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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 8] 8 +	F8
[1] çan niyaaz / nipolihuitiuh / huayy[2]oo / ohuiyya
3 48 ¶ ha omya tinocaya / a noteeco yehua[4]ya diyosa · / niquitohua ma ni[5]yauh ma ya ninoquimilo / nicui[6]canitli / ma ya yhui ma ya / acȃ [7] tel-tel mach acaa / açiqui noyol [8] ayyo	3 Ah! I am forsaken,62 O Lord, O God. And I say: Let me pass away and be arrayed, singer that I am. Let it be this way: let someone be the gems.63 And one of my hearts has arrived!64
9 49 ¶ a can yuh niyaz / xochihuicotica / ye [10] noyoliyo / huaya / ye quetzalneneli[11]hui chalchiuhtli ya / tlaçȏtli yectla [12] mochiuhtoc ȃya / acan machiyo[13]ticac tlalticpaccȃ · yhuiyaa / om[14]hua ynhuiyanayyo	9 Only thus would I pass away, my hearts as flowers twirling,65 scattered as plumes, becoming jades, precious and good, beyond compare on earth.
15           de atlyxco 7	VII 66
16 50 ¶ xochiteuhtl imanicã / cuicaoyo[17]hual imãcan/n in atlyxco yn / ya [18] om xochicanlitec an / omhuaya ohua[19]ya	16 The flower lords,67 the song bells, are in Water Face,68 this house of flowers!
20 51 ¶ çã ye omnahuiltiloya / yn ipalnemo[1]	20 Life Giver is entertained with flowers, O princes. Let there be dancing in this house of flowers.
[folio 8v] 8	F8v
[1]huã / yn atepilhuan i · xoochitica y / [2] ma onnetotilo / ya om xochican[3]litec an / omhuaya ohuaya
4 52 ¶ omn itzmolitimani oohuaye / yn ca[5]cahuaxochitla / yn izquixochitla / [6] y meesico y / mimilihui oo / cueputi[7]mania / omvaya ohuaya	4 Cacao flowers, popcorn flowers are sprouting in Mexico. They're budding, they're blossoming.
8 53 ¶ çȃno y maniya yn tecpilotl / yn cuauh[9]tin oçelo / mimilihui oo / cueputima[10]niya / omhuaya ohuaya	8 Lords, eagles, jaguars are standing as a multitude.69 They're forming buds, they blossom.
11 54 ¶ a ynca yycc ocuetlahuiçȏo - çȃ chimali[12]xochitli / ya omnahuac a yxtlahua[13]quitecȃ / omhuaya ohuaya	11 And so these shield flowers are to wither in Anahuac, in the fields.70
14 55 ¶ çȃ momalacachohuaya / chimali ya [15] xochitl - yn quetzalyzquixochitli - to[16]mac onmania / ya omnahuac a yx[17]tlahuaquitecȃ / omhuaya ohuaya	14 Shield flowers are spinning. Plume popcorn flowers lie in our hands. In Anahuac, in the fields.
18 56 ¶ q  ̑ tza/çãlaxochitl oo / tlachinolxochi[19]tli / canyyo y tonequimilol - yaom[1]	18 These plume flood flowers, these blaze flowers are our only adornment.71 These are war flowers.