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It was he who opened the mountain passes, ; {& d6 ^, c3 [! R5 V3 R; ^
who dug wells on the flank of the mountain.
+ t0 F! v5 X* `/ I" ]4 QIt was he who crossed the ocean, the vast seas, to the rising sun,
" h7 w" a& V* D+ c$ lwho explored the world regions, seeking life.2 @6 S- u# ]# Q; y+ a$ r6 R
It was he who reached by his own sheer strength Utanapishtim, the Faraway,
" Y* L, J) w9 r6 e; Hwho restored the sanctuaries (or: cities) that the Flood had destroyed! 9 X! t2 g$ B3 H5 I
... for teeming mankind.
5 m3 _2 v0 O$ n, P7 G! J9 p& ]Who can compare with him in kingliness? 1 o# _: ]8 @! ~1 v$ A( u h
Who can say like Gilgamesh: "I am King!"? 3 n h9 R. q3 ~6 J
Whose name, from the day of his birth, was called "Gilgamesh"? 6 ]! x4 Z o4 y6 @1 R
Two-thirds of him is god, one-third of him is human.
y) I+ u% j+ {The Great Goddess [Aruru] designed(?) the model for his body, . k3 x- R: p" y8 A
she prepared his form ...
, j2 ^, t7 D7 J1 u R... beautiful, handsomest of men, 1 Z, F: q0 O, j' A4 V+ L& u, {
... perfect* q: T/ e8 o% ]
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