Hymn to Hathor:Spell 186. Book of the Dead, Ani Papyrus. Bettina Joy de Guzman. Ancient Egyptian.
Hathor,lady of the West, you of the starboard side, lady of the sacred land;
Eye of Ra in his forehead, beautiful of face in the bark of millions (of years) seat of rest for the doer of righteousness, ferryboat of the favored ones; whose (place it is) to provide the great bark to take the righteous across.
Hwt-Hr nbt Imentet,im weret nebt Ta sert iret Ra, immet, Ht-f Hrd nefert m wiya n HH
St Htp n ir mAat m Xnnut n Hstiw tA st r ir nSmt wrt r DA pa mAat
All instruments and voice performed by Bettina Joy de Guzman. Composed by Bettina Joy de Guzman.
For transliteration, pronunciation, and guidance in translations, Special thanks to Tamara L. Siuda and Robert Littman (University of Hawaii in Manoa; Director of Tell Timai Excavation, Timai el-Amdid Egypt).
photos: last 3 photos of Hathor Chapel at Hatshepsut Temple by Mohamed Adel (tour guide). All other photos from Wikimedia Commons. Picture text from Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth By Day, The Complete Papyrus of Ani (Raymond Faulkner).
Art: Brittany Beverung
Sound engineer: Peter Hanna
Album design: Claudia Kabisch
