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Sumerian poems and lamentations – 10 As I was Strolling
Identifier
022190
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From A Balbale to Inana and Dumuzid (Dumuzid-Inana D)
As I was strolling, as I was strolling,
as I was strolling ...... the house,
as I was strolling, he caught sight of my Inana.
"What did the brother say to you and speak to you?
He of the loving heart and most sweet charms
offered you a gift, my holy Inana.
As I looked in that direction,
my beloved man met you,
and he fell in love with you,
and he delighted in you alone!
The brother brought you into his house
and had you lie down on a bed dripping with honey."
When my sweet precious, my heart, had lain down too,
each of them in turn kissing with the tongue,
each in turn, then my brother of the beautiful eyes
did it fifty times to her, exhaustedly waiting for her,
as she trembled underneath him, dumbly silent for him.
My dear precious passed the time
with my brother laying his hands on her hips.