Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
mi ritrovai per una selva oscura,
ché la diritta via era smarrita...
....
Io non so ben ridir com’ i’ v’intrai,10
tant’ era pien di sonno a quel punto
che la verace via abbandonai.
Midway upon the journey of our life
I found myself within a forest dark,
For the straightforward pathway had been lost...
....
I cannot well repeat how there I entered,
So full was I of slumber at the moment
In which I had abandoned the true way.
(Dante Alighieri. The Divine Comedy - The Inferno - Canto I)
Added to my ongoing Portraits project: The Self
