ETCSLglossing | Sign name: DU/DU (LAḪ4) Values: laḫ4, re7, su8, sub2, sug2 |
ab2 | amar-bi | nu-ub-da-la2-a-gin7 | gu3 | arḫuš-a | im-me |
ab2 | amar | la2 | gu3 | arḫuš | dug4 |
cow | calf | to hang | voice | compassion | to say |
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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