Key to IV (a) from Gardiner

• (1)

  nfr sA sDm.f n it.f iw.f m Xrd di.f sxr pn m ib.f sxA.f sw ra nb mk tw Dd.tw r.f Sw sw m Dwt nbt
  a son is good, if he hearkens to his father when he is a child, and if he places this counsel in his heart and remembers it every day; behold, one says concerning him: He is free from every evil [thing].

  Note: For this meaning of preposition r, see § 163, 6. For direct speech, see § 224.

• (2)

  xa ra m Axt wbn.f m pt nfr ib nb mAA.sn sw
  the sun appears in the horizon and it shines in the sky; every heart is happy when it sees it [lit. when they see it].

• (3)

  bin.wy itrw Sw m mw
  how bad is a river free from water!

• (4)

  Dd.k st n ity ix Dd.f n bAk.f m mitt
  if thou sayest it to the sovereign, then he will speak to his man-servant likewise.

• (5)

  aA.wy pr.k aSA sw m xt nbt nfrt
  how great is your house! It is rich in every beautiful thing.

• (6)

  xm.f sxr pn iqr
  he does not know this excellent plan.

• (7)

  hAb.sn dpt r niwt DA.f Tw im.s
  they send a boat to the city that it may ferry thee across in it.