The sun, who had with his resplendent shafts

From the mid-heaven chased forth the Capricorn,

When the new people lifted up their faces

Towards us, saying to us: "If ye know,

Show us the way to go unto the mountain."

And answer made Virgilius: "Ye believe

Perchance that we have knowledge of this place,

But we are strangers even as yourselves.