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Ancient Nahuatl Poetry ||| SONG XIX

Category: Ancient Nahuatl Poetry

XIX. XIX. Tico toco toco ti quiti quiti quiti quito; can ic mocneptiuh. Tico, toco, toco, tiquiti, quiti, quiti, quito; where it is to turn back again. 1. Tlapapal xochiceutli niyolaya nepapan tonacan xochitl moyahuaya oncueponti moquetzaco ya naya aya ye teo ya ixpan tonaa Santa Maria ayyo. 1. Resting amid parti-colored flowers I rejoiced; […]



Ancient Nahuatl Poetry ||| SONG XX

Category: Ancient Nahuatl Poetry

XX. XX. 1. Tolteca icuilihuia ahaa ya ha on tlantoc amoxtli ya moyollo ya on aya mochonaciticac o o Toltecayootl aic aya ninemiz ye nican ay yo. 1. The Toltecs have been taken, alas, the book of their souls has come to an end, alas, everything of the Toltecs has reached its conclusion, no longer […]



Ancient Nahuatl Poetry ||| A SONG OF THE HUEXOTZINCOS

Category: Ancient Nahuatl Poetry

XXI. HUEXOTZINCAYOTL. XXI. A SONG OF THE HUEXOTZINCOS. Viniendo los de Huexotzinco а pedir socorro а Moteuczoma Tlaxcalla. Coming to Ask Aid of Montezuma Against Tlaxcalla. 1. Tlacuiloltzetzeliuhticac moyoliol tiMoteuczomātzi nichuicatihuitz nictzetzelotihuitz y o huetzcani xochinquetzalpapalotl moquetzalizouhtihuitz noconitotia chalchiuhatlaquiquizcopa niyahueloncuica chalchiuhhuilacapitzli nicteocuitlapitza ya ho ay la ya o haye ohuichile amiyacale. 1. Raining down writings […]



Ancient Nahuatl Poetry ||| SONG XXII

Category: Ancient Nahuatl Poetry

XXII. XXII. Tico tico ticoti tico tico ticoti auh ic ontlantiuk in cuicatl totoco totoco. Tico, tico, ticoti, tico, tico, ticoti, and then the song ends with totoco, totoco. 1. Xichocayan nicuicanitl nicitta noxochiuh zan nomac ommania zan quihuintia ye noyollo ni cuicatl aya nohuian nemia, zan ca ye noyollo notlayocola in cayo. 1. In […]



Ancient Nahuatl Poetry ||| SONGS OF THE PRINCE NEZAHUALCOYOTL

Category: Ancient Nahuatl Poetry

XXIII. YCUIC NEZAHUALCOYOTZIN. XXIII. SONGS OF THE PRINCE NEZAHUALCOYOTL. Totoco totoco tico, totoco totoco ic ontlantiuh tico titico ti tico tico. Totoco, totoco, tico, totoco totoco, then it ends with tico titico, titico, tico. 1. Nicaya quetza con tohuehueuh aoniquimitotia quauhtlocelo yn ca tiyayhcac in cuicaxochitl, nictemoan cuicatl ye tonequimilol ayyo. 1. I bring forth […]



Ancient Nahuatl Poetry ||| SONG XXIV

Category: Ancient Nahuatl Poetry

XXIV. XXIV. Quititi, quititi, quiti tocoto, tocoti tocoto tocoti zan ic mocueptiuh. Quititi, quititi, quiti tocoto, tocoti, tocoto, tocoti, then it is to turn back again. 1. Ma xochicuicoya ma ichtoa nichuana ayyahue teyhuinti xochitl ao ya noyehcoc ye nica poyoma xahuallan timaliuhtihuitz ay yo. 1. Let me pluck flowers, let me see them, let […]



Ancient Nahuatl Poetry ||| SONG XXV

Category: Ancient Nahuatl Poetry

XXV. XXV. Tico toco tocoto ic ontlantiuh ticoto ticoto. Tico, toco, tocoto, and then it ends, ticoto, ticoto. 1. Toztliyan quechol nipa tlantinemia in tlallaicpac oquihuinti ye noyol ahua y ya i. 1. The sweet voiced quechol there, ruling the earth, has intoxicated my soul. 2. Ni quetzaltototl niyecoya ye iquiapan ycelteotl yxochiticpac nihueloncuica oo […]



Ancient Nahuatl Poetry ||| SONG XXVI.

Category: Ancient Nahuatl Poetry

XXVI. XXVI. Toto tiquiti tiquiti ic ontlantiuh tocotico tocoti toto titiqui toto titiquiti. Toto tiquiti tiquiti, then it ends tocotico, tocoti toto titiqui toto titiquiti. 1. Oya moquetz huel oon ma on netotilo teteuctin aya ma onnetlanehuihuilo chalchihuitl on quetzali patlahuac, ayac ichan tlalticpac, ayio zan nomac onmania ooo y xochiuh aya ipalnemoa ma onnetlanehuilo […]



Ancient Nahuatl Poetry ||| SONG XXVII.

Category: Ancient Nahuatl Poetry

XXVII. XXVII. Toco toco tiqui tiqui ic ontlantiuh toco tico tocoti. Toco, toco, tiqui, tiqui, and then it ends toco, tico, tocoli. 1. Ma ya pehualo ya nicuihua in ma ya on acico ye nicaan aya oya yĕcoc yehuan Dios in cayio in ma ya ca ya onahuilihuan tepilhuan a ayamo acico ya yehuan Dios […]



Ancient Nahuatl Poetry ||| Vocabulary

Category: Ancient Nahuatl Poetry

VOCABULARY. The Roman numerals refer to the songs, the Arabic to the verses, in which the word occurs. Abbreviations: lit., literally; ref., reflexive; pret., preterit; rev., reverential; freq.,