S’io credesse che mia risposta fosse "If I but thought that my response were made
A persona che mai tornasse al mondo, to one perhaps returning to the world,
Questa fiamma staria senza piu scosse. this tongue of flame would cease to flicker.
Ma percioche giammai di questo fondo But since, up from these depths, no one has yet
Non torno vivo alcun, s’i’odo il vero, returned alive, if what I hear is true, Senza tema d’infamia ti rispondo.I answer without fear of being shamed."