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36 Come thou to thy temple, and fear thou not!

Come thou to thy temple, and fear thou not!

Behold the two impersonators of the goddesses! behold the excellent sistrum-bearers!

Approach to thy temple! Be thou exalted twice over in thy temple!

Lo, the gods are in their places! I am the glorious sister of her elder brother!

Thy wife, the elder of thy mother!

Come thou to me, running after my heart, which would look upon thee;

Thy back hath never been beheld by me-make clear the way to us, before me.

Behold Ra in heaven! Protect, oh Nut, the land!

Make a shadow in the land as doth Ra: inflame the heart, that thou mayest escape evil:

Inflame the heart, to cause thee to come after me!

Lo! thou canst not prevent it from turning me toward thee.

Firm are the dwellings of Osiris returning on his paths!

I am seeking after love: behold me existing in the city, great are its walls:

I grieve for thy love toward me-come thou only, now that thou hast departed!

Behold thy son, who causeth Tebha to retreat from destruction!