The Lamentations of ISIS and Nephthys

[Zephonith Serpent Woman]

An Invocation recited on the 25th of December every year in the Land of Kemet  

Glorify his soul!

Establish his dead body!

Praise his spirit! Give breath to his nostrils and his parched throat!

Give gladness unto the heart of Isis and that of Nephthys

Place Horus upon the throne of his father

Give life, stability and power to Osiris Thenthirti

Born of the great forsaken one; she whom is also called Pelses, the Truthful

Glorious are her acts, according to the word of the gods.

Behold now; Isis speaketh ~

“Come to thy temple, come to thy temple, o An!

Come to thine temple, for thine enemies are not

Behold the beautiful sistrum-bearer, come to thy temple!

Lo, I, thy sister, love thee ~ do not depart from me!

Behold Hunnu, the beautiful one

Come to thy temple immediately; come to thy temple immediately!

 

 

Behold thou my heart, which grieveth for thee!

Behold me seeking for thee ~ I am searching for thee to behold thee!

Lo, I am prevented from beholding thee ~

I am prevented from beholding thee, o An!

 

It is blessed to behold thee ~ come to the one who loveth thee!

Come to the one who loveth thee, o thou who art beautiful, Un –Nefer, deceased

Come to thy sister; come to thy wife

Come to thy wife, o thou who makest the heart to rest

 

I, thy sister, born of thy mother, go about to every temple of thine

Yet thou comest not forth to me

Gods, and men before the face of gods,

Are weeping for thee at the same time as they behold me!

Lo, I invoke thee with wailing that reacheth high as heaven ~

Yet thou hearest not my voice.

Lo, I, as thy sister, I love thee more than all the earth ~

And thou lovest not another as thou dost thy sister ~

Surely, thou lovest not another as thou dost thy sister!

Behold now, Nephthys speaketh  ~

 

Behold the excellent sistrum-bearer! Come to thy temple!

Cause thy heart to rejoice; for thy enemies are not!

 

All thy sister-goddesses are at thy side and behind thy couch

Calling upon thee with weeping ~ yet thou art prostrate upon thy bed!

Hearken unto the beautiful words offered by us and by every noble one among us!

Subdue thou every sorrow which is in the hearts of us, thy sisters

Oh thou strong one among the gods ~ strong among men who behold thee!

 

We come before thee,, o prince, our lord,

Live before us, we desire to behold thee ~

Turn not thou thy face before us

Sweeten our hearts when we behold thee before us

Beautify our hearts when we behold thee

I, Nephthys,  thy sister,  I love thee

 

Thy foes are subdued, there is not one remaining

Lo, I am with thee; I shall protect thy limbs forever,  eternally.

 

Behold now, Isis speaketh ~

Praised be An; thou shinest upon us from heaven every day.

Yet can we not behold thy beams.

Tehuti protecteth thee,

He causeth thy soul to be established within the Maadet boat

By the power of the name of Iah

 

Come to me; for I would behold thee and thy beauties by means of the Uazit eye

By the power of the name of “Lord of the Six Festivals”

Thy royal attendants are by thy side, nor go thy forth from thee;

Thou takest possession of heaven by the greatness of thy terrors

And by the power of thy name of “Prince of the fifteen festivals”

 

Thou shinest upon us like Ra, the lord

Glow above us like Tum

Gods and men live when beholding thee ~ thou shine upon us

Brighten thou the two lands

The two horizons are fitted for thy pathways

 

Isis with the new King of the realm, who is identified with the Neteru and Neteri, the first goddesses and gods of humankind. In ancient tradition, every soul has the chance to spiritually ascend and also become identified with the Divinities who manifest in all the diverse forms of Nature here on Earth, the testing ground for advancing through one's own abilities. The King came upon the throne by the side of the Queen who is the High Priestess and the virtual Goddess on Earth. Only through the power of the Mother Goddess could the king be given new life to rule. 

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Gods together with men are with thee;

No harm cometh to them from thy shining

Nor from thy journeying in the celestial boat above

Thy enemies have ceased to be, for I am protecting thee, o lord!

Come thou to us as a babe, thou first  great sun god

Depart not from us who behold thee

There proceedeth from thee  the strong Orion in heaven at evening, at the resting of every day!

Lo, it is I, at the approach of the Sothis period, who doth watch for him

Nor will I leave off watching for him; for that which proceedeth from thee is revered

An emanation from thee causes life to gods and men,

Reptiles and animals, and they live by means thereof

Come thou to us from thy chamber, in the day when thy soul begetteth emanations;

The day when offerings upon offerings are made to thy spirit;

Which causeth the gods and men likewise to live.

Praise be to the lord; for there is no god like unto thee, o Tum!

Thy soul possesseth the earth, and thy likenesses, the Underworld;

 

Lo, it is prepared for and containeth thy hidden shrine.

Thy wife is ready to protect thee; and thy son Horus also, as prince of the lands.

Behold now; Nephthys speaketh ~

 

Behold the excellent sistrum-bearer!

Come to thy temple, Un-Nefer, deceased ~ come to Deddu!

 

Behold the bull, the begotten one!

Come thou to Anep, the beloved enclosure!

Come to Khar! Come to the two Deddus (Mendes and Busiris)

The place which thy soul loveth and the souls of thy fathers likewise!

 

Thy son, thy child, Heru, born of thy sister goddesses, is before thy face.

It is I who doth illuminate and protect thee every day

I will not depart from thee forever

 

Oh An, come thou to Saia, for thy name is Sau (protector)

Come to Aper! Behold thy mother., Nut, oh thou lovely child!

Depart not from her! Come to her breasts, abundance is therein!

Thy sister too is beautiful ~ depart not from her, o son!

 

 

 

Come to Sais, oh Azar, and to Tarud!

She who is also called Nisep, born of Pelses, deceased!

Come to Aper, thy city, thy seat, and to the temple of Deb!

Thou shalt rest by the side of thy mother eternally

She preserveth thy limbs and procureth terror among thy enemies

For she protecteth thy members forever.

Behold the excellent sistrum-bearer!  Come to thy temple!

Come, behold thou thy son Horus as prince of gods and of men;

He taketh possession of the cities and the nomes by magnitude of his terrors;

 

Heaven and Earth are filled with fear of him

And the barbarians are submissive under his terrors.

Thy children are among gods and men,

And the eastern and western horizons are among the attributes of your producing;

Thy two sisters are at thy side, purifyng thy soul

And thy son, Horus, admitteth thine attributes.

There cometh forth both funereal and other offerings ~ beer, bulls and geese ~ for thee

Tehuti proclaimeth thy Heb festival and invoketh thee with his protecting formulae ~

Horus covereth thy limbs with his protections

Every day thy son Horus glorifieth thy spirit.

 

And he avengeth thy Name by offerings for thy soul placed at thy secret shrine

As for the gods, their arms bear libation vases for the purifying of thy spirit.

Come to thy children, oh prince, our lord, nor depart thou from them.

Lo! He Comes!

 

I see, I see, I sis,

I see a girl-child

which many would rather forget about

with mother, with child,

so the time turns around and round,

I see, isisi, I see! Isis

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