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Plain text of A Song of Inana and Dumuzid (Dumuzid-Inana I)

1-6 "If it were not for our mother, he would be chasing me along the dark paths of the desert! If it were not for our mother, this young man would be chasing me along the dark paths of the desert! If it were not for my mother, he would be chasing me along the dark paths of the desert! If it were not for my father, he would be chasing me along the dark paths of the desert! If it were not for my brother Utu, he would be chasing me along the dark paths of the desert!

7-22 "Young woman, don't provoke a quarrel! Inana, let us talk it over! Inana, don't provoke a quarrel! Let us discuss it together! My father is just as good as your father; Inana, let us talk it over! My mother is just as good as your mother; let us discuss it together! Jectin-ana is just as good as ......; Inana, let us talk it over! I am just as good as Utu; let us discuss it together!"

23-24 The words they speak are words towards desire; provoking a quarrel is the desire of his heart!

25-30 He of the jewels, he of the jewels is indeed ploughing with the jewels! Ama-ucumgal-ana, he of the jewels, is indeed ploughing with the jewels! He lays down like seeds the little jewels among his jewels. He piles up like grain piles the large jewels among his jewels. He will carry them to the roof for his ...... who is leaning towards him from the roof; he will carry them to the wall for Inana who is leaning towards him from the wall.

31-35 ...... calls out to Ama-ucumgal-ana: "Ploughing with the jewels, ploughing with the jewels, for whom is he ploughing? Ama-ucumgal-ana, ploughing with the jewels, for whom is he ploughing? May the little jewels among his jewels be on our throat! May the large jewels among his jewels be on our breast!

36-40 Ama-ucumgal-ana answers the mistress: "It is for the mistress, it is for my spouse the mistress -- I am ploughing with them for her! For Inana -- I am ploughing with them for her!" He of the jewels, he of the jewels will indeed plough with the jewels! Ama-ucumgal-ana, he of the jewels, will indeed plough with the jewels!

41-45 "Ploughing with the jewels, ploughing with the jewels, for whom is he ploughing? Ama-ucumgal-ana, ploughing with the jewels, for whom is he ploughing? The beard of the one whom God will create for me, the one whom He will create for me, is of lapis-lazuli, the beard of the ...... whom God will create for me is lapis-lazuli, the beard of the ...... is of lapis-lazuli, his beard is of lapis-lazuli."

46 A song of Inana.