ETCSLglossingSignSign name: IGI
Values: ge8, gi8, igi, lib4, lim, ši
An elegy on the death of Nannaya (c.5.5.2), line c552.53
i-im-sig7-sig7-ga-a-nikiaĝ2šag4kug-ga-kam
sig7kiaĝ2šag4kug
to be greenplaceto measureheartshining
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Paragraph t552.p8 (line(s) 47-55) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
"Your sons who were treated (?) like king's sons, what do they (?) eat ……, what do they (?) drink ……? They (?) …… honey and ghee. They load the table with (?) oil for you. The tears which they shed for him are tears of compassion. Their mourning (?) for him is that of loving and pure-hearted ones. They are bent over like over-ripe grain. The fledglings return ……, raise ……."
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