Hymn to Wesir

"HOMAGE to you, Osiris, Lord of eternity, king of the gods, whose names are manifold, whose forms are holy, you being of hidden form in the temples, whose Ka is holy.

You are the governor of Tattu (Busiris), and also the mighty one in Sekhem (Letopolis).

You are the Lord to whom praises are ascribed in the nome of Ati, you are the prince of divine food in Anu.

You are the Lord who is commemorated in Maati, the hidden Soul, the Lord of Qerrt (Elephantine), the Ruler supreme in White Wall (Memphis).

You are the soul of Ra, his own body, and have your place of rest in Henensu (Herakleopolis).

You are the beneficent one, and are praised in Nart.

You make your soul to be raised up.

You are the Lord of the great house in Khemenu (Hermopolis).

You are the mighty one of victories in Shas-hetep, the Lord of eternity, the governor of Abydos.

The path of his throne is in Ta-tcheser (a part of Abydos).

Your name is established in the mouths of men.

You are the substance of Two Lands (Egypt).

You are Tem, the feeder of Kau (doubles), the governor of the companies of the gods.

You are the beneficent spirit among the spirits.

The god of the celestial Ocean (Nu) draws from you his waters.

You send forth the north wind at eventide, and breath from your nostrils to the satisfaction of your heart.

Your heart renews its youth, you produce the . . .

The stars in the celestial heights are obedient to you, and the great doors of the sky open themselves before you.

You are he to whom praises are ascribed in the southern heaven, and thanks are given for you in the northern heaven.

The imperishable stars are under your supervision, and the stars which never set are your thrones.

Offerings appear before you at the decree of Keb.

The companies of the gods praise you, and the gods of the tuat (other world) smell the earth in paying homage to you.

The uttermost parts of the earth bow before you, and the limits of the skies entreat you with supplications when they see you.

The holy ones are overcome before you, and all Egypt offers thanksgiving to you when it meets your Majesty.

You are a shining spirit-body, the governor of spirit-bodies; permanent is your rank, established is your rule.

You are the well-doing Sekhem (power) of the company of the gods, gracious is your face, and beloved by him that sees it.

Your fear is set in all the lands by reason of your perfect love, and they cry out to your name making it the first of names, and all people make offerings to you.

You are the lord who are commemorated in heaven and on earth.

Many are the cries which are made to you at the Uak festival, and with one heart and voice Egypt raises cries of joy to you.

"You are the great chief, the first among your brothers, the prince of the company of the gods, the establisher of right and truth throughout the world, the son who was set on the great throne of his father Keb.

You are the beloved of your mother Nut, the mighty one of valor, who overthrew the Sebau-fiend.

You stood up and smote your enemy, and set your fear in your adversary.

You bring the boundaries of the mountains.

Your heart is fixed, your legs are set firm.

You are the heir of Keb and of the sovereignty of the Two Lands (Egypt).

He (Keb) has seen his splendours, he has decreed for him the guidance of the world by your hand as long as times endure.

You have made this earth with your hand, and the waters, and the winds, and the vegetation, and all the cattle, and all the feathered fowl, and all the fish, and all the creeping things, and all the wild animals thereof.

The desert is the lawful possession of the son of Nut.

The Two Lands (Egypt) are content to crown you on the throne of your father, like Ra.

"You roll up into the horizon, you have set light over the darkness, you send forth air from your plumes, and you flood the Two Lands like the disk at daybreak.

Your crown penetrates the height of heaven, you are the companion of the stars, and the guide of every god.

You are beneficent in decree and speech, the favoured one of the great company of the gods, and the beloved of the little company of the gods.

His sister [Isis] has protected him, and has repulsed the fiends, and turned aside calamities (of evil).
She uttered the spell with the magical power of her mouth.

Her tongue was perfect, and it never halted at a word.

Beneficent in command and word was Isis, the woman of magical spells, the advocate of her brother.

She sought him untiringly, she wandered round and round about this earth in sorrow, and she alighted not without finding him.

She made light with her feathers, she created air with her wings, and she uttered the death wail for her brother.

She raised up the inactive members of whose heart was still, she drew from him his essence, she made an heir, she reared the child in loneliness, and the place where he was not known, and he grew in strength and stature, and his hand was mighty in the house of Keb.

The company of the gods rejoiced, rejoiced, at the coming of Horus, the son of Osiris, whose heart was firm, the triumphant, the son of Isis, the heir of Osiris."