Source: Black, J.A., Cunningham, G., Robson, E., and Zólyomi, G.,
(Texts: All Artifacts, Color Coding, & Writings in Bold Type With Italics Inside Parenthesis, are Added by Editor R. Brown, not the Authors, Translators, or Publishers!)
(gods in blue)
1-5 She can make the lament for you, my Dumuzid (Dumuzi), the lament for you,
the lament, the lamentation, reach the desert she can make it reach the house Arali;
she can make it reach Bad-tibira (Dumuzi‘s patron city); she can make it reach Dul-cuba;
(Kish King Etana ascends to heaven / planet Nibiru by eagle / pilot, & Dumuzi the Shepherd)
she can make it reach the shepherding country, the sheepfold of Dumuzid …….
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26 …… she broods on it:
27-30 “O Dumuzid of the fair-spoken mouth, of the ever kind eyes,” she sobs tearfully,
“O you of the fair-spoken mouth, of the ever kind eyes,” she sobs tearfully.
“Lad, husband, lord, sweet as the date, ……
O Dumuzid!” she sobs, she sobs tearfully.
31-36 Holy Inanna ……
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The goddess …….
(maiden Inanna, powerful granddaughter to Enlil, the Earth Colony Commander)
The maiden Inanna …….
She was pacing to and fro in the chamber of her mother who bore her,
in prayer and supplication, while they stood in attendance on her respectfully:
37-40 “O my mother …… with your permission let me go to the sheepfold!
(Ningal, Nannar‘s brown-eyed spouse, mother to Inanna & Utu)
O my mother Ningal (Nannar‘s spouse, Inanna‘s mother)…… with your permission let me go to the sheepfold!
My father has shone forth for me in lordly fashion ……
(Ninsun, her mixed-breed son-king Shulgi, Inanna as Shulgi’s spouse, & Nannar, father to Inanna)
Suen (Nannar / Sin) has shone forth for me in lordly fashion …….”
41-45 Like a child sent on an errand by its own mother, she went out from the chamber;
(Inanna presents her new lover to mother Ningal)
like one sent on an errand by mother Ningal, she went out from the chamber.
Full knowledgeable my lady was, and also she was full apt,
full knowledgeable holy Inanna was, and also she was full apt.
Beer stored in remote days, in long past days …….
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65-70 …… from the sheepfold.
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…… to the house of old woman Bilulu (source, erroneously: Belili).
(Dumuzi the Shepherd bound by hand & ankle cuffs)
There the shepherd, head beaten in, ……, Dumuzid, head beaten in, ……;
Ama-ucumgal-ana (Dumuzi), head beaten in, …….
71-73 “The sheep of my master, of Dumuzid, in the desert …….
O Inanna, a man who was not the shepherd was returning beside my master’s sheep!”
74-75 The lady created a song for her young husband, fashioned a song for him,
holy Inanna created a song for Dumuzid, fashioned a song for him:
76-80 “O you who lie at rest, shepherd, who lie at rest, you stood guard over them!
Dumuzid, you who lie at rest, you stood guard over them!
(giant alien goddess mourns Dumuzi‘s death)
Ama-ucumgal-ana, you who lie at rest, you stood guard over them!
Rising with the sun you stood guard over my sheep (?),
lying down by night only, you stood guard over my sheep (?)!”
81-89 Then the son of old woman Bilulu, matriarch and her own mistress, —
Jirjire (unidentified), a man on his own, fit for the fields and a knowledgeable man —
was filling pen and fold with his captured cattle, and was stacking his stacks and piles of grain.
He left scattered in the fields his victims struck down with the mace.
Sirru (unidentified) of Edin-lila, no one’s child and no one’s friend, sat before him and held converse with him.
90-97 That day what was in the lady’s heart?
(Inanna in battle dress, her 8-pointed star symbol of Venus, standing upon her zodiac symbol Leo)
What was in holy Inanna‘s heart?
To kill old woman Bilulu was in her heart!
To make good the resting place for her beloved young husband, for Dumuzid–ama-ucumgal-ana — that was in her heart!
My lady went to Bilulu in Edin-lila.
Her son Jirjire like the wind there did ……
Sirru of Edin-lila, no one’s child and no one’s friend, …….
(Inanna in battle dress, possessing high-tech alien weaponry)
98-110 Holy Inanna entered the alehouse, stepped into a seat, began to determine fate:
“Begone! I have killed you; so it is indeed, and with you I destroy also your name:
May you become the water skin for cold water that is used in the desert!
May her son Jirjire together with her become the protective god of the desert and the protective goddess of the desert!
May Sirru of Edin-lila, no one’s child and no one’s friend, walk in the desert and keep count of the flour,
and when water is libated and flour sprinkled for the lad wandering in the desert,
let the protective god of the desert and the protective goddess of the desert call out: “Libate!”, call out: “Sprinkle!”,
and thereby cause him to be present in the place from which he vanished, in the desert!
Let old woman Bilulu gladden his heart!”
111-124 And immediately, under the sun of that day, it truly became so.
She became the water skin for cold water that is used in the desert.
Her son Jirjire together with her became the protective god of the desert and the protective goddess of the desert.
Sirru of Edin-lila, no one’s child and no one’s friend, walks in the desert and keeps count of the flour,
and when water is libated and flour sprinkled for the lad wandering in the desert,
the protective god of the desert and the protective goddess of the desert call out: “Libate!”, call out: “Sprinkle!”,
and thereby cause him to be present in the place from which he vanished, in the desert.
Old woman Bilulu gladdens his heart.
(Inanna; Dumuzi & Goddess of Love Inanna)
Inanna put out her hand to the lad on the ground,
put out her hand to Dumuzid on the ground, his death-bound hands ……
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137-148 The francolin …… to the …… of its …….
The francolin …… to the birthplace of Dumuzid.
Like a pigeon on its window ledge it took counsel with itself; the francolin in its shelter took counsel.
Only his mother Durtur (Ninsun) can gladden my master!
(Ninsun, mother to gods & goddesses, mixed-breed son-kings, & mixed-breed high-priestesses)
Only his mother Durtur (Ninsun) can gladden Dumuzid!
My goddess, born in Kuara, the maiden who is the crown of all ……,
the admiration and acclaim of the black-headed (Anunnaki term for earthlings) people,
the playful one who also voices laments and the cries, who intercedes before the king –
(Geshtinanna, singer of songs, scribe, daughter to Ninsun, sister to Dumuzi)
Jectin-ana (Geshtinanna,) the lady, did …….
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150-154 The maiden …… the admiration.
Jectin-ana …….
The sacred one, Inanna …… in her hand.
…… together.
…… replied:
155-161 “Let me utter the lament for you, the lament for you, the lament!
Brother, let me utter the lament for you, the lament! …… let me utter the lament for you, the lament!
Let me utter the lament for you, the lament in the house Arali!
Let me utter the lament for you, the lament in Dul-cuba!
Let me utter the lament for you, the lament in Bad-tibira!
Let me utter the lament for you, the lament in the shepherding country!”
162-165 How truly the goddess proved the equal of her betrothed,
how truly holy Inanna proved the equal of the shepherd Dumuzid!
It was granted to Inanna to make good his resting place, it was granted to the goddess to avenge him!
166-173 “Let me utter the lament for you, the lament for you, the lament!
Let me utter the lament for you, the lament for you, the lament!
In the birthplace let me utter the lament for you, the lament!
In the desert, O Dumuzid, let me utter the lament for you, the lament!
In the house Arali let me utter the lament for you, the lament!
In Dul-cuba let me utter the lament for you, the lament!
In Bad-tibira let me utter the lament for you, the lament!
In the shepherding country let me utter the lament for you, the lament!”
174-176 How truly she proved the equal of Dumuzid, avenging him;
(semi-divine king, & Inanna, Goddess of Love & War)