Scourge of Lamashtu (She Who Strangles the Lamb) Lyrics

She is fierce, violent, Lamastu of divine power
Terrifying is the Daughter of Anu
Lamastu is a she-wolf, claws are the Anzu
Her hands are decay, face of a raging lion

Bring me your sons, I will nurse them poisoned,
Rotten pestilence, black blood
Bring me your daughters for I am thirsty
In the mouth of the young I shall place my breast

She who Strangles the Lamb
She comes forth from the marshes
Her hair hanging loose, and clothes stripped off
Lamastu's hands, caked in flesh and blood

She enters the window, Lamastu!
Slithering over the door casing like a snake
Long claws, seize the infant seven times
She enters and leaves the house in the night

Lamastu, cast from the Heavens, crowned as a goddess
Prey upon this living world,
Drink and feed from the flesh of the living
Scourge of Lamastu

Kamadme, Spirit of Sumerian ruins
Vampyric Goddess whose powers are many
Lamastu, Labasu, Ahhazu, Seven times seven shadows
Bibitum (a demon of chills) on northern winds you travel

Saggastu!
Female murderer, the roaming ghost, demoness!
Vampyre who haunts the Steppe
Hand of the Ghost of a Murderer (Qat Saggasi)!

Samana, Jaws of a Lion
Teeth of an Usumgal
Claws of an Eagle
Blood-dripping mouth of Ninisina