ANCIENT EGYPTIAN LOVE SONG

There are saamu flowers in it,

before which we are glorified.

I am your foremost sister,

I am yours; as is the acre of land,

that I made to flourish with flowers

and all manner of sweet-scented herbs.

Pleasant is the channel in it,

which you dug with your own hands

for our refreshment in the north wind,

a beautiful place for walking hand in hand.

When we are together,

my body is satisfied and my heart is rejoicing.

Hearing your voice is pomengranate wine--

when I hear it I am alive. Whenever I see you,

it is better than food and drink.