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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 1793067" data-attributes="member: 1465">Vuolsi cosí colà dove si puote ciò che si vuole, e piú non dimandare.I have to say that I believe it doesn't make much sense to translate poetry, and for Dante I may even say it's pointless&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> However I can try to explain briefly... Dante is travelling through hell under the phisical &amp; spiritual guide of ancient poet Virgilio, and they arrive at a river which the only way to cross is to get a lift on Charon's boat. The demon Charon is used to transport souls, not alive people like Dante, so he objects. But Virgilio freezes him with this sentence, more or less literally &quot;It is wanted this way (in the place) where what is wanted is also what can be, and stop questioning&quot;. The place is obviously heaven, so someone in heaven wants Dante to cross that river, and since a wish in heaven simply becomes reality there's no point for Charon to even try...Why is it in my signature? First it's a hommage to my fav book&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> and it's also my fav sentence to give the players when they question my DM's calls...&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 1793067, member: 1465"] [I]Vuolsi cosí colà dove si puote ciò che si vuole, e piú non dimandare.[/I] I have to say that I believe it doesn't make much sense to translate poetry, and for Dante I may even say it's pointless :p However I can try to explain briefly... Dante is travelling through hell under the phisical & spiritual guide of ancient poet Virgilio, and they arrive at a river which the only way to cross is to get a lift on Charon's boat. The demon Charon is used to transport souls, not alive people like Dante, so he objects. But Virgilio freezes him with this sentence, more or less literally "It is wanted this way (in the place) where what is wanted is also what can be, and stop questioning". The place is obviously heaven, so someone in heaven wants Dante to cross that river, and since a wish in heaven simply becomes reality there's no point for Charon to even try... Why is it in my signature? First it's a hommage to my fav book ;) and it's also my fav sentence to give the players when they question my DM's calls... :p [/QUOTE]

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