Rig Veda Americanus: Sacred Songs of the Ancient Mexicans, With a Gloss in Nahuatl
Religion
Rig Veda Americanus: Sacred Songs of the Ancient Mexicans, With a Gloss in Nahuatl
Nahuatl poetry
5. Tozquixaya nictzotzomiao, _q.n._, nictzotzona, in tezcatzintli
oncan nexa in tezcatzonco, oncan oyol tzoniztapalatiati ocxoni ni octli.
_Hymn to Macuilxochitl._
1. Yes, I shall go there to-night, to the house of flowers; I shall
exercise the priestly office to-night.
2. We labor in thy house, our mother, from dawn unto night, fulfilling
the priestly office, laboring in the night.
3. A dreadful god is our god Tezcatlipoca, he is the only god, he will
answer us.
4. His heart is in the Tezcatzontli; my god is not timid like a hare
nor is he peaceable; I shall overturn, I shall penetrate the Mixcoatepec
in Colhuacan.
5. I sing, I play on an instrument, I am the noble instrument, the
mirror; I am he who lifts the mirror; I cry aloud, intoxicated with the
wine of the tuna.
_Notes._
As before stated (Notes to Hymn VIII), Macuilxochitl is another title of
the flower-god Xochipilli.
XX. _Yacatecutli icuic._
1. Anomatia aytoloc, anomatia aytoloc, tzocotzontla aytoloc,
tzocotzontla anomatia aytoloc.
2. Pipitla aytoloc, pipitla anomatia aytoloc, cholotla aytoloc,
pipitla anomatia aytoloc.
3. Tonacayutl nicmaceuh aca naxcan noquacuillo atliyollo,
nechualyauicatiaque xalli itepeuhya.
4. Chalchiuhpetlacalco ni naxcan aca naxcan noquacuillo, atliyollo
nechualyauicatiaque xalli itepeuhya.
_Gloss._
1. Anomatia, _q.n._, amo nixpan in omito yauyutl inic otepeualoc
tzocotzontla, amo nomatia in omito yauyutl.
2. Pipitla aytoloc, _q.n._, ynic tepeualoc pipitla amo nicmati inic
omito yauyutl, in cholotla ic otepeualloc amo nixpan ynic oyautlatolloc.
3. Tonacayutl nicmaceuh, _q.n._, yn tonacayutl inic onicmaceuh
ayaxcan, onechualhuicaque in oquacuiloan in xochayutl, in coqniayutl in
teuelteca, quimilhui in iquintonaz tlatuiz anoquacuiloan ayezque. Xalli
tepeuhya, _id est_, tlalocan. Quilmach chalchiuhpetlacalli in quitepeuh
inic tepeuh.
4. Chalchiuhpetlacalco ninaxcan, _q.n._, onca ninotlati in chalchiuh
petlacalco. Ayaxcan ynechualhuicatiaque yn oquacuiloan atliyoloa in umpa
tlallocan.
_Hymn to Yacatecutli._
1. I know not what is said, I know not what is said, what is said
about Tzocotzontlan, I know not what is said about Tzocotzontlan.
2. I know not what is said of Pipitlan, what is said of Pipitlan, nor
what is said of Cholollan, what of Pipitlan, of Pipitlan.
3. Now I seek our food, proceeding to eat it and to drink of the
water, going to where the sand begins.
4. Now I go to my beautiful house, there to eat my food, and to drink
of the water, going to where the sand begins.
_Notes._
The god Yacatecutli, whose name means "lord of travelers," or "the lord
who guides," was the divinity of the merchants. Sahagun (_Historia_,
Lib. I, cap. 19) and Duran (_Historia_, cap. 90) furnish us many
particulars of his worship.
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