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Lady, I would say much, but still my halting tongue doth bind me; yet though the lips are silent, the eyes do speak. Wretched as well as foolish, I know not what I wish. But you who dwell within my heart and thought may well see in my heart and thoughts what I might wish!
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Enheduanna, the daughter of the famous King Sargon the Great of Akkad, is the first ancient writer whose name remains known today. Her bio appears after her poems, and it is a fascinating bio...
Temple Hymn 15
to the Gishbanda Temple of Ningishzida
by Enheduanna (circa 2285-2250 BCE)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Most ancient and terrible shrine,
set deep in the mountain
like a mother's womb ...
Dark shrine,...
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