Part I, lines 1-14 is a hymn of praise addressed in the second person

directly to Ramman, of which the first ten lines are in praise of the name of Ramman. The lines are in three divisions, and the first six lines end with the refrain: “Bull mighty and glorious, is thy name exalted God.”

Ramman the glorious, bull mighty and glorious, is thy name exalted God; Lord Ramman, bull mighty and glorious, is thy name exalted God; Ramman heaven’s child bull mighty and glorious, is thy name exalted God; Lord of Karkar, bull mighty and glorious, is thy name exalted God; Ramman, lord of plenty, bull mighty and glorious, is thy name exalted God; Companion of Lord Ea bull mighty and glorious, is thy name exalted God.

The next three lines introduce variety into the second division, while the tenth line is uniform with the first six, save for a change of wording in the first division:

Father Ramman lord that rideth the storm is thy name exalted God; Father Ramman that rideth the great storm is thy name exalted God; Father Ramman that rideth the great lion is thy name exalted God; Ramman lion of heaven bull mighty and glorious is thy name exalted God.

The last four lines of Part I pass over from the praise of the name of Ramman to praise of the activity of the god of the storm:

Thy name doth dominate the land; Thy majesty covers the land like a garment; At thy thunder the great mountain father Mullil is shaken; At thy rumbling the great mother Ninlil trembles.