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Plain text of Chapter Clxxii

Beginning of the chapter of reciting the ceremonies made in the Netherworld.

... with incense, I inhale the smell of natron and incense ... I have been purified ... through the sacred utterances coming out of my mouth. I am pure verily ... they are pure, the words of N.

Blessed be thou, N., thou art well pleasing to God and to the righteous. Thy beauties are like a quiet stream, like the choicest water; thy beauties are like a festival hall in which everyone exalts his Lord.

O thou who art called aloud, thou the lamented, thou art honoured, thou art exalted, thou art strong.

O thou who art raised up, N. has been raised up by means of all the ceremonies done to him; thy enemies are struck down; thou art victorious and thou hast dominion over them. Thy words are listened to, what thou hast ordered is done, thou art raised, thou art triumphant.

O thou who art called aloud, second verse. Thy face shines brighter than the moon; thy hair is darker than the doors of the Tuat, thy hair is black like the night; thy eyebrows are joined together; thy nostrils are like the winds in the sky.

Thy eyes see far, thy eyelids are enduring for ever; their lashes are of real lapis; thy pupils are pleasant gifts, and thy lower eyelids are painted with antimony.

Thy lips utter for thee words of truth, they repeat the words of truth which are well pleasing to the righteous. Thy tongue is voluble; thy voice is more shrill than that of the bird in the marshes; thy ears are well established at their place, they go with thee to the land of the West.

O thou who art called aloud, third verse. Thy neck is adorned with gold; thy backbone is firm; thy back is lined with gold; thy legs are well fastened for walking, thou art sitting in thy place; thou hast received thy two eyes.

O thou who art called aloud, fourth verse. Thy limbs are necklaces made of gold; thy forearms are adorned with topaz, thy shoulders are well established on their base; thy heart is happy every day, thy whole heart is the work of the Creator; thy body gives thanks to God for the stars above and below; for thy belly is like a calm sky, and thy bowels are the Tuat which nobody can fathom, and which sends out light in the dark night; its offerings are eatable plants.

He praises the Majesty of God, saying: the desires of His beautiful person take place in my tomb; as my Lord commanded me. Every pure thing He loves is there.

O thou who art called aloud, fifth verse. Thy thighs are a pond in a time of abundant inundation; thy legs which go to and fro are of gold; thy knees are lentisks in the marshes; thy feet are firm every day; thy shin-bones lead thee on the right path.

Thy arms are pillars on their bases; their nails are like knives of flint in what they do for thee.

Thou puttest on the pure garment and thou divestest thy apron when thou stretchest thyself on the funereal bed; offerings are made for thy soul. Thou receivest a bandage of the finest linen; thou eatest on thy resting couch bread which has been baked for thee; thou washest thy feet in silver basins made by the skilful artist; thou eatest bread placed on the altar, and prepared by the righteous, thou livest upon baked cakes and hot drinks from the store-house; thou inhalest the smell of flowers; thy heart is not reluctant at the sight of offerings; thy ministrants make for thee the loaves and the cakes; and they themselves bring thee the sacred things; thy offerings have been chosen for thee; thou risest and thou arrivest like the morning star; the angel stretches forth her arms towards thee and they speak one to another saying: Take him in thy arms; I have brought in my arms the form of N. in the happy day when he is honoured, when his memory is recorded, when he is in the mouth of all generations.

Thou, raised one, thou hearest how thou art honoured throughout all thy house.

O thou who ..., seventh verse. He has done all that pleased him; thou goest and washest thyself in the lake of Perfection, thou makest offerings in the house of the righteous, thou receivest the water in ewers, and milk in large vases.

O thou raised one, thou makest offerings on the altar, and thou washest thy feet on the banks of the divine lake; thou comest forth and thou seest the horizon where are all the sacred things which thou desirest.

O thou who art called aloud, eighth verse. All the good things have been spread out for thee. Thou hast a beginning and thou hast an end as God has ordered for thee. They call upon N., they see how he is honoured, they give him to come forth to meet the righteous. Thou journeyest on the great path; thy hands are wrapped in linen every day; the beginning of the journey is at the gate of the Great Dwelling,

O thou who art called aloud, ninth verse.

N. breathes the air for his nose and for his nostrils, he receives a thousand geese and sixty baskets of all things good and pure; thy enemies have been struck down; they are no more.