| 1 | Then She sets face toward El At the sources of the Two Rivers, |
| 2 | In the midst of the streams of the Two Deeps. |
| 3 | She enters the abode of El, |
| 4 | Goes into the domicile of the King, Father Shunem. |
| 5 | At the feet of El She bends and falls, |
| 6 | Prostrates Herself and honors Him. |
| 7 | She lifts Her voice And shouts: "Let Asherah and Her sons rejoice, The Goddess and the band of Her brood! |
| 8 | For dead is Aliyan Baal, |
| 9 | For Perished is the Prince, Lord of Earth!" |
| 10 | Aloud cries El to Asherah of the Sea: "Hear, O Lady Asherah of the Sea! |
| 11 | Give one of Thy sons that I may make Him king!" |
| 12 | And Lady Asherah of the Sea replies: "Let Us make king one who knows how to govern!" |
| 13 | And the God of Mercy declares: "One feeble of frame will not vie with Baal, Nor wield a spear against Dagon's son." |
| 14 | When the parley is finished, Lady Asherah of the Sea declares: "Let Us make Ashtar the Terrible king! |
| 15 | Let Ashtar the Terrible reign!" |
| 16 | Thereupon Ashtar the Terrible Goes into the heights of Saphon That He may sit on the throne of Aliyan Baal. |
| 17 | His feet do not reach the footstool, Nor does His head reach it's top. |
| 18 | And Ashtar the Terrible says: "I cannot rule in the heights of Saphon!" |
| 19 | Ashtar the Terrible goes down, |
| 20 | Goes down from the throne of Aliyan Baal, That He may rule over all the grand earth. |
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