GILGAMESH LAMENT FOR ENKIDU

Gilgamesh was king of the Sumerian city of Uruk in Southern Mesopotamia, some 5000 years ago. According to legend, he was a ruthless despot, so the gods created a friend for him, a kind of wild man called Enkidu, who was able to challenge him successfully in battle. This took Gilgamesh’s mind off oppressing his people, and he and Enkidu became inseparable friends. The two of them shared many remarkable adventures together but they made a fatal mistake. They traveled to the great cedar forest, where they killed a sacred beast known as “The Bull of Heaven”. This angered the gods, so they sentenced Enkidu to death.
TABLET VIII of the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, contains the text I sing in this lament. I would like to thank Andrew R. George, the translator of Gilgamesh, whose translation of the text appears in the subtitles to this video, for his generous help with the pronunciation of Old Babylonian. For those who are interested in learning more, I highly recommend Andrew George's KZbin videos on Mesopotamian mythology, as well as his excellent book, which is available on Amazon at the following link.
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There are two musical instruments in this interpretation of the lament of Gilgamesh. The lute I decided to use is the Persian “setar”, which is one of the closest instruments to the ancient three-stringed lutes that is still in existence today. The setar is capable of playing a wide range of quarter tones but, according to archaeomusicologists, the Babylonians did not use them. Personally, I’m not so sure about that.
The other musical instrument I used is a pair of reed pipes which are played together. The ones you see at the beginning of the video are copies of the pair of silver pipes that were discovered by archaeologist, Sir Leonard Woolley, during his excavations of the Sumerian city of Ur, in the 1920’s. They have a sound similar to the modern “duduk” and, like the duduk, the shehnai and the Australian didgeridoo, they are played using the technique known as “circular breathing”, in order to produce a continuous tone without interruption. The ancient Babylonian reed pipe was known as the “malilum”.
Since I could not sing, accompany myself on the lute, and play the pipes at the same time, I sampled the sound of the pipes and used a MIDI pedal keyboard (like the ones organists use to play bass notes) to trigger the sounds - one foot for each of the two silver pipes. That way I could perform all the parts of the lament at once, without any need for overdubs.
The glazed brick wall you see behind me in this video is part of the magnificent “Gate of Ishtar”, which was the main entrance to the ancient city of Babylon.
Any questions or remarks you may have regarding this video can be sent to me at the following address:
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[@genericlegionaryrecruit7235]

YOOOOOOOOOO ANOTHER GILGAMESH DROP LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@TheMusicalKnokcers]

perfectly summarized what went on in my head

[@jazzbluesshred]

😂😂😂😂

[@ibrahimyange1528]

*Perfectly "Sumerised"

[@sklavian6886]

GILGAMESH CAN HAVE DRIP

[@clinttorris6321]

been waiting for millenia

[@bogbody]

“Gilgamesh was called a god and a man; Enkidu was an animal and a man. It is the story of their becoming human together.” ― Herbert Mason

[@mindseven7217]

The story of a bigfoot meeting a nephilim.

[@mindseven7217]

@Zoomer Waffen you juss jealous.

[@tonisardelic9143]

true?

[@darknessx5825]

uruk: become human.

[@danendraaryadewa5455]

Hu tao gaming

[@moonflower5553]

This is the coolest man in the world imo: he can sing beautifully, he can sing in ancient languages, he can play obscure instruments, and his name is Peter Pringle. That's the best name I've ever heard.

[@kguy6635]

A worthy rival of Gilgamesh, perhaps?

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

@@kguy6635 Not until he slays the divine bull with his friend

[@mysonisthird5590]

Guy's a real G. I can't think of at least 5 people who can speak Sumerian.

[@ServantsResearchMinistries]

@@LuizAlexPhoenix Pretty sure they were more than just friends...

[@MensHominis]

@@mysonisthird5590 - he can’t speak Sumerian. He uses public translations and pronunciation guides made by researchers. Nevertheless his work is one of a kind, just to clarify.

[@CelestialChorus9827]

The bard we dont deserve has given into our pleas for more Gilgamesh. This man is epic!!

[@christianmoralesortiz4688]

DEFINITELY!!!!

[@maiacorbin7879]

He's such a diva and I love it. The material really requires it or he wouldn't be doing it justice haha. I remember hearing a performance of something in Old English (not Beowulf, something overtly Christian, is there a Lay of the Reed? I'm guessing randomly) and the dude had to really *belt* some of it for the emotional impact to translate at all. Given the circumstances under which this would've been performed I bet it was totally necessary just to carry a room. Gorgeous too.

[@maiacorbin7879]

@M Sombra (me perdoe, eu não falo português) Acho que isso é acadiano, não sumério. Alguns dos verbos têm cognatos hebraicos.

[@NoCommentAtThisTime]

Thank the Gods!

[@lerxtlifeson4232]

I see what you did there.

[@SamuraiMujuru]

I'd throw good money at getting the entire epic like this.

[@TheMalfean]

I’d throw a few hundred at it with you

[@christianmoralesortiz4688]

Agree

[@pieasy]

same

[@13sempere]

Me too.

[@thelemetric]

right there with you.

[@dannagonetofar7352]

*Gilgamesh was the first supervillain to be defeated by the power of friendship.*

[@D3sm0ndus]

And love :) In that time, love and friendship was the same thing.

[@johnsorrelw849]

Um, I think you mean makes friend of enemy to make 2 supervillains. As far as I can tell Gilgamesh continues as an arrogant tyrant with Enkidu as his loyal sidekick.

[@Ali-aliraqi7000]

The power of what?

[@Ali-aliraqi7000]

@Ulvbarn told our Sumerian ancestors that any love of any kind must kill those involved, and that Gilgamesh was, it is absurd and unbelievable.

[@benthephilosopher]

@@johnsorrelw849 crimgeeeeeeee

[@maciejukasiewicz7661]

The gods of ancient Uruk may be gone and forgotten but we still remember the friendship of Gilgamesh and Enkidu.

[@edouardomaindargent7685]

"Friendship"...

[@sterrnerdeem4979]

yea man i don’t know about that word “friendship” there but i can see what you mean

[@JohnDoe-wx2oo]

"..he was the sword at my side and the shield in front of me, and the whole of my delight" Who refers to their friends this way? This is lamenting the death of a lover.

[@edouardomaindargent7685]

@@JohnDoe-wx2oo I've read the epic yesterday and every description of its sadness about his loss was so strong!

[@MoreEvilThanYahweh]

It's not gae if it's clay

[@ehhe4381]

Remember: During your adventures with your friends, don't kill any sacred bulls...

[@Adrian-vy5vn]

Or reject some whoring goddess like Ishtar

[@tomaszpietrasik1528]

fuck...

[@philipocarroll]

@@Adrian-vy5vn Damned if you do, damned if you don't

[@leonardoflorentin]

Yeah right, everyone knows an adventure is about going to college, get a stable job and have an account in the bank with some saving money for any eventuality.

[@Igor-my6ml]

@@philipocarroll Then it's better to do 😀

[@duanerouser6720]

This isn't sadness: this is anguish.

[@guilhermecastro9893]

Its not even anguish its even deeper its more akin to a rage fueled by pain and grief, an endless void created by death, the incomprehensible nature of man. Its misery shrowded by absulute pain

[@Sonic_sorceress]

Um ok chill

[@fallinginthed33p]

It set Gilgamesh on a later quest for immortality. He found the elixir that could grant eternal life but he lost it, and it was his fate to meet the same doom as Enkidu.

[@AlphaBravoCharlie777]

Yeah and severe grief

[@shiftydog6969]

I really think the whole epic should be done. That'd be a feat.

[@paskodargenio9732]

Yes, I would listen to it for sure

[@sheepthief2785]

He should link up with an animator too and make it a whole thing

[@zack1140]

up you go!

[@belljar]

I’d pay for that. 🧐

[@paulscarvexx6911]

One of the tablets is missing. Others are damaged. Much of the story is lost.

[@foobman]

It's a strange feeling, knowing that this music reached us from 5000 years ago, and still being able to be moved by it.

[@musicloverlondon6070]

Yes, it's very strange. The special insight, talent and creativity of an individual (or possibly individuals) reaching across five millennia to elicit an emotional reaction from us now. Such a vast expanse of time being transcended in a matter of minutes at the mere touch of a finger; miraculous!

[@tariqjaser5924]

We are humans and exactly what you said is what differential us from the rest .. one love

[@ariochiv]

I share the feeling. It should tell you that music is much older and more fundamental to humankind than even our most ancient civilizations. Music and language are things deep in our genes.

[@KudratNurmatov]

This can’t be a song from 5000 years ago. The writing says this is Old Babylonian, a Semitic language in use in the second millennium BCE, right about the time when the Sumerian culture vanished...

[@tanyapineda7212]

Incredible & so beautiful, indeed.

[@comandantegorrion7271]

Modern People 🤝 Ancient Sumerians “Hey this is pretty good”

[@collinsagyeman6131]

"What is this sleep which holds you now? You are lost in the dark and cannot hear me.”

[@andreanicolas9363]

And it's a 5000 years ago poetical epic line

[@lucaortolani2059]

My heart is in pieces

[@blaidencortel]

We can still feel his grief 5 millennia later.

[@shogunrommel]

And I feel for a dude who lost his homie both from thousands of years ago. Probably the beer I have right now talking but I feel it. :'(

[@hugogh0113]

@@shogunrommel Man im glad im not the only one that goes straight to weird historical music when drinking

[@gregoryhawkins4210]

"Gilgamesh, a king. Gilgamesh, a king. At Uruk. He tormented his subjects. He made them angry. They cried out aloud, "Send us a companion for our king! Spare us from his madness! Enkidu, a wild man... from the forest, entered the city. They fought in the temple. They fought in the streets. Gilgamesh defeated Enkidu. They became great friends. Gilgamesh and Enkidu at Uruk."

[@fallinginthed33p]

Gregory Hawkins the poet, perhaps?

[@gregoryhawkins4210]

@@fallinginthed33p and didn't know it...

[@fallinginthed33p]

@@gregoryhawkins4210 there's a Gregory Hawkins who's a published poet, I thought you were him. That quote above is from Star Trek: The Next Generation

[@gregoryhawkins4210]

@@fallinginthed33p my reply was the old joke “poet and didn’t know it”. Yes of course it’s STNG. I thought it was fitting for the wonderful ancient tune!

[@dapperdappy9249]

God thank you literally the best episode of next-generation

[@scottydu81]

After watching How To Make Everything and seeing how difficult it was for bronze age people to produce materials, I definitely get it when he says “he was my festive robe, the axe at my side”. Those were not only very valuable things, they were hand made, unique, and laborious to replace

[@REDWOLF5652]

Also, these ancient societies lived in a time of bloody warfare and wild, untamed forests, plains, and deserts--where a sturdy, trusty axe could be your livlihood and a well honed sword could be line between life and death. Deeply valuable monetarily, hard forged through sweat and tears, yet also priceless, and beloved. History is filled with people who spoke lovingly of their trusty swords and axes, and tons of mythos were spun of "named weapons." Some of the highest praises a warrior could give of their brother, truly

[@colinwilliams5447]

I remember in 2150 BC I went to a concert in Urak with my friend, Manishtushu. (See my comment on the Epic of Gilgamesh) and a few moments from when we left on our camel, a man named Sin-Leqi-Sargon began singing and claimed it was a song written by his great-great-great-grandfather. People gathered around and began weeping when he said "𒈠𒀭𒅖𒌅𒋢! 𒀹𒅗?" Anyway, we left on our donkey after words. I still remember it 3000 years later. Those were the times. Kids these days just don't understand it.

[@drewga781]

Lies! I remember you. You and your friend Manishtushu could never afford a donkey(/camel)! ;)

[@Vivan_Da_Great_07]

come on man, HOW ARE YOU ALIVE?!?!

[@LURKTec]

Get a new joke

[@Vivan_Da_Great_07]

@@LURKTec you have no sense of humour. It's clear.

[@Sina.575]

​@@Vivan_Da_Great_07 the ancient sumerians believed in aliens... maby they went to space

[@alandavidson8311]

I named my dog Keedu, after Enkidu, 47 years ago. How I loved that dog, and I still miss him. Thanks Peter!

[@oscarneill9583]

My dog's name is Enki

[@joshuahutchings558]

I just got a dog 2 month ago and named her Enkidu!

[@drchilapastrosodrlasmacas438]

No one should care about dogs, that much. get a man friend, or even a woman. not a dog.

[@kingofnuggets7304]

@@drchilapastrosodrlasmacas438 He is more than 47 years old dawg , he has got more friends and women than you . And friends and women aren't even units to measure how much of a person you are . Who are you to stop him from getting a dog ? Since when did enjoying become life childish ? Edgelord

[@PolarisTheMorrigan]

@@drchilapastrosodrlasmacas438Man I know that’s 10months old but DAMN thats some crazy rage bait right there

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

I am 70. As an undergraduate I wrote my honors thesis on Gilgamesh, which I’ve reread many times as new translations come about. It is such a profoundly human poem…and it is their friendship which makes it so…I can’t express how much you brought me with this beautiful song.

[@allpro95035]

For real I feel like I'm their with my ancestors crying too

[@yasha886]

what translation do you recommend me, as someone who hasn't read it before?

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

@@yasha886 this is a recent translation w new material I’ve ordered…looks good…

[@yasha886]

@@sharonkaczorowski8690 sorry its not showing the text youre talking about, can you relink it?

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

My bad…let me try again…

[@Kus519]

This man made me lament for a dead friend I didn’t have

[@ionoarc]

The first and best recorded bromance in human history

[@jtarokujo6462]

dude, not every emotional bond betwen men is gae, yk men used to be alot more emotional up until 100-200 yo, its really sad that our culture these days sees almost every friendship betwen men as gae

[@werewolf4358]

@@jtarokujo6462 I know this is old, but chill my guy. He said BROmance, not romance. Totally different things.

[@jtarokujo6462]

@@werewolf4358 ik, i took 2weeks to relize that lol

[@minutemansam1214]

@@jtarokujo6462 I mean, they could be lovers. People back then were a lot looser with their sexuality than today. Bisexuality was much more common.

[@jtarokujo6462]

@@minutemansam1214 they could be but they are not mate, they just have a really strong bond between them, also no dude, ppl back then wasn't alot looser with their sexuality then today especially in 2021, that just wrong

[@omaralsaadi1751]

The part that shook me the most is the last sentence about covering his friend's Face like a Bride in her Veil. The fact that how old can a lot of the universal things shared by most world cultures be without us knowing like covering the dead with a shroud or using a veil for a bride. Who knows what else we still share whether it's beliefs or customs.

[@netsong2239]

​@barkoalko4183Lol ok altaicist

[@Hepad_]

@barkoalko4183 this is your brain on 3rd-world nationalism

[@namedrop721]

@barkoalko4183first you want Genghis Khan, then you want Gilgamesh, the Cossaks aren’t safe either Yet none of them are genetically related to you. Please stop.

[@krle7970]

@bar540the great civilization Turks have are from osman

[@ShifuCareaga]

Lol please people. The Sumerians and Babylonians have gone into everyone. No one can claim them. But I have an inkling where the main of them went and you won't like it. ;)

[@thomas5585]

KZbinrs: wow, I really like this Epic of Gilgamesh song *Six years later* The song continues!

[@andreasstuermer4946]

Hey compared to the 5000 years ...

[@slslbbn4096]

The top genre in the Stone Age was Rock

[@Zaimarmentaris22]

How many of you guys waited for this since the epic of gilgamesh? The glorious song of the separation of heaven from earth and of the creation of bread

[@davidpowell6098]

Yes me, I listened to that, many times. Timeless classic. Mr Pringle sang it amazingly.

[@jamienelson3470]

I love the lines about the bread and ovens. It shows that they still had a cultural memory of a time before cities, and it was important to them that the listener understand that this was a long time ago, but not *that long ago! It's a story about heroes and epic adventures and epic friendships, but it's also, a little bit, a story written by a people trying to define what it means to be civilized.

[@humanbridges]

@@jamienelson3470 Exactly.

[@AlexKS1992]

I wonder if Nebuchadnezzar’s palace is still there after 6 years and is it still possible to visit because I hear ISIS destroyed a lot of antiquity sites across Iraq.

[@friendlyattack1181]

It's a classic

[@Babayaga962]

I lost my best friend four years ago. When I listen to this song I feel as though 4000 years ago someone threw a javelin, and it flew through millennia and a million miles to strike me right in the heart. Gilgamesh is ultimately about what it means to be human, and the pain of loss is part of that.

[@СтаниславКостецький]

❤

[@johnssmith4005]

He touched his heart but it did not beat , nor did he lift his eyes again .... All the people of Eridu weep for you Enkidu

[@Phoenix00744]

Peter, this comment section is proof that there's an untapped market for Sumerian classics...and you're the man for the job!

[@TrouvatkiDePercusion]

^

[@EL-oj6uq]

I'm a hebrew speaker and I'm honestly surprised by how many words I recognized

[@ShifuCareaga]

​@@EL-oj6uqdon't be. There is a specific reason or set of reasons for this

[@calvincase52]

I would be willing to pay for more than the price of a good movie ticket or Blu Ray disc to see the whole Epic of Gilgamesh sung like this. Incredibly beautiful and evocative

[@Valkbg]

Me too and Im sure many others will also be willing.

[@kenneth6211]

As a musician I would love to take you up on that offer. The Epic of Gilgamesh deserves an album worthy of angels

[@georgeofhamilton]

Or better yet, the Epic of Gilgamesh adapted into a big-budget film musical of this style.

[@Randomkloud]

there's an hour long concert of this sang in Arabic on yt

[@memezarthereviewer5048]

@@kenneth6211 i check your channel and seen nothing, when you going to?

[@watcher235711]

This is so beautiful. It also reminds me of the Sumerian "Death of Gilgamesh" where one of the consolations given to Gilgamesh is that the underworld is where "your precious friend, your companion, your friend Enkidu" lies too.

[@AlienTruth]

Six years i´ve waited for this. You are awesome.

[@siegfried2k4]

Six years? What a fake fan. Stop insulting the fanbase please! I’ve been listening since 1500 BC. When he wasn’t booming in the Sumerian music market!

[@miamivicemami]

Amen

[@gatoreptiliano8785]

I've waited four. No... Five thousand years for this!

[@FatihYasinYılmaz3428]

Yes

[@COLOFIDUTI]

A rival, a friend.Gilgamesh lost the only one that could understand him at his core.

[@knife-wieldingspidergod5059]

Of course, the Gods custom built a friend for him.

[@maosama3695]

@@knife-wieldingspidergod5059 more like an enemy. Enkidu was suppose to humble gilgamesh for his hubris. Turns out he just needed a friend to chill. Enkidu died btw because the gods cursed him. They couldnt punish gilgamesh directly cause he is a demigod as well so they killed enkidu who became ill.

[@MunkEMann]

We really peaked musically with the invention of music huh

[@oftheHowl]

The most redundant sentence I've ever read lol

[@spassocane3821]

"oh yeah, the floor here is made out of floor"

[@inquisitorialllama638]

@@spassocane3821 THE ARCHER CLASS REALLY IS MADE OF ARCHERS!

[@heyitszim6359]

@@inquisitorialllama638 "People die when they are killed" - Enkidu, probably

[@diarrheabaptism3827]

No it's not, he's saying music peaked with its invention which is almost never the case. Cars didn't peak with their invention.

[@birkisi59]

After the 6 years we miss Gilgamesh and his best friend...

[@alpertuyan4047]

Oo Türk buldum bu kanalı dinleyen Türklerde var demek ki (:

[@ByGongarTurkish]

Kaliteli kardeşlerim burada toplanmışlar :)

[@andreth_saelind]

Keşke Spotify a da gelse

[@scottjuhnke6825]

"And Gilgamesh wept bitter tears..." Always one of my favorite Picard moments. Made just that much more poignant. Thank you for gracing us with this wonderful gift.

[@eugstefan22]

The way he is singing makes me feel this 5000 year old pain

[@simeonwormwood3658]

The last "he covered his friend, veiling his face like a bride" makes me feel things I didn't know I could

[@AsalhaPuja]

The fact that I can hear someone singing in a language that has been gone for thousands of years and still find it beautiful is just astonishing to me. Music is truly universal and the only language that everyone understands.

[@AhmedAminTheAuthor]

Thank you very much for this. I am from Iraq, from Nasriya, where the oldest story in human history took place and where Gilgamesh ruled. Thank you for honoring our history.

[@keithsimons8254]

Your people were of the first of us. We should always honor their memory.

[@AhmedAminTheAuthor]

@@keithsimons8254 Thank you for the kind words. The honor is ours.

[@keithsimons8254]

@@AhmedAminTheAuthor When my ancestors in Europe (Germany) were still living in mud caves and dying to broken bones, your ancestors built monuments to the Gods, and the stars. Your people knew trigonometry and the calculus AT LEAST 5000 years before Liebnitz and Newton, and we now have evidence, written in stone. We are a species with amnesia, and your people and their history are the key to coming to terms with that. Sumer > Akkadia > Mesopotamia > Babylon > Persia > Iraq\Iran. Woe be to those who don't know the truth of human history. I wish I could visit the birthplace of humanity, but politics will not allow that.

[@AhmedAminTheAuthor]

@@keithsimons8254 when the day happens, I’ll be giving you the grand tour myself :D

[@daemonzap1481]

@@keithsimons8254 I thought it was Babylon > Mesopotamia since Babylon empire came before Alexander's Empire am I wrong?

[@JuanSanchez-gy5xg]

Lyrics: 42. ši-ma-in-ni eṭlūtu ši-ma-in-ni ia-a-ši 43. ši-ma-in-ni ši-bu-ut āli rapši Uruk ši-ma-in-ni ia-a-ši 44. a-na-ku a-na Enkidu ib-ri-ia a-bak-ki 45. kīma lal-la-ri-ti ú-nam-bar ṣar-piš ------------------------------------------------------------ 46. ha-as-si-in a-hi-i-a, tuk-l a-tu i-di-ia nam-sar shi-bi-i-a, a-ri-te sha pa-ni-ia. 48. lu-bar i-sin-na-ti-ia, ni-bi-ih la-le-e-a 49. sha-a-ru, lem-nu, it-ba-am, i-te(-e)k-ma n-ni ia-a-shi 52. sha nin-nem-du-ma ni-lu-u ??? 53. ni-is-ba-tu-ma, a-la-a ni-na-ru 54. nu-shal-pi-tu Hum-ba-ba sha ina gištir, eren aš-bu 55. e-nin-na mi-nu-u šit-tu sha is-ba-tu-ka ka-a-shi 56. ta-’-ad-dra am-ma, ul-tše m-man-ni ia-a-ši 59. ik-tùm-ma ib-ri, ki-ma kal-la-ti pa-ni-shu Tried my best to find the lyrics. Hope this helps

[@mohammadgoli7830]

Thanks a lot!

[@bullabuck7535]

we'll always appriciate your hard work

[@JohnSmith-iu9fx]

Thanks! You're the best!

[@RandOm-xc4qi]

Thanks again!

[@daunhidupwa8768]

Thanks you're the best. I've been asking this long years ago but no one give me. And then there is you. God Bless you

[@saadiftikhar3317]

Oldest bromance known to mankind

[@madeofnapalm]

Been waiting for this one for so long... feels like 5000 years man

[@Ledokot512]

Услышьте меня, о младые мужи! Услышьте! Услышьте меня, о старейшины града Урук! Услышьте! Друга милого, Энкиду, буду оплакивать я. Словно плакальщица, буду горько рыдать по нему. Он мне был, словно острый топор, что в руке лежал крепко. Он мне был, словно меч, словно щит, что хранил меня от беды. Он мне был, словно золотом шитое одеянье, радостью и усладой моей. Но злобный ветер поднялся и украл его у меня! Вместе мы рука об руку покоряли вершины. Вместе мы побороли Быка Небесного, а потом умерщвили его. Вместе мы победили Хумбабу-чудовище, стража кедрового леса. Но какой же тяжёлый сон одолел тебя ныне? Сомкнуты уста твои, и не слышишь ты моего плача. И, словно невесту вуалью, накрыл он друга могильным покровом.

[@umang3227]

Hey, I know it's late but i also wrote a translation in Greek by seeing your comment.

[@محمدالكعبي-م7ف]

A lament is like a ritual still practiced in southern Iraq. He honors those who lost with a tune we call an "obituary", and it seems that we have not only inherited our genes from our ancestors. We inherited a lot of words like verbs and orders, all words in the Sumerian language are still in our dialect.

[@skrigged9270]

True, at first when he said shmaini (hear me), it it sounded like the arabic word isma3ni and I was surprised

[@azilius5302]

In the iraqi dialect? That's amazing!!

[@mazmazoh]

@@skrigged9270 it is the same root indeed in Arabic and other Semitic languages (S M Ain), which makes me think that this man is not singing in Sumerian, as Sumerian is NOT a Semitic language. He may be singing in Akkadian or Aramaic which are Semitic and were used in Mesopotamia, albeit in different times...

[@AbdulRahman-bi1nu]

@@mazmazoh it is Semitic it's proto Semitic very ancient

[@AlexKS1992]

In some way the modern day people of Iraq are the descendants of the Akkadians, Sumerians, Guti, Elamites, Assyrians and Babylonians.

[@OMARALICRUZQUEVEDO]

"...he covered his friend veiling his face like a bride..." when i hear that part my eyes and heart covered on tears...

[@advancedpsiwheel651]

"Have you ever heard of the tragedy of Darth Gilgamesh the wise?"

[@Historyreader23]

...No...

[@advancedpsiwheel651]

@@Historyreader23 I thought not. It's not a story the Jedi would tell you. It's a Sith legend. Darth Gilgamesh was a Dark Lord of the Sith, so powerful and so wise he could use the Force to influence the midichlorians to not create life... He had such a knowledge of the dark side that he couldn't even keep the ones he cared about from dying. The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. He became so powerful... the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice killed him in his sleep. It's ironic he couldn't save others from death, including himself.

[@ruanrodrigues9187]

@@advancedpsiwheel651 Is it possible to learn this power ?

[@advancedpsiwheel651]

@@ruanrodrigues9187 not by a Jedi

[@natedorney7032]

@@advancedpsiwheel651 because he didn't have the high ground.

[@Norrikan]

Strive to live in such a way that when your day comes someone mourns you in the way Gilgamesh mourned Enkidu.

[@jonathanmarom9571]

It is so exciting that as a Semitic speaker almost 3000 years apart I can still recognize words in this epic

[@lanceaujmaya5054]

I am assyrian from Iraq, it's really interesting as we use many of these words till now in Neo-assyrian Aramaic language

[@b0rder.-991]

My man is 75 years old and still killing it. Love all your music

[@dawnvickerstaff9148]

The story of Gilgamesh and Enkidu are universal and timeless. The mortality of man and the mourning of loss will continue as long as we are human. It's no wonder that your music moves us with its mournful tones. You touch our souls and make real the pain of separation. I will subscribe and I hope for more wonderful music. Thank you.

[@Thecircustapes]

Its somehow sadder when you know the whole story and how Gilgamesh lamented like a widow for his friend, his "second self"

[@88kjk75]

You can feel the foundation of civilization in these sounds.

[@ADMBPR]

Timeless means Of no time in particular. What's good is forever good. I bet Aliens listen to Peter Pringle too

[@eliseh.7474]

Love that. Stay well!

[@edouardomaindargent7685]

When the oldest tale known on earth is talking about how deeply a man loved the other man he spent years with, and how he was everything to him. Then finish by saying he covers his face like he'd cover his bride's face.

[@_semih_]

Gilgamesh: *No homo*

[@Jawarable]

Gilgamesh: Enkidu, the whole of my delight on this earth, has been stolen from me. I will now proceed to mourn like a wailing woman. Modern Historians: They must have been very good friends.

[@Jstalhzet]

@@Jawarable that's how it is sometimes with the boys

[@RealSaudiExplorer]

You can't interpret a 5000 years old culture, with a 5 years old culture.

[@arnantphongsatha7906]

@@Jawarable You are either a woman or have never had a bro or a homie.

[@DennisOfDragons]

The Return of the King!

[@self-transforming_machine-elf]

Gilgamesh and Enkidu On the ocean

[@ADHDWOOHOO]

The beast at Tanagra.

[@jonnyerts3997]

Enkidu. A wild man.

[@pscar1]

Sokath, his eyes opened!

[@stevepalpatine2828]

Shka. When the Walls fell.

[@eyeballpapercut4400]

TAKE ME BY THE HAN-wait wrong reference

[@Caesar-Sensei]

For those who want to sing along to this masterpiece: " ši-ma-in-ni eṭlūtu ši-ma-in-ni ia-a-ši ši-ma-in-ni ši-bu-ut āli rapši Uruk ši-ma-in-ni ia-a-ši a-na-ku a-na Enkidu, Enkidu ib-ri-ia a-bak-ki3 kīma lal-la-ri-ti ú-nam-ba ṣar-piš ḫa-aṣ-ṣi-in a-ḫi-a tuk-la-tu i-di-iа nam-ṣar šip-pі-ia a-ri-tu šá pa-ni-ia lu-bar i-si-na-ti-iа ni-bi-iḫ la-le-e-a šá-a-ru lem-nu it-ba-am-ma i-te-ek-ma n-ni ia-a-ši šá nin-né-em-du-ma ni-lu-ú šadá ni-iṣ-ba-tu-ma а-lа-а ni-na-ru nu-šal-pi-tu Humbaba šá ina qišti erēnî аšbu е-nin-nа mi-nu-ú šit-tu šá iṣ-ba-tu-ka kа-а-ši ta-ʾ-ad-ram-ma ul ta-šem-man-ni ia-a-ši ik-tùm-ma ib-ri kīma kal-la-ti pānīšu "

[@ratherlargeshmeat6189]

Lets drop some F's for Enkidu Real talk though imagine explaining to this guy that he will live on in legend thousands of years after his death, holy shit...

[@shogunrommel]

Belated F for the homie

[@scottydu81]

*F*

[@sosia-c5f]

F

[@axelgrease69]

F

[@ITSMRFOXY]

F and W for gilgamesh, who still seems to live forever as of now... In our hearts.

[@bruhdon4748]

It’s crazy to think guitar solos technically existed 5000 years ago.

[@ShifuCareaga]

No guitars 😅 just other solos

[@28diefee]

Well, Gilgamesh will be with us for ever. Great man of those ancient times.

[@jwadaow]

He discovered NMN

[@Adrian-vy5vn]

The first übermensch

[@Zaimarmentaris22]

Finally Mr Pringle another song from the epic gilgamesh

[@skylargray455]

Goosebumps listening to an ancient song being sung in a language that ceased to exist for nearly 3000 years

[@ilaimakesmusic]

this is amazing. being a hebrew speaker and understanding the small semitic cognate words just elevates the experience completely.

[@murtadhaalkenani3876]

Same as arabic , many words corresponds since Mesopotamia was the birth of Semitism

[@amylafornina1112]

I wish I was born in a race with deep culture and history. our cuntry is just a baby. A newborn from volcanic eruptions.

[@MadMorgie6318]

5000 years, speaking such a poignant description of loss and sorrow that still resonates with us to this day.

[@aleks8888no]

So modern and yet so timeless.

[@FreddyFuFu]

Electrons generated photons and soundwaves across the world so Beauty could exist for a brief moment in eternity in our brains because Peter Pringle collaborated with a sumerian from ancient times. This is great

[@user-vz5md5tm4u]

literally dont care

[@rakuptkalg5935]

@@user-vz5md5tm4u keep losing in life lmao what a hater

[@user-vz5md5tm4u]

@@rakuptkalg5935 still dont care

[@ennui9745]

@@user-vz5md5tm4u Yeah, no one cares about you.

[@user-vz5md5tm4u]

@@ennui9745 you kinda slow aint you

[@En__lil]

This obituary and the sad voice are still in Mesopotamia, and to this very day, while we in Iraq are still singing the oldest Sumerian song to this day, it has become a lullaby for children to sleep.❤

[@SetuwoKecik]

Girls: A: "i can't believe he didn't cry at titanic!" B: "Do men even have feelings?" Boys:

[@ejenkicap7452]

Anjay

[@SetuwoKecik]

@@ejenkicap7452 anjay anjay mak kau ijau

[@yourunclejeej180]

girl no like history girl only know titanic ooga booga boy unique interests boy ooga

[@yourunclejeej180]

like, im sorry for bein rude but cmon man. this joke is overdone

[@SetuwoKecik]

@@yourunclejeej180 lah ngatur 👁️👄👁️

[@ozdevil4564]

Omg dealing with a mad king by giving him a friend is so extra

[@Balrog-tf3bg]

This is a truly beautiful song. Thank you for bringing this back to humanity

[@طالبهندسةطبية]

Thank you, from the land of Sumer, Mesopotamia, to Peter, who made this wonderful masterpiece in our minds and took us back to ancient times. ❤️

[@goodbanter4427]

He's back!

[@Shingojikung]

Enkidu in legend : 🗿 Enkidu in fgo : 🤨

[@philonico]

C'est la chose la plus belle que j'ai entendue depuis ce début d'année 2021. Merci pour ce moment tellement émouvant.

[@batman3659]

Listening Peter's performance I can see Gilgamesh mourning next to Enkidu's corpse, I can feel his deep sorrow...

[@MrTLSfan]

Gilgamesh and Enkidu, best bromance of all time

[@claudioproteo3039]

And then this is something that anyone who served in a band of brothers, military or police or like, to hell and back through difficult years, can relate. This is precisely how it feels to bury an old comrade-in-arms.

[@SamusKerrigan]

Enkidu has been lost to the red side, upon hearing the blasphemous words of Wololo. Lost but never forgotten

[@SCHATTENJGGER]

Wololooooooo

[@AexisRai]

The way this passage is bookended by "hear me" is heartwrenching

[@GuntherRommel]

Mr Pringle, you bring civility to an age of barbarism. Your music touches me deeply, and I always find my eyes full of tears, hearing the God-King's pain.

[@GuntherRommel]

An aside, do you ever sell your sheet music?

[@AmericanAkosm]

I can't imagine how anyone could "dislike" this.

[@SkoomaGodDovahkiin666]

Probably Ishtar. Thottie is still Salty about Gil picking his bro over her.

[@wiandryadiwasistio2062]

ishtar: 😤😤😤

[@kingofnuggets7304]

Salty Humbaba

[@ChristosNikolisOfficial]

@AmericanAkosm Dislikers could be just kids who accidentally bumped into this.. maybe someone who’s soul is still unburdened by the troubles of the world and not ready for this. ❤

[@humanbridges]

SING THE WHOLE THING. DO THE WHOLE THING. Get some other musicians in there. You're the only person on earth right now who understands how important this is

[@Dalbert342]

This is by far better then any modern music

[@shinitaisenpai9057]

Why the fuck does this hit so hard and deep in the feels? I'm feeling things that make no sense and it is golden. Thank you very much, good Sir.

[@pprot1337]

MY MAN IS BACK

[@antoniomaranganha]

The first bromance of the history.

[@jtarokujo6462]

dude not every emotional bond betwen men is gae, he was his best friend but not that much mate

[@antoniomaranganha]

@@jtarokujo6462 yes, a bromance

[@jtarokujo6462]

@@antoniomaranganha you're etheir a woman or never had a homie(close friend) to you

[@antoniomaranganha]

@@jtarokujo6462 I had. It was a bromance.

[@smelis2755]

@@jtarokujo6462 do you know the meaning of bromance bro, its literally strong nonsexual friendship

[@jeniskindof]

If someone as strong and brave as Gilgamesh wept and mourned the lost of his friend enkidu it should tell you sorrow should not be hidden but expressed freely.

[@Kobk.e]

In other words gilgamesh singed “I really miss my homie” all along, maybe the epic is the friends we made along the way

[@buckadillafilms]

Enkido, you are not forgotten

[@Jonnygurudesigns]

You don't mess around big boss! Sick AF! You take us all back to the days of sand and sorrow.. Or maybe that's the feeling that's left behind after they are forgotten..?

[@BrandydocMeriabuck]

Aw yeah here we go, another song from the epic of Gilgamesh. Love this guy

[@lunariaww]

this is actually so incredibly beautiful how those distant civilization is still remembered. Gilgamesh truly does achieve immortality in a way.

[@tookurjaerbs]

I haven't been this moved by a piece of music in a long time. This brought me to tears. Heart-wrenchingly beautiful and haunting. Thank you so much for posting this.

[@sabinas.6965]

I am truly grateful that someone like you exists and that I discovered you. Thank you so much for your devotion to your unique work! You are a sweet blessing to the world!

[@Babayaga962]

3 years ago today, my best friend took his own life. It shattered me. I didn’t have many friends to begin with and the ones I had I would die for. I went into I deep depression and nearly took my life as well. One day I tried to find the meaning of life, and I simply couldn’t. But then I asked a different question. What was the meaning of death. Why do we die? I realized that life without death is life without meaning. If we had unlimited time on this planet we would never get anything done because we could always do it tomorrow. We would never get out of bed because we could do it tomorrow morning. But because we die, we only have so many mornings to wake up to. You are finite, and that’s ok. We only live for so long and that’s the beauty of life. You can’t see the whole world in your lifetime, you must choose what parts to see, what matters to you. Death is part of the human experience, and now I understand. You may disagree, but I don’t think there is anything after death. Once i understand that being finite is ok, i stopped needing an afterlife and I’m quite content with what I have. I have moved beyond the need for heaven or reincarnation and Honestly, I feel liberated, free. I still struggle with thoughts of hurting myself. But I realized I can leave this world whenever I want, and I’m here because I want to be, because there are still people here that I love, and I will not make them suffer as I have. I am free, I am human. Stay safe folks, watch out for your loved ones.

[@Jaunyus]

This is one of the most emotional pieces I've ever heard.

[@ArvelCrynyd]

This is a Certified Hood Classic 💯 ✅

[@gregkral4467]

i feel this pain, of beloved friend gone

[@AethelredTheReady]

Girls when their friend gets married: "Oh my God I'm so excited for you! I hope that I can meet a nice man some day lol. I'm gonna be the one to catch that bouquet." Boys when their friend gets married:

[@rowsys]

Please put your music on spotify!!

[@fidemporas]

RIP Enkidu, that ligma affliction had an insurmountable toll on him.