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Anonymous
January 13, 2019

Help with potential tattoo

Hey all! So long story short, I was playing with the idea of getting the phrase, "Sky above, Earth below, Fire within" tattooed. (It reminds me specifically of the High Hrothgar banner Sky above, Voice within. Which I also love) Can anyone help me out with a translation, and how to write it? I realize an exact translation is likely not possible, any input would be greatly appreciated!!

Category: Translation


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Zinrahzul
January 13, 2019

The Graybeard saying goes as "Sky Above, Voice within" and that's "Lok, thu'um". The mere mention of the words invoke the meaning, so you can parallel it like this:

Your saying is a modification of that. To put it simply, you would just say "Sky Earth Fire". Since Sky is assumed above and Earth below, they're fine. But Fire isn't assumed within, so you can modify it by adding Tu'um (within).

The final saying is "Lok Gol Yol Tu'um"

LOK GOL YOL T5M

Or if you want to put it in two lines, separate

LOK GOL
and [
OL T5M


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Sonaak Kroinlah
January 15, 2019

You forgot the y in that second one. Should look like this:

[Lok gol]

[Yol tuum]