‘O my friend, wild ass on the run, donkey of the uplands, panther of the wild,VIII 50 my friend Enkidu, wild ass on the run, donkey of the uplands, panther of the wild! It was we together who climbed the [mountains,] seized and [slew] the Bull of Heaven, destroyed Humbaba, who [dwelt in the] Forest [of Cedar.] ‘Now what is this sleep that has seized [you?]VIII 55 You’ve become unconscious, you do not [hear me!]’ But he, he lifted not [his head.] He felt his heart, but it beat no longer. He covered, like a bride, the face of his friend, like an eagle he circled around him.VIII 60 Like a lioness
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