334/mode/2up?q=%22i+came+back+from%22">Ciardi</a> (1961)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I came forth from the most holy waves, renovated even as new trees renewed with new foliage, pure and ready to rise to the stars.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Divine_Comedy_II_Purgatorio_Vol_II_P/2Q48EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22i%20came%20forth%20from%20the%20most%22">Singleton</a> (1973)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>From those holiest waters I returned <br>
<span class="tab">to her reborn, a tree renewed, in bloom<br>
<span class="tab">with newborn foliage, immaculate,<br>
eager to rise, now ready for the stars.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/dantealighierisd03dant/page/332/mode/2up?q=%22from+those+holiest+waters%22">Musa</a> (1981)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I came back from that most sacred of streams, <br>
<span class="tab">Made afresh, as new trees are renewed <br>
<span class="tab">With their new foliage, and so I was<br>
Clear and ready to go up to the stars.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/divinecomedy0000dant/page/346/mode/2up?q=%22i+came+back+from%22">Sisson</a> (1981)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>From that most holy wave I now returned <br>
<span class="tab">to Beatrice; remade, as new trees are<br>
<span class="tab">renewed when they bring forth new boughs, I was<br>
pure and prepared to climb unto the stars.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/purgatorio0000dant_m5q7/page/296/mode/2up?q=%22from+that+most+holy+wave%22">Mandelbaum</a> (1982)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I came back, from the most sacred waves, remade, as fresh plants are, refreshed, with fresh leaves: pure, and ready to climb to the stars.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Italian/DantPurg29to33.php#:~:text=I%20came%20back%2C%20from%20the%20most%20sacred%20waves%2C%20remade%2C%20as%20fresh%20plants%20are%2C%20refreshed%2C%20with%20fresh%20leaves%3A%20pure%2C%20and%20ready%20to%20climb%20to%20the%20stars.">Kline</a> (2002)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">I returned from the most holy wave refreshed, as new plants are renewed with new leaves,<br>
<span class="tab">pure and made ready to rise to the stars.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/divinecomedyofda0002dant_d4k9/page/572/mode/2up?q=%22i+returned+from%22">Durling</a> (2003)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>From those most holy waters<br>
<span class="tab">I came away remade, as are new plants<br>
<span class="tab">renewed with new-sprung leaves,<br>
pure and prepared to rise up to the stars.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://dante.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/dante/campuscgi/mpb/GetCantoSection.pl?INP_POEM=Purg&INP_SECT=33&INP_START=142&INP_LEN=4&LANG=0">Hollander/Hollander</a> (2007)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Those holiest of waters returned me to life,<br>
<span class="tab">Recovered like new trees which quickly grow<br>
<span class="tab">New branches and new leaves. I'd been purified,<br>
<span class="tab">Ready to rise where sanctified souls can go.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Divine_Comedy/WZyBj-s9PfsC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22these%20holiest%20of%20waters%22">Raffel</a> (2010)] </blockquote><br>
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