Ancient Nahuatl Poetry, Containing the Nahuatl Text of XXVII Ancient Mexican Poems, Brinton's Library of Aboriginal American Literature Number VII

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Reading edition

1. Tlauitl, red ochre, quecholli, a bird so called, aztatl, a heron, ehualtia, reverential of ehua, to rise up; hence, "It (or he) shone like a noble red-winged heron rising in flight."

2. Ayauitl, mist; coçamalotl, rainbow; tonameyotl, shining, brightness; ti, connective; mani, substantive verb. "The brightness of the rain bow is there." There is no conjunction "and"; Father Carochi seems to have carelessly taken ayauh, which is the form of ayauitl in composition, for the conjunction auh, and. Each of the lines given is a detached fragment, without connection with the others.

3. xiuitl, something blue or green; coyolli, bells; tzitzilicaliztli, tinkling. "The golden drum's turquoise-bell-tinkling."

4. xiuhtic, blue or green; tlapalli, red; cuiloa, to paint or write; amoxtli, book; manca, imperf. of mani. "There was a book painted in red and green." 5. chalchiuhuitl, the jade; cozcatl, a jewel; mecatl, a string; totoma, frequentative of toma, to unfold, unwind. "I unwind my song like a string of precious jewels."

Notes in this chapter

Note 1 · See above, page 10 Note 2 · On the Ikonomatic Method of Phonetic Writing, with special reference to American Archeology. By D. G. Brinton, in Proceedings of the America Note 3 · This fact is mentioned by Lord Kingsborough in his great work on Mexico, Vol. VI, p. 533.Note 4 · It is described in the Anales del Museo Nacional, Tom. III, p. 262.Note 5 · Echevarria's words are "los pongo en su idioma." Hist. del Origen de las Gentes que poblaron la Nueva España, Discurso Preliminar, in Kingsb Note 6 · See his Tezcuco en los Ultimas Tiempos de sus Antiguos Reyes. Parte IV (Mexico, 1826).Note 7 · See the description of this fragment of Boturini by Señor Alfredo Chavero in the Anales del Museo Nacional, Tom. III, p. 242.Note 8 · M. Aubin, Notice sur une Collection d'Antiquités Mexicaines, pp. 8, 9. (Paris, 1851.)Note 9 · Printed very incorrectly in Lord Kingsborough's edition of Ixtlilxochitl's Relaciones Historicas (Rel. X, Kingsborough, Antiquities of Mexic Note 10 · See Sahagun, Historia de Nueva España, Lib. II, Appendix.Note 11 · Bustamente puts the number of the songs of Nezahualcoyotl at eighty, of which he could find only one extant, and this, as I understand his w Note 12 · Tardes Americanas, pp. 90-94. (Mexico, 1778.)Note 13 · Torquemada, Monarquia Indiana, Lib. II, cap. 45. The word huehuetitlan, seems to be a misprint for ahuehuetitlan, from ahuehuetl, with the l Note 14 · Op. cit.Tom. I, p. 795.Note 15 · Grammatica del Idioma Mexicano, p. 180. (Mexico, 1880.)