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As the dusk is fading

And the army marches on

Through the barren highlands

My spirit feels so numb

My body feels so worn out from sickness

Haze of fever dreams

Weaves the shape of my passed life

In the brightest colours

Carry on leave me behind in a cavern I shall lie

And await my slumber

Oh, carry on leave me behind in this cavern I shall die

In solitude

I resign to my fate time is here to pass away

Until I feel

Ereshkigal embracing me

Lugalbanda fell ill and was left for dead in a cavern

After two days of struggle however

His prayers to the great luminaries brought back his will to live

And his dreams revealed that the gods have elected him

To a special status among humankind

A cosmic battle between the forces of light

And the forces of darkness has begun