1 The noble _cupbearer_ of Hea, the scribe of Merodach (am) I.
2 Like fire have I blazed (and) I rejoice;[1]
3 (like) fire have I burned (and) I grow;
4 the corn I purify and make heavy.
5 Like fire have I blazed (and) will rejoice;
6 (like) fire have I burned (and) will grow;
7 the corn will I purify and make heavy.
8 O nadir (and) zenith, the light of god and man,
9 may the store he collected be delivered.
10 May the store of (his) heart whoever he be, ye his god
and his goddess, be delivered.
11 May his gate be _kept fast_. On that day
12 may they enrich him, may they deliver him.
13 May the rejoicing[2] of the warrior fire-god
14 rejoice with thee. May lands and rivers
15 rejoice with thee. May Tigris and (Euphrates)
16 rejoice with thee. May the seas and (the ocean)
17 rejoice with thee. May the forest, the daughter of the
gods,
18 rejoice with thee. May all the production (of the earth)
19 rejoice with thee. May the hearts of my god and my goddess,
well-feasted,
20 rejoice with thee. May the hearts of the god and the
goddess of the city, well-feasted, (rejoice with thee).
21 On that day from the curse may my heart, O my god and
my goddess, be delivered,
22 and may the enchantment go forth from my body.
23 When the doom _comes upon_ thee,
24 and from the fulfilment thou protectest thyself,
25 the doom when fulfilled cut thou off.
26 (The tablet) beginning: ...
_Colophon_.
Tablet (copied from)
the old (tablets of Chaldea).
Country of (Assur-bani-pal)
King of (Assyria).
[Footnote 1: Or, "rest."]
[Footnote 2: The words translated "rejoicing" and "rejoice" properly
signify "rest" and that may be their meaning here.]