SEVEN HYMNS TO INANNA | THE LADY WHO ASCENDS INTO THE HEAVENS

The Lady Who Ascends Into the Heavens

My Lady, the Amazement of the Land, the Lone Star,
The Brave One who appears first in the heavens-
All the lands fear her.


In the pure places of the steppe,
On the high roofs of the dwellings,
One the platforms of the city,
They make offerings to her:
Piles of incense like sweet-smelling cedar,
Fine sheep, fat sheep, long-haired sheep,
Butter, cheese, dates, fruits of all kinds.


They purify the earth for My Lady.
They celebrate her is song.
They fill in the table of the land with the first fruits.
They pour dark beer for her.
They pour light beer for her.
Dark beer, emmer beer,
Emmer beer for My Lady.


The sagub-vat and the lamsari-vat make a bubbling noise for her.
They prepare gug-bread in date syrup for her.
Flour, flour in honey, beer at dawn.
They pour wine and honey for her at sunrise.


The gods and the people of Sumer go to her with good and drink.
They feed Inanna in the pure clean place.


My Lady looks in sweet wonder from heaven.
The people of Sumer parade before the holy Inanna.
Inanna, the Lady Who Ascends into the Heavens, is radiant.
I sing your praises, holy Inanna.
The Lady Who Ascends into the Heavens is radiant on the horizon.


sumerian hymn quoted from Inanna - Queen of Heaven and Earth by Wolkstein and Kramer.