THIRD ROOM ( woman)
My heart hopes
to contemplate your beauty,
when I will be sitting in your house.
There, I will meet Mehi

(it’s the lover’s name, but also of the divinity who protects lovers, ndt)
who crosses the road on horseback,
with his friends.
I don’t know how to behave before him:
will I pass calmly before him?
There, the road is like a river,
I ignore the place of my feet.
You are very ignorant, oh heart of mine!
Why do you want to walk calmly near Mehi?
There, if I pass before him,
I reveal to him my feelings:
“Here I am yours”.
But he would boast my name,
and he would give me to the house of the first one of those following him.

FOURTH ROOM (woman)
My heart gallops,
when it thinks of my love.
He doesn’t allow me to walk as a human being,
And it gives a start.
There, it doesn’t let me get the clothes,
I neglect my fans.
I no longer put cosmetic on my eyes
I no longer perfume myself with sweet essences.
“Don’t stop,
reach your aim!”, my heart tells me
every time I think about him.
Oh heart of mine, don’t give me trouble!
Why do you behave madly?
Wait calmly:
The loved one comes towards you,
But also the crowd’s eyes.
Don’t let people say about me:
“This woman has fallen in love”.
Stay calm each time you think about him,
oh heart of mine, and don’t gallop.

FIFTH ROOM
I adore the Golden one,
I praise her majesty,
I exalt the Lady of the Sky,
I sing Hathor’s praise,
I praise the sovereign goddess.
I speak to her,
She listens to my prayers
And sends me my lady.
She has come to see me:
something great has happened to me.
I was happy,
I was joyful,
I felt great,
when it was told me: “She comes, there she is”.
There, as she comes forward,
the young bowed,
for the great love for her.
I have made a vow to my goddess (Hathor, ndt).
She has given me my loved one,
After three days that I had prayed in her name.
She had been (the loved one, ndt) far from me since almost five days.

SIXTH ROOM ( woman)
When I passed near his house,
I found the door wide open:
my loved one was next to his mother,
all his brothers and sisters were with him.
The heart of all those who stopped on the road
was inflamed with love for him,
the perfect youngster with no equal,
the loved one, of great qualities.
As I went by, he looked at me:
I was happy,
With a happy heart, with great joy.
I was alone to be happy,
oh my loved one,
because I had seen you.
Oh, if his mother should know my heart! (my feelings, ndt)
if she should immediately think about it!
Oh Golden one,
put this in her heart;
then I will hurry toward my loved one,
I will kiss him in front of them,
I will not be ashamed before people,
But I will be happy about their consideration,
Because you will recognize me.
I will have a celebration for my goddess
my heart beats as if it should come out (of my chest, ndt)
so she will let me see my loved one,
tonight:
it is so beautiful, when it arrives!
SEVENTH ROOM (man)
It’s been seven days
since I’ve seen my loved one.
The disease has entered me,
My limbs are heavy,
I have forgotten my own body.
If doctors come to me,
their remedies will not satisfy me.
The magicians find no expedients,
they don’t know my disease.
To say: ”There she is!” gives me life.
Her name raises me,
her messengers’ coming and going
makes my heart live.
The loved one is better for me than medicines,
she’s better for me than magic formulas.
Her arrival is my amulet:
when I see her, my health, is back.
When she opens her eyes,
my heart becomes young,
when she speaks,
I become strong.
When I embrace her,
she drives the disease away from me.
And she has been far from me for seven days.


 

from  Danny Fan