Song of the Four Winds

It is saying 162 of the Coffin Texts, which was very popular during the iddle
!ingdo" and is included on a variety of coffins# The award includes allusions to
ancient ti"es and an affir"ation that the deceased over the four winds has# The winds
$ring not only air, $ut also cooling, which is "ost welco"e in the desert area of the
afterlife #
To sei%e the four winds of heaven
These winds are given to "e $y this girl #
This is the north wind that $lows around the islands of the sea ,
which opens its ar"s to the li"its of the world
and sleeps when he $rought "e what I want every day #
& $reath of life is the north wind, and what he has given "e is ,
that I "ight live through hi" #
These winds are given to "e $y this girl #
This is the east wind, which opens the 'i""elsausguc( #
When the )ast Wind opens, a good way the sun is preparing ,
that it is clear to hi" #
*e gra$s "y hand and puts "e in that his field over the rushes ,
that I nourish "yself in hi" in the way of &pis and Seth #
& $reath of life is the east wind, and what he has given "e is ,
that I "ight live through hi" #
These winds are given to "e $y this girl #
This is the West Wind, the $rother of the god 'a ,
the offspring of +aau who lived in single $ody ,
as not yet created, two things were in this world #
& $reath of life is the West Wind, and what he has given "e is ,
that I "ight live through hi" #
These winds are given to "e $y this girl #
This is the south wind as a ,u$ians of the South ,
of water, growth and life $rings #
& $reath of life is the south wind, and what he has given "e is ,
that I "ight live through hi" #
'ail, ye four winds of heaven, her $ulls of heaven -
I tell you your na"e, which I have given you #
I (now that you were $orn and you were ,
than people not yet $orn, the gods were not yet arisen #
'&.I,/ 01W)* 1.)* T') F12* WI,3S 1F ')&.),# 1 These winds have $een
II, 456 given to "e $y these "aidens# Such is the north7wind I which circulates a$out
the Isles, which opens its ar"s to the li"its of the earth and which rests when
461 it has $rought the things which I daily desire# 21 The north7wind is the $reath
of life, and what it has granted to "e is that I "ay live $y "eans of it#4
462 These winds have $een given to "el $y these "aidens# Such is the eastwind
which opens the celestial windows8 the east7wind is opened and a fair
path is "ade for *e9 that he "ay go forth on it# *e9 grasps "y hand and sets
46: "e in this field of his in the "idst of rushes, I and I flourish in it: li(e; the
condition of &pis and Seth#6 The east7wind is the $reath of life, and what it
46; has granted to "el is that I "ay live $y "eans of it#
These winds have $een given to "e $y these "aidens# Such is the west7
466 wind, the $rother of ifl,1 the offspring of IHw, which lives in one $ody, the
46< second in this land< of9=> the north, south,5 west and east winds, I and what it
has granted to "e is that I "ay live $y "eans of it#
These winds have $een given to "e $y these "aidens, Such is the south7
468 wind, I a native6 of the Southland, which $rings water, growth and life8 the
south7wind is the $reath of life, and what it has granted to "e is that I "ay
live $y "eans of it#
466 'ail to you, you four winds of the s(y, the $ulls of the s(y- I tell youl1 your
na"es, the na"es which I give to youY I (now that you were $rought to
:?? $irth I and that you ca"e into $eing $efore "en were $orn or the gods existed,
:?1 $efore $irds were trapped or cattle lassoed, I $efore there were $ound up the
@aws of MI[rt,12 daughter of the orning Star,14 $efore there was created the
:?2 need for any Auarry"an9=> of s(y or earth# I have reAuested the" (sic) I fro"
the Bord of 0owers, and it is he who has given the" to "e# Co"e, proceed
:?4 with "e, that I "ay cause you to see the $ar(, I that you "ay go a$oard it and
navigate in it without "e9 =>#1: I have $uilt "y own $ar(, and I cross in it to
:?: the lotus7tan(,1; and I will hew outl therein a $ar( of 1??? cu$its over all,16
I will navigate in it to the Stairway of Ca(ing @ust as *e9 navigated to the
40 5 Stairway of Ca(ing, I and I will have $read 1< outside Tnt. 18
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