Nr. 143
Calcutta nr. 143 = 208
Since eternity itself was, he created me
From the first he dictated to me the study of love
At that time a small filing of me may become transmuted
A key of the treasury he may make efficacious
Heron-Allen 1899 - 76
Since Eternity itself was He created me,
From the first he dictated to me the lesson of love,
At that time a small filing of the dust of my heart.
He made into a key of the treasure-house of substance.
Payne 1898 - 314
When Fore-eternal Love my being first created,
Even from the first to me Love's lesson it dictated;
Ay, and of this my heart's scrap-metal base the key
Unto the treasuries of Vision It created.
Thompson 1906 - 511
When Love Eternal first my being wrought.
Love's lesson from the very first He taught;
The filings of my heart's dust made a key
Then for the treasures of immortal thought!