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A balbale to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana D)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 4 - Hymns and cult songs · 23 sections

1. 1

   di-⌈da⌉-ĝu10-ne di-da-ĝu10-ne

   As I was strolling, as I was strolling, as I was strolling …… the house, as I was strolling, he caught sight of my Inana.

2. 2

   e2 X [di-da-ĝu10]-⌈ne⌉ di-da-ĝu10-ne

3. 3

   ga-ša-an-[na-ĝu10] i-bi2 mu-ši-in-bar

4. 4

   ⌈šeš-e ta⌉ [ma-ra]-⌈an⌉-dug4 ma-ra-an-taḫ

   What did the brother say to you and speak to you? He of the loving heart and most sweet charms offered you a gift, my holy Inana. As I looked in that direction, my beloved man met you, and he fell in love with you, and he delighted in you alone! The brother brought you into his house and had you lie down on a bed dripping with honey.

5. 5

   šag4 ki-ig-ga aĝ2 ḫi-li aĝ2 ku7-ku7-dam

6. 6

   kug ga-ša-an-na-ĝu10 aĝ2-še3 ma-ra-an-ba

7. 7

   ki-bi i-bi2-ĝu10 ma-ra-ĝu10-ne

8. 8

   mu-lu ki-ig-ga aĝ2-ĝu10 gaba im-ma-an-de5

9. 9

   ḫi-li mu-e-ši-in-te dili mu-e-da-ḫul2

10. 10

    šeš-e e2-ni-a im-ma-ni-in-kur9-re-en

11. 11

    mu-nu2 lal3 ḫab2-ba bi2-in-nu2-en

12. 12

    ze2-ba kal-la-ĝu10 ša3-ab-ĝu10 a-ba-nu2

    When my sweet precious, my heart, had lain down too, each of them in turn kissing with the tongue, each in turn, then my brother of the beautiful eyes did it fifty times to her, exhaustedly waiting for her, as she trembled underneath him, dumbly silent for him. My dear precious passed the time with my brother laying his hands on her hips.

13. 13

    dili-dili-ta eme ak dili-dili-ta

14. 14

    šeš i-bi2 sag9-sag9-ĝu10 50-am3 mu-un-ak

15. 15

    lu2 sig9-ga-gin7 mu-na-de3-gub

16. 16

    ki-ta tuku4-e-da si-a mu-na-ni-in-ĝar

17. 17

    šeš-ĝu10 ib2-ba-na šu gub-bu-de3

18. 18

    ze2-ba kal-la-ĝu10 ud mu-un-di-ni-ib-zal-e

19. 19

    šu ba-am3-mu-u8 nin9-ĝu10 šu ba-am3-mu-u8

    Let me go, my sister! Let me go! Come, my beloved sister, let me go to the palace to our house !

20. 20

    ĝen nin9 ki aĝ2-ĝu10 e2-gal-la e2-me-še3 ga-ĝen

21. 21

    igi ad-da-ĝa2 dumu tur ḫe2-me-en

    To my paternal eye you are still a small child. May Bau know you as a man. I'll let you go!

22. 22

    {d}ba-u2 lu2 ḫa-ba-zu šu ba-e-re-ši-bar-re

23. 23

    bal-bal-e {d}inana-⌈kam⌉

    A balbale of Inana.

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