With radiant face, make a good day,[228] And rest not on it. Behold, it is not given to a man to carry his goods with him! Behold, there is none who hath gone, And cometh back hither again! II [_Saith the player on the harp who is in the tomb of the Osirian, the divine father of Amen,[229] Neferhetep, Justified, he saith_:--] O how weary! Truly a prince was he! That good fate hath come to pass. Bodies pass away since the time of God, The youthful come in their place. Ra presenteth himself every morning, Tum[230] setteth in the Mountain of the West, Men beget and women conceive; Every nostril tasteth the breath of sunrise; Those whom they bring forth--all of them-- They come in their stead. Make holiday, O divine father! Set gums and choice unguents of every kind for thy nose, Garlands of lotuses on the shoulders, And on the breast of thy sister, who is in thy heart, Who sitteth at thy side. Set singing and music before thy face, Put all sorrow behind thee, Bethink thyself of joys, Until there cometh that day on which thou moorest at the land that loveth silence, Before the heart of the son whom thou lovest is still. Make holiday, O Neferhetep, Justified! | the excellent divine father, pure of hands! There are heard all the things | that have happened to the ancestors who were aforetime; Their walls are ruined | their places are not; They are as though they had never been | since the time of the god. May thy walls be established | may thy trees flourish on the bank of thy pond! May thy soul sit beneath them | that it drink their waters! Follow thy heart greatly | while thou art on earth. Give bread to him | who is without plot of land. Mayest thou gain a good name | for the eternal future! Mayest thou.... Translation of F. Ll. Griffith. FROM AN EPITAPH [In the British Museum there is a memorial tablet of Ptolemaic date for a lady of highest sacerdotal descent, on her mother's side as well as on her father's. She was married to the chief priest of Ptah, and on her death she addresses her male relations and friends among the priests of chief rank with words and sentiments very different from the orthodox prayers and formulae which cover the funerary stelae of Pharaonic times; though much the same line of thought found utterance in the songs of the harpers.]