The Literature of the Ancient EgyptiansBudge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir
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The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians
Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir
Egyptian literature -- History and criticism; Egyptian literature -- Translations into English
XIV. Homage to thee, dweller in peace. Lord of joy of heart, mighty one
of crowns,* lord of the Urrt Crown with the lofty plumes,* with a
beautiful tiara and a lofty White Crown.* The gods love to behold thee.*
The double crown is stablished on thy head.* Thy love passeth throughout
Egypt.* Thou sendest out light, thou risest with [thy] two beautiful
eyes.* The Pāt beings [faint] when thou appearest in the sky,* animals
become helpless under thy rays.* Thy loveliness is in the southern sky,*
thy graciousness is in the northern sky.* Thy beauties seize upon
hearts,* thy loveliness maketh the arms weak,* thy beautiful operations
make the hands idle,* hearts become weak at the sight of thee.*
XV. [He is] the Form One, the creator of everything that is.* The One
only, the creator of things that shall be.* Men and women proceeded from
his two eyes. His utterance became the gods.* He is the creator of the
pasturage wherein herds and flocks live,* [and] the staff of life for
mankind.* He maketh to live the fish in the river,* and the geese and
the feathered fowl of the sky.* He giveth air to the creature that is in
the egg. He nourisheth the geese in their pens.* He maketh to live the
water-fowl,* and the reptiles and every insect that flieth.* He
provideth food for the mice in their holes,* he nourisheth the flying
creatures on every bough.*
XVI. Homage to thee, O creator of every one of these creatures,* the One
only whose hands are many.* He watcheth over all those who lie down to
sleep,* he seeketh the well-being of his animal creation,* Amen,
establisher of every thing,* Temu-Herukhuti.* They all praise thee with
their words,* adorations be to thee because thou restest among us,* we
smell the earth before thee because thou hast fashioned us.*
XVII. All the animals cry out, "Homage to thee."* Every country adoreth
thee,* to the height of heaven, to the breadth of the earth,* to the
depths of the Great Green Sea.* The gods bend their backs in homage to
thy Majesty,* to exalt the Souls of their Creator,* they rejoice when
they meet their begetter.* They say unto thee, "Welcome, O father of the
fathers of all the gods,* suspender of the sky, beater out of the
earth,* maker of things that are, creator of things that shall be,*
KING, life, strength, and health be to thee! Chief of the gods, we
praise thy Souls,* inasmuch as thou hast created us. Thou workest for us
thy children,* we adore thee because thou restest among us."*
XVIII. Homage to thee, O maker of everything that is.* Lord of Truth,
father of the gods,* maker of men, creator of animals,* lord of the
divine grain, making to live the wild animals of the mountains.* Amen,
Bull, Beautiful Face,* Beloved one in the Apts,* great one of diadems in
the House of the Benben Stone,* binding on the tiara in Anu (On),*
judge of the Two Men (_i.e._ Horus and Set) in the Great Hall.*
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