Working It Out | When the gods, like man

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Working It Out

(Sung text for setting by F. Rzewski)

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Language: Akkadian

Our translations: ENG

i-nu-ma i-lu a-wi-lum
ub-lu du-ul-la iz-bi-lu šu-up-ši-ik-ka
šu-up-ši-ik i-li ra-bi-ma
du-ul-lu-um ka-bi-it ma-a-a’d ša-ap-ša-qum
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Note: the text above is taken from lines 1-4 of the original text.

Composition:

Frederic Rzewski

The Road: a novel for solo piano

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, written c1647-1626 BCE, appears in Atraḥasis / Atrahasis / Atra-Hasis

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ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Working It Out", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Working It Out

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Rzewski)

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Language: English after the Akkadian

When the gods, like man,
bore the toil, carried the basket of earth,
the labor of the gods was great and
the toil was heavy; there was much hardship.
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Translation from Akkadian to English copyright © 2025 by Grant Hicks, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in Akkadian by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , written c1647-1626 BCE, appears in Atraḥasis / Atrahasis / Atra-Hasis
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This text was added to the website: 2025-05-04
Line count: 7
Word count: 31