Such as these was the water-lily, and also like one of those wretches whose peculiar torments, repeated indefinitely throughout eternity, aroused the curiosity of Dante, who would have inquired of them at greater length and in fuller detail from the victims themselves, had not Virgil, striding on ahead, obliged him to hasten after him at full speed, as I must hasten after my parents.
Halakoxea zen nenufar hura, beraz, Danteren jakin-mina kitzikatzen zutèn dohakabe tormentu bera eternitatean etengabe pairatzaileen antzekoa, zeinaren ezaugarriez eta zergatiaz hobeki jabetuko baitzatekeen estiratuaren beraren azalpenen bitartez, baldin eta Virgiliok, urrats gaizka handik urrunduz, behartu izan ez balu bere ondora berritzultzera, gurasoek ni bezala.