| Gilgamesh wandered over the plains, in his bitterness he cried. |
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| So at length Gilgamesh came to Mashu, the great mountains. |
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| Why have you come so great a journey; for what have you traveled so far, crossing the dangerous waters, tell me your reason. | |
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| For Enkidu; I loved him dearly, together we endured all kinds of hardships; on his account I have come. | |
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| No man born of woman has done what you have asked, no mortal has gone into the mountain; the length of it is twelve leagues of darkness. | |
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| Although I should go in sorrow and in pain, with sighing and with weeping, still I must go. Open the gate of the mountain. | |
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