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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 17] 17	F17
+	[XVI] [Part 2, Song 2]
[1] yn icniuhyotl ahuaya ohuaya
3 ¶ xochitl coliniya · cuicatl quitemo[4]huiya · mochan aya · ypalnemo[5]hua · aztatotohuãy · xonahuiya [6] niquitohuȃ ya nican · y ohuaya [7] ohuaya ·	3 A master of egrets makes these flowers move, brings down these songs from your home, O Life Giver. Be pleasured. I say it here.
8 ¶ y mach oc mictlapã · y mach oquihual[9]matic ay tepilhua / çã chichime[10]ca yeyc no cahualo tlalticpac [11] aya xonahuiya niquitohua ye [12] nican i ohuaya ohuaya	8 Princes, Chichimecs, call out to Him from Mictlan,P2-14 for they've been lost [in battle] here on earth.P2-15 Be pleasured. I say it here.
13 ¶ hualquiquixohua · hualalachia[14]loya · y xopȃcalitequi · y hue[15]huetitlan ayyahue · çã cuel achica [16] ye onacazmaxochigeliuhtinemi[17]co tenoçȇlotzin · cecepohualxochi[18]cozcahui moloco tlaltzinn i chi[1]	13 All are appearing, all are arriving in this house of green places beside the drum.P2-16 Briefly Tenocelotzin is scattered as ear and hand flowers. These become marigold jewels, these, your words, O Tlaltzin!P2-17 O Chiauhcoatzin! Not twice does one live. Does Life Giver have a craving for comrades here on earth?P2-18
[folio 17v] 17	F17v
[1]yauhcohuaçin y y-n ayopã [2] nemohuȃ · mach mocniuh[3]toliniya ypalnemoya · tlal[4]ticpac a ye nicann - ohuaya [5] ohuaya
6 ¶ ahu quineco xochitl · ahu q  ̑ huã[7]lo cuicatl · cano ye yuhcȃ i tete[8]cuitin ayyahue - çȃ yc onecape[9]huilo · cuauhpetlapȃ ocelopetla[10]pȃn i xayacamachan i cohuȃ[11]çin - tecuitliya - tlacomihuȃtzin i [12] ayopȃ nemohuȃ mach mocniuh[13]toliniya - ypalnemohuani tlal[14]ticpȃc oye nicann a ohuaya ohua[15]ya	6 Well now! On this eagle mat, this jaguar mat where all are fanned,P2-19 all lords want flowers, lift songs.P2-20 O Xayacamach! Lord Coatzin! Tlacomihuatzin! Not twice does one live. Does Life Giver have a craving for comrades here on earth?
16 ¶ çȃniyo yn xochitli tonecuiltol [17] huiya / ha y  ̑ mali ca titocnihuȃ-[18]n aya yhuȃn i cuicatli yc telel [19] quiz huiya - ha y  ̑ huãn i xochi[1]	16 Our joy is only in these flowers,P2-21 these captured ones.P2-22 We're friends, together with these songs - and so our agonies come forthP2-23 - together with this flower cacao, our fragrant reed flowers!P2-24 On earth our hearts are glad. Make music! What will Life Giver's heart require on earth?