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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

1 xopȃcuicatl de Neca valcoyotzin	[XXXIII] [Part 4, Song 1] P4-1
15 ¶ xiyahuelipehua xiyahueli[1]	15 Begin in beauty, sing with beauty in this flower house,P4-2 O Chichimec Lord, O Acolhuatzin.
[folio 40] 40 +	F40
[1]cuica / xochincalitequi · chichi[2]mecatl tecuitli - tacollihua[3]cinnã · ohuaya ohuaya
4 ¶ ma xahuiya · xipȃqui ma melel [5] quiçã · ma tontlaocox i cuix ocçȇpã [6] tihuiçẽ y tp ˜ c·qui çã cuel achic hual[7]netlanehuilo · yxochihui · y  ̑ cuic [8] yehuaya dios a ohuaya	4 Be pleasured, be glad, be entertained. Don't be sad. Do we come to earth again? Only briefly are they borrowed here: these flowers of His, these songs of His: and He is God!
9 ¶ xochincȃlco · pehua cuica xo[10]chinmecatlã momamalinȃ · [11] moyoliyo · ticuicanitli y  ̑ ya om[12]huiya	9 In this flower house He starts to sing: flower garlands are whirled, these hearts of yours, O singer!
13 ¶ ticuicanitl xihualmoqueçã y - ti[14]cuicȃtiya / tiquicozcatiya / yn a[15]collihuȃq  ̑ / oohuaya ya nelli ayc [16] tlamitz xochitl · ayc tlamitz cuica[17]tli yo · ohuiya	13 Singer, come!P4-3 You're giving songs,P4-4 jewels to the Acolhuans. These flowers, will they truly be eternal? These songs, eternal?
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1 ¶ xochipaquiya toyollon / çãn a[2]chicȃ ye nican yn tp ˜ c·qui · yo[3]huaya yohuaya nenenemi[4]ya yectli ya toxochihui yohui[5]ya	1 Our hearts are glad with flowers. Just briefly here on earth. Our good flowers walk abroad!P4-5
6 ¶ ma xonahuiya ye nica / ticuicanitli / [7] xopacȃlaytequi / yohuaya yohua[8]ya nenenemiya yectli ya toxo[9]chihui yohuiya	6 Be pleasured here, singer, in this house of green places. Our good flowers walk abroad!
10 ¶ hui toxochiuh yn tomacxochi[11]uh çã tocquipacxochiuh tpc [12] ye nican yeçẽ ye nicã huiya y[13]lliya / ylliya ohuaya / o	10 Alas, these flowers are our hand flowers, our flower crowns here on earth, right here.
14 ¶ ticahuazq  ̑ om tlallo ya tepetli - an[15]tepilhuȃ / çã chichimeca y  ̑ - anni[16]quitq ' z · xochitl · anniquitquiz oo [17] yectli ya cuicatli · tpc · ye nica / ye[18]çẽ ye nicȃ · huiya ylliya ylliya [19] ohuaya o	14 We're to leave this nation,P4-6 you Chichimec princes. I'm not to carry off the flowers, not to carry off the good songs. Here on earth, right here.