![]() I am the light that guards you every day, Your young son Horus, the sisters' child, is before you The ba's of your fathers are your companions, You flow from your cavern for us in your time, In this your name of "Lord-of-the-fifteenth-day-feast".Īs you rise for us you light the Two Lands, You conquered heaven by your majesty's might, Your courtiers beside you shall not leave you, In your name of "Lord-of the sixth-day-feast". I have come to see your beauty in the Horus-Eye In the day-bark in this your name of "Moon". Ho, you of On, you rise for us daily in heaven! King, our Lord, drive all pain from our hearts. Your Two Sisters beside you guard your bier, ![]() Please your heart, all your foes are not! You loved none but me, the sister, the sister. Though I am your sister whom you loved on earth, Weary-hearted, come to your house-mistress! Wennefer, justified, come to your sister! My heart mourns for you, my eyes seek you,Ĭome to your beloved, come to your beloved! It benefits the doer as well as the gods. To soothe the heart of Isis and Nephthys, place Horus on his father's throne, and give life-stability-dominion to the Osiris Tentruty, born of Tekhao, called Persis, the justified. To bless his ba, steady his body, exalt his ka, give breath to the nose of him who lacks breath. Recitation of blessings made by the Two Sisters in the house of Osiris-Khentamenti, the great god, lord of Abydos, in the fourth month of Inundation, day 25, when the same is done in every place of Osiris, at every feast of his: The introduction personalized the Lamentations so the soul of the dead would listen, heed the call, and rise from the body to new life. ![]() The introduction was spoken by a priest and the reference to "the Osiris Tentruty, born of Tekhao, called Persis" is the name of the deceased woman Tentruty, whose father was Tekhao of the family of Persis. O Faulkner's work on the Berlin Papyrus 3008. The following translation of The Lamentations of Isis and Nephthys comes from R. THE LAMENTATIONS OF ISIS AND NEPHTHYS TEXT The emotional power of the Songs and Lamentations comes from the Osiris Myth, which by the time of the New Kingdom (1570-1069 BCE) was the most popular story in Egypt, and the Osiris Cult, which became the Cult of Isis, the most widespread and influential.
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