VII.

_OTRO._

_ANOTHER._

1. Tleinmach oamaxque on in antocnihuan in an Chiapaneca Otomi,

omachamelelacic: in ic oamihuintiqueo octicatl in oanquique ic

oamihuintique, xicualcuican, in amo ma in anhuehuetztoqueo,

ximozcalicano in antocnihuan nipatiazque in tochano, xopantlalpan ye

nican, ma quiza in amihuintiliz, on xitlachiacano ohuican ye

anmaquia, O!

1. What have you done, O you our friends, you Chiapanecs and Otomis,

why have you grieved, that you were drunken with the wine which you

took, that you were drunken? Come hither and sing: do not lie

stretched out; arise, O friends, let us go to our houses here in this

land of spring; come forth from your drunkenness, see in what a

difficult place you must take it.

2. Ca yeppa yuhqui in tizaoctli in tlalticpac, quitemacao ohuican ic

tecalaquiao teoatl tlachinolli quitoao texaxamatzao teopopoloao on

canin xaxamanio in tlazochalchihiuitl, in teoxihuitl, in maquiztli

tlazotetl in tepilhuan in coninio in xochitizaoctlio cuel can in

antocnihuan in tonicahuacao.

2. For formerly it was so on earth that the white wine was taken in

difficult places, as on entering the battlefield, or, as it was said,

where the stones were broken and destroyed, where were broken into

fragments the lovely emeralds, the turquoises, the honored precious

stones, the youths, the children; therefore take the flowery white

wine, O friends and brothers.

3. Ma ye ticiti in xochitlalpan in tochan xochitlalticpacilhuicacpaco

in huel ic xochiamemeyallotl on ahuiaxtimani, teyolquima yoliliz

ahuach xochitl in tochan in Chiappan, oncan timalolo in teucyotl in

tlatocayotl in chimalxochitl oncuepontimani tonacatlalpan.

3. Let us drink it in the flowery land, in our dwelling surrounded by

the flowery earth and sky, where the fountains of the flowers send

their sweetness abroad; the delicious breath of the dewy flowers is

in our homes in Chiapas; there nobility and power make them glorious,

and the war-flowers bloom over a fertile land.

4. Quemach in amo antlacaquio in antocnihuan tohuian tohuiano

xicahuacano, in tizaoctlio teoatlachinoloctli; ma ye ticiti in ompa

tinectilo in tochan xochiahuachoctli, zan ic ahuiaca ihuinti in

toyollo, tetlamachtio teyolquimao tixochiachichinatihui

netlamachtiloyan in toquizayan xochitlalpan tonacatlalpan: tlemach

oamaxqueo? xichualcaquican in tocuic in tamocnihuan, etc.

4. Is it possible, oh friends, that you do not hear us? Let us go,

let us go, let us pour forth the white wine, the wine of battle; let

us drink where the wine sweet as the dew of roses is set forth in our

houses, let our souls be intoxicated with its sweetness; enriched,

steeped in delight, we shall soak up the water of the flowers in the

place of riches, going forth to a land of flowers, a fertile spot.

What have you done? Come hither and listen to our songs, O friends.

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