[Intro: single low frame drum, distant wind, one whispered male voice] ama-gi… ama-gi… (ki-a… ki-a…) [Verse 1: deep male baritone, dry and close, almost spoken] lu-mu gi-a gub igi-mu nu-zu, ka-mu nu-zu sag-mu — dul-la nam-mu — dul-la [Pre-chorus: whispered, drums doubling, throat drone enters] dul… dul… dul… [Chorus: baritone rising, wordless female choir floating above] AMA-GI — ama-ar gen AMA-GI — ki-ta zi nu en, nu lugal, nu dingir AMA-GI [Verse 2: baritone, harder, bone rattles, breath pulses] su-mu gi, sag-mu gi lu-lu gu-de: gub! gub! gub! igi-mu — izi zi-mu — lil [Bridge: everything stops; whispered male over one heartbeat drum; then the female choir alone, wordless, ascending] ama… gi… ama… gi… (ah— ah— ah—) [Final Chorus: full procession, choir + baritone + all drums, slow and monumental] AMA-GI — ama-ar gen AMA-GI — ki-ta zi nu en, nu lugal, nu dingir AMA-GI — AMA-GI [Outro: procession fades step by step; last: one frame drum, then only wind] ama-gi… [Intro] [Room hum, dripping water, tanpura drone; no priest; several female voices whispering from different corners, overlapping; one guitar chord stab far away] [Verse 1] [First woman: hissed, sharp, jealous, fast] Za-e? Za-e igi-ni ba-tuku? Nu! Nu! Igi-ni mu-mu! [Second woman: lower, mocking, slow, from the other ear] Za-e… sig… igi-ni za-e-še nu… Igi-ni mu-še. Mu-še. [Response] [Third woman: laughing, cruel, cutting both of them] Nu-me-en-ze-en! Nu-me-en-ze-en! En igi-ni — ki-a. Lu-lu-še. Nu za-e-ne-še. [Chorus] [All the women at once, hissing over each other, envious, rising, the tabla pounding, the guitar stabbing, oud wailing] MU-MU! MU-MU! IGI-NI MU-MU! Nu za-e! Nu za-e! MU-MU! Sig! Lil! Sig! Lil! IGI-NI — MU-MU! [Verse 2] [First woman: faster, panting, spitting] Ka-ni ba-tuku-me-en! Šu-ni ba-tuku-me-en! [Second woman: hissing back, close] Nu-tuku! Lu-ni-me-en! Lil-me-en! [Third woman: whispering, poisonous, slow] Za-e-ne sig… za-e-ne ni-tuku… mu — nu ni-tuku… [Break] [Everything stops; only the water; three whispers, one after another, in different ears, very quiet] …mu… …mu… …nu za-e… [Then all three at once, screamed] MU-MU! [Chorus] [All the women, the fight at full force, hissing, laughing, crying, the guitar feedback screaming, tabla doubled] MU-MU! MU-MU! IGI-NI MU-MU! Nu za-e! Nu za-e! MU-MU! Sig! Lil! Sig! Lil! IGI-NI — MU-MU! [Outro] [The voices pull apart into the corners, still hissing at each other, fading; the drone; the water; then one voice alone, quietly, defeated] …igi-ni… nu… nu za-e-ne… nu mu…
