Aton: Lord of the Seasons
How efficacious are thy plans, O lord of eternity.
There is a Nile in the sky for the foreign peoples,
But the (true) Nile comes from the nether-world for the land of Egypt.
And for the animals of every country, that walk upon their feet;
Thy rays nourish every garden;
When thou shinest forth they live and they grow for thee.
Thou makest the seasons in order to prosper all thou hast made:
The winter to cool them, and the summer heat that they may taste thee.
Thou hast made the distant sky to shine in it,
And to see all that thou hast made.
Whilst thou wert alone,
Shining in thy form as the living Aton,
Appearing gloriously, and gleaming, being both distant and near.
Thou makest millions of forms through thyself alone,
Towns, villages, fields, roads, and rivers.
All eyes behold thee before them,
For thou art the Aton of the day over the earth.
Thou art in my heart,
And there is no other that knows thee,
Save thy son Nefer-Kheperu Re, Wa-en-Re.[26]
For thou hast made him wise in thy ways and in thy power.[27]