Paroles et traduction Alesana - Before Him All Shall Scatter

Before Him All Shall Scatter

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Fuggir cosí dinanzi ad un ch'al passo
Passava Stige con le piante asciutte
Dal volto rimovea quell'aere grasso

Menando la sinistra innanzi spesso
Ahi quanto mi parea pien di disdegno
Venne a la porta e con una verghetta
L'aperse, che non v'ebbe alcun ritegno

O cacciati del ciel, gente dispetta
Cominció elli in su l'orribil soglia
Ond'esta oltracotanza in coi s'alletta?

Poi si rivolse per la strada lorda
E non fé motta a noi, ma fé sembiante d'omo
Cui altra cura stringa e morda
Dentro l'entrammo senza alcuna guerra

Before Him All Shall Scatter

I saw more than a thousand souls destroyed
Fleeing so before one who at a pace
Went over Styx with dry soles
From his face he removed that greasy air

Moving often his left hand in front
Ah, how full he seemed to me of disdain
He came to the gate and with a small wand
Opened it, for no resistance was there

You cast out of Heaven, contemptible people
He began on the terrible threshold
Where is this arrogance in which you delight?

Then he turned along the dirty road
And said not a word to us, but made the gesture of a man
Whose other care gnaws at and pains him
Into that city we entered without any conflict