I fear it is folly
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Per che, se del venire io m’ abbandono, temo che la venuta non sia folle. Se’ savio; intendi me’ ch’ i’ non ragiono».
And so, if I give myself over to the going, I fear the venture may be madness. You are wise; you understand this better than I can put it.
If he gives himself to the journey, he fears the coming may be madness. He appeals to Virgil's wisdom to see what he himself cannot argue.
The plea ends in surrender of judgment. Dante cannot find the flaw in his own fear, so he hands the whole question to Virgil: <i>Se' savio; intendi me' ch'i' non ragiono</i> — you are wise, you see it better than I can argue it.
It is a very human moment. The pilgrim has talked himself into paralysis and knows it, and he leans on his guide not to refute him but simply to be wiser than his own tangled reasoning. This is the low point from which Virgil must raise him.
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