u that Nebseni, the scribe and designer to the temples
of the South and of the North, may come forth to see the Disk, and that
his journeyings forth(?) may be in the presence of the great god, that is
to say, Shu, who dwelleth in everlastingness. Let me journey on in peace;
let me pass over the sky; let me adore the radiance of the splendor [which
is in] my sight; let me soar like a bird to see the companies(?) of the
_Khu_s in the presence of Ra day by day, who vivifieth every human being
that walketh upon the regions which are upon the earth. Hail, Hemti
(_i.e._, Runner); Hail, Hemti; who carriest away the shades of the dead
and the _Khu_s from earth, grant thou unto me a prosperous way to the Tuat
(underworld), such as is made for the favored ones [of the god], because
[I am] helpless to gather together the emanations which come from me. Who
art thou, then, who consumest in its hidden place? I am the Chief in
Re-stau, and 'He that goeth in in his own name and cometh forth in that of
Hehi(?), the lord of millions of years, and of the earth,' is my name. The
pregnant goddess hath deposited [upon the earth] her load, and hath given
birth to Hit straightway; the closed door which is by the wall is
overthrown, it is turned upside down and I rejoice thereat. To the Mighty
One hath his eye been given, and it sendeth forth light from his face when
the earth becometh light (or at daybreak). I shall not become corrupt, but
I shall come into being in the form of the Lion-god and like the blossoms
of Shu; I am the being who is never overwhelmed in the waters. Happy, yea
happy is he that looked upon the funeral couch which hath come to its
place of rest, upon the happy day of the god whose heart resteth, who
maketh his place of alighting [thereon]. I am he who cometh forth by day;
the lord of the bier which giveth life in the presence of Osiris. In very
truth the things which are thine are stable each day, O scribe, artist,
child of the _Seshet_ chamber, Nebseni, lord of veneration. I clasp the
sycamore tree, I myself am joined unto the sycamore tree, and its arm[s]
are opened unto me graciously. I have come and I have clasped the
_Utchat_, and I have caused it to be seated in peace upon its throne. I
have come to see Ra when he setteth, and I absorb into myself the winds
[which arise] when he cometh forth, and both my hands are clean to adore
him. I have gathered together [all my members], I have gathered together
[all my members].
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