Homage to thee, O thou glorious Being that art endowed with all sovereignty. O Tem-Heru-Khuiti, Tem-Har-Makhis, when thou risest in the horizon of Heaven, a cry of Joy comes forth from all beings, they sing in praise of thy rising. O Beautiful presence, thou dost renew thyself in the form of the disk within thy mother Hathor. At this renewal, in every region, the hearts of everyone swell with joy at thy rising for all eternity. The regions of the north and south come forth in homage and send forth testament at thy rising in the horizon of heaven.
Thou shinest forth upon the Two Lands with rays of Emerald Light. O Ra, who art Heru-Khuity, the Divine Child in human likeness, the inheritor of the Aeon, self-begotten, self-born, King of the Earth, Prince of the Dwat, Lord of the mountain Aukert, thou didst come forth from the primal waters, thou leaped forth from the watery Abyss of Nu, who doth cherish thee.
O thou God of Life, thou lord of Love, all things live in thy shining Light, thou art crowned the King of the Gods. The Goddess Nuit embraces thee, and the Goddess Mut enfolds thee at all Seasons.Those who are in thy following sing unto thee with Joy, they bow down their foreheads to the Earth when they meet thee.
The Lord of Heaven.
The Lord of the Earth.
The King of Maat.
The Lord of the Aeons.
Sovereign of the Gods.
God of Life.
Creator of Eternity.
Captain and Maker of the Heavens in which thou art established and fixed.
The Company of the Neteru rejoice at thy rising, the Earth is glad when it feels thy Rays. The Dead come forth with shouts of Joy to behold thy beauties daily. Thou goest forth of the Heavens daily and are made strong by the Love of thy Mother Nuit. Thou traverse the height of Heaven, thy heart floweth with Joy and the Oasis is content with this. The serpent fiend has fallen, it is restricted from motion, the knife of Ra severs the fiend! Ra lives by Maat, the Law of the Beautiful!
The Sektet boat arrives at the harbor. The south, the north, the west and the east, the directions turn to praise Ra!
O Ancient One, self created, Isis and Nepthy salute thee.
They sing joyous songs at thy rising in the boat, they stretch out their hands to protect and to guide thee.
The souls of the east praise thee, the souls of the west follow thy way.
King of Gods, in thy shrine of joy, for the serpent Nak has been judged by Fire and thy Heart shall Rejoice Forever.
-this adaptation from the Ancient Egyptian prayer is
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