Virgil's Lied - Entering

Midway upon the journey of our life
I found myself within a forest dark
For the straightforward pathway had been
lost

Whiche'er thou art, or shade or real man?
Not man, man once I was
A poet was I, and I sang
Thee it behoves to take another road

Poet, I thee entreat
By that same God whom thou didst never know
So that I may escape this woe and worse
Thou wouldst conduct me there where thou hast said
That I may see the portal of Saint Peter
And those thou makest so disconsolate

So abandon all hope, follow me!

Written by:
Dante Alighieri

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