Work Text:
šu zamāram labram- It’s an old song
šu zamāram labram ištu ultu ulla- It’s an old song from long ago
šu zamāram marṣam- It’s a sad song
u iqatti, akanna- And it comes to an end, here
ilī šušruḫū- The gods are glorified.
ana tūrti amatim, lā tuba’āšu - For the answer, do not ask me for it
Gilgameš adanniš iqrib, adanniš- Gilgamesh came so close, so close
zamāram ultu ulla iššaṭer- The song was written long ago.
Enkidu u Gilgamesh- Enkidu and Gilgamesh.
šu nissatam marṣam- It’s an sad lamentation,
ištu ṭup šīmātim labram- From an old tablet of destiny.
šu zamar šuṣruḫim- It’s a song of mourning,
šu zamāram marṣam- It’s a sad song.
u tūra nuštanallal, inadanna- But again we will sing it repeatedly, regardless.
edûm ša gamārim- The knowing of the ending
u atlûl ša alālim- And the singing of the song
ki maṣīma igammar itti ḫūd libbim- As though it ends with joy of the heart,
Annîtum almad ištu ibrim ṭābim- This I learned from an old friend.
Transcript:
𒋗 𒍝𒈠𒅕𒆷𒀊𒊏𒄠
𒋗 𒍝𒈠𒅕𒆷𒀊𒊏𒄠𒅖𒌈𒌌𒌈𒌌𒆷
𒋗 𒍝𒈠𒅕𒈠𒅕𒊭𒄠
𒌋𒄿𒅗𒀜𒋾𒀀𒅗𒀭𒈾
𒄿𒇷𒋗𒍚𒊒𒄷
𒀀𒈾𒌈𒌨𒋾𒀀𒈠𒁴𒆷𒌈𒁀𒀀𒋗
𒀭𒄑𒂆𒈦𒀀𒁷𒉌𒅅𒊑𒅁𒀀𒁷𒉌
𒍝𒈠𒅕𒌌𒌈𒌌𒆷𒅖𒊭𒋼𒅕
𒂗𒆠𒄭𒌋𒀭𒄑𒂆𒈦
𒋗𒉌𒅖𒊭𒋬𒈠𒅕𒊭𒄠
𒅖𒌈𒌈𒌒𒋛𒈠𒁴𒆷𒀊𒊏𒄠
𒋗 𒍝𒈠𒅕𒋗𒍚𒊒𒄭𒅎
𒋗 𒍝𒈠𒅕𒈠𒅕𒊭𒄠
𒌋𒌈𒊏𒉡𒍚𒋬𒀭𒀠𒆷𒀠𒅔𒈾𒁷𒈾
𒂊𒌈𒌝𒊭𒅗𒈠𒊑𒅎
𒌋𒀜𒇻𒌌𒊭𒀠𒀠𒅎
𒆠𒈠𒋛𒈠𒄿𒅗𒄠𒅕𒀜𒋾𒄷𒌓𒇷𒅁𒁉𒅎
𒀭𒉌𒌈𒌝 𒀠𒈠𒀜𒅖𒌈𒅁𒊑𒅎𒋬𒀊𒅎