Inanna and the Holy Light

"You with your voices of light,

Lady of the essences

whom heaven and earth love,

temple friend of An,

you wear immense ornaments,

you desire the tiara of the high priestess

whose hand holds the seven essences.

O my lady, guardian of all the great essences,

you have picked them up and hang them

over your fingers.

You gather the holy essences and wear them

tightly on your breasts."

Enheduanna (CA. 2300 BCE)

Voices of Light

1999 edited by Aliki Barnstone 

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