Intro:-
I know it's a weird title, it means (Eye of Horus). Horus, in ancient Egypt, was the protector of the people. They claimed his eye was watching over them all the time. In this poem a queen has an eye infection (which was most common after the Nile flood), and you're going to see how they used to make up as a "magical" way for Horus protect those who wore it.N.B. also events are entirely fictional. Although Sirius was a star that indicated the beginning of the River flooding; and the spell she's saying was truly recited while putting makeup.
POEM
Shimmer dancing on her unveiled thighs
Shimmer from marble fountains, shimmer from golden arches
All made by the grand glow of Sirius the star
She playfully brushed aside the linen strap
And made her sparkling skin a brighter star than those in the sky
Then she tenderly unhooked the cross threads
To let the porcelain white dress free to fly
The gemmed necklace unlocked, cluttered against the faience
To grant the perky shimmer a bare chest to pry
She lies across the sheets and stroked the gold crown to the ground
Her short raven locks dangling over her eye
"Ow! You wicked maiden. The remedy you designed is wretched"
"Burns! Burns eating my eye, tears bulging into a sty"
"My queen, the drug is from the god's river"
"Reckoned and blessed, with my clean hand I plied"
"The night is a new year and so the river floods"
"You fool! You must wait until the land is dry"
"Sirius glimmer I can no longer spy!"
"Come now and don't fret my glorious queen"
"Rest your eyes and your back peacefully lie"
"As I mix the ore of kohl and the green copper"
"And chant the sacred rhyme that keeps god's cure nigh"
"Welcome thou splendid eye of Horus"
"To combat the threat of any god or godess"
The benevolent sunlight brightens the endless sky
The god has been awakened from his shrine
"To the eyes of this mortal woman"
"Protection behind me, protection here comes protection"
Under the eye of Horus no pharaoh shall die
The river flows as the kohl goes dry
I know it's a weird title, it means (Eye of Horus). Horus, in ancient Egypt, was the protector of the people. They claimed his eye was watching over them all the time. In this poem a queen has an eye infection (which was most common after the Nile flood), and you're going to see how they used to make up as a "magical" way for Horus protect those who wore it.N.B. also events are entirely fictional. Although Sirius was a star that indicated the beginning of the River flooding; and the spell she's saying was truly recited while putting makeup.
POEM
Shimmer dancing on her unveiled thighs
Shimmer from marble fountains, shimmer from golden arches
All made by the grand glow of Sirius the star
She playfully brushed aside the linen strap
And made her sparkling skin a brighter star than those in the sky
Then she tenderly unhooked the cross threads
To let the porcelain white dress free to fly
The gemmed necklace unlocked, cluttered against the faience
To grant the perky shimmer a bare chest to pry
She lies across the sheets and stroked the gold crown to the ground
Her short raven locks dangling over her eye
"Ow! You wicked maiden. The remedy you designed is wretched"
"Burns! Burns eating my eye, tears bulging into a sty"
"My queen, the drug is from the god's river"
"Reckoned and blessed, with my clean hand I plied"
"The night is a new year and so the river floods"
"You fool! You must wait until the land is dry"
"Sirius glimmer I can no longer spy!"
"Come now and don't fret my glorious queen"
"Rest your eyes and your back peacefully lie"
"As I mix the ore of kohl and the green copper"
"And chant the sacred rhyme that keeps god's cure nigh"
"Welcome thou splendid eye of Horus"
"To combat the threat of any god or godess"
The benevolent sunlight brightens the endless sky
The god has been awakened from his shrine
"To the eyes of this mortal woman"
"Protection behind me, protection here comes protection"
Under the eye of Horus no pharaoh shall die
The river flows as the kohl goes dry
I especially like the detailed descriptions in this poem.
ReplyDeleteWell Nada happens to enjoy putting every small detail. This was the easiest poem to create by the way
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