The Epic of Gilgamesh

by Anonymous

I curse the trapper who caused me to be less great than my friend. May his share be diminished; may his god leaveth his house through the window.” He then cursed Shamhat the harlot: “I curse thee, Shamhat, to a dark destiny; I afflict thee with this curse: May thou never knowest a true home, nor rejoiceth in the love of a family.

“O, Enkidu, thou who wert raised by thy mother the gazelle and thy father the donkey,

“My friend, thou wert a swift wild ass, a donkey of the mountains, a panther of the wilderness.

My friend, whom I loved more than any man, accompanied me through every peril until the fate of all mortals befell him.