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
“Hymns of praise be unto you, O ye divine beings of the Thigh, the knives
of God [work] in secret, and the two arms and hands of God cause the light
to shine; it is doubly pleasant unto him to lead the old unto him along
with the young at his season. Now, behold, the god Thoth dwelleth within
his hidden places, and he performeth the ceremonies of libation unto the
god who reckoneth millions of years, and he maketh a way through the
firmament, and he doeth away with storms and whirlwinds from his
stronghold, and the Osiris Nu, the overseer of the palace, the
chancellor-in-chief, triumphant, arriveth in the places of his
habitations. [O ye divine beings of the Thigh], do ye away with his
sorrow, and his suffering, and his pain, and may the sorrow of the Osiris
Nu be altogether put away. Let the Osiris Nu, the overseer of the palace,
the chancellor-in-chief, triumphant, gratify Rā, let him make a way into
the horizon of Rā, let his boat be made ready for him, let him sail on
happily, and let Thoth put light into [his] heart; then shall the Osiris
Nu, triumphant, praise and glorify Rā, and Rā shall hearken unto his
words, and he shall beat down the obstacles which come from his enemies. I
have not been shipwrecked, I have not been turned back in the horizon, for
I am Rā-Osiris, and the Osiris Nu, the overseer of the palace, the
chancellor-in-chief, shall not be shipwrecked in the Great Boat. Behold
him whose face is in the god of the Thigh, because the name of Rā is in
the body of the Osiris Nu, the overseer of the palace, the
chancellor-in-chief, and his honor is in his mouth; he shall speak unto
Rā, and Rā shall hearken unto his words.”
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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