che l'esser loro v'è in sola credenza,
sopra la qual si fonda l'alta spene;
e però di sustanza prende intenza.

E da questa credenza ci convene
silogizzar, sanz'avere altra vista:
però intenza d'argomento tene».

and on faith alone
is the highest hope founded;
and so faith is called a substance.

And from this faith we must
deduce what we can from syllogisms,
and so faith is also called evidence.

Premise, premise, conclusion
Accepted, accepted, proposed
Yes, yes, Oh!

E io appresso: «Le profonde cose
che mi largiscon qui la lor parvenza,
a li occhi di là giù son sì ascose,

And I said: The deep things
residing here are hid from sight below,
their being known by faith alone,

Can love be seen
measured, predicted
Does love exist

fede è sustanza di cose sperate
e argomento de le non parventi;
e questa pare a me sua quiditate».

Allora udi' : «Dirittamente senti,
se bene intendi perché la ripuose
tra le sustanze, e poi tra li argomenti»

Faith is the substance of the things hoped for
and the evidence of things not seen;
and this I take as its being.

And then I heard: You understand precisely,
if it is clear to you why he placed
it among the substances and as evidence.

Faith is relationship
being with being
ground of ultimate being

Our relationship 
is as being of one
substance with the Father

By whom all things were made

«Perché la faccia mia sì t'innamora,
che tu non ti rivolgi al bel giardino
che sotto i raggi di Cristo s'infiora?

Why are you so enraptured by my face
as to miss that fair garden
blossoming beneath Christ's rays?

Like a raven hiding treasures
in his nest among the spires
I do not know the cathedral 

in which I have made my home.

«Apri li occhi e riguarda qual son io;
tu hai vedute cose, che possente
se' fatto a sostener lo riso mio».

Open your eyes and see what I am;
what you have witnessed has made you strong
enough to bear the power of my smile.

What eye can see
what mind can know
the smile of God

Come foco di nube si diserra
per dilatarsi sì che non vi cape,
e fuor di sua natura in giù s'atterra,

la mente mia così, tra quelle dape
fatta più grande, di sé stessa uscìo,
e che si fesse rimembrar non sape.

Even as lightning breaking from a cloud,
expands so it cannot be pent
against its nature, down to earth descends,

so did my mind, confronted by that feast,
expand; and was carried past itself
becoming, I cannot recall.

Becoming is 
to move
beyond

to the other side

Quivi è la sapienza e la possanza
ch'aprì le strade tra 'l cielo e la terra,
onde fu già sì lunga disianza».

This is the wisdom and the potency
that opened roads between the earth and Heaven,
a way long yearned for

wisdom's way
unfolds as a wave
emerging from deep to shore