O Queen of the Seven Gods, O radiant splendor of light, fountain of life, darling of Heaven and Eart

O Queen of the Seven Gods, O radiant splendor of light, fountain of life, darling of Heaven and Earth, priest, daughter and servant of Heaven! Jewelled and crowned with life, born to be Lord, in your hand are the guardian spirits of the Seven Gods, and you yourself guard and protect the guardian spirits, you have taken them up and tied them to your hands, have gathered them in and pressed them to your breast. You can fill the land with poison like a snake, plants vanish from the earth when you thunder like Anu, at your command the floods come down from the mountain. Supreme in power, Inanna of Heaven and Earth, whose mouth rains sparkles of lightning over the land, mistress of beasts, given the gods’ life-spirits by An, by An given the unfailing Word to speak at his fateful command: who can fathom your glory? …O wild and rampant, eldest daughter of the Moon, Queen greater than An, who can pay you sufficient homage? Queen of Queens, who in accordance with the spirits were greater than your mother the moment you were born, wise and knowing queen of all the lands, mother of men and animals, I sing your praise… I have entered before you in my holy garments, I the princess imperial, Enheduanna, singing as I carried your ritual baskets, High Priestess of the Moon. But now no longer can I serve the goodly temple that I established, for the day that dawns in Ur scorches my skin and the sand of the Southwind overwhelms me at nightfall, My honey sweet voice is hoarse and strident and all that gave me pleasure has fallen to dust. I, what am I among living creatures! An, An, give to punishment the rebels that hate Inanna, and split their cities’ walls! Enlil, curse them, and let their children perish with no mother there to soothe them! …The queen of queens, the prop of all the nations, accepted Enheduanna’s prayers. Her heart was again as of old, the day became propitious, Inanna showered her beauty and allure and joy like silver moonlight over our land! Ancient Nanu in wonder and awe, and Ningal her mother, worshiped her at the templ’s doorstep. Priestess, queen, noble commander of gods, destroyer of barbarians, whom An made protector of spirits, Queen, clothed in allure and attraction, Inanna: Praise! -- source link
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