13. The city's interior is filled with weeping,

14. en-na[38] dam[39] dingir ga-ša-an-bi li-bi nu-tar-ri[40]

14. While the consort, its divine queen, is not solicitous for her.

15. é-gu-la za-pa-ag ib-zu-a-bi

15. The great house which knew the cry of multitudes,

16. é-ri-a-súd-gim galu nu-un-tur-tur

16. Like a vast building in ruins men enter not.

17. Nibru-(ki) uru ki ligir-ligir-gal-gal-e-ne šu-im-ma-an-ḪA[41]-eš-ám

17. In Nippur, the city where great princes were prosperous,

18. a-na-áš ú-gu i-ni-in-de-eš[42]