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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 31] 30 +	F31
[1] yn tlachinolmilinia quihualçȇ[2]çelohua yn izquixochitl a ohua[3]ya ohuaya
4 ¶ achi yn iuhca tiyanemi o yn ipal[5]nemohua queçȃlaxochitli - y [6] tlachinoli milinia quihualçȇ[7]çelohua yn izquixochitl a ohua[8]ya ohuaya	4 Here where we live, Life Giver briefly scatters blaze-stirring plume flood flowers, popcorn flowers.
13 de Motecçumatzin ·2· quȃdo lo de los huexutzincas	[XXVII] [Part 2, Song 13] P2-108
10 ¶ tlachinolpuctli omchimalcoco[11]moca ye ehuaya / oyohualte[12]uhtlehuaya a / onenehuihuix[13]toc y  ̑ moxochiuh dios o ycahuaca [14] ye oca nepȃpani cuauhtli yn o[15]zelotla ohuaya ohuaya	10 A shield-roaring blaze-smoke rises up. Ah, and rising up as bell dust it's equated with your flowers, God.P2-109 In the distance shrills a multitude of eagles, jaguars.
16 ¶ yn çȃ temocniuhtia oo / çȃ te[17]ycnomati tlachinolmilini te[1]	16 He befriends and He shows mercy. In a blaze the dust is stirring: reed flowers turn gold,P2-110 rain down as a blade-mist,P2-111 becoming great.P2-112
[folio 31v] 31	F31v
[1]uhtli coçãhuiyan a acachotli y  ̑ çã[2]huaçeçelihui a ohuehueuhti[3]moma ohuaya ohuaya
4 ¶ yaomiquixoo·chatlapãno ohuaya [5] chimalpȃpalocali maca huiya [6] a ocan i tlacochitica quipuhua co[7]tlatlazticac yq  ̑ çȃlaxochiya[8]moxtlacuilol yn motecuizoma[9]çin huiya · a ocȃn i mexico quica[10]huaton acaxochtli ahua yyao o i o[11]huaya ohuaya	4 In War-death Flower Flood Land, at the House of Butterfly Shields,P2-113 Montezuma using javelins recites, tossing off plume-flood-flower picture paintings. He's gone to that distant Mexico, leaving reed flowers behind.P2-114
12 ¶ xochitl i cueputoc ye ocaa / o tlato[13]hua ye ehuaya / a ocan i tlacoch[14]tica quipuhua cotlatlazticac y  ̑ que[15]çȃlaxochiyamoxtlacuilol yn [16] motecuizomaçin huiya / a ocȃ[17]n i mexico q  ̑ cahuaton aca[18]xochitl ahua yyaoo ohuaya ohua[19]ya	12 Flowers are blossoming. Yonder he sings. This Montezuma using javelins recites, tossing off plume-flood-flower picture paintings. He's gone to that distant Mexico, leaving reed flowers behind.P2-115