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Title page Contents Preface Note on Orthography Introduction On the Translation of Aztec Poetry Guide to the Vocabulary Guide to the Transcription Folio I Folio 2 Folio 3 Folio 4 Folio 5 Folio 6 Folio 7 Folio 8 Folio 9 Folio 10 Folio 11 Folio 12 Folio 13 Folio 14 Folio 15 Folio 16 Folio 17 Folio 18 Folio 19 Folio 20 Folio 21 Folio 22 Folio 23 Folio 24 Folio 25 Folio 26 Folio 27 Folio 28 Folio 29 Folio 30 Folio 31 Folio 32 [Folio 33] Folio 34 Folio 35 Folio 36 Folio 37 Folio 38 Folio 39 Folio 40 Folio 41 Folio 42 Commentary Concordance to Proper Nouns Verbs, Particles, and Common Nouns Appendix I Appendix II Bibliography

[folio 13] 13 +	F13
1 ¶ nicçȃcuamoyahuaya omo huaye [2] chalchihuixelihui tomãc omani[3]ya - moxopanixochiuh teyn ti[4]nopiltzin y-n ay taxayacȃtzin/n o[5]huãya ohuaya	1 I scatter them as troupials, they're strewn as jades, they lie in our hands, your Green Place flowers, shattered, O Prince Axayacatl.
6 ¶ yz cã hamoxochiuh / ximoquimilo[7]cã antepilhuã - haya chimalpopo[8]cazin - - neçȃhualpilo / ohuȃye han[9]mochipȃ tlalticpacȃ / ohuaya a[10]huaya	6 And here they are, your flowers: adorn yourselves, you princes Chimalpopoca and Nezahualpilli. Not forever on earth!
11 ¶ ma totlaocox ii / y  ̑ tinopiltzi/n ay  ̑ te[12]cuitzintli ya / ay taxayacȃtzin ye [13] chalchimalacayotimȃni mahu i[14]n motepeuh / ay mexico y - om q  ̑ [15]tzalmiyahuȃyoticac ȃ / ohuaya ohua[16]ya	11 Don't grieve, my prince, Lord Axayacatl. Your city, Mexico, spreads a crown of jade, covered in plume tassels.
17 ¶ omiyamomali/ni mizq  ̑ tl yn pu[18]chotl - ahuehuetl - ye chalchimala[19]cayotimani mahu / in / motepeuh [1]	17 The mesquites, the ceibas, the cypresses are whirling. Your city, Mexico, spreads a crown of jade, covered in plume tassels.
[folio 13v] 13	F13v
[1] ay mexico y - omq  ̑ çalmiyahua[2]yoticac a / ohuaya ohuaya
13	XIII
3 ¶ xochicalitequi / xochimamani - [4] o cãnin o çeçequiztoqui - yn icni[5]uhyotli - yn cohuãyotli yn tecpi[6]llotli / via / yn a teyolquima yec[7]tli yntlatol / moçeçemeltia yn [8] tepilhuan a / ohua ohuaya	3 In this flower house they stand as flowers. It's where they're all assembled, and they're comrades, they're companions, they're noble ones. And ah, their words are good heart pleasers. The princes are entertained.
9 ¶ ye xochitica y / ye onnequechna[10]hualo cuicatica oom / momama[11]litoqui yn a teolquima / yectli [12] yntlatol moçeçemeltiya - [13] yn tepilhuan a / ohuaya ohuaya	9 There's mutual embracing among these flowers. As songs they've been twirled.118 And ah, their words are good heart pleasers. The princes are entertained.
14 ¶ xochimecatl oo / yhuã momamali / [15] yn amoxochihui / y yectlin ȃmo[16]tlatol antepilhuãno / yn anconito[17]huã om / antepilhuan ã ohuaya [18] ohuaya	14 Flower garlands have been twirled, and these are your flowers, your good words, O princes, these that you utter, O princes.