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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 29] 29 +	F29
[1] yxquich opa yahu i cano ye ychan[2]n ȃ ohuaya ohuaya	[XXV] [Part 2, Song 11]
4 ¶ xiyahuelipehua ticuicanitl hui[5]ya maoc xocoçõçõna moxochi[6]huehueuh mayc xiquimaha[7]huiltiya yn tepilhuani y  ̑ cuauhti[8]n oçȇlo · cuee■l ach tiquitotlane[9]huiya ohuaya ohuaya	4 Strike it up beautifully, singer. Beat your flower drum and pleasure the princes, the eagles, the jaguars. For a moment we borrow them.P2-102
10 ¶ y çãn iyolo ya quinequi yn ipalne[11]mohuani cozcatli yn queçãli y[12]qu i puztequiç ȏ ocaan i quimonequiz [13] quimotepehuatiuh yn tepilhuani y  ̑ [14] cuauhtin oçelo cuel achic tiquito[15]tlanehuiya ohuaya ohuaya	10 Life Giver's heart requires these jewels, these plumes. And so they'll be splintered. He'll need them beyond. He'll strew these princes, these eagles, these jaguars. For a moment we borrow them.
16 ¶ q  ̑ xquich i cozcȃtli q  ̑ xquich i q  ̑ çã[17]li tlatilo oo acȃ chalchihuitli acȃ [18] teocuitlatl yn ma ye yca oo xoha[19]hahuiyaca ma ye yncȃ o y ma [1]	16 So many jewels, so many plumes are done away with! It seems they're jades, it seems they're gold.P2-103 Be pleasured with these. With these, you princes, let our sadness be destroyed.
[folio 29v] 29	F29v
[1] opupulihui ay totlaocoli ante[2]pilhuan a ohuaya ohuaya
3 ¶ ahu i tocuic ahu in i toxochihu a[4]ya yn tonequimilol xonahahui[5]yacan yc maliticac yn cuauhyo[6]tl oçeloyotla yca tiyzq  ̑ y  ̑ cano yeuh[7]cann a ohuaya ohuaya	3 Well, these songs of ours, these flowers of ours are our adornments. Be pleasured. And so the eagles, the jaguars are spinning. And so we're off to that place [beyond].P2-104
8 ¶ çȃniyo o ye nica titocnihuan i [9] tlalticpȃqui çȃ cuel achica to[10]tiyximati çȃ titotlanehui[11]co o ye nicãn ohuaya ohuaya	8 Only here can we be comrades. Only for a moment do we know each other on earth. We only come here to be borrowed.
12 ¶ y maoc opȃpaqui y toyolo ye[13]hua y tlalticpacqui çȃ cuel achi[14]ca totiyximati çã titotlane[15]huico o ye nicann ahuaya ohuaya	12 Let our hearts be glad. Only for a moment do we know each other on earth. We only come here to be borrowed.
16 ¶ maca xitlaocoyacan atepilhua[17]ni ayac ayac mocauhtaz yn tlal[1]	16 Princes, don't be sad. No one, no one will be left behind on earth.