Egyptian Literature Part 37

20.6 in their flight? They take thy baggage. Thou becomest an active and quick-eared Mohar?

_Section 2_

20.7 I also describe to thee the holy city, whose name is Kapaon (Gabal).

How is it? Of their G.o.ddess (we will speak) another time. Therein

20.8 hast thou not penetrated? Come then to Berytus, to Sidon, to Sarepta.

The ford

21.1 of Nazana, where is it? Aoutou, how is it? They are neighbors of another city on the sea. Tyre the

21.2 port is its name: water is carried to it in barks, it is richer in fish than in sands.

_Section 3_

21.3 I will speak to thee also of two other small chapters. The entrance of Djaraou, and the order thou hast given to set this city in flames. A Mohar's office is a very painful one.

21.4 Come, set off to return to Pakakna. Where is the road of Aksaph?

21.5 In the environs of the city; come then to the mountain of Ousor: its top,

21.6 how is it? Where is the mountain of Ikama? Who can master it? What way has the Mohar

21.7 gone to Hazor? How about its ford? let me go to Hamath,

21.8 to Takar, to Takar-Aar, the all-a.s.sembling place of the Mohars; come

22.1 then, on the road that leads there. Make me to see Jah. How has one got to Matamim?

22.2 Do not repel us by thy teachings; make us to know them.

_Section 4_

22.3 I will speak to thee of the towns other than the preceding ones.

Wentest thou not to the land of Takhis, to Cofer-Marlon, to Tamena,

22.4 to Qodesh, to Dapour, to Adjai, and to Harnemata? Hast thou not seen Keriath-Anab, near to

22.5 Beith-Tuphar? Knowest them not Odulam and Tsidphoth? Knowest thou not the name of

22.6 Khaouretsa, which is in the land of Aup? 'Tis a bull on his frontier, the place where one sees the battle (melee)

22.7 of the brave ones. Come then to the image of Sina: let me know Rohob:

22.8 represent to me Beith-Sheal as well as Keriathaal. The fords of the

23.1 Jordan, how does one cross them? let me know the pa.s.sage to enter Mageddo, whereof it remains to speak. Thou art a Mohar,

23.2 expert in courageous deeds. Is there found a Mohar like thee to march at the head of the soldiers, a Marina

23.3 superior to thee to shoot an arrow! Take care of the gulf in the ravine 2,000 cubits deep, full of rocks and rolling stones.

23.4 Thou makest a _detour_: seizest thy bow; preparest the iron in thy left hand; showest thyself to the good chiefs.

23.5 Their eye looks down at thy hand: "Slave, give camel for the Mohar to eat." Thou makest thy name of Mohar known,

23.6 master of the captains of Egypt; thy name becomes like that of Kadjarti, the Chief of a.s.sur, after his encounter with

23.7 the hyenas in the wood, on the defile infected by the wood-hidden Shasous.

23.8 Some of these were four cubits from the nose to the heel: fierce without mildness, not listening to caresses.

23.9 Thou art alone, no guide with thee, nor troop behind thee. Didst thou not meet the Marmar? He makes thee

24.1 pa.s.s: thou must decide on departing, and knowest not the road.

Anxiety seizes thee, thy hair bristles up:

24.2 thy soul places itself in thy hand: thy way is full of rocks and rolling stones, no practicable pa.s.sage; the road is obstructed by

24.3 hollies, nopals,(460) aloes and bushes called "dog-wolf's shoes." On one side is the precipice, on the other rises the vertical wall of the mountain.

24.4 Thou must advance going down. Thy car strikes the wall and thy horses are startled by the rebound:

24.5 they stop at the bottom of the harness; thy reins are precipitated and left behind; all fall down, thou pa.s.sest on.

24.6 The horses break the pole and move it out of the path; you cannot think of refastening them, cannot repair

24.7 them. The seats are precipitated from their places; the horses refuse to be loaded with them. Thy heart fails thee. Thou beginnest to

24.8 reel; the sky is clear: thirst torments thee: the enemy is behind thee, thou beginnest to quake;

25.1 a th.o.r.n.y bush hinders thee; thou placest it aside; the horses wound themselves.

25.2 At this moment thou art stretched flat and beholdest the sad satisfaction (of thy state?). Entering Joppa

25.3 thou seest a verdant enclosure in a ripe state. Thou makest an opening for eating the fruit. Thou findest a pretty

25.4 young girl who takes care of the gardens: she yields herself to thee as a companion, and yields to thee her secret charms.

25.5 Thou art perceived: thou art subjected to an interrogatory; thou art recognized as a Mohar. Thy tie of

25.6 sweet servitude, is settled by a compromise. Each night thou liest down; a rug of hair

25.7 is on thee: thou imprudently fallest asleep, a robber takes away thy bow, thy dagger,

25.8 and thy quiver: thy reins are cut in the night, and thy horses run away. Thy valet takes a sliding path: the road mounts before him, he breaks

26.1 thy car in pieces ... thy armor-pieces fall on the ground.