Osiris

THE BOOK OF RESPIRATIONS

Thou seest witb thine eyes ; thou hearest with thine ears ; thou speakest with thy mouth ; thou walkest with thy legs.

Thy soûl is divinized in Heaven,

to make ail the transformations it desireth.

Thou makest the joy of the sacred persea in An.

Thou awakenest each day.

Thou seest the rays of Ra.

Ammon cometh to thee with the breath of life.

He granteth to thee to breathe in thy coffin.

Thou comest on earth each day,

the Book of Respirations of Thoth being thy protection. Thou breathest by it each day.

Thine eyes behold the rays of the disk.

Truth is spoken to thee before Osiris.

The formulæ of justification are on thy body.

Horus, the defender of his father, protecteth thy body.

He divinizeth thy soûl as well as (those) of ail the gods.

The soûl of Ra giveth life to thy soûl.

The soûl of Shu filleth thy respiratory organs with soft breath ' .

7 Hail to thee, Osiris N. !

Thy soûl doth breathe in the place thou lovest.

Thou art in the dwelling of Osiris, who resideth in the West. Thy person is most pure.

Thou dost arrive in Abydos.

He (Osiris) filleth thy dwelling Hotep with provisions.

8 Hail to thee, Osiris N. !

The gods of ail Egypt corne to thee.

Thou art guided towards the end of centuries.

Thy soûl liveth.

Thou dost follow Osiris.

Thou breathest in Rusta.

Secret care is taken of thee by the Lord of Sati'1 2

1. Another version : uniteth itself (to) the breath of thy nostrils.