Ancient Nahuatl
Ancient Nahuatl Poetry, Containing the Nahuatl Text of XXVII Ancient Mexican Poems Brinton's Library of Aboriginal American Literature Number VII.
作者：Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison), 1837-1899
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共 117 题- For vowels with a macron: [=a], [=e], [=i], [=o], [=u]. *]
- ANCIENT NAHUATL POETRY,
- CONTAINING THE NAHUATL TEXT OF XXVII ANCIENT MEXICAN POEMS.
- BRITON'S LIBRARY OF ABORIGINAL AMERICAN LITERATURE,
- NUMBER VII.
- WITH A TRANSLATION, INTRODUCTION, NOTES AND VOCABULARY.
- BY
- DANIEL G. BRINTON
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- ANCIENT NAHUATL POEMS:
- NOTES
- VOCABULARY
- INDEX OF NAHUATL PROPER NAMES, WITH EXPLANATIONS
- FOOTNOTES
- ANCIENT NAHUATL POETRY.
- INTRODUCTION.
- The general prosodic rules are:--
- 1. Tl[=a]uhquéch[=o]llaztal[=e]hualtò t[=o]natoc.
- 1. It is gleaming red like the tlauhquechol bird.
- 2. Ayauhcoçam[=a]l[=o]t[=o]nam[=e]yòtimani.
- 2. And it glows like the rainbow.
- 3. Xiuhcóyólizítzîlica in te[=o]cuitlahu[=e]hu[=e]tl.
- 3. The silver drum sounds like bells of turquoise.
- 4. Xiuhtlapallàcuil[=o]l[=a]moxtli manca.
- 4. There was a book of annals written and painted in colors.
- 5. Nic ch[=a]lchiuhcozcameca quenmach tòtóma in nocuic.
- And the translation:--
- I.
- II.
- III.
- Which he translates:--
- IV.
- I H S
- This may be freely translated as follows:--
- ANCIENT NAHUATL POEMS.
- I.
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- VI.
- VII.
- VIII.
- IX.
- X.
- XI.
- XII.
- XIII.
- XIV.
- XV.
- XVI.
- XVII.
- 27. Zan ninentlamatia can niquauhtenco ayahue can. * * *
- 27. But I am sad within this wood.
- XVIII.
- XIX.
- XX.
- XXI.
- XXII.
- 5. O he! I cried aloud; O he! I rained down flowers as I left.
- XXIII.
- XXIV.
- XXV.
- 3. Xochiatl in pozontimania in tlallaicpac oquihuinti ye noyol ahua.
- 4. Ninochoquilia niquinotlamati ayac in chan oo tlallicpac ahua.
- 4. I grieve to myself that ever this dwelling on earth should end.
- 6. Ma ca qualania nohueyotehua Mexicatli polihui chile.
- 8. Zan ye chocaya amaxtecatl aya caye chocaya tequantepehua.
- XXVI.
- XXVII.
- NOTES.
- NOTES FOR SONG I.
- NOTES FOR SONG II.
- NOTES FOR SONG III.
- 2. The translation of this verse offers some special difficulties.
- NOTES FOR SONG IV.
- NOTES FOR SONG V.
- NOTES FOR SONG VI.
- NOTES FOR SONG VII.
- 2. _teoatl tlachinolli_; see note VI, 4.
- NOTES FOR SONG VIII.
- NOTES FOR SONG IX.
- NOTES FOR SONG X.
- NOTES FOR SONG XI.
- 6. _ihuiti_, apparently a form of _ihuintia_.
- NOTES FOR SONG XII.
- NOTES FOR SONG XIII.
- NOTES FOR SONG XIV.
- NOTES FOR SONG XV.
- 5. _Atloyan_; see note to XIII, 6.
- 29. _Mictlan_; the place of departed souls in Aztec mythology.
- NOTES FOR SONG XVI.
- One hour of such a day."
- NOTES FOR SONG XVII.
- 2. _quauhtlocelotl_, see note to I, 5.
- 8. _noncoati_, for _ni-on-coatl_, I am a guest.
- NOTES FOR SONG XVIII.
- NOTES FOR SONG XIX.
- NOTES FOR SONG XX.
- 3. _Tetl-quahitl_; see note to XVIII, 9.
- NOTES FOR SONG XXI.
- NOTES FOR SONG XXII.
- NOTES FOR SONG XXIII.
- NOTES FOR SONG XXIV.
- NOTES FOR SONG XXV.
- NOTES FOR SONG XXVI.
- NOTES FOR SONG XXVII.
- VOCABULARY.
- INDEX OF NAHUATL PROPER NAMES, WITH EXPLANATIONS.
- ACOLMIZTLAN, 89, from
- MEXICANS, 67, 83, 85, 87, 123, 125. See
- FOOTNOTES.
- End of Project Gutenberg's Ancient Nahuatl Poetry, by Daniel G. Brinton