Bodleian quatrain nr. 15

Bodenstedt 1881 - 31
Ein jegliches Herz, das die Liebe verklärt,
Gleichviel welcher Glaube die Andacht nährt,
Hat die Leuchte zum Ziel alles Höchsten gefunden,
Hat Himmel und Hölle in sich überwunden.

Cadell 1899 - 42
On the first day my heart, exalted high,
Craved pen and tablet, heaven and hell to see;
Till at the last the Master made reply,
"Pen, tablet, heaven and hell are all in thee."

Christensen 1905 - 11
Au dessus de la sphère, j'ai cherché, le premier jour, les tablettes
et la plume [de la destinée], le paradis et l'enfer.
Ensuite le maître infaillible m'a dit: "Les tablettes et la plume,
le paradis et lenfer, tout cela est en toi-même".

Grolleau 1902 - 15
Au delà du Jour de la Création, au delà des deux, mon âme
Cherchait la Tablette et le Kalam, et le Ciel et l'Enfer;
Le Maître enfin m'a dit, lui dont l'esprit est plein de clarté:
“La Tablette et le Kalam, le Ciel et l'Enfer sont en toi.”

Heron-Allen 1898 - 15
Already on the Day of Creation beyond the heavens my soul
searched for the Tablet and Pen and for heaven and hell;
at last the Teacher said to me with His enlightened judgment,
"Tablet and Pen, and heaven and hell, are within thyself."

De Marthold 1901 - 15
Au-delà des grands cieux, au-delà de la Loi,
Ma pauvre âme cherchait le chemin de la foi.
Le Maître enfin m'a dit, Lui, l'Esprit de lumière :
"La Tablette et la Plume, Enfer, Ciel sont en toi".

Payne 1898 - 59
My soul in the sphere's script from all etemity
Tablet and Pen' and Hell and Heaven sought to see,
Until the Teacher said: "Of very certainty,
Tablet and Pen and Hell and Heaven are all in thee."

Von der Porten 1927 - 15
Nach Stein und Meißel forscht' ich, seit die Welt entstand,
Ob ihn geführt des Himmels, ob der Hölle Hand;
"Der Stein und Meißel, Himmel, Hölle" sprach der Meister
"Sind wahrlich nur Begriffe, die der Mensch erfand."

Roe 1906- 41
When life first dawned this mortal cell,
Long sought my soul where Pen and Tablet dwell,
Sought Hell and Heav'n, and heard the Master say -
"Behold, within thyself, the heav'n and hell!"

Rosen 1928 -24
Higher than the Spheres had my mind on the first day
Sought the Tablet and the pen and Paradise and Hell.
Then my master said with true judgment:
"Tablet and pen and Paradise and Hell are within thyself".

Von Schack 1978 - 335
Erkunden wollt' ich, wo der Garten Eden
Und wo die Hölle sei, der Marterort;
Da höhrt' ich meinen Meister also reden:
"In dir sind beide; such sie dort!"

Talbot 1908 - 15
This, in the Dawn of Being, my behest,
My wand'ring soul for Heav'n and Hell made quest,
For Pen and Tablet; 'til the Teacher said
"Thou has them all, O Man, within thy breast!"

Thompson 1906 - 161
Beyond the skies from all eternity.
My soul sought Tablet, Pen, Heaven, Hell to see;
At length the master wisely said to me,
“Pen, Tablet, Heaven and Hell are all in thee!"

Tirtha 1941 - VII.158
Beyond the skies from all eternity.
My soul sought Tablet, Pen, Heaven, Hell to see;
At length the master wisely said to me,
“Pen, Tablet, Heaven and Hell are all in thee!"

Whinfield 1883 - 114
Pen, tablet, heaven and hell I looked to see
Above the skies, from all eternity;
At last the master sage instructed me,
"Pen, tablet, heaven and hell are all in thee."

• CHRISTENSEN 1903 - 114
• SAIDI 1991 - 49
• WHINFIELD 1882 - 68