Hymns, Sumerian; Sumerian language -- Texts; Sumerians -- Religion
9. _a-zu a ṭu-mu ... ni-kuš-ù-a-zu_
9. Oh healer, how long son ... wilt thou be weary?
10. _i-dé (?) ... ṭu-ru ? [na?] zu-dé_
10. When before ... thou sittest,
11. _kalag da-ga-ám-ma_(_260_)_-ni ... zu-dé_
11. Oh strong one, when _into_ his _assembly_ thou ...
12. _a-rib_(_261_)_ šu-si me-ri ... a-bal-mà na-nam_
12. Alas he whose fingers and feet [_are bound_], my irrigator(262) is he.
13. _šag-zu-šú la-aģ-[la-aģ-]ģu-a-zu_
13. Because of thee she wanders far for thee.
14. _kalag __d.__Da-mu-mu a-bal-mà na-nam_
14. My sturdy Damu, my irrigator is he.
15. _ama-zu mu-lu er-ri nu-kuš-ù_
15. Thy mother she of lamentation rests not.
16. _ama ga-ša-an tin-dib-ba túb-bi-šú nu-durun_
16. The mother, queen who gives life to the afflicted, tarries not to
repose.
17. _ù-šub-ba-za ù-zi-ga-za sìr-ri-šú na-ri-bi_
17. In thy perdition, in thy seizure, in melodious sighing she speaks of
thee.
18. _kalag a-rin-na-za ù(?) a-tar-ra-za sìr-ri-šú na-ri-bi_
18. Oh hero, in thy contumely, in thy removal, in melodious sighing she
speaks of thee.
19. _ama-ugu-mu GAR-LUL-LUL-na-mu sìr-ri-šú nu-uš ma-gub-bi_
19. My child-bearing mother, my lamenter(?) with melodious sighing behold
she stands
20. _kalag idim-[ma me-]en galu-kur-al_
20. Oh sturdy one, prostrate thou art, a man of the land of
wailing(?)(263)
21. _en ... me-en galu-kur-dim_(_264_)
21. Oh lord, ... thou art, a man of the land of lament.
22. _unu-[dagal-mu] kur-idim-ma-mu_
22. In my vast chamber, in my land of misery,
23. _en me-en a-ra-li ki-sag kirud-da-mu_
23. A lord am I. In Aralu, place where I am cast away,
24. _kalag me-en kur-ri-sud-du-šú im-ma-ab-du me-en_
24. A laborer am I. Unto the faraway land I go.
25. _ud-me-e-na_(_265_)_ ni_- ? ?
25. Daily(?) he [_sorrows_?](266)
REVERSE
1. _šă-ab-er-ri_(_267_)_ kuš-ù-a-mu ma-a-a nad-da-[mu]_
1. I weary with heart woe, where shall I rest?
2. _balag-di šă-ab-er-ri kuš-ù-a-mu ma-a-a nad-da-[mu]_
2. Oh sing to the lyre; I weary with heart woe, where shall I rest?
3. _ama uru-sag ga-ša-an tin-dib-ba mèn_
3. Mother of the chief city,(268) queen who gives life to the dead am I.
4. _sag-ṭu-an-na ga-ša-an Ì-si-in-(ki)-na mèn_
4. First born daughter of heaven,(269) queen of Isin am I.
5. _ṭu-mu é-a ga-ša-an-mu_(_270_)_ __d.__Gu-nu-ra_
5. Daughter of the temple, Queen Gunura.
6. _tum-lu-azag ama é-šăb-ba mèn_
6. Holy _tumlu_ mother of Ešabba am I.
7. _d.__En-á-nun_(_271_)_ ama gù-an-ni-si mèn_
7. Enanun mother of lamentation am I.
8. _ga-ša-an nigín-mar-ra ki-azag-ga mèn_
8. Queen of Niginmarra,(272) the holy place, am I.
9. _ga-ša-an áš-te_(_273_)_ ... ga-ša-an La-ra-ak-(ki) mèn_
9. Queen of Ašte,(274) queen of Larak.
10. _ama é-a __d.__Ašnan __d.__Azag-sud mèn_
10. Mother of the temple, Ašnan the divine lustrator(275) am I.
11. _šă-ab-er-ri a-še-ir-ri ma-a kuš-ù-mu_
11. Weeping and sighing where shall I find rest?
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