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Ishtar in the Underworld feat. S​á​ndor Szabó

from H​é​l útja / the Way of Hel by Weixelbaum Laura

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"If you do not open the gate, that I may enter,
I will break down the door, I will smash the bolt,
I will break down the frame, I will topple the doors.
I will break the ..., I will te[ar off the kn]ob.
"I will raise up the dead so that they devour the living,
and the dead will outnumber the living."
The gatekeeper made ready to speak,
saying to Ištar the great:
Stay, my lady, do not knock it down (?),
let me go and repeat what you said to Queen Ereškigal.
The gatekeeper went in and said [to Ereškigal]:
"Here is your sister Ištar at [your gate],
she who holds the great play-ropes, who roils up the deep before Ea the king".
When Ereškigal heard this,
her face went pale as a freshly cut tamarisk,
her lips went dark as the rim of a vat.
"Why did she set her heart on me? Why would her mood lighten mine?
Here now, shall I drink water with the Anunnaki-gods,
Shall I eat a loaf of clay for bread, shall I drink dirty water for beer?
"Shall I weep for the young men who have left (their) helpmeets?
Shall I weep for the young women who are wrenched from their lovers' loins?
Shall I weep for the helpless infant who was taken before his time?

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from H​é​l útja / the Way of Hel, released August 2, 2016

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Laura Weixelbaum Vác, Hungary

Her first own solo concert was in 2002, when she was 14, titled Shaman times. She started singing hungarian folk songs in 2002, than she learnt classical technique2004. Than she forget everything and started her own way in 2013. And from this time she have several concerts and performances. ... more

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