ETCSLglossing | Sign name: PIRIG Values: ne3, niskum, pirig̃ |
gud | ĝiššudul4-a | nu-ub-ḫa-za | la2-gin7 | edin-na | ba-ab-ĝen-ne-en |
gud | šudul | ḫa-za | la2 | edin | ĝen |
bull | yoke | to hold | to hang | open country | to go |
Like a sheep I use my mouth for eating grass and I am unfamiliar with washing with soap. Like an ox bearing a yoke which it cannot support, I have been driven out into the high plains. Like a cow whose calf is not close by, I utter pitiful cries. As happens to a ewe whose lamb is restrained in the milking pen, hands seize me. As happens to a bird, men take my nest away. As happens to a boat which is not anchored to a firm quay, I drift in the wind. (1 ms. omits lines 10-12) |
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary |
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