Serpent

Baad Angarru

 Arise - horned serpent of the deep
 Awake - Great spirit of the deep

 Serpent of the deep - serpent of the deep
 Serpent of the deep - awake from eternal sleep
 Serpent of the deep - Ninngizhidda
 Open the gate for me

 You who dwell in Cutha, thee I invoke
 In the name of Enki, now arise

 Serpent of the deep - serpent of the deep
 Serpent of the deep - awake from eternal sleep
 Serpent of the deep - Ninngizhidda
 Open the gate for me

 The watcher stood fast
 And spoke unto me
 Queen of heavens
 This is the land of Cutha
 The land of no return
 The dreaded black earth
 Queen of heavens
 This is the realm of Absu

 For you have entered the gates of Ganzir
 Through the seven steps
 Down to the frightful pit

 Oh great gatekeeper
 Let me pass to the lands of Kur
 Open the gate! lest I cause the dead to rise
 Lest I attack the door
 Lest I break apart its bars
 Open the gate! or the dead
 Shall devour the living

 Serpent of the deep - serpent of the deep
 Serpent of the deep - servant of Ereshkigal
 Serpent of the deep - Ninngizhidda
 Open the gate for me

 Now hear me mistress, queen among the gods
 I will announce thee, before the queen of death

 Ereshkigal, thy sister stands before the gate
 Daughter of sin, she awaits
 Go watcher of the gate, open the door for Ishtar
 And treat her as it is written
 In the ancient covenant

 Ninngizhidda lost the bolt from the hatch
 And darkness fell upon the Ishtar
 Dark waters rose and carried the goddess of light
 Onwards to the kingdom of night

 And the serpent spoke: enter...
 And Ishtar entered

 Before the land of Kur
 Before the Cutha depths
 She lost her talismans
 Severed from the upper worlds
 Before the queen of death
 She lost her seven powers
 'Cause it is the covenant of old
 Set before time

 The gatekeeper removed the seven jewels
 The jeweled robes of Ishtar he took away

 Serpent of the deep - serpent of the deep
 Serpent of the deep - bows before Ereshkigal
 Serpent of the deep - Ninngizhidda
 Returns in eternal sleep

 Now she dwells in Cutha without food of light
 Bound in darkness in the sea below the seas

 Against her eyes - demons of the eyes
 Against her heart - demons of the heart
 Against her head - demons of the head
 Against entire body - demons of Kur