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It was he who opened the mountain passes,
- h' A F3 ^% {9 e1 Jwho dug wells on the flank of the mountain.
2 x; F$ H( n8 V& T/ y, A& Y! AIt was he who crossed the ocean, the vast seas, to the rising sun, ) D8 ^8 R0 K4 r; A) Y
who explored the world regions, seeking life.5 C0 Q9 v* e# P+ ~ p
It was he who reached by his own sheer strength Utanapishtim, the Faraway, 8 m2 C( e* X3 v+ p% E: T$ a+ q
who restored the sanctuaries (or: cities) that the Flood had destroyed! . S1 a6 z+ x5 n ~4 R' X4 J
... for teeming mankind. 2 E, E; y/ I" a0 N; |5 ^
Who can compare with him in kingliness?
. n% N2 E$ { x6 PWho can say like Gilgamesh: "I am King!"?
& T' P/ t6 u1 t8 E3 x. SWhose name, from the day of his birth, was called "Gilgamesh"?
I6 \# _" o, q- G/ UTwo-thirds of him is god, one-third of him is human. ' H1 M ^0 R& c+ O) ]
The Great Goddess [Aruru] designed(?) the model for his body, : e8 U; Y" y; w; Z w# `& i
she prepared his form ...
) R6 e1 ?' {6 i1 v$ }... beautiful, handsomest of men,
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