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Guardian, Challenger, Guide
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Anpu, Guardian, Challenger, Guide
He who opens the ways
Jackal black with my heart in his hands
Waiting to be weighed.
Refrain
Tepy-Dju-Ef
Wepwawet
Khenty-Seh-Netjer
Imy-ut
Khenti-Imentiu
Yinepu and Neb-Ta-Djeser
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You who formed my eternal ba
Father of my self
You who know my truest Name
Let me honor you.
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Guide me through the shadows of night
Challenge me in the dark
Guard me when I cannot guard myself
Open the ways of my heart.
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I shall follow ma'at in word and deed
Keep my feet from isfet
Balance my heart with the Feather of Truth
I live in ma'at.
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Dua Anpu, Lord of the West
I accept your challenge!
I will not flee, nor will I back away
I am your own!
This is a song to my god, Anpu (better known as Anubis). The refrain is a listing of the Names he's known by. I used some Egyptian terms and words, so here's translations:
-ba: The
immortal part of the soul.
-dua: "Hail" or
"honor to". It's the equivalent of saying "praise
deity!".
isfet: "Discord",
"Wrong", "entropy". It's sort of like the concept of
"evil", only not quite.
-Khenti-Imentiu: Name of Anpu
meaning "Foremost of the Westerners". The Egyptian lands of the
dead were perceived to be in the west.
-Khenty-Seh-Netjer: Name of
Anpu meaning "Presider over the Gods' Pavilion".
-Imy-ut: Name of Anpu meaning "He Who is in the Place of
Embalming".
-ma'at: "Right",
"balance" and "Truth". It's sort of like the
concept of "good", only not quite.
-Neb-Ta-Djeser: Name of Anpu
meaning "Lord of the Sacred Land".
-Tepy-Dju-Ef: Name of Anpu
meaning "He Who Is Upon His Mountain".
-Wepwawet: Name of Anpu meaning "Opener of the Ways".
-Yinepu: Name of Anpu meaning
"Divine Child".