Hymns of Philae III

The Celebration of the King´s Birthday

The Horus-Re of the river is praised

on the second day of the inundation

the great feast of the whole land

This day the temple presents

a true representation

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Isis, the great mother of the god

Queen of the birth house

The venerable and powerful

queen of Philae

The hereditary mistress

on the peak of the pure island

The great sun goddess

on the four parts of the sky

Wife of kings

The first one of the majesty Osiris

Horus mother of kings

the strong bull

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The heaven is feasting

the earth is created in turquoise

the temple is like fayence

The Horusfalcons pay tribute

the goddesses are jubilant

The humans rejoice at the lotus flower

when they see this beautiful image

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She who made Re

the lord of the Two Lands, son of Re

She finds the temple

that includes the male

Blessed by the one it carries

that which is the pure image

Her majesty accepts

to become pregnant there on the day of celebration

She gives the son

to the land in its middle

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He is rewarded

with innumerable feasts

on the throne of Horus

the edge of the eternal lives

There is a brilliant hymn to the god´s mother on the outside walls of the birth house.
At Philae Isis and Hathor has merged together and are two aspects of the same goddess.

Hymn to the God Mother

We play tambourine for thee

Queen of Abaton

Isis giver of life

queen of the land

We praise your majesty

rejoicing with life

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You great Hathor

queen of the land

We play harp before your countenance

mistress of the land

Queen of the cities

reigns over the land

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We adore to the heights of heaven

rejoice to the edge of the land

Your hearts rejoice

yourpower is gerat

We whish persistency for life

through the king´s sceptre

After having moved among his people the king now goes back to his mother.
Like the sun sets in the West, the king returns to the womb
from where he came and to where all life must return.

These words are written on the portal between the pylons:

The King´s Death

He walks around the fields four times

He pours out the lifegiving waters of his father

He plays his mother´s sistrum

The king of Upper Egypt

who has appeared in glory

from the palace hall

He goes to rest

in the temple of the dying sun

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Inside Birthouse	Outer Court	Birhouse Walls	Temple Tomb
Inner Shrine	Awakening Osiris	Resurrection	Begin Hymns

Philae Island:	Around the Island	Temple of Isis	Temple of Hathor	Island of Bigeh	Philae Main
Philae History:	Ancient Philae	Historic Philae	Destruction of Philae	Rescue Project I	Temple Inscriptions
Temple of Isis:	Outer Court	Birth House	Hypostyle Hall	Inner Shrine	Aretalogy
Great Isis:	Egyptian Aset	Roman Isis	Lady of Philae	Names & Symbols	Aset in Ancient Texts
Isis in Myth:	Isis & the Name of Re	Isis, Osiris & Set	The Seven Scorpions	In Chemmis	Contendings of Horus & Set
Other:	The New Kingdom Temple	Ancient Priesthood	Daily Rituals	Gods & Goddesses	Egyptian Links

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