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" @2 t% V! T) C; hIt was he who opened the mountain passes,
- w8 ?# p7 n$ [7 J' jwho dug wells on the flank of the mountain.
1 R; t. Y& ]* x( q" eIt was he who crossed the ocean, the vast seas, to the rising sun,
1 M% o5 s. k# u R# ?who explored the world regions, seeking life.! q1 n5 r7 u/ R4 N0 u
It was he who reached by his own sheer strength Utanapishtim, the Faraway,
2 X, {2 |4 v* W' x5 Qwho restored the sanctuaries (or: cities) that the Flood had destroyed!
& [$ `& c6 @8 s7 y... for teeming mankind. 9 r" M. z' M8 d: `
Who can compare with him in kingliness?
( N$ \. Q5 [, y/ l- U$ xWho can say like Gilgamesh: "I am King!"? ; r4 n Z9 a1 J% T- }- E
Whose name, from the day of his birth, was called "Gilgamesh"?
1 d, _* Q7 C3 z8 t6 ~: \Two-thirds of him is god, one-third of him is human. 3 S! e7 L! r8 B" Z4 M6 H
The Great Goddess [Aruru] designed(?) the model for his body,
( c0 v6 _: d7 S0 Wshe prepared his form ... ) W# h D* {* P! A
... beautiful, handsomest of men, ; Y) Z5 a2 Q8 t* G e
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