in memory of menth, rip in piße
Here are the first 40 lines of the Epic of Gilgamesh, (English and Sumerian):
1 gilgameš ana šâšumma izakkara ana ūta-napištim rūqi	1 Gilgamesh spoke to him, to Ūta-napišti the Far-Away:
2 anaṭṭalakkumma ūta-napišti|
3 minâtūka ul šanâ kī yâtimma atta
4 u atta ul šanâta kī yâtimma atta	2 "As I look at you, Ūta-napišti,
3 Your form is no different, you are just like me,
4 You are not different at all, you are just like me.
5 gummurka libbī ana epēš tuqunti
6 [x]x ahī nadât elu ṣērīka
7 [att]a kīkī tazziz ina puhur ilāni balāṭa teš'u	5 I was fully intent on doing battle with you,
6 [but] in your presence my hand is stayed.
7 How was it that you attended the gods' assembly, and found eternal life?"
8 ūta-napišti ana šâšumma izakkara ana gilgameš	8 Ūta-napišti spoke to him, to Gilgamesh:
9 lupteka gilgameš amāt niṣirti
10 u pirišti ša ilāni kâša luqbika	9 "I will disclose to you, Gilgamesh, a secret matter,
10 and I will tell you a mystery of the gods.
11 šurippak ālu ša tīdûšu atta
12 ā[lu ša ina kišā]d puratti šaknu
13 [āl]u šū labirma ilāni qerbuššu
14 [an]a šakān abūbi ubla libbašunu ilāni rabûti	11 "The city of Shuruppak — a city you yourself know,
12 the [city that] is situated on the [banks] of the Euphrates —
13 that city was old and the gods were inside it,
14 (when) the great gods decided to cause the Deluge.
15 [it]māma abūšunu anum
16 mālikšunu qurādu enlil
17 [g]uzallâšunu ninurta
18 gugallâšunu ennugi	15 "Their father Anu took the oath,
16 (as did) their counsellor, the hero Enlil,
17 their chamberlain, Ninurta,
18 their inspector of waterways, Ennugi
19 ninšiku ea ittišunu tamīma
20 amāssunu ušannâ ana kikkišu	19 "Prince Ea was likewise under oath with them,
20 (but) repeated their words to a reed fence:
21 kikkiš igār kikkiš igār
22 kikkišu šemēma igāru hissas
23 šuruppakû mār ubara-tutu
24 uqur bīta bini eleppa	21 "'Reed fence, brick wall! Reed fence, brick wall!
22 Listen, O reed fence! Pay heed, O brick wall!
23 O man of Shuruppak, son of Ubara-tutu,
24 demolish the house, build a boat!
25 muššir mešrâmma še'i napšāti
26 [m]akkūru zērma napišta bulliṭ
27 šūlima zēr napšāti kalāma ana libbi eleppi	25 "'Abandon riches and seek survival!
26 Spurn property and save life!
27 Put on board the boat the seed of all living creatures!
28 eleppu ša tabannûši atta
29 lū mindudā minâtūša
30 [l]ū mithur rupussa u mūrakša
31 [k]īma apsî šâši ṣullilši	28 "'The boat that you are going to build,
29 her dimensions should all be matching:
30 her breadth and length should be the same,
31 cover her with a roof, like the Apsû'.
32 [a]nāku īdēma azakkara ana ea bēlīya
33 [amg]ur bēlī ša taqbâ atta kī'am
34 [at]ta'id anāku eppuš
35 [kīm]i lūpul āla ummānu u šībūtu	32 "I understood and spoke to Ea my master:
33 'I hereby concur, my lord, with what you told me thus.
34 [I] have paid attention; I shall do it.
35 (But) how should I answer the city, the crowd and elders?'
36 ea pâšu īpušamma iqabbi
37 izakkara ana ardīšu yâtu	36 "Ea opened his mouth to speak,
37 saying to me, his servant:
38 u atta kī'am taqabbâššunūti
39 [mi]ndēma yâši Enlil izērannima
40 [u]l uššab ina ālī[ku]numa
41 [ina] qaqqar enlil ul ašakkan[a šēp]īyāma
42 [urr]adma ana apsî itti ea [b]ēliya ašbāku	38 'Then also you will say to them as follows:
39 'For sure the god Enlil has conceived a hatred of me!
40 I cannot dwell in your city!

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