Gilgamesh the tall, magnificent and terrible, Suckling of the august Wild Cow, the goddess Ninsun! Wild bull of Lugalbanda, Gilgamesh, the perfect in strength, Going at the rear, one his comrades could trust!Ī violent flood-wave, smashing a stone wall! Surpassing all other kings, heroic in stature,īrave scion of Uruk, wild bull on the rampage! The travels of Gilgamesh, all that he went through. up the tablet of lapis lazuli and read out city, [a square mile [date-grove, a square mile isĬlay-pit, half a quarter mile the temple of Ishtar: Survey its foundations, examine the brickwork!ĭid the Seven Sages not lay its foundation? He built the rampart of Uruk-the-Sheepfold,ĭraw near to Eanna, seat of Ishtar the goddess,Ĭlimb Uruk’s wall and walk back and forth! He came a far road, was weary, found peace,Īnd set all his labors on a tablet of stone. © 1992 Ludmila Zeman, published by Tundra Books of Northern New York. Gilgamesh riding in chariot, from the book Gilgamesh the King, by Ludmila Zeman.
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