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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 5] 5 +	F5
[1] temolo·n itleyon imahuizyo / tlal[2]ticpac ohuaya ohuaya
3 26 ¶ ayac huel oo / ayac huel icniuh [4] n ipalnemohuã / cani noçȃlo / hue[5]l itlocqu inahuac oo nemohuã / [6] ye nicann i tlalticpac / yyao ohui[7]ya	3 "No one, no one can be Life Giver's friend. Where there are prayers to him, near him and in his presence, can there be life here on earth?"
8 27 ¶ q  ̑ nami y quihuelmati / cani noçȃlo [9] huel itlocqu inahuac oo / nemo[10]huã / ye nicȃn i tlalticpac / yyao [11] ohuiya	8 What does he enjoy? Where there are prayers to him, near him and in his presence, there can be life here on earth.
12 28 ¶ ayac neli ye mocniuh / ypalne[13]mohuȃ çȃn ihui xochitla ynpã [14] totemati tlalticpac monahuac an [15] ohuaya ohuaya	12 "O Life Giver, really no one is your friend. You merely treat people as flowers on earth and in your presence.
16 29 ¶ omtlatzihuiz y moyollo / yeehuaya [17] çã cuel achic yn motloc monahuac [18] an / ohuaya ohuaya	16 "Your heart will grow tired. Briefly near you and in your presence!
19 30 ¶ Techyolopolohua/n ipalnemohua[20]ni / techihuitiya o nicaan a/ya oo[1]	19 "Life Giver maddens us, makes us drunk on earth. No one can escape from Him who rules on earth."34
[folio 5v] 5	F5v
[1]huaye / ayac huel i çõ tlan oquiçȃ [2] omtlatohua tlalticpac / ohuaya [3] ohuaya
4 31 ¶ yn çãn ic ticamana ■ / yn quenin [5] conitohuã toyollo / yeehuaya oo[6]huaye / anyac huel i çõ tlan oquiçã [7] omtlatohua tlalticpac / ohuaya [8] ohuaya -	4 Just so. We annoy him.35 What is this our hearts are saying? No one can escape from Him who rules on earth.
5	V 36
de cacamatzin ultimo rey de tezcuco       quando se bido en grãdes trabajos acor       dãdose del p■■[■■?] y maj ta■ grande de su pa e y aguelo
10 32 ¶ yn atocnihuane tlaoc xococaqui[11]cã macaçõ ayac yn teconene[12]mi cualayotl cocolotl maçȏ yl[13]cahui maçȏ pupuliuhui yecȃ tlal[14]ticpac ohuayo ohuaya.	10 Friends, listen to this: "Let's have no more lordly marching.37 Let's forget war and conflict.38 Let those things be done with here in this good world."
15 33 ¶ noçȃ nomã ye nehuatl nechonito[16]-a y / yalhuã tlachcon catcã con[17]nitohua comolhuiya ach q  ̑ tlatla[18]cã / ach q  ̑ tlatlamati / ac çȃn i mo[19]mãtin mochi conitohua am yn a[20]nel nitlatohua tlalticpac ohuaya [21] ohuaya	15 Even me. They talk about me, too.39 Yesterday there was the ball court.40 This is what they were saying, what they were telling each other: "How can he be human? How can he be sane?"41 Who knows all that they say? But is it not true that I speak on earth?