Question

What is the translation of the first stanza in T.S. Eliot's Prufrock?
"S’ io credessi che mia risposta fosse
A persona che mai tornasse al mondo,
Questa fiamma staria senza piu scosse.
Ma perciocche giammai di questo fondo
Non torno vivo alcum, s’ i’ odo il vero,
Senza tema d’infamia ti respondo."

Answer 1

fan a translator and ask it to translat is to english

Answer 2

"If I but thought that my response were made to one perhaps returning to the world, this tongue of flame would cease to flicker. But since, up from these depths, no one has yet returned alive, if what I hear is true, I answer without fear of being shamed."

Answer 3

Thank you so much, you are wonderful!! The translators I found would miss a few words or it just wouldn't make sense.

Answer 4

No, problem!