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 chalchihuitl.

1. Come forth to the dance, ye lords, let there be abundance of

turquoise and feathers; our dwelling on earth is not for long; only

let the gods give me flowers to my hand, give me abundance of

turquoises.

2. Oyohual in colinia o on in icelteotl ipalnemaa Anahuac o onnemia

noyol ayio.

2. Come let us move in the dance in honor of the one only god, the

Giver of Life, while my soul lives by the waters (_or_, in Anahuac).

3. In yancuica oncan quixima ipalnemoani ca ye Nonoalco ahuilizapan i

in teuctli yehua Nezahualpilli y yece ye oncan aya in tlacoch

tenanpan Atlixco ayio.

3. The Giver of Life made known a new song after the lord

Nezahualpilli entered the strongholds of Nonoalco and sped his arrows

within the walls of Atlixco.

4. Zan momac otitemic motlahuan zomal a ica ticahuiltia icelteotl in

teuctli yehua.

4. Thou hast filled thy plate and thy cup in thy hands and hast

rejoiced in the one only God, the Lord.

5. Y yeho aye icnotlamati

noyollo, zan niNonoalcatl, zan can nicolintototl o nocamapan aya

Mexicatl in ca yio.

5. Alas, how I am afflicted in my soul, I, a resident of Nonoalco; I

am like a wild bird, my face is that of a Mexican.

6. On quetzal pipixauhtoc motlachinolxochiuh in ipalnemoa zan ca

nicolintototl, etc.

6. The beauteous flowers of thy battles lie abundantly snowed down, O

Giver of Life; I am like a wild bird, etc.

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