Darkness Visible
Journey Through Adamantine Chains: Darkness Unveiled
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There to dwell
To exist or reside in a particular place
In adamantine chains and penal fire
Bound in unbreakable chains and subjected to punitive fire
Who durst defy the omnipotent to arms
Those who dared to challenge the all-powerful entity in battle
Nine times the space that measures day and night
A duration nine times the measure of day and night
Rolling in the fiery gulf
Moving in a burning chasm
Confounded though immortal, but his doom
Confused, though immortal, facing inevitable fate
Reserved him to more wrath, for now the thought
This thought brought more anger, focusing on lost happiness and enduring pain
Both of lost happiness and lasting pain
Both the memory of happiness lost and the anticipation of lasting suffering torment him
Torments him; round he throws his baleful eyes
He casts his malevolent gaze around
That witnessed huge affliction and dismay
Eyes that have witnessed immense suffering and dismay
Mixed with obdurate pride and steadfast hate
Mingled with stubborn pride and unwavering hatred
At once as far as angels ken he views
Simultaneously, he sees as far as angels can see
The dismal situation waste and wild
The dismal and desolate situation, barren and untamed
A dungeon horrible, on all sides round
A dreadful prison, surrounded on all sides
Regions of sorrow
Areas filled with sorrow
Doleful shades, where peace and rest can never dwell
Gloomy shadows where peace and rest are forever absent
Hope never comes that comes to all
Hope, which reaches everyone else, never arrives
But torture without end still urges
Endless torment persistently pushes forward
As one great furnace flamed
Similar to a vast furnace ablaze
Yet from those flames, no light
However, no light emanates from those flames
But rather, darkness visible
Instead, what is visible is darkness itself
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