The Hurrian songs are three songs with lyrics found on a single clay tablet from the ancient city of Ugarit, in what is now northern Syria. They are the earliest known substantially complete songs with musical notation. The songs are about love and devotion to the goddess Nikkal and date from around 1400 BC. The tablet with the songs is now in the National Museum of Aleppo.
Here is a translation of one of the songs:
>Oh, my bride who makes my body tremble,
>When I hold your hand, my beloved,
>My knees feel weak.
>Your presence, your gaze,
>The sight of you, the light of your face,
>They make me faint with love.
>I will hold you close, my beloved,
>And kiss your sweet mouth.
>No other woman shall come between us,
>For I am yours, and you are mine.
>Our love shall last for eternity.