Egyptian Literature: Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings
Religion
Egyptian Literature: Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings
Egyptian literature -- Translations into English
10 limbs in electrum, thy bones in brass, and thy arms in iron. I have
bestowed on thee the dignity of the divine crown; thou governest the two
countries as a legitimate sovereign; I have given thee a high Nile, and it
fills Egypt for thee with the abundance of riches and wealth; there is
11 plenty in all places where thou walkest; I have given thee wheat in
profusion to enrich the two countries in all times; their corn is like the
sand of the shore, the granaries reach the sky, and the heaps are like
mountains. Thou rejoicest and thou art praised
12 when thou seest the plentiful fishing, and the mass of fishes which is
before thy feet. All Egypt is thankful toward thee.
I give thee the sky and all that it contains. SEB shows forth for thee
what is within him;(435) the birds hasten to thee, the pigeons of Horsekha
13 bring to thee their offerings, which are the first-fruits of those of
Rā. Thoth has put them on all sides.
Thou openest thy mouth to strengthen whoever thou wishest, for thou art
Num; thy royalty is living in strength and might like Rā, since he governs
the two countries.
14 King Rameses, I grant thee to cut the mountains into statues immense,
gigantic, everlasting; I grant that foreign lands find for the precious
stone to inscribe(?) the monuments with thy name.
15 I give thee to succeed in all the works which thou hast done. (I give
thee) all kinds of workmen, all that goes on two and four feet, all that
flies and all that has wings. I have put in the heart of all nations to
offer thee what they have done; themselves, princes great and small, with
one
16 heart seek to please thee, King Rameses.
Thou hast built a great residence to fortify the boundary of the land, the
city of Rameses; it is established on the earth like the four pillars
17 of the sky; thou hast constructed within a royal palace, where
festivals are celebrated to thee as is done for me within. I have set the
crown on thy head with my own hands, when thou appearest in the great hall
of the double throne;(436) and men and gods have praised thy name
18 like mine when my festival is celebrated.
Thou hast carved my statues and built their shrines as I have done in
times of old. I have given thee years by periods of thirty;(437) thou
reignest in my place on my throne; I fill thy limbs with life and
happiness, I am behind thee to protect thee; I give thee health and
strength;
19 I cause Egypt to be submitted to thee, and I supply the two countries
with pure life.
King Rameses, I grant that the strength, the vigor and the might of thy
sword be felt among all countries; thou castest down the hearts of all
nations;
20 I have put them under thy feet; thou comest forth every day in order
that be brought to thee the foreign prisoners; the chiefs and the great of
all nations offer thee their children. I give them to thy gallant sword
that thou mayest do with them what thou likest.
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