GILGAMESH LAMENT FOR ENKIDU

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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 KZread videos on Mesopotamian mythology, as well as his excellent book, which is available on Amazon at the following link.
www.amazon.com/Epic-Gilgamesh...
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:
Enjoy!
gilgamesh@peterpringle.com

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  • @darthguilder1923
    @darthguilder19233 жыл бұрын

    Enkidu: last seen online 5000 years ago

  • @christophersherman1198

    @christophersherman1198

    3 жыл бұрын

    🙌

  • @jari2018

    @jari2018

    3 жыл бұрын

    I guess he used pIRCH or mIRC or even micosoft chat - and from history ->microsoft messanger were their child , he died also and microsoft adopted a son , Skype

  • @taotekoncha6275

    @taotekoncha6275

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lmfaooo

  • @SergioGreyKnight

    @SergioGreyKnight

    3 жыл бұрын

    Press F When that feel is so surreal that you take out the steel.

  • @Isaiah42069

    @Isaiah42069

    3 жыл бұрын

    3 dots still moving on his chat box like hes still typing a message.. must be Epic.

  • @SivakAurak
    @SivakAurak3 жыл бұрын

    3400 years ago, a man named Sîn-lēqi-unninni made marks on a piece of clay and now we're all crying. Man, this world is crazy.

  • @TheEmeraldMenOfficial

    @TheEmeraldMenOfficial

    2 жыл бұрын

    More than that. 5400 years ago.

  • @ErickSoares3

    @ErickSoares3

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TheEmeraldMenOfficial The "Standard" version is "recently", even if it was older than Bible. Now the earliest texts may be 5-6000 years ago.

  • @TheEmeraldMenOfficial

    @TheEmeraldMenOfficial

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ErickSoares3 We know it mostly from 3400-year-old Babylonian texts, yes, BUT the Epic was written 2000 years prior by the Sumerians and we know this due to excavated fragments and excerpts dating that far back.

  • @minutemansam1214

    @minutemansam1214

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TheEmeraldMenOfficial The oldest version of the Epic of Gilgamesh dates back to 1800 BC, with the most famous version dating to about 1300 BC. While poems about Gilgamesh existed all the way back to 2100 BC, they weren't part of a single cohesive narrative, though they would serve as the backbone for the later combined Epics. So not quite 5400 years ago.

  • @reginafortunato2123

    @reginafortunato2123

    2 жыл бұрын

    Porque será q o humano desprovido de coisas e depous q encontra se encanta e fica besta 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @moonflower5553
    @moonflower55532 жыл бұрын

    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

    @kguy6635

    2 жыл бұрын

    A worthy rival of Gilgamesh, perhaps?

  • @LuizAlexPhoenix

    @LuizAlexPhoenix

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @mysonisthird5590

    @mysonisthird5590

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheTempleOfInanna

    @TheTempleOfInanna

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @MensHominis

    @MensHominis

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @ireviewshtuff
    @ireviewshtuff2 жыл бұрын

    “And Gilgamesh wept bitter tears, and he said: ‘He who was my companion, through hardship, and adventure, is now gone forever.’”

  • @alexandramclean9041

    @alexandramclean9041

    2 жыл бұрын

    Zinda, his eyes red.

  • @Norrikan

    @Norrikan

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@alexandramclean9041 Tamak. The river Tamak, in winter.

  • @igorvoloshin3406

    @igorvoloshin3406

    2 жыл бұрын

    "Как же смолчу я, как успокоюсь - друг мой Энкиду стал землёю! Мой верный Энкиду стал землёю..."

  • @fallinginthed33p

    @fallinginthed33p

    2 жыл бұрын

    Timba, at rest.

  • @robinavalyn9513

    @robinavalyn9513

    Жыл бұрын

    Almost cried when Jean Luc Picard used that very line in the episode "Darmok."

  • @bogbody
    @bogbody3 жыл бұрын

    “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

    @mindseven7217

    3 жыл бұрын

    The story of a bigfoot meeting a nephilim.

  • @mindseven7217

    @mindseven7217

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Zoomer Waffen you juss jealous.

  • @tonisardelic9143

    @tonisardelic9143

    3 жыл бұрын

    true?

  • @darknessx5825

    @darknessx5825

    3 жыл бұрын

    uruk: become human.

  • @danendraaryadewa5455

    @danendraaryadewa5455

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hu tao gaming

  • @genericlegionaryrecruit7235
    @genericlegionaryrecruit72353 жыл бұрын

    YOOOOOOOOOO ANOTHER GILGAMESH DROP LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO

  • @TheMusicalKnokcers

    @TheMusicalKnokcers

    3 жыл бұрын

    perfectly summarized what went on in my head

  • @jazzbluesshred

    @jazzbluesshred

    3 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂😂

  • @ibrahimyange1528

    @ibrahimyange1528

    3 жыл бұрын

    *Perfectly "Sumerised"

  • @sklavian6886

    @sklavian6886

    3 жыл бұрын

    GILGAMESH CAN HAVE DRIP

  • @clinttorris6321

    @clinttorris6321

    3 жыл бұрын

    been waiting for millenia

  • @dannagonetofar7352
    @dannagonetofar73523 жыл бұрын

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

  • @666vampirus

    @666vampirus

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @johnsorrelw849

    @johnsorrelw849

    2 жыл бұрын

    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

    @Ali-aliraqi7000

    2 жыл бұрын

    The power of what?

  • @Ali-aliraqi7000

    @Ali-aliraqi7000

    2 жыл бұрын

    @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

    @benthephilosopher

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@johnsorrelw849 crimgeeeeeeee

  • @alejandrobautista7953
    @alejandrobautista79532 жыл бұрын

    "He covered his friend, veiling his face like a bride" Man, that final line killed me 😭

  • @medicinemanboxing3222

    @medicinemanboxing3222

    Жыл бұрын

    To think that these Ancient People were less advanced than us, as many today casually think..is vastly incorrect. The writings from this time are so profound and deep beyond spoken words. To think that thousands of years ago, such incredible thoughts and words were written, if only they could be around now, to see all this technology and science, with millions of people running around listening to/speaking garbage. I’d love to hear their Lament over how far modern humanity’s spirit has fallen.

  • @danielwoods3896

    @danielwoods3896

    Жыл бұрын

    @@medicinemanboxing3222 Humanity's spirit has never changed, our stories are still good. You sound like a massive boomer

  • @wanderer_666

    @wanderer_666

    Жыл бұрын

    Same, I felt it deep down in my soul 😔

  • @vbnmorbus

    @vbnmorbus

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@medicinemanboxing3222 ok

  • @exgod1

    @exgod1

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@medicinemanboxing3222 google Rosy retrospection

  • @CelestialChorus9827
    @CelestialChorus98273 жыл бұрын

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

  • @christianmoralesortiz4688

    @christianmoralesortiz4688

    3 жыл бұрын

    DEFINITELY!!!!

  • @maiacorbin7879

    @maiacorbin7879

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @maiacorbin7879

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @NoCommentAtThisTime

    @NoCommentAtThisTime

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank the Gods!

  • @lerxtlifeson4232

    @lerxtlifeson4232

    3 жыл бұрын

    I see what you did there.

  • @SamuraiMujuru
    @SamuraiMujuru3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheMalfean

    @TheMalfean

    3 жыл бұрын

    I’d throw a few hundred at it with you

  • @christianmoralesortiz4688

    @christianmoralesortiz4688

    3 жыл бұрын

    Agree

  • @pieasy

    @pieasy

    3 жыл бұрын

    same

  • @13sempere

    @13sempere

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me too.

  • @thelemetric

    @thelemetric

    3 жыл бұрын

    right there with you.

  • @duanerouser6720
    @duanerouser6720 Жыл бұрын

    This isn't sadness: this is anguish.

  • @guilhermecastro9893

    @guilhermecastro9893

    Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @nnastasys8082

    @nnastasys8082

    6 ай бұрын

    Um ok chill

  • @fallinginthed33p

    @fallinginthed33p

    4 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @radamest2
    @radamest23 жыл бұрын

    "Many adventures they shared. It was in one such adventure that Enkidu became ill. At first, neither Gilgamesh nor Enkidu thought much of it for they were both so strong and never became ill. But when the illness worsened it became necessary to return to Uruk. It became such that Gilgamesh had to carry Enkidu back to the city, but it was too late. Enkidu suffered for twelve days before finally dying in the arms of he who became as a brother. Gilgamesh was shattered. When those close to Gilgamesh tried to console him and convince him to allow them to take Enkidu's body for preparation and burial, Gilgamesh raged, and for six days and seven nights refused to allow his friend to be buried, hoping that Enkidu would somehow rise and come to live again. He did not allow anyone near the body nor would he leave its side. He stood watch with a sword in his hand hoping to defeat death from taking his friend. But death had already taken him. What lay there was only his body. Gilgamesh would not concede until at last he saw a maggot come out of Enkidu’s nose. Gilgamesh despaired and fled into the wilderness, where he wept and mourned, undone by grief. Of all ways to die, after having survived their many adventures, to be undone by illness was undeserving of one so honorable. This stunned Gilgamesh. How was it possible that so great a man, one as equal to himself, can succumb to such an inglorious death! Even if songs were song to his glory, they would eventually fade from man's tongue and he would be forgotten. In the end there would be no glory. No immortality. This consumed and terrified Gilgamesh; for in Enkidu's death he foresaw his own transience."

  • @marioionion2

    @marioionion2

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @Mr_TJones

    @Mr_TJones

    2 жыл бұрын

    When the stars blacken and reality collapses all man will long have been extinct. The death of enkidu is like to death of the universe, despite the glory and great actions made by life and the expanse it could achieve despite the universe being host to all manner of living intellect and elegance not even the great mass and size of the universe can forgo its own demise. Gilgamesh realizes this fact with the death of Enkidu. Nothing loves forever, no tales no glory, no reputation nor grand temples of flesh and bone. All will fall at the mercy of time. And yet it took the death of one so important and valued to the man who sought to overcome death to realise that his aspiration to overcome death left him blind to those around him aside from his one friend. With the realization that overcoming the inevitable is a doomed task he sought to make the best of his time and to help others less fortunate than himself, in this way he became a great ruler of man as even though he knew that everything would be forgotten. The time granted to him and to others should be valued greatly as it is all the time they have to enjoy the pleasantries of the universe before it’s demise.

  • @LuizAlexPhoenix

    @LuizAlexPhoenix

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Mr_TJones I am not crying, it's just the evil goddess making rain fall from my eyes...

  • @pharaohsmagician8329

    @pharaohsmagician8329

    Жыл бұрын

    Very very beautiful. The first great Empires of Man, their story is often forgotten to be told. I will commit my lifetime to understanding them and the Power of the Sun they wielded. Also this comment reminds me of Morrowind, a game which heavily takes its artsyle from Babylonian Sumerian Numidian aesthetic, including many names written exactly as they were in the real world. It's quite interesting! I bet at the very bottom deepest chamber in the Tower of Babel there is a orange gate to Naraka. . . .

  • @cherxiong8064

    @cherxiong8064

    Жыл бұрын

    Wow that was beautiful. Loved how beautifully written you’ve wrote.

  • @shiftydog6969
    @shiftydog69693 жыл бұрын

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

  • @paskodargenio9732

    @paskodargenio9732

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, I would listen to it for sure

  • @sheepthief2785

    @sheepthief2785

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @zack1140

    @zack1140

    3 жыл бұрын

    up you go!

  • @belljar

    @belljar

    3 жыл бұрын

    I’d pay for that. 🧐

  • @paulscarvexx6911

    @paulscarvexx6911

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @foobman
    @foobman3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @musicloverlondon6070

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @tariqjaser5924

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ariochiv

    @ariochiv

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @KudratNurmatov

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @tanyapineda7212

    3 жыл бұрын

    Incredible & so beautiful, indeed.

  • @sharonkaczorowski8690
    @sharonkaczorowski86902 жыл бұрын

    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

    @allpro95035

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @yasha886

    @yasha886

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @sharonkaczorowski8690

    @sharonkaczorowski8690

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @yasha886

    @yasha886

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @sharonkaczorowski8690

    @sharonkaczorowski8690

    Жыл бұрын

    My bad…let me try again…

  • @alandavidson8311
    @alandavidson83112 жыл бұрын

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

  • @oscarneill9583

    @oscarneill9583

    Жыл бұрын

    My dog's name is Enki

  • @joshuahutchings558

    @joshuahutchings558

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @drchilapastrosodrlasmacas438

    @drchilapastrosodrlasmacas438

    10 ай бұрын

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

  • @kingofnuggets7304

    @kingofnuggets7304

    6 ай бұрын

    @@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

  • @maciejukasiewicz7661
    @maciejukasiewicz76613 жыл бұрын

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

  • @edouardomaindargent7685

    @edouardomaindargent7685

    3 жыл бұрын

    "Friendship"...

  • @sterrnerdeem4979

    @sterrnerdeem4979

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @JohnDoe-wx2oo

    @JohnDoe-wx2oo

    3 жыл бұрын

    "..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

    @edouardomaindargent7685

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @MoreEvilThanYahweh

    @MoreEvilThanYahweh

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's not gae if it's clay

  • @ehhe4381
    @ehhe43813 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Adrian-vy5vn

    @Adrian-vy5vn

    3 жыл бұрын

    Or reject some whoring goddess like Ishtar

  • @tomaszpietrasik1528

    @tomaszpietrasik1528

    3 жыл бұрын

    fuck...

  • @philipocarroll

    @philipocarroll

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @leonardoflorentin

    @leonardoflorentin

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @Igor-my6ml

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@philipocarroll Then it's better to do 😀

  • @comandantegorrion7271
    @comandantegorrion72712 жыл бұрын

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

  • @scottydu81
    @scottydu81 Жыл бұрын

    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

    @REDWOLF5652

    5 ай бұрын

    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

  • @ionoarc
    @ionoarc3 жыл бұрын

    The first and best recorded bromance in human history

  • @jtarokujo6462

    @jtarokujo6462

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @werewolf4358

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @jtarokujo6462

    @jtarokujo6462

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @minutemansam1214

    @minutemansam1214

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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

    @jtarokujo6462

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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

  • @collinsagyeman6131
    @collinsagyeman61313 жыл бұрын

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

  • @andreanicolas9363

    @andreanicolas9363

    3 жыл бұрын

    And it's a 5000 years ago poetical epic line

  • @lucaortolani2059

    @lucaortolani2059

    3 жыл бұрын

    My heart is in pieces

  • @blaidencortel

    @blaidencortel

    2 жыл бұрын

    We can still feel his grief 5 millennia later.

  • @shogunrommel

    @shogunrommel

    2 жыл бұрын

    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

    @hugogh0113

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Kus519
    @Kus5193 жыл бұрын

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

  • @gregoryhawkins4210
    @gregoryhawkins42102 жыл бұрын

    "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

    @fallinginthed33p

    2 жыл бұрын

    Gregory Hawkins the poet, perhaps?

  • @gregoryhawkins4210

    @gregoryhawkins4210

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @fallinginthed33p

    @fallinginthed33p

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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

    @gregoryhawkins4210

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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

    @dapperdappy9249

    2 жыл бұрын

    God thank you literally the best episode of next-generation

  • @nickwoodfin2690
    @nickwoodfin26903 жыл бұрын

    One of the most heartbreaking scenes in the history of storytelling. Gilgamesh not only lost the person who kept him restrained, not only did he lose a friend, he lost the only person that will ever understand him and that he would dare call an equal. Gilgamesh looked at Enkidu, looked into the mirror and saw himself, saw the one thing he has no power over, death. Gilgamesh attempts to show the gods that he can conquer anything, but even the greatest of men cannot conquer death. Beautiful work Peter, best work so far!

  • @fenerevarchim1782

    @fenerevarchim1782

    3 жыл бұрын

    Until science and technology will help us cheat death

  • @philipocarroll

    @philipocarroll

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@fenerevarchim1782 You are on the same fruitless quest as Gilgamesh so here is the same answer that Siduri the bartender told Gilgamesh: Oh Gilgamesh, forget your mad quest, you cannot find the eternal life you seek for when the gods created mankind, for mankind they established death, but life they kept for themselves. You Gilgamesh, let your belly be full, live every day, dance and be merry, wear bright clothes, wash your head and body every day. Gaze on the little one that holds your hand and make love to your wife every night. Such is the destiny of mortal men.

  • @fenerevarchim1782

    @fenerevarchim1782

    3 жыл бұрын

    Dear Philip, thank you for the words that are wise in an ancient context, the poor and great Gilgamesh lived more than 4000 years ago. There is no such a thing as Destiny, the great and most successful men are those who make their own "destiny" and those that takes the opportunities. Mortality is a defect in the duplication of DNA, many aging illnesses are just a by product of that. Science and technology are the solution to this problem as well as the solution of the reason we can type these comments and live in a comfortable house. If death is destiny don't give medicines to people. This century will be the age of the Biotech revolution and expanded human life span, I am not a coward if there is a chance, and at same time you can still live your life. If interested, search transhumanism, anti aging research, nanomedicina, medicine regenerative and help the cause

  • @danendraaryadewa5455

    @danendraaryadewa5455

    3 жыл бұрын

    One of the first heartbreaking scenes too, considering how old the epic is

  • @Igor-my6ml

    @Igor-my6ml

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@fenerevarchim1782 Never

  • @whatzittooya9012
    @whatzittooya90123 жыл бұрын

    2014: UD REEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAA 2021: SHEMAAAAA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA INI

  • @shreya3130

    @shreya3130

    3 жыл бұрын

    hi, can you send me original lyrics on sumerian?:)

  • @PiotrekZadworny

    @PiotrekZadworny

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@shreya3130 this one he sings in Akkadian

  • @shreya3130

    @shreya3130

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@PiotrekZadworny thank you for the info:) can you send me lyrics?

  • @daunhidupwa8768

    @daunhidupwa8768

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@shreya3130 i want that too

  • @ICEBLUNTS

    @ICEBLUNTS

    2 жыл бұрын

    it’s actually “shmee illeee” meaning listen to me. shmee illee is still used in my assyrian language today

  • @colinwilliams5447
    @colinwilliams5447 Жыл бұрын

    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

    @drewga781

    5 ай бұрын

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

  • @Vivan_Da_Great_07

    @Vivan_Da_Great_07

    5 ай бұрын

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

  • @LURKTec

    @LURKTec

    3 ай бұрын

    Get a new joke

  • @Vivan_Da_Great_07

    @Vivan_Da_Great_07

    3 ай бұрын

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

  • @Sina.575

    @Sina.575

    Күн бұрын

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

  • @COLOFIDUTI
    @COLOFIDUTI3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @knife-wieldingspidergod5059

    @knife-wieldingspidergod5059

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @maosama3695

    @maosama3695

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @hamzatahir4289
    @hamzatahir42893 жыл бұрын

    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

    @davidpowell6098

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @jamienelson3470

    @jamienelson3470

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @humanbridges

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jamienelson3470 Exactly.

  • @alexs5744

    @alexs5744

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @friendlyattack1181

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's a classic

  • @faezabdulkareem
    @faezabdulkareem3 жыл бұрын

    I'm from mesopotamia/Iraq Your performance is inspiring Good luck Peter.

  • @dihydrogenmonoxide7600

    @dihydrogenmonoxide7600

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think the name iraq actually comes from 'Uruk'

  • @faezabdulkareem

    @faezabdulkareem

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@dihydrogenmonoxide7600 Yes, this is one of the opinions

  • @dihydrogenmonoxide7600

    @dihydrogenmonoxide7600

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@faezabdulkareem if so, then there is a symbolic connection there to ancient mesopotamian and modern iraq

  • @faezabdulkareem

    @faezabdulkareem

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@dihydrogenmonoxide7600 well, keeping the legacy of the ancestors is the responsibility of the posterity. Unfortunately the Iraqis neglected that heritage

  • @melliecolesg231

    @melliecolesg231

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@faezabdulkareem What's it like living on the foundation of such an important part of history?

  • @Sennmut
    @Sennmut2 жыл бұрын

    I lost both my mother, and best friend since childhood, in 2021. I can, dimly, understand how Gilgamesh felt. His depth of pain resonates across the millenia. Well done, Mr. Pringle. Well done.

  • @rayancharafeddine4982

    @rayancharafeddine4982

    2 жыл бұрын

    Why dimly? You feel exactly what he felt.. sorry for your loss and may you find solace

  • @Sennmut

    @Sennmut

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@rayancharafeddine4982 Thank you.

  • @Sennmut

    @Sennmut

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rayancharafeddine4982 As much as we are all Human, no one can fully experience the pain of another. While we all share a common nature, only Gilgamesh could feel what Gilgamesh felt for his friend.

  • @the_Dark_Knight_12

    @the_Dark_Knight_12

    11 ай бұрын

    @@Sennmut I'm sorry for your loss. May God have mercy on their souls. Could I ask you how did they pass away?

  • @Sennmut

    @Sennmut

    11 ай бұрын

    @@the_Dark_Knight_12 My friend had heart issues, which none of us knew about. He just dropped. My mother was in a nursing home, following a stroke.

  • @omaralsaadi1751
    @omaralsaadi17512 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @bar540

    @bar540

    5 ай бұрын

    Sumerians are not gone, they are one of the oldest decendants of Turks from Ural mountains. Sumer is the mountain on the asia where Kangars are living. The name "Kangar" is what Sumerians call themselves. Understand Turks, then you will understand Sumarians and customs, and learn the first civilized culture.

  • @netsong2239

    @netsong2239

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@bar540Lol ok altaicist

  • @Hepad_

    @Hepad_

    5 ай бұрын

    @@bar540 this is your brain on 3rd-world nationalism

  • @namedrop721

    @namedrop721

    4 ай бұрын

    @@bar540first 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.

  • @bar540

    @bar540

    4 ай бұрын

    @namedrop721 I am not making up from my mind. We have world-known simerologist. Find muazzez ilmiye cig who translated 100s of sumarien tablets. Gonul tekin from Harvard. One more from Sorborne. I think you make up from your mind.

  • @chinchin2121
    @chinchin21213 жыл бұрын

    Peter if you ever read this, I beg you. Please do the entire epic. I know it's alot to ask, but it would be glorious.

  • @_semih_

    @_semih_

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yea

  • @piotrmalewski8178

    @piotrmalewski8178

    3 жыл бұрын

    I guess he could do this if we covered years of his worktime.

  • @thomas5585
    @thomas55853 жыл бұрын

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

  • @andreasstuermer4946

    @andreasstuermer4946

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hey compared to the 5000 years ...

  • @slslbbn4096

    @slslbbn4096

    2 жыл бұрын

    The top genre in the Stone Age was Rock

  • @qstionblomens6138
    @qstionblomens61382 жыл бұрын

    Humanity really started telling stories with the love between people and never stopped, huh?

  • @zlatni_orao

    @zlatni_orao

    2 жыл бұрын

    Because love is the only thing that still truly matters, no matter how much time passes. Nothing can make a man so strong as love and nothing can destroy a man as much as love can. Its a powerful thing.

  • @maxdeen1298

    @maxdeen1298

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ninsun, the mother of Gilgamesh adopts Enkidu as her son, and seeks protection of the sun-god Shamash (the protector of the Uruk dynasty). Gilgamesh and Enkidu journey to the Cedar Forest.

  • @alexs5744

    @alexs5744

    2 жыл бұрын

    If it gets the job done use it. It’s amazing that story telling hasn’t changed all that much yet it’s still enthralling.

  • @somniumisdreaming

    @somniumisdreaming

    Жыл бұрын

    Some say the oldest stories are of the cosmic hunt, or similar PI stories of men chasing women and capturing them. That persceptive is a bit more depressing. We can never know what the very first stories really were but I do hope they were about love.

  • @OrthoKarter

    @OrthoKarter

    11 ай бұрын

    Humanity DIDNT start here actually, god created the first humans and animals in his image and then they carried on, reproduced, then they made civilization.

  • @anaclararepezzalopes1445
    @anaclararepezzalopes14453 жыл бұрын

    I just can not explain, but somehow this song makes me feel all the sadness that Gilgamesh felt after the death of his friend It's kinda magic that a such old song touches me like this

  • @haitaelpastor976

    @haitaelpastor976

    Жыл бұрын

    This is a story about true brotherhood. It's not for females.

  • @laurabien4809

    @laurabien4809

    Жыл бұрын

    @@haitaelpastor976 It's a story for human beings. Also, use "women" or "girls," not "females."

  • @haitaelpastor976

    @haitaelpastor976

    Жыл бұрын

    @@laurabien4809 It's a tale about BROTHERhood, in case you haven't read it well. Not everything spins around your ego, females.

  • @theknowingeye5998

    @theknowingeye5998

    Жыл бұрын

    @@haitaelpastor976 incel

  • @haitaelpastor976

    @haitaelpastor976

    Жыл бұрын

    @@theknowingeye5998 Simp.

  • @ShaddySoldier
    @ShaddySoldier3 жыл бұрын

    When you write a song for your best friend and 6000 years later people still sing it.

  • @AlienTruth
    @AlienTruth3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @siegfried2k4

    @siegfried2k4

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @miamivicemami

    3 жыл бұрын

    Amen

  • @gatoreptiliano8785

    @gatoreptiliano8785

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @walterwhite5464

    @walterwhite5464

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @Babayaga962
    @Babayaga96211 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @scottjuhnke6825
    @scottjuhnke68253 жыл бұрын

    "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.

  • @Phoenix00744
    @Phoenix007443 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TrouvatkiDePercusion

    @TrouvatkiDePercusion

    2 жыл бұрын

    ^

  • @EL-oj6uq

    @EL-oj6uq

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @philipocarroll
    @philipocarroll3 жыл бұрын

    Note, Pringle said he got help with pronunciation from Prof Andrew George. There is a superb lecture on Gilgamesh & Sumerian poetry by Andrew George on KZread. I highly recommend it for those interested in Gilgamesh.

  • @durkr.7794

    @durkr.7794

    3 жыл бұрын

    Already got it in the recommendations, but still great work you doin

  • @simeonwormwood3658
    @simeonwormwood3658 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @user-hy5xe8zk6u
    @user-hy5xe8zk6u3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @skrigged9270

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @azilius5302

    @azilius5302

    2 жыл бұрын

    In the iraqi dialect? That's amazing!!

  • @mazmazoh

    @mazmazoh

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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

    @AbdulRahman-bi1nu

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @alexs5744

    @alexs5744

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @calvincase52
    @calvincase523 жыл бұрын

    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

    @Valkbg

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @kenneth6211

    @kenneth6211

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @georgeofhamilton

    @georgeofhamilton

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Randomkloud

    @Randomkloud

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @memezarthereviewer5048

    @memezarthereviewer5048

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @MunkEMann
    @MunkEMann3 жыл бұрын

    We really peaked musically with the invention of music huh

  • @oftheHowl

    @oftheHowl

    3 жыл бұрын

    The most redundant sentence I've ever read lol

  • @spassocane3821

    @spassocane3821

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @inquisitorialllama638

    @inquisitorialllama638

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @heyitszim6359

    @heyitszim6359

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @diarrheabaptism3827

    @diarrheabaptism3827

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @AsalhaPuja
    @AsalhaPuja3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @JuanSanchez-gy5xg
    @JuanSanchez-gy5xg2 жыл бұрын

    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

    @mohammadgoli7830

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot!

  • @bullabuck7535

    @bullabuck7535

    Жыл бұрын

    we'll always appriciate your hard work

  • @JohnSmith-iu9fx

    @JohnSmith-iu9fx

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks! You're the best!

  • @RandOm-xc4qi

    @RandOm-xc4qi

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks again!

  • @daunhidupwa8768

    @daunhidupwa8768

    Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @johnssmith4005
    @johnssmith40053 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @birkisi59
    @birkisi593 жыл бұрын

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

  • @alpertuyan4047

    @alpertuyan4047

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ByGongarTurkish

    @ByGongarTurkish

    3 жыл бұрын

    Kaliteli kardeşlerim burada toplanmışlar :)

  • @bery6320

    @bery6320

    3 жыл бұрын

    Keşke Spotify a da gelse

  • @bruhdon4748
    @bruhdon47482 жыл бұрын

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

  • @hannibalbelisarius8166
    @hannibalbelisarius81663 жыл бұрын

    Such a powerful lamentation he's got me missing Enkidu too

  • @8thLegio
    @8thLegio3 жыл бұрын

    This came out the same day I found out a friend of mine died. The song isn’t just great because of Mr. Pringle’s performance but because I can really feel the sense of loss even though I can’t understand the lyrics. Rip Thom

  • @shadowfangempire609

    @shadowfangempire609

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sorry for your loss

  • @wasim6782

    @wasim6782

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sorry for tom may tom rip

  • @marioionion2

    @marioionion2

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sorry

  • @AhmedAminTheAuthor
    @AhmedAminTheAuthor3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @keithsimons8254

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @AhmedAminTheAuthor

    @AhmedAminTheAuthor

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @keithsimons8254

    @keithsimons8254

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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

    @AhmedAminTheAuthor

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @daemonzap1481

    @daemonzap1481

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @OMARALICRUZQUEVEDO
    @OMARALICRUZQUEVEDO2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @patrickmckeel9840
    @patrickmckeel98403 жыл бұрын

    Can we crowdfund Peter Pringle doing the entire epic of Gilgamesh? How could we work that out?

  • @advancedpsiwheel651
    @advancedpsiwheel6513 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Historyreader23

    @Historyreader23

    3 жыл бұрын

    ...No...

  • @advancedpsiwheel651

    @advancedpsiwheel651

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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

    @ruanrodrigues9187

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@advancedpsiwheel651 Is it possible to learn this power ?

  • @advancedpsiwheel651

    @advancedpsiwheel651

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ruanrodrigues9187 not by a Jedi

  • @natedorney7032

    @natedorney7032

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @eugstefan22
    @eugstefan223 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Ledokot512
    @Ledokot5123 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Thecircustapes
    @Thecircustapes2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ADMBPR
    @ADMBPR3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @eliseh.7474

    @eliseh.7474

    3 жыл бұрын

    Love that. Stay well!

  • @self-transforming_machine-elf
    @self-transforming_machine-elf3 жыл бұрын

    Gilgamesh and Enkidu On the ocean

  • @ADHDWOOHOO

    @ADHDWOOHOO

    3 жыл бұрын

    The beast at Tanagra.

  • @jonnyerts3997

    @jonnyerts3997

    3 жыл бұрын

    Enkidu. A wild man.

  • @pscar1

    @pscar1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sokath, his eyes opened!

  • @stevepalpatine2828

    @stevepalpatine2828

    3 жыл бұрын

    Shka. When the Walls fell.

  • @eyeballpapercut4400

    @eyeballpapercut4400

    3 жыл бұрын

    TAKE ME BY THE HAN-wait wrong reference

  • @Norrikan
    @Norrikan2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @alexanderp4115
    @alexanderp41153 жыл бұрын

    some of the words in the song are almost the same as in my mother tongue like "hear me" and "bride" which really touched my heart even more

  • @ingweking8748

    @ingweking8748

    2 жыл бұрын

    Türk müsün?

  • @ingweking8748

    @ingweking8748

    2 жыл бұрын

    Mother tongue demişsin de

  • @ingweking8748

    @ingweking8748

    2 жыл бұрын

    Are you Turk?

  • @alexanderp4115

    @alexanderp4115

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ingweking8748 no but i am near the turks

  • @MegaMayday16

    @MegaMayday16

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@alexanderp4115shema isma3 yes I heard it to like Arabic Hebrew and Aramaic

  • @madeofnapalm
    @madeofnapalm3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @DennisOfDragons
    @DennisOfDragons3 жыл бұрын

    The Return of the King!

  • @88kjk75
    @88kjk753 жыл бұрын

    You can feel the foundation of civilization in these sounds.

  • @lanceaujmaya5054
    @lanceaujmaya50543 жыл бұрын

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

  • @edouardomaindargent7685
    @edouardomaindargent76853 жыл бұрын

    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_

    @_semih_

    3 жыл бұрын

    Gilgamesh: *No homo*

  • @Jawarable

    @Jawarable

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @Jstalhzet

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @RealSaudiExplorer

    @RealSaudiExplorer

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @arnantphongsatha7906

    @arnantphongsatha7906

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @captainvalourous6668
    @captainvalourous66683 жыл бұрын

    "I am a Weapon. I am nothing more than one of your countless treasures. In the future you will encounter treasures more beautiful than me." -Enkidu's last words ( FGO Babylonia Anime )

  • @felipecosta-kv2fx

    @felipecosta-kv2fx

    3 жыл бұрын

    Imagine how much this hurted gilgamesh...

  • @KhanhNguyen-mh5ec

    @KhanhNguyen-mh5ec

    3 жыл бұрын

    “Bro, there is one thing those new treasures never beat you. They are all replaceable while you are not.” Gilgamesh.

  • @ulkpai

    @ulkpai

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec awwww. they did a better job than twilight thousands of years ago.

  • @DimensionalKiller

    @DimensionalKiller

    3 жыл бұрын

    Could it be... But those are only weapons, you are my brother, my friend... My equal. Nothing can replace you.

  • @gilyoshida4453

    @gilyoshida4453

    2 жыл бұрын

    Interestingly enough, I consider fgo gil and enkidu/kingu to be very well accurate.

  • @ratherlargeshmeat6189
    @ratherlargeshmeat61892 жыл бұрын

    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

    @shogunrommel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Belated F for the homie

  • @scottydu81

    @scottydu81

    2 жыл бұрын

    *F*

  • @takeyya2007

    @takeyya2007

    2 жыл бұрын

    F

  • @axelgrease69

    @axelgrease69

    2 жыл бұрын

    F

  • @ITSMRFOXY

    @ITSMRFOXY

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @skylargray455
    @skylargray4552 жыл бұрын

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

  • @hamzatahir4289
    @hamzatahir42893 жыл бұрын

    Finally Mr Pringle another song from the epic gilgamesh

  • @28diefee
    @28diefee3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @jwadaow

    @jwadaow

    3 жыл бұрын

    He discovered NMN

  • @Adrian-vy5vn

    @Adrian-vy5vn

    3 жыл бұрын

    The first übermensch

  • @b0rder.-991
    @b0rder.-9913 жыл бұрын

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

  • @jwom6842
    @jwom6842 Жыл бұрын

    Gilgamesh did achieve immortality, even now his hand travels through the thousands of years and grabs the hearts of any who have known true love and loss. I can't express in words adequately how this song affects me, it is simply epic in every way.

  • @christianmoralesortiz4688
    @christianmoralesortiz46883 жыл бұрын

    Me: *listens to this song while tears flows down my face and I weep in silence* .......this definitely is how loosing a friend and brother feels..........

  • @FreddyFuFu
    @FreddyFuFu3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @user-vz5md5tm4u

    3 жыл бұрын

    literally dont care

  • @rakuptkalg5935

    @rakuptkalg5935

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @user-vz5md5tm4u

    @user-vz5md5tm4u

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@rakuptkalg5935 still dont care

  • @ennui9745

    @ennui9745

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @user-vz5md5tm4u

    @user-vz5md5tm4u

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ennui9745 you kinda slow aint you

  • @Lacanaca777
    @Lacanaca777 Жыл бұрын

    "He covered veiling his face like a bride" 😢😢😢❤

  • @nathanvalleymusic
    @nathanvalleymusic2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @murtadhaalkenani3876

    @murtadhaalkenani3876

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @amylafornina1112

    @amylafornina1112

    2 ай бұрын

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

  • @dawnvickerstaff9148
    @dawnvickerstaff91483 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @aleks8888no
    @aleks8888no3 жыл бұрын

    So modern and yet so timeless.

  • @wafatariq3589
    @wafatariq35893 жыл бұрын

    İ'm iraqi 🇮🇶..and soooo proud of my great civilizaition❤️❤️..thank you soooo much sir ..you did a great work 👍👍😍😍😍😍..i'm so greatful ...have a nice day🌻

  • @fuliyaa

    @fuliyaa

    3 жыл бұрын

    Your?)))

  • @hussainrt3242

    @hussainrt3242

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@fuliyaa definitely not European Ashkenazi israel's civilization lmao

  • @RP-vi8fx

    @RP-vi8fx

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@hussainrt3242 modern colonizers lmao

  • @SS-SoranWaffen

    @SS-SoranWaffen

    Жыл бұрын

    iraq = arab, sumerians aren't arabic even genetics show Sumerians are aryan not semitic ;)

  • @Anonymous7sky

    @Anonymous7sky

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SS-SoranWaffenif they speak arabic that doesn’t mean they’re arab, you know what I mean?

  • @thetruthisoutthere5265
    @thetruthisoutthere52653 жыл бұрын

    Just reread the Epic of Gilgamesh a few months ago. It is best read aloud! Agreed, they should have left Humbaba alone in the forest of cedar. I often think it was a metaphor to the way man destroys nature for greed and selfish pursuits with no thought to the delicate balance he harms.

  • @SkoomaGodDovahkiin666

    @SkoomaGodDovahkiin666

    2 жыл бұрын

    IIRC, Humbaba was a genocidal monster who terrorised Uruk's citizens.

  • @1mmorta1coi1

    @1mmorta1coi1

    Жыл бұрын

    Immortality was not for the Black Headed People. Wisdom, but not ever-lasting life 👊💀🍻🚬

  • @rfmikael

    @rfmikael

    4 ай бұрын

    Maybe, by destroying that delicate balance, man then falls victims to new diseases ("an evil wind")?

  • @ozdevil4564
    @ozdevil45643 жыл бұрын

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

  • @SidBlackheart
    @SidBlackheart3 жыл бұрын

    My taste in music gets weirder every day.

  • @yanstein8464

    @yanstein8464

    3 жыл бұрын

    you mean better

  • @sentrygun9978

    @sentrygun9978

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@yanstein8464 Precisely

  • @FaizanMunirKhanRajput

    @FaizanMunirKhanRajput

    3 жыл бұрын

    You mean epic.

  • @sentrygun9978

    @sentrygun9978

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@FaizanMunirKhanRajput That's an understatement. I believe you meant dope.

  • @minmi1865

    @minmi1865

    2 жыл бұрын

    Your taste in music gets finer every day, my friend

  • @morgansinclair6318
    @morgansinclair63183 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Shingojikung
    @Shingojikung Жыл бұрын

    Enkidu in legend : 🗿 Enkidu in fgo : 🤨

  • @Zainab-xe9xz
    @Zainab-xe9xz3 жыл бұрын

    You make me so proud that i'm the daughter of mesopotamia , and thes legends Thank you so much , you made our legends come alife

  • @0ff2

    @0ff2

    3 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @goodbanter4427
    @goodbanter44273 жыл бұрын

    He's back!

  • @Maggot-Milk
    @Maggot-Milk6 ай бұрын

    Funny to think that the tale of Enkidu's death ensured he would never truly die. Even here, thousands of years in the future, Gilgamesh and Enkidu's friendship lives on.

  • @En__lil
    @En__lil7 ай бұрын

    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.❤

  • @GuntherRommel
    @GuntherRommel3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @GuntherRommel

    3 жыл бұрын

    An aside, do you ever sell your sheet music?

  • @CharlemagneIfrit
    @CharlemagneIfrit3 жыл бұрын

    Do a kickstarter for the whole epic please.

  • @andreasstuermer4946

    @andreasstuermer4946

    3 жыл бұрын

    I would donate

  • @clarke4552

    @clarke4552

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @marcusmt4746

    @marcusmt4746

    3 жыл бұрын

    me to

  • 3 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/a3WGtLJumZXUp5s.html here it is

  • @sentrygun9978

    @sentrygun9978

    3 жыл бұрын

    @ Thanks!

  • @AmericanAkosm
    @AmericanAkosm3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @SkoomaGodDovahkiin666

    @SkoomaGodDovahkiin666

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @wiandryadiwasistio2062

    @wiandryadiwasistio2062

    Жыл бұрын

    ishtar: 😤😤😤

  • @kingofnuggets7304

    @kingofnuggets7304

    9 ай бұрын

    Salty Humbaba

  • @ChristosNikolisOfficial

    @ChristosNikolisOfficial

    7 ай бұрын

    @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. ❤

  • @Caesar-Sensei
    @Caesar-Sensei Жыл бұрын

    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 "

  • @_semih_
    @_semih_3 жыл бұрын

    Gilgamesh such an epic guy! He would be proud if he knew that the people from the future and from different languages/cultures still remember his name and story

  • @JKARMIS1

    @JKARMIS1

    3 жыл бұрын

    He wanted immortality, he got it!

  • @piotrmalewski8178

    @piotrmalewski8178

    3 жыл бұрын

    Even managed to inspire speculations about alien experiments. It instantly comes to mind these days when you read that Gilgamesh was supposed to be two thirds of god, and one third of an animal.

  • @GBlockbreaker

    @GBlockbreaker

    3 жыл бұрын

    I wonder what he would say if somebody showed him the Fate franchise He'd probably call it glorious

  • @hishamauda5884

    @hishamauda5884

    3 жыл бұрын

    Immortal

  • @gamechanger8908

    @gamechanger8908

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@GBlockbreaker Gilgamesh would probably would be baffled how they portrayed himself not having facial hair and looking like a pretty boy

  • @Frank-bc8gg
    @Frank-bc8gg3 жыл бұрын

    A wonderful song showing the experiance of loss spans human history nearly unchanged. I think it's fantastic you got help from Mr. George himself for this. I'm not sure if I feel spared or cheated without the details of the extended mourning of Gilgamesh to the point worms grew from Enkidu.

  • @ArvelCrynyd
    @ArvelCrynyd Жыл бұрын

    This is a Certified Hood Classic 💯 ✅

  • @MrTLSfan
    @MrTLSfan3 жыл бұрын

    Gilgamesh and Enkidu, best bromance of all time

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