Ancient Egyptian Poetry Day~

[I think I'll go home and lie very still]

I think I'll go home and lie very still,
     feigning terminal illness.
Then the neighbors will all troop over to stare,
    my love, perhaps, among them.
How she'll smile while the specialists
                  snarl in their teeth!-
        she perfectly well knows what ails me.

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[I was simply off to see Nefrus my friend]

I was simply off to see Nefrus my friend,
Just to sit and chat at her place
                                              (about men),
When there, hot on his horses, comes Mehy
            (oh god, I said to myself, it's Mehy!)
Right over the crest of the road
                wheeling along with the boys.

Oh Mother Hathor, what shall I do?
             Don't let him see me!
                                            Where can I hide?
Make me a small creeping thing
            to slip by his eye
                          (sharp as Horus')
                                         unseen.

Oh, look at you, feet-
              (this road is a river!)
                             you walk me right out of my depth!
Someone, silly heart, is exceedingly ignorant here-
                 aren't you a little too easy near Mehy?

If he sees that I see him, I know
                he will know how my heart flutters (Oh, Mehy!)
I know I will blurt out,
                                "Pease take me!"
                                                         (I mustn't!)

No, all he would do is brag out my name,
              just like one of the many...(I know)...
Mehy woud make me just one of the girls
              for all of the boys in the palace.
                                                              (Oh Mehy)

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I guess it's better to have loved & lost, rather than to have never loved at all.


...Or not. C'est la vie.