Last update for May and Gilgamesh

[Moses Moti Buchboot]

The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem  from Ancient Mesopotamia  and is among the earliest known works of literary fiction. Scholars surmise that a series of Sumerian legends and poems about the mythological hero-king Gilgamesh, who might have been a real ruler in the late Early Dynastic II period (ca. 27th century BC)

For the whole thing go to

 

http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/MESO/GILG.HTM

 

 

 

The one who saw all [Sha nagba imuru ]I will declare to the world,
The one who knew all I will tell about
[line missing]
He saw the great Mystery, he knew the Hidden:
He recovered the knowledge of all the times before the Flood.
He journeyed beyond the distant, he journeyed beyond exhaustion,
And then carved his story on stone. [naru : stone tablets ]

 

 

 

I [Utnapishtim] released a dove from the boat,
It flew off, but circled around and returned,
For it could find no perch.
I then released a swallow from the boat,
It flew off, but circled around and returned,
For it could find no perch.
I then released a raven from the boat,
It flew off, and the waters had receded:
It eats, it scratches the ground, but it does not circle around and return.
I then sent out all the living things in every direction and sacrificed a sheep on that very spot.

 

For whom have I labored? For whom have I journeyed?
For whom have I suffered?
I have gained absolutely nothing for myself,
I have only profited the snake, the ground lion!

 

Hello Friends,

 

We will be at the promenade San Tel Mo nica milonga on the 1st and 8th of June.

 

Here is a performance from the 2007 Westwood Halloween milonga with Varo and Amber.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E3VkPlIJYY

 

I will have in the next week or so videos posted from the Dialogos show from October 2006 (I know little long, but believe me well worth the wait).

 

See you around

 

Moses Moti