Love Songs of the New Kingdom

by John L. Foster

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"An unusual and handsomely printed collection demonstrating that at least some things are relatively unchanged since the time of the pharaohs. Illustrated with art motifs from Egyptian tombs and adorned with hieroglyphic texts of some of the poems, these translations are a lusty, humorous, and sometimes sentimental as though they were written yesterday...."… (more)

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English translations along with hieroglyphic transcriptions of the original texts, and illustrated with copies by Nina M. Davies of Egyptian tomb paintings. These poems date to between 1300 and 1100 B.C.E.

My love is back, let me shout out the news!
My arms swing wide to embrace her,
And heart pirouettes in its dark chamber
glad as a fish when night shades the pool.
You are mine, my mistress, mine to eternity,
mine from the day you first whispered my name!

lilithcat | Nov 3, 2005 |

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"An unusual and handsomely printed collection demonstrating that at least some things are relatively unchanged since the time of the pharaohs. Illustrated with art motifs from Egyptian tombs and adorned with hieroglyphic texts of some of the poems, these translations are a lusty, humorous, and sometimes sentimental as though they were written yesterday...."

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