1 A holy song of praise.

1-4 (Nisaba speaks:) "Spend your time happily! May abundance precede you! May the people line up for you; may all the people ... for you. The fate which I have determined for you should be fulfilled; go with head held high into the Ec-mah."

5-14 Aruru grasped her and led her away into the Ec-mah. She brought her into the shining house, and poured the best perfume over her face. In the bridal chamber, in the flowered bed fragrant like a cedar forest, the lord took his wife in lawful marriage and took great pleasure in it. He seated her on his dais appropriate to his status. The lord whose statements are powerful also determined a fate for the lady Aruru, the woman of his favour; he gave her the name Nintud, the "Lady who gives birth." He presented her with everything pertaining to women.

15-29 (The lord speaks:) "From now on, a woman shall be the mistress of the house. May my favourite wife, who was born to holy Nisaba, be Ezina, the grain, the life of the Land. When she appears in the furrows like a beautiful young girl, may her provider water her with water from the ground, as she grows prime grain and prime flax. The harvest crop is for the great festival. The measuring rod, the marking of the boundaries, and the preparation of canals and levees are fittingly in your hands. The farmer entrusted cultivation into your hands. Proud woman, surpassing the mountains! You who always fulfil your desires -- from now on, Sud, the lord is the king and Ninlil is the queen. The woman without name has a famous name now."

30-31 As the presents are given in the shrine of Nibru, a holy song of praise is sung.