| 1 | Self-made you fashioned your body, |
| 2 | Creator uncreated. |
| 3 | Sole one, unique one, who traverses eternity. |
| 4 | Remote one, with millions under his care ; |
| 5 | Your splendor is like heaven's splendor, |
| 6 | Your color brighter than its hues. |
| 7 | When you cross the sky all faces see you, |
| 8 | When you set you are hidden from their sight ; |
| 9 | Daily you give yourself at dawn, |
| 10 | Safe is your sailing under your majesty. |
| 11 | In a brief day you race a course, |
| 12 | Hundred thousands, millions of miles. |
| 13 | A moment is each day to you, |
| 14 | It has passed when you go down. |
| 15 | You also completed the hours of night, |
| 16 | You order it without pause in your labor. |
| 17 | Through you do all eyes see, |
| 18 | They lack aim when your majesty sets. |
| 19 | When you stir to rise at dawn, |
| 20 | Your brightness opens the eyes of the herds ; |
| 21 | When you set in the western mountain, |
| 22 | They sleep as in the state of death. |
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5 Hymn to Amen-Tomb of the architects Suti and Hor from the reign of Amenhotep III