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Coffin Texts Spell 162 (The Ballad of the Four Winds)

II 389a – Title

sḫm m ṯꜣww jfdw nw pt jn zj m ẖrj-nṯr

Having power over the four winds of heaven by a man in the realm of the dead.

II 389b-391b – The North Wind

rḏj.n⸗tw n⸗j nn n ṯꜣww ḫr nn n ḥwnwt

These winds have been given to me by these maidens.

mḥyt pw pẖrt ḥꜣ.w-nbwt

Such is the north-wind which circulates about the Isles,

pgꜣt ꜥwj⸗s r ḏrw tꜣwj

which opens its arms to the limits of the Two Lands

sḏrt jn.n⸗s ḫrt mry⸗s rꜥw nb

and which rests when it has brought the things which I desire daily.

ṯꜣw pw n ꜥnḫ mḥyt

The north wind is the breath of life,

rḏj.n⸗tw⸗s n⸗j ꜥnḫ⸗j jm⸗s

and what it has granted to me is that I may live by means of it.

II 391c-394a – The East Wind

rḏj.n⸗tw n⸗j nn n ṯꜣww ḫr nn n ḥwnwt

These winds have been given to me by these maidens.

jꜣbt pw wnt ptr

Such is the east-wind which opens the celestial windows;

snšt jꜣbt

the east-wind is opened

jrt wꜣt nfrt n rꜥw

and a fair path is made for Re

pr(t)⸗f jm⸗s

that he may go forth on it.

nḏr rꜥw ꜥ⸗j

Re grasps my hand

rḏj⸗f wj m sḫt⸗f tw ḥrt-tp jꜣrw

and sets me in this (green) field of his in the midst of rushes,

wn(m)⸗j jm⸗s ꜥ js ḥpw

(and) I eat it in the manner of Apis,

ꜣf⸗j jm⸗s ꜥ js stš

(and) I gorge on it in the manner of Seth.

ṯꜣw pw n ꜥnḫ jꜣbt

The east-wind is the breath of life,

rḏj.n.tw⸗s n⸗j ꜥnḫ⸗j jm⸗s

and what it has granted to me is that I may live by means of it.

II 395b-397a – The West Wind

rḏj.n⸗tw n⸗j nn n ṯꜣww ḫr nn n ḥwnwt

These winds have been given to me by these maidens.

jmntj pw sn ḥꜣ

Such is the west-wind, the brother of Ha,

msṯwt jꜣꜣw

the offspring of Iaaw,

ꜥnḫ(w) m ẖt wꜥt (n ḫprt jštj sntj) m tꜣ pn

which lives in one body, the second in this land

ṯꜣww mḥyt rsw jmntj jꜣbt

of the north, south, west and east winds.

ṯꜣw pw n ꜥnḫ jmntj

The west-wind is the breath of life,

rḏj.n⸗tw⸗s n⸗j ꜥnḫ⸗j jm⸗s

and what it has granted to me is that I may live by means of it.