Egyptian religious poetry

88 EGYPTIAN RELIGIOUS POETRY

17 Verse transcription of No. 16

Sout of the Regions of God, I come to behold Osiris,

Into the Nether World I have forced my way to my Father, Darkness was all around but darkness fled at my presence. Beloved of the God am I for I come to behold Osiris. Sutekh I stabbed to the heart as a sacrifice to my Father. Open is every road in heaven and earth for my passing,

For I am the only Son beloved of his Father Osiris.

Noble am I and equipped with the glory and might of my Father, Let every goddess and god, who dwell in the distant horizon, Make for me now a path to lead to the innermost heaven.

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Verse transcription of hymns

SHout aloud, ye people who within the temple stand, Glory to omnipotent Osiris !

Blazon forth his triumph till his splendour fills the land, Honour to the living God, Osiris !

Secret is his nature, and his ways beyond our ken, Ancient, yet a babe, is great Osiris ;

As the Moon he watches and divides the months for men, Times and seasons wait upon Osiris.

When the Sun-god passes to the realm of Death and Night, Monarch of that kingdom is Osiris ;

When he comes in glory in the glowing morning-light, Throned on high beside him is Osiris.