Egyptian religious poetry

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EGYPTIAN RELIGIOUS POETRY

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Verse transcription of Nos. 1-3

He is born! He is born! O come and adore Him!

Life-giving mothers, the mothers who bore Him,

Stars of the heavens the daybreak adorning,

Ancestors, ye, of the Star of the Morning,

Women and men, O come and adore Him !

Bow down before Him, bow down before Him, Child who is born in the night.

He is born! He is born! O come and adore Him !

Dwellers in Duat, be joyful before Him,

Gods of the Heavens, come near and behold Him,

See how the sunbeams caress and enfold Him.

People of earth, O come and adore Him !

Bow down before Him, kneel down before Him, King who is born in the night.

He is born! He is born! O come and adore Him ! Young like the Moon in its shining and changing, Over the heavens His footsteps are ranging. Stars Never-resting and Stars Never-setting, Worship the Child of God’s own begetting ! Heaven and Earth, O come and adore Him ! Bow down before Him, kneel down before Him, Worship, adore Him, fall down before Him !

God who is born in the night.