1. The (bed) of the earth they took for their border, but the god appeared not,
2. from the foundations of the earth he appeared not to make hostility;
3. (to) the heaven below they extended (their path), and to the heaven that is unseen they climbed afar.
4. In the Star(s) of Heaven was not their ministry; in Mazzaroth (the Zodiacal signs) was their office.
5. The Fire-god, the first-born supreme, into heaven they pursued and no father did he know.
6. O Fire-god, supreme on high, the first-born, the mighty, supreme enjoiner of the commands of Anu!
7. The Fire-god enthrones with himself the friend that he loves.
8. He reveals the enmity of those seven.
9. On the work he ponders in his dwelling-place.
10. O Fire-god, how were those seven begotten, how were they nurtured?