A šir-gida to Ninisina (Ninisina A)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 4 - Hymns and cult songs · 136 sections

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šag4-ba e-ne ZI2-bi mu-da-an-nu2 ki-nu2 mu-ni-ib-dug3-ge
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id2-ĝu10 {id2}kir11-sig ḫe2-ĝal2 gu7-e gig-še3 ba-!-la2
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šag4-ba a zal-le ma-ra-il2-il2
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gu2-gu2-bi lal3 ĝeštin ba-an-mu2 maš2-bi ma-sud-e
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kur gal {d}en-lil2-le šag4-ga-ni um-ma-an-ḫu-luḫ-ḫa-ta
The heart of the Great Mountain Enlil became fearsome: he frowned at the enemy land, and cursed the rebel land. My father Enlil despatched me to the rebel land, the enemy land that he had frowned at -- me, the young woman, me, the strong heroine -- I went there. I made the shepherd of the rebel land there grasp Enlil's words well in his ears. He became frightened at me and became silent (?) in my presence. Then he was consigned to oblivion. Now no one knows him there in the destroyed city, no one finds the shepherd there in his pastures. After I had destroyed it like water, drowned it like the harvest, after I had grabbed him as a threshing sledge grabs barley, after I had set him ablaze like esparto grass, I struck him with the mace and killed him. I announced the news to my father Enlil in Nibru.
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kur-da saĝ-ki um-ma-da-an-gid2
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ki-bal-da nam im-ma-da-an-kud
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ki-bal kur saĝ-ki gid2-da-ni-še3
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a-a-ĝu10 {d}en-lil2-le im-ma-ši-in-gi4-gi4
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munus šul-me-en ur-saĝ kalag-ga-me-en ĝe26-e-me-en im-ši-du-un
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sipad ki-bal-ba ĝeštug2-ga-na im-ma-ni-ib-dab5-be2
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ka u3-mu-da-an-tar ka u3-mu-da-an-sig9
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e-ne-ra ĝeštug2-ga u3-mu-na-ni-in-u18-lu
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iri-ba ḫul-a-ba lu2 nu-mu-un-ši-zu-zu
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sipad-bi u2-gu7-a-na lu2 nu-mu-ši-pad3-de3
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a-gin7 u3-mu-dab5-dab5 buru14-gin7 u3-[mu-su3]-⌈su3⌉
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še-gin7 ĝiš-ba9-ra2 šu um-ma-ni-⌈ti⌉
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izi-gin7 {u2}numun2-bur-gin7 e-ne um-ma-an-la2
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{ĝiš}tukul sag3-ge saĝ ĝiš ra-ra-ĝu10
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a-a-ĝu10 {d}en-lil2-ra nibru{ki}-še3 ka ga-mu-na-ab-de6
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nin me ḫuš-a dur2 ĝar-ra-me-en
I am the lady who sits upon terrifying divine powers! I am she who is endowed from holy heaven with the office of incantation priestess! I am she who withdraws the first fruits from the palace, I am she who has received the divine powers from the most elevated dais. I am mighty, I am the forceful one of An and Uraš, I am the great lady of the gods! My terror is fearsome as it weighs on the Land; my terrifying splendour burdens all the foreign lands. No man anticipates my commands. I am the lady, I am heroic, I am youthful, I am the powerful one of the Land! The heavens fold themselves in my presence like a mourning garment; the earth is more and more submerged as if by the water of a flood when I am present. I am the neck-stock of the Land which grips mankind. I am she who hastens like a north wind storm into the midst of the people! I am she who hears prayer and pleading! Praise be to holy Ninisina.
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an kug-ta nam-išib šum2-ma-me-en
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e2-gal-ta niĝ2-saĝ zig3-ga-me-en
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barag maḫ-ta me šu ti-a-me-en
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peš10-ĝal2 gaba-ĝal2 an uraš-a-me-en
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nin gal diĝir-re-e-ne-me-en
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ni2-ĝu10 ḫuš-am3 kalam-ma mu-un-ri
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su zig3-ĝu10 kur-kur-ra ši-im-ri
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a2 aĝ2-ĝa2-ĝu10 lu2 nu-mu-un-ši-zu-zu
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munus-me-en ur-saĝ-me-en šul-la-me-en a2-ĝal2 kalam-ma-me-en
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an mu-dur7-!-gin7 mu-da-gam-e-en
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ki-a a-ĝi6-gin7 mu-da-šub-šub
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{ĝiš}rab3 kalam-ma uĝ3 šu ri-ri-me-en
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mir-gin7 du uĝ3-še3 šag4 ḫuĝ-e
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šudu3 a-ra-zu ĝiš tuku-me-en kug {d}nin-isin2si-na za3-mi2
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šir3-gid2-da {d}nin-isin2si-na-kam
A šir-gida of Ninisina.

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