Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave

A man should not perish.

— Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave

A lost dog is bad; a lost man is terrible.

— Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave

King whom one cannot reach in the distant sky! Suen whom one cannot reach in the distant sky! King who loves justice, who hates evil! Suen who loves justice, who hates evil! Justice brings joy justly to your heart.

— Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave

Utu, shepherd of the land, father of the black-headed, when you go to sleep, the people go to sleep with you; youth Utu, when you rise, the people rise with you.

— Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave

The king lay down not to sleep, he lay down to dream.

— Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave

To the liar it talks in lies, to the truthful it speaks truth. It can make one man happy, it can make another man sing, but it is the closed tablet-basket of the gods. It is the beautiful bedchamber of , it is the counsellor of Inana. The multiplier of mankind, the voice of one not alive.

— Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave