CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
LATUM SHIL GILGAMESH
EPIC OF GILGAMESH
Tablet 2:701
Tablet 2:741
701 He did not fall in a fight among males, the Earth seized him.
702 Then the son of Ninsun went and wept for his servant Enkidu.
703 He went off on his own to Ekur, Enlil's temple.
704 Father Enlil, today the pukku and the mekku fell into the Earth.
705 The croucher, Ukur the merciless, did not seize him.
706 Father Enlil answered him not a word, so he went off alone to Sin's temple.
707 Father Sin, today the pukku and mekku fell into Earth.
708 The Earth seized Enkidu, who went down to bring them up.
709 Namtar did not seize him, nor did Asakku seize him: the Earth seized him.
710 The croucher, Ukur the merciless, did not seize him, the Earth seized him.
711 He did not fall in a fight among males, the Earth seized him.
712 Father Sin answered him not a word, so he went off alone to Enqi's temple.
713 Father Enqi, today the pukku and mekku fell into Earth.
714 The Earth seized Enkidu, who went down to bring them up.
715 Namtar did not seize him, nor did Asakku seize him: the Earth seized him.
716 The croucher, Ukur the merciless, did not seize him, the Earth seized him.
717 He did not fall in a fight among males the Earth seized him.
718 Father Enqi answered him,
719 He spoke to the warrior Ukur,
720 Warlike young man Ukur.
721 You must open up a hole in the Earth now,
722 So that the spirit of Enkidu came out of the Earth like a gust of wind.
723 They hugged and kissed, they discussed, they agonized. Tell me, my friend,
724 Tell me Earth's conditions that you found! I can't tell thou, my friend, I can't tell thou.
725 If I tell you Earth's conditions that I found, you must sit and weep.
726 Your wife whom you touched and you heart was glad,
727 Ermin eat like and old garment.
728 Your son whom you touched, and your heart was glad, sits in a crevice full of dust.
729 Woe she said, and grovelled in the dust. Woe he said, and grovelled in the dust.
730 I saw the father of one whom you once saw, he weeps bitterly over it.
731 I saw the father of two whom you once saw,
732 He eats bread sitting on two bricks. I saw the father of three whom you once saw,
733 He drinks water from a waterskin. I saw the father of four whom you once saw his heart glad with a team of four.
734 I saw the father of five whom you once saw like a first-rate scribe he is open-handed,
735 Enters the palace as a matter of course, like a fine emblem,
736 I saw him, whom you saw die a sudden death, he lies in bed and drinks pure water.
737 I saw the father of six whom you once saw,
738 I saw him, whom you saw killed in battle, his father and mother honor him and his wife weeps over him.
739 I saw him, whose corpse you saw abandoned in the open country,
740 His ghost does not sleep in the Earth.
741 I saw him whom you saw, whose ghost has nobody to supply it. He feeds on dregs from dishes, and bits of bread that lie abandoned in the streets.
This Is How It Was Recorded
And This Is How It Will Be
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