The Annals of the CakchiquelsArana Xajilá, Francisco Hernández
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The Annals of the Cakchiquels
Arana Xajilá, Francisco Hernández
Cakchikel Indians; Cakchikel literature; Guatemala -- History -- To 1821
32. [c]ate[c]aok x[c]hocobax chuvi [c]hacat, ok xkaul, kitzih xquininah,
xe cha [c]a conohel: At kacha[t], mix akaçah ru [t]a[t]al huyu, mi xaya
ka [t]a[t]; yx cay chi al, hun nabey al, hun xambey al chivichin, yx ka
vi, yxka holom, xecha conohel ahlabal vuk ama[t], chirichin ri
[t]a[t]avitz. Ok xcha [c]a chiquichin: Xpeul ru [c]ux huyu nu teleche nu
cana, yx nucha[t], nunimal. Ok xquir [c]a ri ru [c]ux huyu,
xa[c]olo[c]ic [t]a[t] chi abah, hari abah çakcho[t] rubi, maqui raxa
abah, oxlahuh [c]a [c]oh [c]o ru [c]in ri abah, ha[c]a rix[c,]ul ru
[c]ux huyu [t]a[t]xanul; xa [c]a cha ri couh ru xahic rix[c,]ul, [c]i ya
[c]hob, tuban maqui ahilam re[c,]anibal.
32. Therefore, when he had arrived they seated him on the throne,
and truly made much of him, and all said: “Oh our brother, you have
conquered the fire of the mountain; you have reduced for us the
fire. Ye are two heroes; one is the first hero, and one follows
him. Ye are our heads, our chiefs.” So said all the warriors of the
seven villages to Gagavitz. Then he said to them: “The heart of the
mountain has come as my slave, my captive, oh you my brethren, my
kinsmen.” When the heart of the mountain is opened, the fire
separates from the stone, even the stone called Gak Chog. It is not
a green stone, and there are thirteen others with it, and hence
comes the dance called “the heart of the mountain Gagxanul.” They
say this dance is executed violently, with many troops (of
dancers), nor can one count those who join the noise.
33. Xepe chi[c]a chiri xei[c]o chipe Çeçic Ynup rubi, xaceel chuvi choy;
ri ynup maqui na tiquil, mani ruxe ri ynup, xatibilan chuvi ya.
Quere[c]a ru binaam vi Çeçic Ynup ri xey [c]o chipe chuvi huyu,
[c]alalapacay ru bi; xax [c]al he ru xak pacay xqui[c]hacatih. Quere[c]a
xubinaah vi [c]alalapacay ri, quecha ka mama.
33. They went from there and passed over to Cecic Ynup, as it is
called, and they rowed on the lake. There was no ceiba tree rooted
in the soil, nor did they go under a ceiba tree, but they went upon
the water. Therefore, they called that place Cecic Ynup, “the
buried Ceiba.” And they passed on to the place called Qalalapacay.
There they twined the leaves of the anonas for the royal seat.
Therefore, they called that place Qalalapacay, “anona garlands.” So
say our ancestors.
_[c]ambal richin Ykoma[t] vae._
_The Conquest of the Ikomagi._
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