<p>The woman you love should be in your heart, (1)<br /> Make of her your most promising sign.<br /> Figure it out, ask yourselves this:<br /> What begins with a sighing wail?<br /> Well, it's my new-born love! (5)</p> This song asks a blessing on the reigning king, Ammiditana (also blessed in II.1), then turns to giving advice to all who will listen. It ends with a light-hearted riddle: what do babies and lovers have in common?<br /> Benjamin R. Foster, Before the Muses, 3rd edition; 2005, (p. 166) <a href="http://www.cdlpress.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=23&products_id=54">http://www.cdlpress.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=23&products_id=54</a> Groneberg, AOAT 267 (1999), 177–181; Text: Groneberg, AOAT 267 (1999), 192–193.<br />; 100BCE Akkadian clay tablet Babylon <a href="/taxonomy/term/58">Proverbs and Precepts</a>