Tuesday, August 7, 2012

E come in vetro, in ambra o in cristallo
raggio resplende sì, che dal venire
a l'esser tutto non è intervallo,

così 'l triforme effetto del suo sire
ne l'esser suo raggiò insieme tutto
sanza distinzione in essordire.

And as in glass, amber, or crystal,
a ray flashes without interval
between its coming and lighting all

so did the three form matter,
being shining forth altogether
without distinction, all at once.

Creation came complete
from no thing
suddenly all things

Being becoming

Monday, August 6, 2012


Quinci si può veder come si fonda
l'essere beato ne l'atto che vede,
non in quel ch'ama, che poscia seconda;

e del vedere è misura mercede,
che grazia partorisce e buona voglia:
così di grado in grado si procede.

From this it is seen the foundation
of blessedness is the act of vision
not of love which is a consequence;

and seeing merit is the measure
produced by grace and good will
and so step by step unfolds.

What do I imagine
What do I see
What do I believe to be true

On this basis
For this purpose
I will choose

Sunday, August 5, 2012

che la fortuna che tanto s'aspetta,
le poppe volgerà u' son le prore,
sì che la classe correrà diretta;

e vero frutto verrà dopo 'l fiore».

the tempest so long waited
will turn the sterns where are the prows
so the fleet runs straight;

and fine fruit follows the flower.

Distracted
I lost the way
choosing exactly wrong

Attracted
I can't yet say
this turn is any better

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Ben fiorisce ne li uomini il volere;
ma la pioggia continua converte
in bozzacchioni le sosine vere.

Fairly blossoms the will in humankind;
but continual rain converts
sound plums into rotten, empty skins.

The deluge of life
a deficit of light
may reduce our zest

but our roots remain
and another season
beckons

Friday, August 3, 2012


e come il tempo tegna in cotal testo
le sue radici e ne li altri le fronde,
omai a te può esser manifesto.

and here time has been potted
its roots and all its leaves
now to you made manifest

Time too is measured by
light and love 
Soft shadows

Bright beings
dancing
through long days

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Non è suo moto per altro distinto,
ma li altri son mensurati da questo,
sì come diece da mezzo e da quinto;

No other heaven measures this sphere's range,
but it serves as the measure for the rest,
even as half of ten and five make ten;

Light and love
measure what matters
the rest are but shadows

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Luce e amor d'un cerchio lui comprende,
sì come questo li altri; e quel precinto
colui che 'l cinge solamente intende.


Light and love encircle and enclose,
even as the circle surrounds all, and that place
where the one who encircles is alone.

Cycle within cycle
path crossing path
merging diverging

Colliding subsiding
unfolding and holding
me you she he becoming...