E come l'alma dentro a vostra polve
per differenti membra e conformate
a diverse potenze si risolve,

così l'intelligenza sua bontate
multiplicata per le stelle spiega,
girando sé sovra sua unitate.

Virtù diversa fa diversa lega
col prezioso corpo ch'ella avviva,
nel qual, sì come vita in voi, si lega.

And even as the soul - within your dust
Through members different and matched
To diverse potencies - expands itself,

So does this Mind unfold
and multiply its bounty among the stars.
Itself revolving on its unity.

Virtue diverse does a diverse alloy
Make with the precious body that it quickens,
In which, as life in you, it is combined.

We are each part 
of divine diversity
essential in unity
discarded in division