Gilgamesh spoke to Utanapishtim, the Faraway:
'I have been looking at you,
but your appearance is not strange—you are like me!
You yourself are not different—you are like me!
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Raging storms, evil gods are they
Ruthless demons, who in heaven's vault were created, are they,
Workers of evil are they,
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… They stood at the forest's edge,
gazing at the top of the Cedar Tree,
gazing at the entrance to the forest.
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My body, in its withering, may become a lovely swallow.
Under the eaves of my loved one's home I'll build my nest of twigs.
After dusk I'll fly aloft and glide gently to his side.
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Eightfold rising clouds
build an eightfold fence
an eightfold Izumo fence
wherein to keep my bride—
oh! splendid eightfold fence.
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Over his friend, Enkidu, Gilgamesh cried bitterly, roaming the wilderness.
'I am going to die!—am I not like Enkidu?!
Deep sadness penetrates my core,
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At twenty leagues they broke for some food,
at thirty leagues they stopped for the night,
walking Fifty leagues in a whole day,
a walk of a month and a half.
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Just as day began to dawn
Gilgamesh addressed his friend, saying:
'Enkidu, your mother, the gazelle,
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The tavern-keeper Siduri who lives by the seashore,
she lives…
the pot-stand was made for her, the golden fermenting vat was made for her.
She is covered with a veil…
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'My friend, why are the Great Gods in conference?
(In my dream) Anu, Enlil, and Shamash held a council,
and Anu spoke to Enlil:
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