Hymn to Osiris

1. Homage to thee, O Osiris, the lord of eternity, the king of the gods, thou who hast many names, whose forms of coming into being are holy, whose attributes are hidden in the temples, whose Double is most august (or venerated). Thou art the Chief of Ṭeṭṭu (or Busiris), the Great One who dwelleth 2. in Sekhem (Letopolis), the lord to whom praises are offered in the nome of Ȧthi, ¹ the Chief of the divine food in Annu (On, or Heliopolis), and the lord who is commemorated in the [Hall (or City) of] two-fold Right and Truth. Thou art the Hidden Soul, the lord of Qereret (Elephantine ² ), the holy one in the city of the White Wall (Memphis), the Soul of Rā, and thou art of his own body. Offerings and oblations are made to thy satisfaction in 3. Sutenḥenen (Herakleopolis), praise in abundance is bestowed upon thee in Nārt, ³ and thy Soul hath been exalted as lord of the Great House in Khemennu (Hermopolis). Thou art he who is greatly feared in Shas-ḥetep, the lord of eternity, the Chief of Ȧbṭu (Abydos), thy seat extendeth into the land of holiness (Underworld), and thy name is firmly stablished in the mouth of mankind. 4. Thou art the substance of [which were made] the two lands (i.e., Egypt), thou art Tem, the divine food of the doubles, thou art the chief of the company of the gods, thou art the operative and beneficent Spirit among the spirits, thou drawest 149thy waters from the abyss of heaven, thou bringest along the north wind at eventide and air for thy nostrils to the satisfaction of thy heart. 5. Thy heart germinateth thou producest the light for divine food, the height of heaven and the starry gods obey thee, thou openest the great pylons [of heaven], and thou art he unto whom praises are sung in the southern heaven, and to whom adorations are performed in the northern heaven. The stars which never set 6. are under the seat of thy face, and the stars which never rest are thy habitations; and unto thee offerings are made according to the decree of the god Seb.