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Samas Ima / Prayer for Samas

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

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The Šamaš Hymn

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O Šamaš, humankind kneels at your rising,
((this line contains a large lacuna, and is not read))
Illuminator of darkness, opener of heaven's bosom,
hastener of the beard(?) of the day, the grain field, life of the land,
Your splendour envelops distant mountains,
your glare has filled all the lands,
Leaning over the mountains, you inspect the earth,
you suspend the circle of the lands from the midst of heaven,
You make the people of all lands your charge,
all those king Ea, the prince, has created are entrusted to you,
You shepherd all living creatures together,
you are their herdsman, above and below,
You regularly cross the heavens,
ever day you traverse the broad earth,
High seas, mountains, earth and sky,
you traverse them regularly, every day, like a ...,
In the lower regions you take charge of the netherworld gods, the demons, the Anunnaki-gods,
in the upper regions you administer all the inhabited world,
Shepherd of the lower regions, herdsman of the upper regions,
you, Šamaš, are the regulator of light for all,
You cross time and again the vast expanse of the seas,
[whose] depths not even the Igigi-gods know,
[O Šamaš], your radiance has gone down to the deep,
[the hairy hero-m]en of the ocean can see your light.
[O Šamaš], you tighten like a noose, you shroud like a mist,
your [bro]ad protection is cast over the lands,
You are not dejected each day, your surface(?) is not dark,
by night you constantly burn up [the da]rk,
To far-off regions unknown and for uncoun[ted] leagues,
you have persevered, O Šamaš, where you went by day you also returned by night,
Among all the Igigi-gods there is none but you who does such toil,
nor among the sum total of the gods one who does so much as you,
At your rising (this morning?) the gods of the land assembled,
your fierce glare covered the land,
Of all the lands of different tongues,
you know their intentions, you see their footprints,
All humankind kneels before you,
[O Ša]maš, the universe longs for your light.

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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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