He lifted up his eyes,

He sees the man.

He spoke to the woman:

"O woman, call the man.

Why has he come to me?

His name I will destroy."

The woman called to the man

Who approaches him, and he beholds him.

"Away! Why dost thou roam?

Evil is the course of thy activity."

Then he opened his mouth and

Spoke to Enkidu:

"To have a family home

Is the destiny of men, and

The prerogative of the nobles.

For the city load the workbaskets!

Food supply for the city lay to one side!

For the King of Erech of the plazas,

Let the marriage be arranged, let the wedding be held!

For Gish, the King of Erech of the plazas,

Let the marriage be arranged,

Let the wedding be held!

With the lawful wife one should dwell.

So it was before,

And so it will be in the future.

By the decree pronounced by God,

From the cutting of his umbilical cord

(Such) is his fate."

At the speech of the hero

His face grew pale.