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(Beatrice looks at him astonished)
Understand me well! As bravely as the people talk,
death hovers over every dwelling.
And thou, we wt sh to live, Beatrice!
Therefore, must thou go away with me.
Beatrice
Yet, today?
Filippo
Yes.
Since tomorrow may destroy us.
Art thou ready?
Beatrice
With thee?
Filippo
With me.
Beatrice
Where to?
Filippo
Art thou but ready?
That is not important!
Beatrice
not leave me alone?
thou wilt
still it is certain that
Filippo
Thou child!
Beatrice
Oh, think not that I should be afraid?
How often, until quite dark, have I been
On the me/dows, the fields and the hills before the dates,
And walked about them, with no one near me.
Yet I always saw our towards in the distance,
And a soft murmur came to me from afar,
And I always knew: 18neath me was my city.
But in strange lands one may get lost.