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"Ninkasi" is an adaptation of a hymn dedicated to goddess Ninkasi, recounting the stages in the brewing process. The text is written in Sumerian, a language spoken at least 4900 years ago (2900 BC) in Mesopotamia. It was also one of the first script to appear.

The Hymn to Ninkasi consists of two songs engraved on clay tablets dating from the 18th century BC. The first song describes step by step the process of brewing Sumerian beer. The second describes the vessels in which the beer is brewed and served. All this is done by the goddess herself

This song is based on a 11:4 polyrythm on frame drum loop, with throat singing. It's the second part of the triptych after "H₃rḗḱs Dei̯u̯ós-kwe".
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I humbly try to pronounce it to the best I can, with several months of studying phonology and phonetic of Sumerian.

Mixing and Mastering: Paul Fontimpe
Video: Hood.mov

Azalle uttuda
Ninhursaĝake
Mi ziddešdugga
Irizu lalhare
Kinusa bad galbi
Šu muraandudu

Aazu Enki en Nudimude
Amazu ninti nin Abzua
Ninkasi

Si niĝ-silaĝ mar maha duazu
Šimlalta ubba bappir hihia
Bappir Udunmahe duazu
Zar gunidaam si sasaam
Munu sahar ĝarra a siggazu
Ur meme nam gamgammaam
Sumun duga a ĝarrazu
Izi zizidam izi ĝaĝadam
Titab kidmaha barragazu
Šag sed AN dibbaa
Kaš di da galšu
Yabba ĝallazu
Lal geštin tešba
Surra Ninkasi

Translation: (it's incomplete because not all Sumerian has been decoded yet ;))

Brought into the world by water, tenderly cared for by Ninḫursaĝa!
After founding your city on wax, she completed her great walls for you.

Your father is Enki, Lord Nudimmud,
and your mother is Ninti,
queen of Abzu.
Ninkasi

It is you who handle the ... and the dough with a big shovel, mixing the sweet-smelling beer bread in a pit.
It's you who bakes the beer bread in the big oven, and tidies up the piles of shelled grains.
It's you who water the earth-covered malt; the noble dogs even keep it safe from the potentates (?).
It's you who soaks the malt in a jar; the waves rise, the waves fall.
It's you who spread the cooked wort on large reed mats; freshness wins (?).

It's you who hold the great savory in both hands,
You brew it with honey and wine.
Ninkasi

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