Hathor was a goddess of love, beauty, music and motherhood, but also a fierce blodthirsty lioness. She was mostly depicted as a woman with a cow's horns
with a sun disc between them. Some of her epithets are: Eye of Re, Lady of the Sycamore and Golden One (or just Gold).
Make jubilation for Gold
and sweet pleasure for The Lady of the Two Lands,
that she may cause
Nebmaatre, given life,
to be enduring.
Come, rise. Come
that I may make
Jubilation and twilight for you
and music in the evening.
O Hathor, you are exalted
in the hair of Re, in the hair of Re,
For to you has been given
the sky, deep night and the stars.
Great is her Majesty
when she is propitiated.
Adoration of Gold
when she shines forth in the sky.
To you belongs everyting
in the sky whilst Re is in it.
To you belongs everything
in the earth whilst Geb is in it.
There is no god who does what you dislike
when you appear in glory...
O my Lady, come and protect
King Nebmaatre, given life.
Make him healthy
on the east side of the sky,
So that he is happy, prosperous
and healthy in the horizon.
All the people propitiate her
while there is Gold.
If you desire he should live,
cause him to live
For millions of years
without ceasing.
O pray that this may be protection
Alison Roberts - Hathor Rising
Hymn from a stela of King Wahankh Intef II
O you lords of the western sky,
O you gods of the western sky,
O you who rule the shores of the western sky,
Who rejoice at Hathor's coming,
Who love to see her beauty rise!
I let her know, I say at her side
That I rejoice in seeing her!
My hands do "come to me, come to me,"
My body says, my lips repeat:
Holy music for Hathor, music a million times,
Because you love music, million times music
To your ka wherever you are!
I am he who makes the singer waken music for Hathor,
Every day at any hour she wishes.
May your heart be at peace with music,
May you proceed in goodly peace,
May you rejoice in life and gladness
With Horus* who loves you,
Who feasts with you on your foods,
Who eats with you of the offerings,
May you admit me to it evey day!
Horus Wahankh, honored by Osiris, Son of Re, Intef born of Nefru.
* Horus = The King
Lichtheim - Ancient Egyptian Literature, Vol II