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Egyptian Old Kingdom Love Poetry        

Egyptian Love Poetry From The Old and Middle Kingdom

There are three periods of Egypt's ancient history, covering three thousand years namely,

The Old Kingdom (2686-2040BC)
The Middle Kingdom (2040-1540BC)
The New Kingdom (1540-1087BC)


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Taken from a 3000 year old Papyrus

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She is one girl, there is no one like her.
She is more beautiful than any other.

Look, she is like a star goddess arising
at the beginning of a happy new year;

brilliantly white, bright skinned;
with beautiful eyes for looking,

with sweet lips for speaking;
she has not one phrase too many.

With a long neck and white breast,
her hair of genuine lapis lazuli;

her arm more brilliant than gold;
her fingers like lotus flowers,

with heavy buttocks and girt waist.
Her thighs offer her beauty,

with a brisk step she treads on ground.

She has captured my heart in her embrace.

She makes all men turn their necks
to look at her.

One looks at her passing by this one,
the unique one.


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