let music and dancing fill your house,
love the child who holds you by the hand,
and give your wife pleasure in your embrace.
That is the best way for a man to live.”
The Epic of Gilgamesh
translation by Stephen Mitchell
let music and dancing fill your house,
love the child who holds you by the hand,
and give your wife pleasure in your embrace.
That is the best way for a man to live.”
The Epic of Gilgamesh
translation by Stephen Mitchell