Religion
Hymn And Litany To Osiris
Translated by E. A. Wallis Budge (in Egyptian Literature, 1901) · From The Book of the Dead (Theban Recension)
“Praise be unto thee, O Osiris, lord of eternity, Unnefer, Heru-khuti (Harmachis), whose forms are manifold, and whose attributes are majestic, Ptah-Seker-Tem in Annu (Heliopolis), the lord of the hidden place, and the creator of Het-ka-Ptah (Memphis) and of the gods [therein], the guide of the underworld, whom [the gods] glorify when thou settest in Nut. Isis embraceth thee in peace, and she driveth away the fiends from the mouth of thy paths. Thou turnest thy face upon Amentet, and thou makest the earth to shine as with refined copper. Those who have lain down (i.e., the dead) rise up to see thee, they breathe the air and they look upon thy face when the Disk riseth on its horizon; their hearts are at peace inasmuch as they behold thee, O thou who art Eternity and Everlastingness!”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Anonymous Egyptian Poets. “Hymn And Litany To Osiris.” Translated by E. A. Wallis Budge. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-egyptian/1/.
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Anonymous Egyptian Poets. “Hymn And Litany To Osiris.” Translated by E. A. Wallis Budge. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-egyptian/1/.
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