Egyptian religious poetry

60 EGYPTIAN RELIGIOUS POETRY

the enemy of Ré is overthrown. I shall see Thoth and Maot in the Boat. All the gods are in rejoicing when they see Ré coming in peace to make the hearts of the Horizon-dwellers to live. [B.B.D., ch. xv]

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Gory to Ré in the east, when he rises in beauty eternal,

Shining like burning gold as he crosses the heights of the heavens.

Glory to Ré in the west, when he passes to night and thick darkness,

Bringing both peace and content to all the dwellers in Duat.

Grant that I too may appear with thee in the Boat of the Sunrise,

Mooring with thee in the dusk in the beautiful Boat of the Sunset,

Grant that my path, like thine, may lead through the stars never wearied,

Grant me to see thy face and the glowing eyes of thy Serpent,

Grant me to be renewed by the sight of thy beauty eternal.

When I pass to the Land Everlasting, O show me thy glory and splendour,

For thou art my Lord and my God, whom I have adored in my lifetime.

8 Verse transcription of Nos. 5-7

Wuen the stars make way for the Sun-boat As it sails on the Nile of the sky,

I shall pass with Ré in his journey Across the heavens on high.