Canto I The glory of him who ...

Canto I
The glory of him who prevail upons all
penetrates thru the universe and shines
in single part more and less elsewhere.
I was in the heaven which takes more
of his light, and saw things which to repeat
undivided neither knows nor is able who go downs from there;
because our intellect, approaching
its desire, make darkers itself so much
that the memory cannot proceed behind.
Nevertheless, as a great deal of the holy reign
as I could treasure up in my mind,
I'll now make the material of my canticle
O profitable Apollo, for this last labor,
make