Pan divino, graçioso, sacrosanto
manjar que da sustento al alma mía:
dichoso fué aquel día, punto y hora,
que ́n tales dos especies Christo mora,
que, si el alma ́stá dura
aquí se ablandará con tal dulçura.
El pan que stás mirando, alma mía,
es Dios que ́n ti reparte graçia y vida
y, pues que tal comida te mejora,
no dudes de comerla desde agora,
que, aunque stuvieres dura,
aquí te ablandarás con tal dulçura.
Bread divine, gracious, holy,
A delicacy that gives sustenance to my soul;
Blessed was that day, moment and hour
When Christ came to abide in these two elements,
For if the soul is hardened,
Here it will be softened by such sweetness.
The bread you contemplate,
O my soul, Is your very God,
who grace and life bestows on you;
And, since this food is health to you,
Doubt not, henceforth, to feast thereon,
For, though your heart be a flint,
Here it will be softened by such sweetness.
