Italian quote in A Grief Observed

[Nick Lopez Jr]

Can someone translate the Italian quote in the last sentence of A Grief
Observed? What is it from?

Thanks
Nick Lopez

[Bruce Hietbrink]

I only know this from seeing this question asked in this forum
before, but it is a quote from near the end of Dante's _Paradisio_.
Dante is traveling up through the rings of Heaven, and in the
highest ring he meets Bernice, his dead love. After their
encounter, she turns from Dante back to face God. That's the
line that is quoted, the obvious link being that Joy has left
Jack and is now in the presence of the Lord.
Hopefully someone else will be able to give the exact
translation.

In Him,
Bruce Hietbrink

[Erich Schwarz]

On Thu, 13 Mar 1997, Nick Lopez Jr wrote:

> Can someone translate the Italian quote in the last sentence of A Grief
> Observed? What is it from?

I don't have _AGO_ at hand and haven't read it in a while,
but I *strongly* suspect it is a quote from Dante's Paradiso --
"in His will is our peace," or something like that.

--Erich Schwarz

[lir...@aol.com]

In article <bnh-130397...@ppc-cam.chem.ucla.edu>, b...@chem.ucla.edu (Bruce Hietbrink) writes:

>In article <3327BD...@cris.com>, nlo...@cris.com wrote:
>
>> Can someone translate the Italian quote in the last sentence of A Grief
>> Observed? What is it from?
>>

>> Thanks
>> Nick Lopez
>
>
> I only know this from seeing this question asked in this forum
>before, but it is a quote from near the end of Dante's _Paradisio_.
>Dante is traveling up through the rings of Heaven, and in the
>highest ring he meets Bernice, his dead love. After their
>encounter, she turns from Dante back to face God. That's the
>line that is quoted, the obvious link being that Joy has left
>Jack and is now in the presence of the Lord.
> Hopefully someone else will be able to give the exact
>translation

The quote is from *Paradise*, Canto 31. Reading from line 91,

"Such was my prayer, and she, so distant fled,
It seemed, did smile and look on me once more,
Then to the eternal fountain turned her head."

This is Sayers' translation, but should really be credited to Barbara Reynolds,
since Dorothy L Sayers died before completing this canto. The whole episode
--Dante finds Beatrice's place beside him taken by St. Bernard, and, seeing her
enthoned in her own place in the Sempiternal Rose, prays her continued help--
is worth reading in light of the quote. In fact, the whole thing is worth reading for
Lewis fans.

Lirazel