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
29 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the timid one who sheds
tears, his form is that of the afflicted.
30 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who raises his hand and
who glorifies his eye(601) his form is that of the god with the
hidden body.
31 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the spirit who is raised
upon the two mysterious horizons, his form is that of
Chentament.(602)
32 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power; the god with the numerous
shapes in the sacred dwelling, his form is that of the beetle.
33 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who puts his enemies into
their prison, his form is that of the lion.
34 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the ray of light in his
sarcophagus, its form is that of the progenitor.
35 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the covering of the body,
which develops the lungs, its form is that of Teb-ati.(603)
36 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who calls the bodies into
the empyrean, and they develop, who destroys their venom, his form
is that of the transformer.
37 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the being with the
mysterious face, who makes the divine eye move, his form is that
of Shai.
38 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the supremely great one who
embraces the empyrean, his form is that of the spirit who embraces
(space).
39 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who hides his body within
himself, his form is that of the god with the hidden body.
40 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who is more courageous
than those who surround him, who sends fire into the place of
destruction, his form is that of the burning one.
41 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who sends destruction,
and who causes the development of his body in the empyrean, his
form is that of the inhabitant of the empyrean.
42 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the wonderful one who dwells
in his eye,(604) who lights the sarcophagus, his form is that of
Shepi.(605)
43 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who unites the
substances, who founds(606) Amto, his form is that of one who
joins substances.
44 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who invents(607) secret
things, and who begets bodies, his form is that of the invisible
(progenitor).
45 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who furnishes the
inhabitants of the empyrean with funeral things, when he enters
the hidden spheres, his form is that of Aperto.(608)
46 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, his members rejoice when
they see his body, the blessed spirit who enters into him, his
form is that of the joyful one.
47 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the adult who dilates his
eyeball, and who fills his eye,(609) his form is that of the
adult.
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