May I have possession there.
I know it, and I sail upon its streams that I may come to the domains
thereof.
My mouth is potent and secured against the Glorified that they may not
have the mastery of me.
May I have the investiture of thy Garden, O Hotep. What thou willest, do
thou it.
Let me be glorified there, and eat and drink there, and plough there,
and reap there, and grind(7.) there, and have my fill of love there.
May my mouth be potent there, let me there utter my Words of Power and
not be slighted.
* * * * * * *
I am in possession of that Word of Power of mine which is the most
potent one within this body of mine here: and by means of it I make
myself either known or unknown.
I make my progress and I plough.
I take my rest in the divine Domain.
I know the names of the domains, the districts and the streams within
the Garden of Hotep.
I am there, I am master there, I am in glory there, I eat there; I plant
and I reap there; I plough there, and I take my fill of love. I am
united there with the god Hotep.
I cast my seed there, and I sail upon its stream that I may come to the
domains thereof, O Hotep.
Lo, my mouth is armed with sharp points. There is given to me the
abundance which belongeth to the Ka and to the Glorified.
I give the reckoning of Shu to him who understandeth it.
I sail upon its stream, and I range within the Garden of Hotep, for Rā
is in the sky, and Hotep is putting together the oblations.
I hasten to the land, and I fasten my stole upon me, that I may come
forth, and that that may be given to me which hath to be given; that I
may have joy and take possession of the wealth which Hotep assigneth to
me.
=Rise in Hotep=, I arrive in thee, my soul is with me, and my provision
is before the Mistress of the Two Earths, who maketh fast my Words of
Power, which recall to mind that which I have forgotten. Let me live
free from strife; and be there granted to me enlargement of heart.
Let my arteries be made fast, and let me have the enjoyment of the
Breeze.(8.)
Rise in Hotep, blest with the Breeze, I arrive in thee, my head is
uncovered: Rā sleepeth, but there waketh for me, and there shineth upon
me Hesit [the Cow-goddess](9.) who lieth at the confines of Heaven by
night.
He standeth in my way who heapeth against me his own dross.
But I am in my own domain.
=Great Domain=, I arrive in thee and I reckon up the abundance as I pass
on to Uach.(10.)
I am the Bull, raised on high in the Blue; the lord of the Bull’s field;
which Sothis describeth to me at her successive hours.
=Uach=, I arrive in thee, and I eat my cakes, and take possession of my
joints of flesh and meat and fowl.
The winged things of Shu are given to me, and my Kau follow me.(11.)
=T’efait=,(12.) I arrive in thee, I put on the stole and fasten upon me
the girdle of Rā, whilst he is in heaven,(13.) and the gods who are in
heaven are following Rā.
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