An authoritative transcription, translation, and commentary on a sixteenth-century Nahuatl codex that is one of only two principal sources of Aztec song and a key document in the study of Aztec life in the century after conquest.
An authoritative transcription, translation, and commentary on a sixteenth-century Nahuatl codex that is one of only two principal sources of Aztec song and a key document in the study of Aztec life in the century after conquest.
Transcribed and translated from the Nahuatl by John Bierhorst
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1. Preface 2. A Note on Orthography 3. Using the Online Edition 4. Introduction 5. On the Translation of Aztec Poetry 6. Guide to the Vocabulary 7. Romances de los Señores de la Nueva España/Ballads of the Lords of New Spain 8. Guide to the Transcription 9. The Text in Nahuatl and in English 10. Part 1 * [I] 1. Friends, let us sing * [II] 2. "I'm coming, I, Yoyontzin, craving flowers" * [III] 3. Again they make music * [IV] 4. God Self Maker's home is nowhere * [V] 5. Friends, listen to this * [VI] 6. "I come to guard the city" * [VII] 7. The flower lords, the song bells * [VIII] 8. Chalco's come to fight * [IX] 9. Let's drink * [X] 10. For a moment God's drums come forth * [XI] 11. May your flesh, your hearts be leafy green * [XII] 12. The flower trees are whirling * [XIII] 13. In this flower house * [XIV] 14. Princes, I've been hearing good songs 11. Part 2 * [XV] 1. Now let us begin * [XVI] 2. A master of egrets makes these flowers move * [XVII] 3. On this flower mat you paint your songs * [XVIII] 4. Are You obliging? * [XIX] 5. I'm born in vain * [XX] 6. I strike up a song * [XXI] 7. I stand up the drum * [XXII] 8. Your flowers blossom as bracelets * [XXIII] 9. My heart is greatly wanting flowers * [XXIV] 10. Let there be comrades * [XXV] 11. Strike it up beautifully * [XXVI] 12. Eagle flowers, broad leafy ones, are sprouting * [XXVII] 13. A shield-roaring blaze-smoke rises up * [XXVIII] 14. Flowers are our only adornment 12. Part 3 * [XXIX] 1. [. . .] * [XXIX-A] 1-A. You paint with flowers, with songs * [XXX] 2. Your flowers are jade * [XXXI] 3. Come forth and play our drum * [XXXII] 4. In the house of pictures 13. Part 4 * [XXXIII] 1. Begin in beauty * [XXXIV] 2. Like flowers * [XXXV] 3. "Never with shields" * [XXXVI] 4. Jade, turquoise: your chalk, [your] plumes 14. Commentary 15. Concordance to Proper Nouns 16. Verbs, Particles, and Common Nouns 17. Appendix I: Two Versions of the Myth of the Origin of Music 18. Appendix II: Corrections for the Cantares Edition 19. Bibliography 20. Index
1. Preface 2. A Note on Orthography 3. Using the Online Edition 4. Introduction 5. On the Translation of Aztec Poetry 6. Guide to the Vocabulary 7. Romances de los Señores de la Nueva España/Ballads of the Lords of New Spain 8. Guide to the Transcription 9. The Text in Nahuatl and in English 10. Part 1 * [I] 1. Friends, let us sing * [II] 2. "I'm coming, I, Yoyontzin, craving flowers" * [III] 3. Again they make music * [IV] 4. God Self Maker's home is nowhere * [V] 5. Friends, listen to this * [VI] 6. "I come to guard the city" * [VII] 7. The flower lords, the song bells * [VIII] 8. Chalco's come to fight * [IX] 9. Let's drink * [X] 10. For a moment God's drums come forth * [XI] 11. May your flesh, your hearts be leafy green * [XII] 12. The flower trees are whirling * [XIII] 13. In this flower house * [XIV] 14. Princes, I've been hearing good songs 11. Part 2 * [XV] 1. Now let us begin * [XVI] 2. A master of egrets makes these flowers move * [XVII] 3. On this flower mat you paint your songs * [XVIII] 4. Are You obliging? * [XIX] 5. I'm born in vain * [XX] 6. I strike up a song * [XXI] 7. I stand up the drum * [XXII] 8. Your flowers blossom as bracelets * [XXIII] 9. My heart is greatly wanting flowers * [XXIV] 10. Let there be comrades * [XXV] 11. Strike it up beautifully * [XXVI] 12. Eagle flowers, broad leafy ones, are sprouting * [XXVII] 13. A shield-roaring blaze-smoke rises up * [XXVIII] 14. Flowers are our only adornment 12. Part 3 * [XXIX] 1. [. . .] * [XXIX-A] 1-A. You paint with flowers, with songs * [XXX] 2. Your flowers are jade * [XXXI] 3. Come forth and play our drum * [XXXII] 4. In the house of pictures 13. Part 4 * [XXXIII] 1. Begin in beauty * [XXXIV] 2. Like flowers * [XXXV] 3. "Never with shields" * [XXXVI] 4. Jade, turquoise: your chalk, [your] plumes 14. Commentary 15. Concordance to Proper Nouns 16. Verbs, Particles, and Common Nouns 17. Appendix I: Two Versions of the Myth of the Origin of Music 18. Appendix II: Corrections for the Cantares Edition 19. Bibliography 20. Index
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