MARDUK

IN HIS TEMPLE, AT THE EDGE OF ABYSS
ENKI AND HIS WIFE DAMKINA BEGAT A SON
PERFECT WERE HIS MEMBERS BEYOND COMPREHENSION
UNSUITED FOR UNDERSTADING, DIFFUCULT TO PERCEIVE

FOUR IN NUMBER WERE HIS ALL-SEEING EYES
FOUR IN NUMBER WERE HIS ALL-HEARING EARS
WHEN HE MOVED HIS LIPS FIRE BLAZED FORTH
FOR HE WAS THE LOFTIEST OF THE GODS, MADE KING

TIAMAT ENRAGED DECLARED WAR ON THE GODS
KINGU HER GREATEST SERPENT LEAD THE LEGIONS
MARDUK TOOK THE BOW AND HE TOOK THE LIGHTNING
HE TOOK THE FLOOD-STORM, THE FOUR WINDS AND THE NET

CLAD IN ARMOUR OF TERROR HE MOUNTED HIS CHARIOT
AT THE VERY SIGHT OF HIM THE ARMIES DISBANDED
KINGU WAS CAPTURED, TIAMAT WAS CAUGHT IN HIS NET
THE FOUR WINDS HE BLEW INTO HER STOMACH

HE PIERCED HER HEART WITH AN ARROW
HE SMASHED HER SKULL WITH HIS MACE
HE SPLIT HER BODY OPEN LIKE A SHELL-FISH
ONE HALF OF HER HE FLUNG TO THE SKY
THE OTHER HALF WENT BELOW THE EARTH
HE PLACED THE SUN AND THE MOON IN THE NEW SKY
AND MARDUK FASHIONED THE SAVAGE-MAN
OUT OF THE BLOOD OF KINGU, FATHER TO MEN