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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 9] 9 +	F9
[1]xochitla omhuaya ohuaya
2 57 ¶ ohu atepilhuaa / acuauht amoçelo [3] ximoquimilocȃn ixtlahuaqui[4]tequi yaomxochitla omhuaya ohuaya	2 Princes, eagles, jaguars, adorn yourselves in the fields. These are war flowers.
5 8	VIII
6 chalcayotl i tlatocacuicatl	A Chalcan piece, a lord song
7 58 ¶ y chalco ycalicoya - tlacochtli nepani [8] tiçȃtl a y■huitl i amos·cala yn ima[9]cȃn achitzila Dios e ychana ovaya ohua[10]ya	7 Chalco's come to fight. The spears have been scattered,72 the chalk and the plumes, where this house of pictures lies. But briefly in God's home.73
11 59 ¶ ye temoya xochitli ye temoya yaye [12] ycuic yehuaya Dios aya oohuaye ay [13] noca tlatohuã mochan i q  ̑ çaltotootli [14] y teohua tecuitli oya cuepuqui mo[15]xocha ohuȃya ohuaya	11 Flowers descend, his songs descend: O God, he speaks in your home, here!74 and he's a quetzal, a spirit-owner lord.75 Your flowers have opened.
16 60 ¶ xochithualco pehuã hayauhthuȃ[17]li macȃ mapipichohua yyehuaya [18] Dios / ocan iye metlacahuani ye [19] momcuic huhuaya ohuaya	16 In the flower court he strikes it up, in the mist court he sounds the whistle cry.76 God is cheered by your songs.77
20 9	IX
21 61 ¶ yy ma ye toconica ma ye tococuacã [1]	21 Let's drink - let's eat - cacao flowers. Let's entertain ourselves with these. Your flowers are opening.
[folio 9v] 9	9v
[1] cacahuaxochitli ye yc tonahui[2]yaca oya çuepuqui moxocha ahua[3]ya ohuaya
4 ¶ cacahuaxochitla quihuitiaya [5] noyolo / yeehuaya / quihuiya noyo[6]lo / yeehuaya / ma yc ninapȃtiuh [7] cano ye yuhcan i ma ynca huel o[8]yatiuh noyolo ye maca y cuetlahui[9]ya xochitla ohuaya ohuaya	4 Cacao flowers make my heart drunk, ah, my heart drunk. Adorned with these, let me pass away to that place [beyond]. Let my heart go with them. May these flowers not wither.78
10 ¶ ma yuh niyahuin iuhcȃ ma nocpac[11]xochihui mȃ yuh niyahuin iuhca ma [12] nocpacxochihui ma noxochicozq  ̑ ma [13] yca malintiuh ye omco xochitli [14] ma y cuetlahuiya xochitla ohua[15]ya ohuaya	10 Let me pass away. Let me have my flower crown.79 Let me have my flower necklace. May these flowers, then, go twirling as they pass beyond.80 May these flowers not wither.81
16 ¶ ytech onenemiya oohuaye - yn itla[17]tol - yehua yn dios çã cohuatecatli [18] ya oohuaye yzta coyotla ohuaya o[19]huaya	16 They're marching at God's command.82 They're simply Coatecatl - and Iztac Coyotl!
20 ¶ quihualtemohuiya - ynhuiti xo[1]	20 He brings them down, these drunken flowers.83 These songs of ours reach Our Lord the Sun.84 They reach Santa María. What? What does God say?85