Thou hast made the seasons
To produce all that thou makest;
The winter to cool them,
The (season of) heat (when) they (really) taste thee.
Thou didst make the sky far away to rise in it
And to behold all that thou makest.
Thou art alone, rising in thy forms as a living disk,
Appearing, shining, departing, and (again) drawing nigh.
Thou makest millions of forms from thyself alone,
Cities, villages, and tribes,
Highways and rivers;
Every eye beholdeth thee before them
(When) thou art the disk of day-time above [them]."
The text, apparently becoming corrupt after this strophe, has some very obscure sentences whose approximate meaning seems to be: "Thou hast not (?) gone away since (?) thine eye hath existed (which?) thou hast created for (?) them that thou shouldst not see joy (?)"; and it then continues in a more personal prayer.
"Thou art in my heart (i.e. understanding);
None other is there who knoweth thee
Except thy son, Akh-en-aten;
Thou hast made him wise in thy plans and in thy power.[1]
The (whole) earth is at thy command
As thou hast made them.
When thou hast risen, they (feel) alive;
When thou hast set, they (feel) dead.
(Thus) in thyself[2] thou art lifetime;
People live from thee;
(All) eyes (are fixed) on thy beauty until thou settest;
All work is stopped (when) thou settest in the west.
Arising, thou makest [everything good?] grow for the king
[Who hath been a servant following thee?],[3]
For thou hast founded the earth
And raised it[4] up for thy son,
The one who came forth from thy limbs,
The king of Upper and Lower Egypt,
Living in[5] truth, lord of both countries,
