1-16 Grandiloquent Lord of heaven and earth, self-reliant, Lord of the Deep, rising over all lands; Lord of plenty, Mighty One of the sanctuary, strong One of heaven and earth! Your great house is founded in the Deep, the great mooring-post of heaven and earth. You, 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, in hollows in the heart of the hills, in green places unvisited by man, You have fixed Your gaze on the heart of the Land like a halhal reed.

17-31 Counting the days and putting the months in their houses, so as to complete the years and to submit the completed years for a decision, taking decisions to regularise the days: Lord, You are the King of the assembled people. You have only to open Your mouth for everything to multiply and for plenty to be established. Your branches are green with their fruit. Its forests are like a fleecy garment. Good sheep and good lambs do honour to You. When the fields are prepared, they will accumulate stockpiles and stacks. There is oil, there is milk, produced by the sheepfold and cow-pen. The shepherd sweetly sings his rustic song, the cowherd spends the day rocking his churns. Their products would do honour to the late lunches in the great dining hall.

32-37 Your word fills the young man's heart with vigour, so that like a thick-horned bull he butts about in the courtyard. Your word bestows loveliness on the young woman's head, so that the people in their settled cities gaze at her in wonder.

38-47 You have commissioned lords and rulers to gladden hearts and wish people well. Lord of prosperity, Lord of wisdom, ornament of Eridug, You who establish commands and decisions, who well understand the decreeing of fates: You close up the days and make the months enter their houses. You make the people dwell in their dwelling places, You make them follow their herdsman.

50-51 You turn weapons away from their houses, You make the people safe in their dwellings.

52-60 When the Lord goes forth to the inseminated people, good seed will come forth. When He 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; when He goes forth to the good pregnant goats, good kids will be born. If You go forth to the cultivated fields, to the good germinating fields, stockpiles and stacks can be accumulated on the high plain. If You go forth to the parched areas of the Land, plenty will come forth there.

61-80 God, the King of the Deep, in His majesty declares: "I made the arts and crafts known in the land and brought them to My Deep in Eridug. I am a great storm rising over the great earth, I am the great Lord of the Land. I am the principal over all rulers, the Lord of all the foreign lands. I bring prosperity to perfection. I am the keeper of the seal of heaven and earth. Wisdom and understanding of all the foreign lands come from Me. I oversee justice. I decree good destinies. The decreeing of fates in the place where the sun rises is in My hand."

81-83 After the Lord had proclaimed His greatness, the angels stood there in prayer and supplication:

84-85 "Praise be to the much-praised Lord who controls all the arts and crafts, who takes decisions!"

86-88 God, the King of the Deep, again declares in His majesty: "I am the Lord, I am One whose word is reliable, I am One who excels in everything.

89-99 "At My command, sheepfolds have been built, cow-pens have been fenced off. When I decree for heaven, a rain of abundance rains from heaven. When I decree for earth, there is a high flood of carp. When I decree for the green meadows, at My word stockpiles and stacks are accumulated. A shrine has been built in a pure place for My worship and named with a good name. A shrine has been built for My Deep, and a good fate decreed for it. The shade of the house extends over the pool. By the house the suhur carp dart among the honey plants, and the ectub carp wave their tails among the small gizi reeds. The small birds chirp in their nests.

100-122 "The priests and officials stand before Me, praising Me. The officiants organise the rites. They purify the river for Me, they purify the interior of the shrine. In My Deep, sacred songs and prayers resound. The ship of the Deep transports My bounty most delightfully. It glides swiftly through the great marshes to wherever I have decided, it is obedient to My command. The stroke-callers make the oars pull in perfect unison. They sing pleasant songs, creating a cheerful mood on the river. The captain of the ship holds the golden sceptre. I am the Lord who determines the fates."

123-130 "Let the lands of Meluha, Magan and Dilmun look upon My command. Let the Dilmun boats be loaded with timber. Let the Magan boats be loaded sky-high. Let the magilum boats of Meluha transport gold and silver and bring them to Nibru, to the sanctuary of the Lord of all the lands."

131-133 He presented animals to those who have no city, to those who have no houses, to the Martu nomads.

134-139 The angels address affectionately the Lord of the Land: "Lord who controls the great powers, the pure powers, the numberless powers, foremost in all the breadth of heaven and earth; who gave the supreme powers in Eridug, the holy place, the most esteemed place, Lord of heaven and earth -- praise!"

140-161 All the lords and rulers, the priests of Eridug and the linen-clad priests of Sumer perform the purification rites of the Deep, and in the holy place, the most esteemed place, they stand in prayer. They bring there the tall juniper, the pure plant. They organise the holy songs in the great music room. Skilfully they build the main staircase of Eridug on the Good Quay. They prepare the sacred shrine, where they utter endless prayers.

162-165 The suhurmac carp dart among the honey plants, and the ectub carp wave their tails among the small gizi reeds.

166-181 The great Ruler of the Deep issues His commands, the great emblem erected in the Deep, providing protection, its shade extending over the whole land and refreshing the people, the principal foundation, rising high over all the foreign lands.

182-187 The boatman of the barge ... the boat for the lord. The captain of the barge holds the holy sceptre. The angels of the subterranean waters speak affectionately. The stroke-callers, like heavenly birds, call out.

188-191 Prosperity was made to burgeon in heaven and on earth for the land. God decreed its fate:

192-209 "Sumer, Great Mountain, land of heaven and earth, trailing glory, bestowing powers on the people from sunrise to sunset: your powers are superior powers, and your heart is complex and inscrutable. Giving birth to kings who put on the good diadem, giving birth to lords who wear the crown on their heads -- may your sheepfolds be built and your cattle multiply, may your temples of prayer touch the skies. May your good houses reach up to heaven. May justice be decreed in your midst."

210-211 Then He proceeded to the sanctuary of Urim. God decreed its fate:

212-218 "City which possesses all that is fitting, bathed by water! Sturdy bull, altar of abundance that strides across the mountains, rising like the hills, forest of hacur cypresses with broad shade! May your perfect powers be well-directed. Your name is great in heaven and on earth. City whose fate God has decreed, sanctuary of Urim, you shall rise high to heaven!"

219-220 Then He proceeded to the land of Meluha. God decreed its fate:

221-237 "Black land, may your trees be great trees, may your forests be forests of highland mes trees! Chairs made from them will grace royal palaces! May your reeds be great reeds! May your bulls be great bulls, may they be bulls of the mountains! May their bellowing be the bellowing of wild bulls of the mountains! May the francolins of the mountains wear cornelian beards! May your birds all be peacocks! May their cries grace royal palaces! May all your silver be gold! May all your copper be tin-bronze! Land, may all you possess be plentiful!"

238-247 He cleansed and purified the land of Dilmun. He placed Ninsikila in charge of it. He gave fish spawn, bestowed palms on the cultivated land, and its dates were eaten. The king, endowed with strength by God, destroyed the houses of Elam and Marhaci and demolished their walls. He brought their silver and lapis-lazuli, their treasure, to Nibru, to the sanctuary of the Lord of all the lands.

248-249 God presented animals to those who have no city, who have no houses, to the Martu nomads.

250-266 After He had turned His gaze from there, He filled the Tigris with flowing water. The Tigris rejoiced in its heart like a great wild bull. It brought water, flowing water indeed: its wine will be sweet. It brought barley, mottled barley indeed: the people will eat it. It filled the house of the Lord with all sorts of things, and Nibru was glad. The ruler put on the diadem as a sign of lordship, he put on the good crown as a sign of kingship. Plenty came forth out of the earth for him.

267-273 God, the Lord of the destinies, the King of the Deep, placed in charge of all this the one who holds a sceptre in his right hand, who with glorious mouth submits to verification the devouring force of Tigris and Euphrates, while prosperity pours forth from the palace like oil -- Enbilulu, the inspector of waterways, a servant of God.

274-277 He called the marshes and gave them the various species of carp, He spoke to the reedbeds and bestowed on them the old and new growths of reeds.

278-284 God placed in charge of all this him from whose net no fish escapes, him from whose trap no living thing escapes, him from whose bird-net no bird escapes, who loves fish.

285-298 God established a shrine, a holy shrine, whose interior is elaborately constructed. He established a shrine in the sea, a holy shrine, whose interior is elaborately constructed. The shrine, whose interior is a tangled thread, is beyond understanding. The shrine's emplacement is situated by the constellation the Field, the holy upper shrine's emplacement faces towards the Chariot constellation. Its awesomeness is a rising wave, its splendour is fearsome. The angels stand by with prayers and supplications. They set up a great altar of devotion for God in the house of the Deep.

299-308 He filled the house with goods of all sorts, and Nibru was glad. God placed in charge of all this, over the wide extent of the sea, her who sets sail, who rules over the enormous high flood of the subterranean waters, the terrifying waves, the inundation of the sea -- Nance, a servant of God.

309-317 He called to the rain of the heavens. He made the clouds float. He made them rise at the horizon. He turned the mounds into fields. God placed in charge of all this the one who rides on the great storms, who attacks with lightning bolts, the canal inspector of heaven and earth -- Ickur, the bringer of plenty, a servant of God.

318-325 He organised ploughs, yokes and teams. The Lord bestowed the horned oxen that follow, He opened up the holy furrows, and made the barley grow on the cultivated fields. God placed in charge of them the one who wears the diadem, the ornament of the high plain, the farmer, responsible for ditches and dykes -- Enkimdu.

326-334 The Lord called the cultivated fields, and bestowed on them mottled barley. God made chickpeas and lentils grow. He heaped up into piles the early, mottled and innuha varieties of barley. God multiplied the stockpiles and stacks and enhanced the people's prosperity. God placed in charge of all this the mistress of grain, the life of the black-headed, the good bread of the whole world -- Acnan.

335-340 The Lord fixed a string to the hoe, and organised brick moulds. God placed in charge of them him whose sharp-bladed hoe is a snake, whose brick mould in place is a tidy stack of hulled grain for the ewes -- Kulla, who makes bricks in the Land.

341-348 He tied down the strings and coordinated them with the foundations, and with the power of the assembly planned a house and performed the purification rites. He put down the foundations, and laid the bricks. God placed in charge of all this him whose foundations once laid do not sag, whose good houses once built do not collapse, whose vaults reach up into the heart of the heavens like a rainbow -- Mucdama, the master builder.

349-357 He raised a holy crown over the upland plain. He fastened a lapis-lazuli beard to the high plain, and made it wear a lapis-lazuli headdress. He made this good place perfect with grasses and herbs in abundance. He multiplied the animals of the high plain to an appropriate degree, He multiplied the ibex and wild goats of the pastures. God placed in charge of them the hero who is the crown of the high plain, the king of the countryside, the great lion of the high plain, the muscular, the hefty, the burly -- Cakkan, the king of the hills.

358-367 He built the sheepfolds, carried out their cleaning, made the cow-pens, bestowed on them the best fat and cream, and brought luxury to the dining places. He made the plain, created for grasses and herbs, achieve prosperity. God placed in charge of all this the good provider, the shepherd Dumuzid.

368-380 He filled the house with possessions, and Nibru was glad. He demarcated borders and fixed boundaries. For the people He situated dwellings in cities and disposed agricultural land into fields. God placed in charge of the whole of heaven and earth the youth Utu, the sun, a sign of God, rising from the horizon into the holy heavens, the judge who searches out verdicts.

381-386 He picked out the tow from the fibres, and adapted it for rags. God greatly perfected the task of women. God placed in charge of them the honour of the palace, the dignity of the king -- Uttu, the conscientious woman, the silent one.

472 Praise be to God, the Lord.