and duration. I provide thee

8 with permanent happiness. I have fixed in thee joy, enjoyment, pleasure,
gladness, and delight. I grant thee that thy heart may be young again like
mine. I have elected thee, I have chosen thee, I have perfected thee; thy
heart is excellent and thy words are exquisite; there is absolutely
nothing

9 which thou ignorest, up to this day, since the time of old; thou
vivifiest the inhabitants of the earth through thy command, King Rameses.

I have made thee an eternal king, a prince who lasts forever. I have
fashioned thy

10 limbs in electrum, thy bones in brass, and thy arms in iron. I have
bestowed on thee the dignity of the divine crown; thou governest the two
countries as a legitimate sovereign; I have given thee a high Nile, and it
fills Egypt for thee with the abundance of riches and wealth; there is

11 plenty in all places where thou walkest; I have given thee wheat in
profusion to enrich the two countries in all times; their corn is like the
sand of the shore, the granaries reach the sky, and the heaps are like
mountains. Thou rejoicest and thou art praised

12 when thou seest the plentiful fishing, and the mass of fishes which is
before thy feet. All Egypt is thankful toward thee.

I give thee the sky and all that it contains. SEB shows forth for thee
what is within him;(435) the birds hasten to thee, the pigeons of Horsekha

13 bring to thee their offerings, which are the first-fruits of those of
Ra. Thoth has put them on all sides.

Thou openest thy mouth to strengthen whoever thou wishest, for thou art
Num; thy royalty is living in strength and might like Ra, since he governs
the two countries.

14 King Rameses, I grant thee to cut the mountains into statues immense,
gigantic, everlasting; I grant that foreign lands find for the precious
stone to inscribe(?) the monuments with thy name.

15 I give thee to succeed in all the works which thou hast done. (I give
thee) all kinds of workmen, all that goes on two and four feet, all that
flies and all that has wings. I have put in the heart of all nations to
offer thee what they have done; themselves, princes great and small, with
one

16 heart seek to please thee, King Rameses.

Thou hast built a great residence to fortify the boundary of the land, the
city of Rameses; it is established on the earth like the four pillars

17 of the sky; thou hast constructed within a royal palace, where
festivals are celebrated to thee