105 - Ten miles into the march, they stopped to eat, After thirty miles, they rested, then finished another twenty miles that day. Within three days they covered what would take others a month and a half to travel. They dug for water where there appeared to be none in the dry desert on their way to challenge Humbaba.

106 - Onward ventured Gilgamesh and Enkidu and they both knew where danger lurked at their first destination. As they climbed up upon the final hill, they saw a guard put out by Humbaba as fierce as any watchdog. Gilgamesh pursued first.

107 - Gilgamesh heard shouts from Enkidu who said to his companion: "Remember promises we made in the city where we live.

108 - Recall the courage and the force we vowed to bring upon this mission." These words dispelled the fear felt in his heart and Gilgamesh in return then shouted back: "Quick. Grab the guard and don't let go. Race fearlessly and don't let go.

109 - Our enemy, Humbaba, has set out seven uniforms but has only dressed in one so far. So six layers of strength are yet unused by him." As one mad brute he is enraged, bellowing loudly while the foresters warn each other what he's like.

111 - Then Gilgamesh spoke: "Brother, as a man in tears would, you transcend all the rest who've gathered, for you can cry and kill with equal force. Hold my hand in yours, and we will not fear what hands like ours can do. Scream in unison, we will ascend to death or love, to say in song what we shall do.