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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 23] 23 +	F23
[1]huãya · mayc ninapãtihui niya[2]patlaniz i · ninotoliniya · yca ni[3]choca yn · ohuaya ohuaya
4 ¶ 12 cuel achic monahuac yeehuȃya, y[5]palnemohuani, y ye neli toteycui[6]lohua acaa toteycnomati ay tlal[7]ticpȃqui ohuaya ohuaya	4 Brief is your presence, Life Giver. [But] yes, it's true: you paint us, it seems you show us mercy [here] on earth.
8 ¶ 13 nepȃpa cua·huizhuayoticac y  ̑ mo[9]huehue yn ipalnemohua yehua[10]ya Dios y xochitica çȇlizticac aa-[11]yyahue yca miçȏnaahuiltia / ay te[12]pilhua ahuiya ohu ach i ye yuhcaa [13] cuicaxochitl huel imanicȃ ohua[14]ya ohuaya	8 This multitude, your drums, stand leafing out as eagles, O Life Giver, O God. They're sprouting as flowers. With these the princes give you pleasure. So it would seem in this patio of flower song.P2-62
15 ¶ 14 y queçȃlizquixochitl · omcueputoc [16] ye ocã huiya · ycahuaca otlato[17]hua yeehuaya · yn q  ̑ çȃlayacach[18]tototl ypalnemohuani · teocui[19]tlaxochitl aya cuepuntimania [1]	15 Plumelike popcorn flowers are blossoming where Life Giver shrills, sings, as a plumelike rattle bird. Golden flowers are blossoming. Ah, so it would seem in this patio of flower song.
[folio 23v] 23	F23v
[1] ohu ach i ye yuhcaa cuicanxochit[2]hual imanicȃ ohuaya ohuaya
3 ¶ 15 çȃ zinizcãn i çȃcua ye tlauhq  ̑ chol yc ȃ [4] tictlatlapalpuohua ye mocuic ỹ■■[5]opoo çȃ tiquimoq  ̑ çaltiya y  ̑ mocni[6]huan i y cuauhtin oçȇlo yc tiquime[7]lacuahua ohuaya ohuaya	3 Life Giver,P2-63 you're reciting your songs in colors - as trogons, troupials, roseate swans. And you're taking these comrades of yours to be your plumes, these eagles, these jaguars. Yes,P2-64 you're spurring them on.
8 ¶ 16 aqu icnopill in ac onacitiuh y  ̑ n oca [9] piltihua mahuiztihua yeehua[10]ya y mocnihuan i y  ̑ cuauhtin o[11]çȇlo yc tiquimelacuahua ohua[12]ya ohuaya	8 Who'll be fortunate?P2-65 Who'll go where there's nobility and fame?P2-66 Your comrades! These eagles, these jaguars! Yes, you spur them on.
	[XXI] [Part 2, Song 7] P2-67
14 ¶ 1 17 niqueçȃ tohuehueuh niquinechi[15]cohua ya tocnihuan oo ynme[16]lel quiçã niquicuicatia tiyaz[17]que yeuhca xq ' lnamiquica xi[18]moquimiloca xiyamocuiltono[19]ca [1]	14 I stand up the drum, I gather our friends, and their cares are put aside: I give them songs. We're off to that place [beyond].P2-68 Recall them. Adorn yourselves and rejoice, friends.