Epic of Baal

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1The Great El, Father Shunem, declares of the lost God Baal: "For perished is the Prince, Lord of Earth.
2And if Aliyan Baal is alive,
3And if the Prince, Lord of Earth, exists,
4In a dream of the God of Mercy,
5In a vision of the Creator of Creatures,
6Let the heavens rain oil,
7The wadies run with honey,
8That I may know that Aliyan Baal is alive,
9That the Prince, Lord of Earth, exists."
10In a dream of the God of Mercy,
11In a vision of the Creator of Creatures,
12The heavens rain oil,
13The wadies run with honey,
14The God of Mercy rejoices.
15His feet He sets on the footstool.
16He cracks a smile and laughs.
17He lifts His voice And shouts: "Let Me sit and rest, And let My soul repose in My breast.
18For Aliyan Baal is resurrected, For the Prince, Lord of Earth, exists."
19Aloud shouts El to the Virgin Anath: "Hear, O Virgin Anath, Say to the Torch of the Gods, Shapash: 'Over the furrows of the fields, O Shapash, Over the furrows of the fields let El set Thee.
20As for the Lord of the Plowed Furrows, Where is Aliyan Baal?
21Where is the Prince, Lord of Earth?'"
22The Virgin Anath departs.
23Then She sets face toward the Torch of the Gods, Shapash.
24She lifts Her voice And shouts: "The message of Bull-El, Thy father, The word of the God of Mercy, Thy begetter:
25'Over the furrows of the fields, O Shapash, Over the furrows of the fields let El set Thee!
26As for the Lord of the Furrows of His plowing, Where is Aliyan Baal?
27Where is the Prince, Lord of Earth?'"
28And the Torch of the Gods, Shapash, replies: "I shall seek Aliyan Baal!"
29And the Virgin Anath answers: "As for Me, tis not I, O Shapash!
30As for Me, tis not I, but El summons Thee!
31May the Gods guard Thee in Sheol!"
32Shapash descends into the underworld. She enters the realm of Sheol.