Egyptian Book of the Dead

Chapter XCVIII

Ancient Egyptian trans. P. Le Page Renouf & E. Naville • c. c. 1550 BCE

Oh thou Leg in the Northern Sky, and in that most conspicuous but inaccessible Stream; I rise up and come to light as a god, I am conspicuous but inaccessible

I rise up and live, and bring myself to light as a god

I cackle even as the Smen-goose, but I stoop like the Hawk at the nets of the Great Fowler

I sail across the Sky, and Shu standeth erect and the Achmiu Stars are instantly active in raising the ladder which lifts the Setting Stars away from destruction

And I bear that which repelleth mischief as I make my voyage over the Leg of Ptah

I come from the Lake of Flame, from the Lake of Fire, and from the Field of Flame, and I live

I stand erect in the Bark which the god is piloting ... at the head of Aarru, and the Achmiu Stars open to me ... and my fellow citizens present to me the sacred cakes with flesh

It is absurd to attempt a translation from a mixture of divergent and, at the same time, incorrect texts