Egyptian religious poetry

DEATH AND BURIAL 109

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Hat to thee, hail to thee! Thou art lamented, thou art glori- fied, thou art exalted, thou art strong. Rise up, rise up by raising thyself, by means of the ceremonies made for thee . . . Fallen are thy foes, Ptah has overthrown thy enemies, thou art triumphant against them and hast power over them. They who hear thy words do as thou commandest. Thou art exalted and thy word is law in the council of all the gods and goddesses Hail to thee, hail to thee! Anubis has clothed thee, he has done as he will, placing his ornaments among the bandages, for he is the deputy of the great God. Thou journeyest, thou art cleansed in the Lake of Perfection, thou hast made offerings in the Houses of Heaven, thou hast satisfied the Lords of Heliopolis. Thou hast offered the Waters of Ré in vases and milk in great vessels, and thy offerings are lifted up on the altar. Thou hast washed thy feet upon the stone on the banks of the Lake of God. Thou goest forth and seest Ré upon the supports, the arms of Heaven, upon the head of Ynmutef, upon the shoulders of Upuaut. He opens for thee a path, and thou shalt see the horizon and the place of purity therein which thou lovest. [p.B.D., ch. clxxii]

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May he traverse the firmament, cross the sky, draw nigh unto the great God, and land in peace at the beauteous West, may the Desert open to him her arms, and the West hold out to him her hands, may he attain unto the Conclave of God, may “ Welcome” be said unto him by the great ones of Abydos, may hands be held out to him in the Neshemt Boat. Upon the pathways of the West may he go happily and in peace to the horizon,