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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 7] 7 + de tlaltecatzin 6	F7
	VI 51
2 40 ¶ aya nicpiaco tepetl cana ytoloya [3] xochitlacuilohuãya · yehuaya [4] dios i coohuayotl · ni tocahuililoc [5] ye mocha a titlaltecatzi tonel[6]tzitzihui ya tonayatlatohua ya cayyo [7] o ohuiyya	2 "I come to guard the city, [in that] somewhere I am uttered."52 With flowers God is making paintings: they're companions! You've been left in your haven, O Tlaltecatzin, and you're sighing, you're warbling.
8 41 ¶ yye yhua tocuica yehua noteoohui [9] yehua diiyosa ya toneltziçihui ya tona[10]yatlatohua ya cayyo ohuiya	8 Together with him you sing - he is my spirit, he is God. You're sighing, you're warbling.
11 42 ¶ tlauhquechol çeliya puçõ/tima/ni [12] ya / moquipȃcoxochiuh / tinoon oo / hue[13]lica tzihuatl / cacahuayzquixochitl / [14] çȃ tinetlanehuilo ticahualoz / [15] tiyaaço ximohuaz yuhcãn ay[16]yoo / ohui·ya	11 The roseate swan is reviving. Flowers of your crown, O mother,53 O fragrant woman, are foaming abroad. O narcotic popcorn flowers! You are merely borrowed. You will be forsaken, you will pass away, [for] all that are here will be shorn.54
17 43 ¶ yn tiyecoc ye nica/n imixpano / tete[18]cuiti·n aya timahuiztlachihuala mo[19]nequezca naasiuhtoz q  ̑ zalpetlapa [20] tonicac aya cacahuayzquixochitl [21] çȃ tinetlanehuilo ticahualoz tiya [1]	17 You've arrived among the princes, O honored creation. You've made your appearance, O turquoise parrot.55 You're standing on this plume mat. O narcotic popcorn flowers! You are merely borrowed. You will be forsaken, you will pass away. Yes, all will be shorn in that place [beyond].56
[folio 7v] 7	F7v
[1] atz■ çȏ / ximohuaz yuhcan ayoo / o[2]huiyya
3 44 ¶ a can - xochicacahuatl yn putzontima[4]niya xoo/chitl ectla nocoyayn [5] taa / an noyol quimati quihuiti ye [6] noyoliya yyo ohuiya	3 Ah, this flower wine I've drunk is a flower cacao foaming abroad.57 My heart is savoring it. It has made my heart drunk.
7 45 ¶ ayaa / yeeçe ye nicaa tlaa/la ycpac [8] ȃtetecuita nopilohuan aa / a noyol [9] quimati quihuiti ye noyoliya	7 Here on earth no more, you princes, you nobles!58 My heart is savoring it. It has made my heart drunk.
10 46 ¶ a ca ninetlamata niquitohua y [11] aa/naya maca niyahuiya ompa [12] ximohuaya tlaçȏtli noyol yn ne■[13]hua nehua çȃ nicuicanitl / [14] teocuitlayo ha noxochihu acay[15]yo	10 Ah, for I grieve, saying: Don't let me pass to the place beyond, where all are shorn. My singer's hearts are precious. My flowers are gold.59
16 47 ¶ y niquiyacahua çȃ / niquita nochan [17] / xochimamani / mach hueey chal[18]chihuitl oo/huaye / q  ̑ çȃli patla[19]huac mach nopatihu ȃo / ynca [20] ninoquixtiz q  ̑ maniya / acan [1]	16 I leave this home of mine I see, that lies in flowers. Are they great, these jades, these broad plumes? Could they be my payment? It is thus that I'd be born in future time!60 It seems I go to my destruction.61