Part 39 (1/2)

II.

1 Lord of fishes, when the inundation returns 2 No fowls fall on the cultures.(475) 3 Maker of spelt; creator of wheat: 4 who maintaineth the temples!

5 Idle hands he loathes(476) 6 For myriads, for all the wretched.

7 If the G.o.ds in heaven are grieved,(477) 8 Then sorrow cometh on men.

III.

1 He maketh the whole land open to the oxen,(478) 2 And the great and the small are rejoicing; 3 The response of men at his coming!(479) 4 His likeness is Num!(480) 5 He s.h.i.+neth, then the land exulteth!

6 All bellies are in joy!

7 Every creature receives nourishment!

8 All teeth get food.

IV.

1 Bringer of food! Great lord of provisions!

2 Creator of all good things!

3 Lord of terrors(481) and of choicest joys!

4 All are combined in him.

5 He produceth gra.s.s for the oxen; 6 Providing victims for every G.o.d.

7 The choice incense is that which he supplies.

8 Lord in both regions, 9 He filleth the granaries, enricheth the storehouses, 10 He careth for the state of the poor.

V.

1 He causeth growth to fulfil all desires, 2 He never wearies of it.

3 He maketh his might a buckler.(482) 4 He is not graven in marble,(483) 5 As an image bearing the double crown.

6 He is not beheld: 7 He hath neither ministrants nor offerings: 8 He is not adored in sanctuaries: 9 His abode is not known: 10 No shrine is found with painted figures.(484)

VI.

1 There is no building that can contain him!(485) 2 There is no counsellor(486) in thy heart!

3 Thy youth delight in thee, thy children: 4 Thou directest(487) them as King.

5 Thy law is established in the whole land, 6 In the presence of thy servants in the North:(488) 7 Every eye is satisfied with him:(489) 8 He careth for the abundance of his blessings.

VII.

1 The inundation comes, (then) cometh rejoicing; 2 Every heart exulteth: 3 The tooth of the crocodiles, the children of Neith(490) 4 (Even) the circle of the G.o.ds who are counted with thee.

5 Doth not its outburst water the fields, 6 Overcoming mortals (with joy): 7 Watering one to produce another.(491) 8 There is none who worketh with him; 9 He produces food without the aid of Neith.(492) 10 Mortals he causes to rejoice.

VIII.

1 He giveth light on his coming from darkness:(493) 2 In the pastures of his cattle 3 His might produceth all: 4 What was not, his moisture bringeth to life, 5 Men are clothed to fill his gardens: 6 He careth for his laborers.

7 He maketh even and noontide, 8 He is the infinite Ptah and Kabes.(494) 9 He createth all works therein, 10 All writings, all sacred words, 11 All his implements in the North.(495)

IX.

1 He enters with words the interior of his house,(496) 2 When he willeth he goeth forth from his mystic fane.

3 Thy wrath is destruction of fishes.(497) 4 Then(498) men implore thee for the waters of the season.