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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 3] 3 +	F3
1 12 ¶ [1] nicnenequi niq  ̑ elehuiya yn icni[2]uhyootl yn tecpilotli yn cohuãyo[3]tlin nixochiyeelehuiya oo nixochi[4]cuicuicȃtinemiya ohuȃya ohuaya	1 I'm desiring, craving friends, princes, comrades. I'm craving flowers, flower-chirping.
5 13 ohu aca yuhqui teocuitlatl o ohuaye [6] acã yuhqui cozcãtli · y  ̑ q  ̑ çãli pȃtlahuac [7] q  ̑ n ipȃ ye nicmatia yectli ya mocui[8]yc aya tontatzinni o yehuȃ dios i [superscript:] totecoyo [line script:] ycan [9] nonahuiya a■ ynca nonitotia hue[10]huetitlan oo xopȃcalayntequi ye niyõ[11]yȏtzin haya ha noyol quimatin ohuã[12]ya ohuaya	5 I value these good songs of yours as gold, as jewels, as broad plumes, O father, O God.23 With these I'm pleasured. With these I dance beside the drum in this house of green places, I, Yoyontzin. My heart enjoys them."
13 14 ¶ ma xiquihueliçȏçȏnan moxochihue[14]hue ticuicȃnitli yeehuȃya moxochiaya[15]cȃch in ma yzquixochitl ihuã cacahua[16]xochitli ma humoyahuȃya ma ȏ[17]çȇçȇlihui ye nican a huehuetitla[18]n oo ma tahuiyacani ohuaya ohuaya	13 Play your flower drum skillfully, singer. And your flower rattle. Let there be popcorn flowers, cacao flowers. Let them scatter, let them sprinkle down beside the drum. Let's be pleasured.
19 15 ¶ ha ca xiuhq  ̑ chool tzinnizcȃ tlauhq  ̑ [20]chol õcann ocuicã tlatohuaya y [1]	19 There! The turquoise swan, the trogon, the roseate swan is singing, warbling, happy with these flowers.
[folio 3v] 3	F3v
[1] xochitl a yc pȃqui oo ha ylili o ha y[2]lililili ohuiya oo hayya ohuaya [3] ohuaya
4 16 ¶ ah uca ya yncȃqui yn xochihuauh[5]tli yn huehuetitlan ah ayyahue [6] y ye yntech onemi nemiya y ye q  ̑ [7]çȃliquechol i tototli ynpȃ mo[8]chuhtinnemin oo y neçahualcoyo[9]tzin ȏ xochicuicuiy  ̑ cantinemi [10] oo yn xochitla yc pãqui oo ha ylili oo [11] a ylililili ohuiya oo haya ohuaya [12] ohuaya	4 There! A flower tree stands beside the drum. The plume swan is in it. It's Nezahualcoyotzin. He's like a bird, flower-chirping, happy with these flowers.24
3	III
14 17 ¶ ye no cēpã ya cuica no ya hualãciz ha [15] o ya mõyecoya toxochi oo aya tocuiqui ■ [16] yya oayye yya yye ayya yyohuia	14 Again they make music, and they will arrive. Our flowers, our songs are created. 25
17 18 ¶ ma ça moq  ̑ çã a õhua ni■cuihuan i [18] onoq  ̑ omcate yn tepilhuan oo [19] netzahualcoyotzinn i cuicanitl huia [1]	17 Brothers, let them appear.  And here they are, the princes!26 O Nezahualcoyotzin!  O singer!  O Tzontecochatzin!