18 Ah, land of ^(A)whirring wings
    that is beyond the rivers of ^(B)Cush,^[a]

² which ^(A)sends ambassadors by the sea,
    in vessels of papyrus on the waters!
Go, you swift messengers,
    to a nation ^(B)tall and smooth,
to a people feared near and far,
    a nation ^(C)mighty and conquering,
    whose land the rivers divide.