Splendid you rise, O living Aten, eternal lord! You are radiant, beauteous, mighty. Your love is great, immense. Your rays light up all faces. Your bright hue gives life to hearts. When you fill the Two lands(Egypt)with your love, Who made every land, vreated what is in it. All people, herds, and flocks, All trees that grow form soil; They live when you dawn for them, Your are mother and father of all that you made. ‘The Short Hymn To The Aten’ from Amarna Tombs
=================================== When you dawn their eyes observe you, As your rays light the whole earth; Every heart acclaims your sight, When you are risen as their lord. When you set in sky’s western lightland, They lie down as if to die, Their heads coverd, their noses stopped, Until you dawn in sky’s eastern lightland. Their arms adore your ka, As you nourish the hearts by you beauty; One lives when you cast your rays, Every land is in festivity. ‘The Short Hymn To The Aten’ from Amarna Tombs
======================================== Singers, musicians, shour with joy, In the court of the benben-shrine And in all temples in Akhet Aten The place of truth in which you rejoice. Foods are offered in their midst, Your holy son performs your praises, O Aten living in his resings, And all your creatures leap before you. Your august son exults in joy. O Aten living daily content in the sky Your offsprings, your august son , Sole one of Re; The Son of Re does not cease to extol his beauty, Neferkheprure, Sole-one-of Re. ‘The Short Hymn To The Aten’ from Amarna Tombs