Sun God Ra’s Solar Barque Lyrics


wn                 pt          wn               tꜣ
ae-w[ô]n      p[è]      ae-w[ô]n    tA
Open, sky! Open, earth!

wn             imntt        wn            iꜣbtt
ae-w[ô]n  Æmnt[è]  ae-w[ô]n {ä}bt[è]?
Open, west! Open, east!

wn                   itrt                 šmꜥt
ae-w[ô]n        æt[o]r[è]    Shma
Open, chapel-row of Upper Egypt!

wn             itrt               Mḥt
ae-w[ô]n    æt[o]r[è]  mH[e]t
Open, chapel-row of Lower Egypt!

wn                    ꜥꜣ.w            sn                sbꜣw
ae-w[ô]n  {ȃ}{[ô]w}[è]  ae-s[e]n[a] sbA{[ô]w}[è
Open, doors! Part, doorways!

n           rꜥ           pr.f           m        ꜣḫ.t
n[a]      ra          p[ô]r[è]f  mè      Akh
For Ra that he may go out from the horizon.

ink               rꜥ            wsir
æ{n[ô]}k    Ra           {[Ô]w}sAr[è]
I am Ra and Osiris.

iꜣw                        n.k               rꜥ   m    ꜣḫ.t
{ä}{[ô]w}             n[a]k        Ra  mè   Akh

Praise to you, Ra in the horizon!
To pronunce the ancient Egyptian correctly, consult with Dr. Christian de Vartavan’s latest version of Vocalised Dictionary of Ancient Egyptian.

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