[Verse 1] I, Enki, speak from the sweet-deep waters, Apsû-born witness, old craft-cutter. Maru-uk, Marduk, child of Ea’s current, son of me and Damkina, bright and urgent. Bēl, Bel, lord-name, mouth of command, Asalluhi rising from the river-land. Four ears to listen, four eyes to measure, the one who takes chaos and turns it to treasure. [Verse 2] He is the storm-knot, the tablet-bearer, brick by brick, he becomes the terror. Judge in the gate with the shining cedar, he binds the loose wind, makes the world come nearer. Patron of magic, healer of fever, spell on the tongue, and the dragon-sever. Mušḫuššu at his feet, the snake with thunder, he walks through fear and the fear goes under. [Pre-Chorus] Marduk, mar-duk, name on my tongue, Kakkabu burning, the star that’s sprung. Lugal of order, the thread, the seam, from salt-dark waters he wakes my dream. [Chorus] Marduk, Marduk, hear the deep sea call Marduk, Marduk, lord of it all Bēl of the rites, the brick, the wall Marduk, Marduk, stand up tall [Verse 3] His spouses stand in the house of plenty, Sarpanitum, queen with the gold-lit entry. Their son Nabu writes what kings deny, a sharp reed voice and a patient eye. In Babylon, Esagila crowns him, in the topmost room, the incense rounds him. King of the gods, but he learned from water, from my old hands, the maker’s daughter. [Bridge] Ašar! Asari! the many-name tide, I know his measure, I know his pride. Akkadian echo, ka-du, pa-ru, the line of his power goes through and through. Muballit, healer, life-giver, checker, the one who keeps the cosmos together. I say his names, they stack like stone, Enki remembers what Marduk has grown. [Bridge] Marduk of the hoe, Marduk of the law, Marduk of the river that never saw pause. Marduk of the seal, Marduk of the gate, Marduk who arrives and re-writes fate. Maru-uk, Bēl, Asalluhi, lordly fire, my son, my storm, my measured lyre. I, Enki, call him, and the halls resound, with the deep old wisdom that wears a crown. [Chorus] Marduk, Marduk, hear the deep sea call Marduk, Marduk, lord of it all Bēl of the rites, the brick, the wall Marduk, Marduk, stand up tall [Outro] From Apsû to Babylon, his name stays bright Marduk, my son, in the endless night Marduk, Marduk, lord of it all Marduk, Marduk, stand up tall
