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Eradication of Anzum
07:45
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I speak of the one, the cherished son of Belet-ili.
Mother to the seven who are great.
Who in her womb had cradled Enlil’s seed.
I speak of the son, the revered one.
Champion of the primordial rage.
And I speak of another.
Who has by grace been abandoned.
And by misery and owe he’s been embraced.
Anzum, guardian of Ekur;
eager to posses the tablet of destinies.
Foundation of fate and future.
In wait he lies for when his claws embrace its baked clay.
“Ellilûtam itekim nadû parshû,
abum mâlikshunu shuharrur Ellil”
[translation from Akkadian: He took away the Ellil-power – abandoned were the rites. Their father, their counsellor – Ellil was paralyzed]
Ninurta; warrior, son of Ellil;
who in Duraki is to become the word,
who slew the bull man inside of the sea,
who the flames he with his heart dominates,
And all the malice he with his mind eradicates,
Ninurta, warrior!
Destroyer of the Gallû-demons,
conqueror of Ushum;
challenger of the soaring Anzum; …
…he who stands grand among his kin,
great among the eagles of the lion head,
Ningirsu, bolt of the hunt,
Anzum, keeper of the temple.
Destroyer of the Bison-beast,
challenger of Anzum;
Who is born of the wide earth and Apsu.
Anzum, primordial champion of the temple,
who’s name shakes the foundations of the world.
Yet the scribes have written of your downfall,
and for that our hearts bleed.
Ninurta, summon the seven winds;
shake the mountains where he lurks;
fill with terror his essence;
heed the word of Sharur;
pierce him with arrow and throw-stick.
Scatter his feathers,
and let the winds bring them as a sign of victory.
And your name shall be made great in the four corners of the world.
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Twelve Kings and One
05:02
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King Hadadezer, King Irhuleni, King Ahab
Land of Kur Guaa, Land of Kur Muusra, Land of Irqanata,
Land of Usannata, King Matinu Baal, King Adunu Baal
King Ba’asa, King Gindibu
The echoes of war from Qarqar
Three thousand years on, still haunt my soul
The sands of Qarqar
Drunk on the pleasure of blood
The twelve Kings of the Martu
Their men like the raging bulls charge
Chariots of war like thunder clashing
Raging storms and cries of war
Not by the breath of Baal are they molded
But by formations of men
Ignited by the dreadful rage
Driven by the voice of Anat
Tall as mythic pillars
Ignited by a rage, so dreadful
Qarqar; Ar’o hoye, hat śahyutho l’dmi
[translation from Syriac-Aramaic:
Qarqar; a land alive, screaming for blood]
Eleven kings and one, and one
Summoned at hand
Under the banners of Aram
A savage spectacle of the generous kind
Oh, the joy of Mot will shake the earth this day
Mot will not be depraved, of his carrion in slumber this day
Now, Shulmanu-Asharedu, the one great king of Ashur
I assert to you by my name Bar-Hadad
Which immortal you have made on the stone of Kurkh
That on the lips of your children of the years to come
Fate has placed my tongue
And as destiny would have it,
in centuries will be become as one
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-- Baal Cycle Trilogy, Pt.1 --
To the rot of the earth may the vigorous one plunge
Yea, with the spores of dust let dwell the oppressor
I ask you, vigilant cloud-rider
Behold the form of the judge (Yam), your adversary
He had but spoken, and his lips the words formed
From under the throne of the judge.
The wise and skillful (KwK) in emboldenment proclaims;
I tell you Baal, vehement destroyer
I announce to you, behold your adversary
That is your enemy and you shall smite him
That is your foe and you shall dispatch him
And kingship shall be yours
And kingship shall be yours eternally
And you shall be the sovereign for all generations to come
Kotharu-wa-Khasisu (KwK) moulded a mace
and proclaimed its name;
You, your name shall be Yagrushu;
And you will dethrone the lord of oceans (Yam);
You will drive out Naharu from his salt water dominion
"Tirtaqisu beedi Ba’li, kama annashri bi usba’aatihu"
[translation from Ugaritic: next lyrical phrase]
In the fist of Baal you will whirl,
and be driven from his fingers like a hawk
With you the shoulder of Yam will be broken
Smite Yammu on the shoulder
With you the breast of Yam will be battered
Strike Naharu on the chest
Yet Yammu is strong and he crumbles not!
His joints falter not, and his face changes not!
And so proclaimed is another mace
You, your name shall be Ayamiru;
And you will overthrow Yammu;
Drive out Naharu from his domains
In the fist of Baalu
Hadad; Yam you have undone
Beware though the schemes of Mot
Prince of the wastelands of the dead
For his blade of envy,
oh sharpened it has been for your back
And thrust with it you will be, for it has been written
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4. |
Hosted by Mot
02:13
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(Baal Cycle, Tablet 5 column 2)
One lip to the earth, one lip to the heavens;
His tongue to the stars.
Baal must enter inside him [Mot]
In his domain, in the swamp
The barren wastelands;
The pit, his royal house;
Filth, the land of his inheritance
(Baal Cycle, Tablet 5 Column 5)
I will put him into a great pit in the earth
As for you take your clouds,
Your wind, your bolts, your rain
Take with you your seven lads
Your eight noble attendants
Take with you Pidray, maid of light; Tallay, maid of rain
Then head to mount Kankaniya;
Raise the mountain with your hands;
The hill on top of your palms;
Go down to the isolation ward of the underworld
You will be counted among those who go down into the earth
And the gods will know that you have died
Obey, Baal!
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Track lyrics are marginally adjusted and edited excerpts from table 5; columns 2 & 5 of The Baal Cycle, English translation, from the book "Stories from Ancient Canaan, edited and translated by Michael D. Coogan & Mark S. Smith"
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5. |
Ardor of the Destroyer
06:46
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-- Baal Cycle Trilogy, Pt.3 --
I weep for Baal my brother
My tears like wine I drink
I bid the sun to lift him to me
Mot, has taken him from me
Vengeance for Litan he had
Just as Baal had crushed the fleeting serpent
Destroyer - your flesh he will devour
So that you may in his house forever be lost in disarray
So that the heavens may wither and weaken
On Death, I will bring retribution
His wastelands I will erase
Just as I had finished off the raging sea
Just as we had subdued the seven-headed beast
Just as I had demolished desire, divine calf, the rebel
And as I had put down fire, the bitch Zebub
Vengeance, for the conqueror
Vengeance, for the prince of the people
Vengeance, for the son of Dagon
Vengeance, for the king at Zaphon
And so forth rode Anat from mountain to sea
Yet, on black hearts and deaf ears her plight had fallen
Only by the slaughter of Mot will she bring her brother (Baal) back
from the rotten belly of the dead
Kill Mot, kill Death, kill the rot, kill Death
Mot she torched with fire,
Death she ground with millstones
The rot in the fields she sowed,
for the vultures left; his flesh
And “Flesh cried out to flesh”
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Thoughtfulness, the force of his tongue
As the word of Anu, his voice commands
On the waters of the Purattu (on Kar-usakar) he embarks
Adapa, he drifts aimlessly,
and in anger, and in defiance he calls;
Curse the South Wind… Your wings I shall break.
Your brothers whom you command against me, I shall break.
No sooner than his utterance was flung, (for seven earth rounds)
The south wind did not blow onto the land, (for seven earth rounds)
And Anu on his throne, like whirlwind he was enraged
First of the sages, teachers of man, of the sons of Shem
The embodiment of the word of Anu;
his speech on this earth
The architect of the open earth
He who feeds the bolt of Eridu
He who with pure hands sets up the table of offerings.
First of the Apkallu, the mages, givers of the knowledge.
The ancient seer was to stand before Anu
And judgement of the gods was to be given
Ea gave broad understanding (to Adapa)
And gave him wisdom, not eternal life
Ea has made broad understanding perfect in Adapa *
To him he gave wisdom, but not eternal life
The Antediluvian was to stand before Anu
And he the sea had shaken
For he the wind had chained
Adapa - Drink not the water of the gods
Adapa - Take not the food of the gods
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7. |
Reanimation Urn
05:34
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And the utterance of Ea was heard by the gods
Let bear the womb mother offspring
And let them carry the gods' burdens
On the moon's first, seventh, and fifteenth
By washing I shall purify (Ea proclaimed)
Then slaughter will we Kingu,
the rebel, who intelligence has.
And the gods should be submerged and all be cleansed
Let Nintu mix the clay with his flesh and blood
And a mould of god and man will the clay bestow.
And let the Etemmu ghost posses the form
Let the womb mother assert it as the breath of life
Let the ghost be animate lest the slain god we forget
And the gods in accordance saw that it was done
The drumbeat pounding from his heart let us hear (forever) "an dãr”.
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8. |
The Descending Flames
07:14
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Adamant to reach the summit
Through my wanderings I have found this place in my memory
A colossal formation of sentient design
A mammoth of building mastery
At its crown, inscribed with this disk of the sun
A solitary entrance standing tall
At its opening, only a flickering luminescence I observe
A portal, I theorise as I enter…
For aeons; injustice, over this ancient land
Archaic majesty, wisdom, honor …
All defiled by a wanting hand of evil… depravity
But the tide is turning, and the philosopher in me is silent no more
Against this tide I will rage war
A war of the non-dormant mind
Rekindling the ancient flames
A war for the sake of the minds that have been estranged
Vengeance… Callous
And as I wake up I realize, it is all but a memory
A vision by my subconscious wrath sent to me
A calling by the splendid primordial cosmic entities
Who in their hearts are aching and in their forms are trembling
Who the Anunnaki in their essence they wearily carry
And who’s in their enigma resides the coastal trinity
Vengeance calling me
Let on this monument be inscribed the rites of reclamation
And as it is through the forceful bows of Ashur
And as it is through the noble spears of Hadad
May these words upon thee descend as flaming tongues of fire
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