Happy Ishtar Queen of Spring!

[Verse 1] From the gates of the underworld rising, She walks where the pomegranate blooms, Draped in silk and starlight, She sings beneath crescent moons. [Verse 2] Doves in the olive trees flutter, The hare leaps through morning mist, She is love, she is war, she is water, With a flame no shadow can twist. [Chorus] Happy Ishtar, queen of spring, With lilies and stars in your crown, You rise and the songbirds sing, The cold and the silence bow down. [Verse 3] From Babylon’s tower she shimmered, Now gardens unfurl at her feet, The fig and the palm remember The rhythm of her heartbeat. [Bridge] [Chorus] Happy Ishtar, queen of spring, With lilies and stars in your crown, You rise and the songbirds sing, The cold and the silence bow down.