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Where has my lover gone?
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Where has my lover gone, most precious to me, (1)
And where has he taken his charms?
He's luscious to me as a fruit-laden tree,
All my pleasure's in him, he's my [man].
I've sent my lover out of town, (5)
So now my daddy's gone.*
I'll have to make do with my own "coo-coo,"
For my love bird has flown away.[1]
Some trapper must bring my stray lover home,
So you can make sweet cooing with me, (10)
Or, let it be the gardener-man,
to bring me (fruit from your tree).[2]
I've got the coop* ready for the young man,
I'll catch the love bird (in one snap),
Then, when I "coo?"
I'll get a round "yes!" (from my trap).* (15)
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| Comments: | [1] Literally: “I embrace my laughter and the dove has gone away.”
[2] Literally: “You will embrace my laughter and the orchardman will bring to me.”
Translation: Nissinen, Melammu Symposia 2 (1999), 119.
*Notes to Text: (6) Reading wa-‰[i]. (12) Taking qu-pí as “my coop” (quppi). (15) Metathetic wordplay: alammi :umalla?
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| Category: | Miscellaneous
-- Erotic literature
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| Publication: | Benjamin R. Foster, Before the Muses, 3rd ed. 2005, (p. 165) |
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| Available from: | Publisher's Web Site |
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| Edition: | Text: Groneberg, AOAT 267 (1999), 192–193; Edition: pp. 177–181.
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| Language: |
Akkadian
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| Medium: |
clay tablet
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| Record Number: | 6 |
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| Listing added: | 2007-03-22 14:38:08 |
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| Last Updated: | 2007-06-16 11:20:58 |
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| Submitted by: | Bill Hook -- Vanderbilt University
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