Egyptian Literature: Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings
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Egyptian Literature: Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings
Egyptian literature -- Translations into English
7 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who addresses his eye, and
who speaks to his head,(593) he who imparts the breath of life to
the souls (that are) in their place; they receive it and develop.
8 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the spirit that walks, that
destroys its enemies, that sends pain to the rebels.
9 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who shines when he is in
his sphere, who sends his darkness into his sphere, and who hides
what it contains.
10 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who lights the bodies
which are on the horizon, he who enters his sphere.
11 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who descends into the
spheres of Ament, his form is that of Tum.
12 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who descends into the
mysteries of Anubis, his form is that of Chepra (Atmu).
13 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he whose body is so large
that it hides his shape, his form is that of Shu.
14 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who leads Rā into his
members, his form is that of Tefnut.
15 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who sends forth the
plants in their season, his form is that of Seb.
16 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the great one who rules what
is in him, his form is that of Nut.
17 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who goes always toward
him who precedes him, his form is that of Isis.
18 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he whose head shines more
than he who is before him, his form is that of Nephthys.
19 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the urn(594) of the
creatures, the only one, that unites the generative substances,
its form is that of Horus.
20 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the brilliant one who shines
in the waters of the inundation, his form is that of Nun.
21 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who creates the water
which comes from within him, his form is that of Remi.(595)
22 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the two vipers that bear
their two feathers, their form is that of the impure one.
23 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who enters and comes
forth continually from his highly mysterious cavern, his form is
that of At.(596)
24 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the spirit that causes his
disappearance, his form is that of Netert.(597)
25 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the spirit that sets up
(those whom he has created), that creates(598) his descendants,
his form is that of Ntuti.(599)
26 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who raised his head and
who lifts his forehead, the ram, the greatest of the creatures.
27 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the light that is in the
infernal regions, its form is that of Ament.
28 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the penetrating spirit who
is in the Ament, his form is that of Kerti.(600)
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