Chapter XV

H1YMN I.

2Adored be Râ, when he riseth up from the eastern horizon of Heaven; they who accompany him extol him.

3Here is the Osiris N, the Victorious, and he saith:—

4O thou radiant Orb, who arisest each day from the Horizon, shine thou upon the face of the Osiris N who adoreth thee at dawn, and propitiateth thee at the gloaming.

5Let the soul of N come forth with thee into heaven, let him journey in the Mââtit boat and finish his course in the Sektit boat till he reach in heaven unto the Stars which set.

6He saith, as he invoketh his Lord, the Eternal one:—

7Hail to thee, Horus of the Two Horizons, who art Chepera Self-originating; Beautiful is thy rising up from the horizon, enlightening the two Earths with thy rays. All the gods are in exultation when they see thee the King of Heaven, with the Nebt Unnut established upon thy head (and the diadem of the South and the diadem of the North upon thy brow) which maketh her abode in front of thee.

8Thoth abideth at the prow of thy bark that he may destroy all thine adversaries.

9They who dwell in the Tuat are coming forth to meet thy Majesty, and to gaze upon that beautiful semblance of thine.

10And I too come to thee that I may be with thee to see thine Orb each day; let me not be detained, let me not be repulsed.

11Let my limbs be renewed by the contemplation of thy glories, like all thy servants, for I am one of those who honoured thee upon earth.

12Let me reach the Land of Ages, let me gain the Land of Eternity; for thou, my Lord, hast destined them for me.

13The Osiris N; he saith:—

14Hail to thee who risest up from the Horizon as Râ in union with Maāt; thou dost traverse heaven in peace and all men see thee as thou goest forward. And after being concealed from them thou presentest thyself at the dawn of each day.

15Brisk is the bark under thy Majesty.

16Thy rays are upon men’s faces; the golden glories they cannot be told: not to be described are thy beams.

17The Lands of the gods, the colours of Punit are seen in them; that men may form an estimate of that which is hidden from their faces.

18Alone art thou when thy form riseth up upon the Sky; let me advance as thou advancest, like thy Majesty, without a pause, O Râ, whom none can outstrip.

19A mighty march is thine; Leagues by millions, and hundreds of thousands, in a small moment thou hast travelled them, and thou goest to rest.

20Thou completest the hours of the Night, according as thou hast measured them out. And when thou hast completed them according to thy rule, day dawneth.

21Thou presentest thyself at thy place as Râ, as thou risest from the Horizon.

22The Osiris N, he saith, as he adoreth thee when thou shinest; He saith to thee when thou risest up at dawn, as he exalteth thine appearance;

23Thou comest forth, most glorious one, fashioning and forming thy limbs, giving birth to them without any labour, as Râ rising in heaven.

24Grant that I may attain to the Heaven of eternity and the abode of thy servants; let me be united with the venerable and mighty Chu of the Netherworld; let me come forth with them to see thy glories, as thou shinest at the gloaming, when thy mother Nut enfoldeth thee.

25And when thou turnest thy face to the West, mine hands are in adoration to thy setting as one who liveth; for it is thou who hast created Eternity.

26I have set thee in my heart unceasingly, who art more mighty than all the gods.

27The Osiris N, he saith:—

28Adoration to thee, who arisest out of the Golden, and givest light to the earth on the day of thy birth. Thy mother bringeth thee forth upon her hands, that thou mayest give light to the whole circumference which the Solar Orb enlighteneth.

29Mighty Enlightener, who risest up in the Sky and raisest up the tribes of men by thy Stream, and givest holiday to all districts, towns and temples; and raising food, nourishment and dainties.

30Most Mighty one, master of masters, who defendest every abode of thine against wrong, Most Glorious one in thine Evening Bark, Most Illustrious in thy Morning Bark.

31Glorify thou the Osiris N in the Netherworld, grant that he may come into Amenta without defect and free from wrong, and set him among the faithful and venerable ones.

32Let him be united with the souls in the Netherworld, let him sail about in the country of Aarru after a joyful journey.

33Here is the Osiris N.

34Come forth into Heaven, sail across the firmament and enter into brotherhood with the Stars, let salutation be made to thee in the Bark, let invocation be made to thee in the Morning Bark. Contemplate Râ within his Ark and do thou propitiate his Orb daily. See the Ant fish in its birth from the emerald stream, and see the Abtu fish and its rotations.

35And let the offender fall prostrate, when he meditates destruction for me, by blows upon his back-bone.

36Râ springs forth with a fair wind; the Evening Bark speeds on and reaches the Haven; the crew of Râ are in exultation when they look upon him; the Mistress of Life, her heart is delighted at the overthrow of the adversary of her Lord.

37See thou Horus at the Look-out of the ship, and at his sides Thoth and Maāt. All the gods are in exultation when they behold Râ coming in peace to give new life to the hearts of the Chu, and here is the Osiris N along with them.

38[LITANY.]

39Adored be Râ, as he setteth in the Land of Life.

40Hail to thee, who hast come as Tmu, and hast been the creator of the cycle of the gods, Hail to thee, who hast come as the Soul of Souls, August one in Amenta, Hail to thee, who art above the gods and who lightenest up the Tuat with thy glories, Hail to thee, who comest in splendour, and goest round in thine Orb, Hail to thee, who art mightier than the gods, who art crowned in Heaven and King in the Tuat, Hail to thee, who openest the Tuat and disposest of all its doors,

41Hail to thee, supreme among the gods, and Weigher of Words in the Netherworld. Hail to thee, who art in thy Nest, and stirrest the Tuat with thy glory, Hail to thee, the Great, the Mighty, whose enemies are laid prostrate at their blocks, Hail to thee, who slaughterest the Sebau and annihilatest Âpepi,

42Give thou delicious breezes of the north wind to the Osiris N.

43Horus openeth; the Great, the Mighty, who divideth the earths, the great one who resteth in the Mountain of the West, and lighteneth up the Tuat with his glories and the Souls in their hidden abode, by shining into their sepulchres.

44By hurling harm against the foe thou hast utterly destroyed all the adversaries of the Osiris N.

45HYMN II.

46The Osiris N; he saith when he adoreth Râ, the Horus of the Two Horizons, when setting in the Land of Life.

47Adoration to thee, O Râ; Adoration to thee, O Tmu, at thy coming in thy beauty, in thy manifestation, in thy mastery.

48Thou sailest over the Heaven, thou travellest over earth and in splendour thou reachest the zenith; the two divisions of Heaven are in obeisance to thee, and yield adoration to thee.

49All the gods of Amenta are in exultation at thy glory. They whose abodes are hidden adore thee, and the Great Ones make offerings to thee, who for thee have created the soil of earth.

50They who are on the Horizon convey thee, and they who are in the Evening Bark transport thee, and they say—Adoration at the approach of thy Majesty, Come, Come, approach in peace, Oh to thee, Welcome, Lord of Heaven, King of Akerta.

51Thy mother Isis embraceth thee, seeing in thee her son, as the Lord of Terror, the All-Powerful, as he setteth in the Land of Life at night.

52Thy father Tatunen carrieth thee, and his arms are stretched out behind thee, and that which hath taken place is made last upon earth.

53Wake up from thy rest, thine abode is in Manu.

54Let me be entrusted to the fidelity which is yielded to Osiris.

55Come, O Râ, Tmu, be thou adored. Do thy will daily. Grant success in presence of the cycle of the mighty gods.

56Beautiful art thou, O Râ, in thine Horizon of the West; O Lord of Law, in the midst of the Horizon.

57Very terrible art thou, rich art thou in attributes, and great is thy love to those who dwell in the Tuat.

58To be said, when Râ sets in the Land of Life; with hands bent downward.

59HYMN III.

60Adoration to Tmu as he setteth in the Land of Life.

61The Osiris N; he saith:—

62Adoration to Tmu as he setteth in the Land of Life.

63The Osiris N; he saith, adoring Tmu, when setting in the Land of Life and shedding his rays on the Tuat;

64Hail to thee setting in the Land of Life, O Father of the gods, thou art united to thy mother in Manu. Her two hands receive thee daily. Thy Majesty hath part in the house of Sokaru. Exult thou because the doors are opened of the Horizon, at thy setting in the Mountain of the West.

65Thy rays, they run over the earth to enlighten the dwellers in Amenta. Those who are in the Tuat worship thee with loud acclaim, and cherish hope when they see thee daily.

66Thou grantest to the gods to sit upon the earth; to those, namely, who follow thee and come in thy train.

67O august Soul, who begettest the gods, and dost invest them with thine attributes; the Unknowable, the Ancient One, the Mighty in thy mystery.

68Be thy fair face propitious to the Osiris N, oh Chepera, Father of the gods.

69Freedom for ever from perdition is derived through this Book, and upon it I take my firm stand.

70He hath written it who spake it, and his heart resteth on the reward.

71Let there be given me armfuls of bread and drink, and let me be accompanied by this Book after my life.