SCENE 3: THE WINDOW OF APPEARANCES
A windowed balcony of the palace used for state appearances.

The music from the opening of the coronation scene is heard again, played on large bells and providing a musical and dramatic transition to what follows.

Akhnaten is joined by Nefertiti and his mother, Queen Tye. They approach the Window of Appearances and sing (first a solo, then duet, then trio) through the window. It is a hymn of acceptance and resolve and, in spirit, announces a new era.

Text: Sung in Egyptian by Akhnaten, Nefertiti and Queen Tye (from Budge, The Gods of the Egyptians)

AKHNATEN:
Oh, one creator of all things
Oh, one maker of all existences
Men came forth from his two eyes
The gods sprang into existence at the utterances of his mouth

AKHNATEN:
Tut wu-a yeri enti
Wa-a wa-u yeri wenenet
Perer en rem em yertif
Kheper netcheru tep ref

TYE & AKHENATEN:
He maketh the green herbs to make cattle live
And the staff of life for the use of man
He maketh the fish to live in the rivers,
The winged fowl in the sky

TYE & AKHNATEN:
Yeri semu se-ankh menmen
Khet en ankhu en henmemet
Yeri ankh-ti remu en yetru
Apdu genekh pet

AKHNATEN & NEFERTITI:
He giveth the breath of live to the egg
He maketh the birds of all kinds to live
And likewise the reptiles that creep and fly
He causeth the rats to live in their holes

AKHNATEN & NEFERTITI:
Redi nefu en enti em suhet
Se-ankh apnentu yeri ankhti khenus
Djedfet puyu mitet yeri
Yeri kherti penu em babasen

TYE, AKHNATEN, NEFERTITI:
And the birds that are on every green thing
Hail to thee maker of all these things
Thou only one.

TYE, AKHNATEN, NEFERTITI:
Se-ankh puyu em khet nebet
Hrak yeri
Enen er a-u

The music continues with full orchestra. Tye and Nefertiti leave Akhnaten alone. He stands gazing at the distant funeral cortege floating on barques across a mythical river to the Land of the Dead.

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