Hymns of Philae II
The King is RebornThe king has been born anew, at the same time as the sun rises above the horizon, The Living Horus wonderful child joy of love The primeval god Tatenen lets the two women of the people be born through the ka-womb Praise be to Khnum at the king“s appearance in glory as the living god of the bull in the crown of Upper Egypt Many celebrations are created to the honour of the primeval god Ptah-Tatenen father of the stars - - - The two women are the great power of the source of the eternal river He establishes laws like the great Thoth The Lord, master of the ancestors exists like Re in eternal joy The lord in the temple, king of Lower Egypt is made living and ruling by Osiris - - - The pylon was built for the sungoddess the mistress the lifegiving Isis queen of the pure island Queen of Philae and Abaton From glowing sandstone it is built Its height is wonderful its width marvellous Everything is used as it should It gives life and domination to the lord of the sun the lord of the two lands the hereditary god and lotus bud Ptah“s chosen one Son of Re, the master appears in glory Ptolemaios, beloved of Isis the eternal life The gods love what has been brought forth Through the work of hands the bread of eternal life is prepared The next hymn is written on the walls in the pylon portal At the same moment as the sun rises, the king steps through the doorway, The great god Edfu The lord of Mesen stands before the temple of Egypt The great sun disc rises in the sky He sees the Horus falcons which give life in all eternity Horus protects the gods in their sanctuaries The winged sun-disc shines over the two lands The goddesses comes to life at the sight of his radiance Horus of the abodes of the gods The gread god Edfu the lord of the sky the colourful feather steps forth in the temple court the place where the sun rises before the temple of Upper Egypt The Horus falcon that travels across the sky is the life of Ma“at All faces receives life in all eternity in his shapes the sun and the moon Horus-Re“s mighty shape makes his children flourishing in their temple The winged sundisc shines upon the heavenly abodes The great and powerful one in town and countryside Falcons were kept at Philae. Between the great pylons there is a balcony The great Horus stands on the temple facade The living ba of Re comes from the land of Punt He is the ruler until eternity The place where he appears is the window of the sunrise His ka is created a carrier of feathers with shifting colours so that the many are given life, health, prosperity
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