Hymn to Ra when he riseth (From the Papyrns of Nekht)

Text : A HYMN OF PRAISE TO RA by Nekht, the royal scribe,
the captain of soldiers, who saith :-

Homage to thee, O thou glorious Being, thou who art dowered [with all sovereignty] . O Tem-Heru-khuti (Tem-Harmachis), when thou risest in the horizon of heaven, a cry of joy cometh forth to thee from the mouth of all peoples . O thou beautiful Being, thou dost renew thyself in thy season in the form of the Disk within thy mother Hathor ; therefore in every place every heart swelleth with joy at thy rising, for ever . The regions of the North and South come to thee with homage, and send forth acclamations at thy rising in the horizon of heaven ; thou illuminest the two lands with rays of turquoise light . O Ra, thou who art Heru-khuti (Harmachis), the divine man-child, the heir of eternity, self-begotten and self-born, king of earth, prince of the Tuat,r governor of the regions of Aukert ; 2 thou comest forth from the water, thou hast sprung from the god Nu, who cherisheth thee and ordereth thy members . O thou god of life, thou lord of love, all men live when thou shinest ; thou art crowned king of the gods . The goddess Nut doeth homage unto thee, and the goddess Maat embraceth thee at all times . Those who are in thy following sing unto thee with joy and bow down their foreheads to the earth when they meet thee, thou lord of heaven, thou lord of earth, thou king of Right and Truth, thou lord of eternity, thou prince of everlastingness, thou sovereign of all the gods, thou god of life, thou creator of eternity, thou maker of heaven wherein thou art firmly established ! The company of the gods rejoice at thy rising, the earth is glad when it beholdeth thy rays ; the peoples that have been long dead O come forth with cries of joy to see thy beauties every day. Thou goest forth each day over heaven and earth and art made strong each day by thy mother Nut. Thou passest through the heights of heaven, thy heart swelleth with joy ; and the Lake of Testes O is content thereat . The Serpent-fiend bath fallen, his arms are hewn off, the knife hath cut asunder his joints . Rd liveth in Maat I the beautiful . The Sektet boat draweth on and cometh into port ; the South and the North, the West and the East turn to praise thee, O thou primeval substance of the earth who didst come into being of thine own accord . Isis and Nephthvs salute thee, they sing unto thee songs of joy at thy rising in the boat, they protect thee with their hands . The souls of the East follow thee, the souls of the West praise thee, Thou art the ruler of all the gods and thou hast joy of heart within thy shrine ; for the serpent-fiend NA bath been condemned to the fire, and thy heart shall be joyful for ever . Thy mother Nut is adjudged to thy father Nu."


The SourceThe Book of the Dead, the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.

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Hymn to Ra when he riseth (From the Papyrns of Hu-nefer)

Text : (e A HYMN OF PRAISE TO RA WHEN HE RISETH IN THE (2) EASTERN PART OF HEAVEN . Behold Osiris, Hu-nefer, (3) victorious, who saith :-

"Homage to thee, O thou who art Ra when thou risest (4) and Temu when thou settest . Thou risest, thou risest, thou shinest, thou shinest, (5) thou who art crowned king of the gods . Thou art the lord of heaven, [thou art] the lord of earth ; [thou art] the creator of those who dwell (6) in the heights and of those who dwell in the depths . 2 [Thou art] the God One who came into being (7) in the beginning of time . Thou didst create the earth, thou didst fashion man, (8) thou didst make the watery abyss of the sky, thou didst form Hapi (i . e ., the Nile, thou didst create the watery abyss, (9) and thou dost give life unto all that therein is . Thou hast knit together the mountains, thou hast made (10) mankind and the beasts of the field to come into being, thou hast made the heavens and the earth . Worshipped be thou whom the goddess Maat embraceth at morn and at eve . Thou dolt travel across the sky with heart swelling with joy ; the Lake of Testes(11) (t e becometh contented thereat . The serpent-fiend NA bath fallen and his two arms are cut off. The Sektet boat receiveth fair winds, and the heart of him that is in the shrine thereof rejoiceth . Thou "art crowned (12) Prince of heaven, thou art the One dowered [with all sovereignty] who comest forth from the sky . Ra is victorious! O thou divine youth, thou heir of everlastingness, thou self-begotten one, O thou who didst give thyself birth! O One (13), mighty [one], of myriad forms and aspects, king of the world, Prince of Annu (Heliopolis), lord of eternity and ruler of everlastingness,i the company of the gods rejoice when thou risest and when thou sailest (14) across the sky, O thou who art exalted in the Sektet boat ."

"Homage to thee, O Amen-Rd, who dost rest upon Maat, 2 and who passest over the heaven, every face seeth thee. Thou dost wax great (15) as thy Majesty doth advance, and thy rays are upon all faces . Thou art unknown and no tongue is worthy ( ) to declare thy likeness ; only thou thyself [canst do this] . Thou art One, even as is he (16) that bringeth the tens basket. Men praise thee in thy name [Ra], and they swear by thee, for thou art lord over them. Thou hearest with thine ears and thou seest with thine eyes. (17) Millions of years have gone over the world ; I cannot tell the number of those through which thou hast passed . Thy heart hath decreed a day of happiness in thy name of `Traveller' . Thou dost pass over (18) and dost travel through untold spaces [requiring] millions and hundreds of thousands of years [to pass over] ; thou passest through them in peace, and thou steerest thy way across the watery abyss to the place which thou lovest ; this thou doest in one (19) little moment of time, and then thou dost sink down and dost make an end of the hours ."

Behold Osiris, the governor of the palace of the lord of the two lands (i . e ., Seti I), Hu-nefer, victorious, saith : (20) "Hail, my lord, thou who passest through eternity, whose being is everlasting . Hail, thou Disk, lord of beams of light, thou risest and thou makest all mankind to live . Grant thou that I may behold thee at dawn each day ."


The SourceThe Book of the Dead, the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.



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Hymn to Ra when he riseth (From the Papyrns of Qenna, Plate 4)

Vignette : Qenna and his wife standing with hands raised in adoration .

Text : (t) A HYMN OF PRAISE TO RA WHEN HE RISETH IN THE EASTERN PART OF HEAVEN . Behold Osiris, Qenna the merchant, triumphant, (2) who saith :-

"Homage to thee, O thou who risest in Nu, and who at thy manifestation dost make the world bright with light ; the whole company of gods sing hymns of praise unto thee after thou hast come forth . (3) The divine Merti r who minister unto thee cherish thee as King of the North and South, thou beautiful and beloved Man-child . When thou risest, men and women live. (4) The nations rejoice in thee, and the Souls of Annu (Heliopolis) sing unto thee songs of joy . (5) The souls of the cities of Pe and Nekhen exalt thee, the apes of dawn adore thee, and (6) all beasts and cattle praise thee with one accord . The goddess Seba overthroweth thine enemies, therefore rejoice thou within (7) thy boat ; thy mariners are content thereat . Thou hast attained unto the Atet boat, and thy heart swelleth with joy . O lord of the gods, when thou didst create (8) them they ascribed unto thee praises . The azure goddess Nut doth compass thee on every side, and the god Nu (g) floodeth thee with his rays of light . O cast thou thy light upon me and let me see thy beauties, me the Osiris (to) Qenna the merchant, victorious, and when thou goest forth over the earth I will sing praises unto thy fair face . Thou risest in heaven's horizon, (11) and [thy] disk is adored [when] it resteth upon the mountain to give life unto the world . Saith Qenna the merchant, victorious : (12) "Thou risest, thou risest, and thou comest forth from the god Nu . Thou dost renew thy youth and thou dost set thyself in the place where thou "wart yesterday . O divine youth who hast created thyself, (13) I am not able [to describe] thee . Thou hast come with thy diadems, and thou hast made heaven and earth bright with thy rays of "pure emerald light . (14) The land of Punt is stablished [to give] "the perfumes which thou smellest with thy nostrils . Thou risest, "O marvellous Being,' (15) in heaven, the two serpent-goddesses "Merti are stablished upon thy brow, and thou art the giver of "laws, O lord of the world and of the inhabitants thereof ; (16) all "the gods and Qenna the merchant, victorious, adore thee ."


The SourceThe Book of the Dead, the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.

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