CUSAS 10, 8
CDLI No. P251898
Transliteration
Hover or tap a word for its lemma and meaning.
| Obv. | |
| 1 | ma-ar-ti a-la-ni |
| 2 | li-bi i-ṣí-ik |
| 3 | ṣí-ḫa-at a-li-tim it-ba-al |
| 4 | ka-ab-ta-ti |
| 5 | i-ša-al-li li-ba-am mu-ḫa-ti-tam |
| 6 | da-du-ša ra-mu mu-ḫa-ti-tu |
| 7 | ki-ma di-iš-pi-im ṭa-ba-at |
| 8 | a-na ap!-pi-í-im |
| 9 | ki-ma ka-ra-nim eš-še20-et |
| 10 | in-bi-<ša?> ka-ab-ta-tu |
| 11 | ki-ma ba-la-ṭì-im sí-qí-ir šu-mi-ša |
| 12 | la še20-bu |
| 13 | [r]e?-qé-et-ma ṣí-ḫa-as-sà mu-na-mi-ša-at |
| 14 | [ra-š]i ra-i-im-tim na-ṭi-il šu-⌈na⌉-tim |
| 15 | [ḫe-pi?]-ma li-bi sà-ab-sà-at ka-ab-ta-tum |
| 16 | [šum-ma?]-an iš-ku-un dIš8-tár ši-ip-ra-am ⌈an-ni⌉-a-am |
| 17 | [i-ma-t]im? a-a in-<na>-am-ru ra-i-mu |
| 18 | [li-i]b-bi!(Text: ŠE)-ma i-li-iṣ i-wi-ir ka-ab-ta-ti |
| 19 | [x x]-ma ki-na-tum ḫar-du ù a-ri-ru |
| 20 | [a-ri-g]i-im ši-nu-nu-tim i-ge-el-ta-am |
| 21 | [i-n]a ur-ši-ma-ag-ru-ur i-na ma-a-a-/li-im |
| Rev. | |
| 22 | it-tu-ra-am i-ri-[mu-um] |
| 23 | ṣe-ri-iš ka-ab-[ta-ti-ia] |
Translation
Obv.
1–3 Daughter of an exile – my heart rejoiced; (she) took away the laugh of (my) mother.
4–5 My mood plunged into the infesting heart –
6 her lovemaking is an infesting love.
7 She is sweet as honey,
8–9 She is fresh like wine to the nose.
10 (My) mood is (fixed on her) fruits.
11–12 As life, mentioning her name is insatiable,
13 Though she is distant, her merriment sets in motion.
14 [One who has] a loved-one chases (lit. sees) a dream:
15 my heart [is broken], my mood is agitated!
16–17 [Had] Ištar schemed this affair, lovers could not [ever] be seen!
18 My he[art] rejoiced! My mood became cheerful!
19 ... is the truth. Restless and constantly trembling:
20–21 I (Text: he) awoke to the noise of swallows, writhed in (my) bedroom on the bed:
Rev.
22–23 The lov[e-charm] returned into m[y hear]t!
Commentary
For commentary, see Wasserman 2016, 87–89.
Michael P. Streck and Nathan Wasserman, Sources of Early Akkadian Literature (SEAL), seal.huji.ac.il. No commercial use is allowed. Published under CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives). Reproduced unmodified. Cite as SEAL no. 1618; view on seal.huji.ac.il.