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]