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Original lyrics
Zan yehuan
Zan yehuan.
Ipal nemohua.
Ninentlamatia,
¿ac azo aic ic?
¿Ac azo aic?
Nonahuiya in tenahuacan.
In zan tictlazotzetzelohua,
in motechpa ye huitz in moneciultonol,
¡Ipal nemohua!
In izquizochitli, cacahuazochitli,
zan noconelehuiya,
zan ninentlamatia...
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citlālicue on 2015-05-30
citlālicue on 2015-05-30Translation
He Alone
He alone,
the Giver of Life.
Empty wisdom had I,
Perhaps no one?
Perhaps no one?
I was not content at the side ofthe people.
Precious things you have poured down,
from you comes joy,
Giver of Life!
Sweet-smelling flowers, precious flowers,
with eagerness have I longed for them,
empty wisdom had I.
Nezahualcóyotl: Top 3
| 1. | Xon Ahuiyacan |
| 2. | Nonantzin |
| 3. | Xopan cuicatl |
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Translation from Miguel Leon-Portilla's "Fifteen Poets of the Aztec World", page 97. Published October 2000 by the University of Oklahoma Press.