My elder brother, the king of all the lands, gathered up all the divine powers and placed them in my hand.
Enki, the king of the Abzu, rejoicing in great splendour, justly praises himself: "My father, the king of heaven and earth, made me famous in heaven and earth. If you go forth to the parched areas of the Land, 2 lines missing or unclearĦ1-80. If you go forth to the cultivated fields, to the good germinating fields, stockpiles and stacks can be accumulated on the high plain. When Nudimmud goes forth to the good pregnant ewes, good lambs will be born when he goes forth to the fecund cows, good calves will be born whe he goes forth to the good pregnant goats, good kids will be born. When Father Enki goes forth to the inseminated people, good seed will come forth. , you make the people safe in their dwellings. You make the people dwell in their dwelling places. , and make the months enter their houses. Enki, lord of prosperity, lord of wisdom, lord, the beloved of An, the ornament of Eridug, who establish commands and decisions, who well understands the decreeing of fates: you close up the days. Enlil, the Great Mountain, has commissioned you to gladden the hearts of lords and rulers and wish them well. Your word bestows loveliness on the young woman's head, so that the people in their settled cities gaze at her in wonder. Your word fills the young man's heart with vigour, so that like a thick-horned bull he butts about in the courtyard. Their products would do honour to the late lunches in the gods' great dining hall.ģ2-37. The shepherd sweetly sings his rustic song, the cowherd spends the day rocking his churns. there is oil, there is milk, produced by the sheepfold and cow-pen. You have only to open your mouth for everything to multiply and for plenty to be established. Counting the days and putting the months in their houses, so as to complete the years and to submit the completed years to the assembly for a decision, taking decisions to regularise the days: Father Enki, you are the king of the assembled people. unvisited by man, you have fixed your gaze on the heart of the Land as on split reeds.ġ7-31. , in hollows in the heart of the hills, in green. Enki, from whom a single glance is enough to unsettle the heart of the mountains wherever bison are born, where stags are born, where ibex are born, where wild goats are born, in meadows. Grandiloquent lord of heaven and earth, self-reliant, Father Enki, engendered by a bull, begotten by a wild bull, cherished by Enlil, the Great Mountain, beloved by holy An, king, mec tree planted in the Abzu, rising over all lands great dragon who stands in Eridug, whose shadow covers heaven and earth, a grove of vines extending over the Land, Enki, lord of plenty of the Anuna gods, Nudimmud, mighty one of the E-kur, strong one of heaven and earth! Your great house is founded in the Abzu, the great mooring-post of heaven and earth. The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature ETCSL translation : t.1.1.3ġ-16.