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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 27] 27 +	F27
[1] aca çã yoquic oo noca tihualichocani [2] nonopolihui noca tihualycnotla[3]mati çȃ tinocni o çã ye niyao çã ye [4] niyauh ye ychan ohuaya ohuaya
5 ¶ çȃ quitohua noyolo ayoc çẽpȃ ye [6] nihuiç ãya ayoc çẽpa niquiçȃ[7]quiuh y ye yeçȃ y tlalticpȃc o çã ye ni[8]ya o çã ye niyauh ye ychȃ ohuaya ohua[9]ya	5 "My heart says never again do I come, never again will I be born in the good place, earth,P2-89 I go, I'm off to His home."
10 ¶ çȃne tequitl i xonahuiyaca huiya xo[11]nahuiyacan atocnihua huiya ha[12]t amonahuiyazq  ̑ hat ahuellama[13]tizque tocnihuan oohuaye ca ni[14]cuiç in yectla xochitli yectli ya cui[15]catli hahuayya oo ahuayya yya [16] ha yyahuiya	10 Be pleasured, greatly pleasured, oh but scarcely,P2-90 friends! And will you go be pleasured and content, O friends?P2-91 Indeed, I'll pluck these holy flowers, these holy songs.
17 ¶ ayquin o xopann i quichihua ye [18] nican çȃ ninotolinia çã ye nicua[1]	17 These never make Green Places here, and I am poor, I, Cuacuauhtzin. Will you go be pleasured and content, O friends? Indeed, I'll pluck these holy flowers, these holy songs.
[folio 27v] 27	F27v
[1]cuauhtzin huiya hat amonahui[2]yazq  ̑ hat ahuelamatizq  ̑ tocni[3]huan oohuaye ca nicuiç in yeitla [4] xochitli yectli ya cuicatli hahua[5]yya oohahuayya yyaha yyohuiya
10	[XXIV] [Part 2, Song 10] P2-92
7 ¶ maoc onicniuhtihua yehuaya [8] maoc totiyximatica xochitl [9] yca y - onehualoz yn cuicatlo ti[10]yaq  ̑ ye ychȃ / çã totlatolo yn o[11]nemi çẽ nicȃn i tlalticpaca o[12]huaya ohuaya	7 Let there be comrades, acquaintance with flowers. Songs shall be raised, [then] we're off to His home.P2-93 It's just our songs that live right here on earth.P2-94
13 ¶ çã ye tococauhtihui ohuaye y  ̑ to[14]tlaocol i tocuic o çã ye onixima[15]choz oneloz y cuicatl o tiyaq  ̑ ye y[16]chȃ çȃ totlatolo yn onemi çẽ [17] nicann i tlalticpȃca ohuaya [18] ohuaya	13 We're leaving our songs, our creations. Their acquaintance shall be made: the songs shall be raised.P2-95 [Then] we're off to His home. It's just our songs that live right here on earth.
19 ¶ cuicatli quiçãq ' y noyolo nicho[20]ca yehuaya ye nicnotlama[1]	19 My heart hears songs, and I weep, I grieve, on account of these flowers. We're to go away and leave them here on earth. We merely borrow them, and we're off to His home.