NICAN OMPEHUA TEPONAZCUICATL.

HERE BEGIN SONGS FOR THE TEPONAZTLI.

Tico, tico, toco, toto, auh ic ontlantiuh cuicatl, tiqui, ti ti, tito, titi.

Tico, tico, toco, toto, and as the song approaches the end, tiqui, titi, tito, titi.

1.  Tollan aya huapalcalli manca, nozan in mamani coatlaquetzalli yaqui yacauhtehuac Nacxitl Topiltzin, onquiquiztica ye choquililo in topilhuan ahuay yeyauh in polihuitiuh nechcan Tlapallan ho ay.

1.  At Tollan there stood the house of beams, there yet stands the house of plumed serpents left by Nacxitl Topiltzin; going forth weeping, our nobles went to where he was to perish, down there at Tlapallan.

2.  Nechcayan Cholollan oncan tonquizaya Poyauhtecatitlan, in quiyapanhuiya y Acallan anquiquiztica ye choquililon ye.

2.  We went forth from Cholula by way of Poyauhtecatl, and ye went forth weeping down by the water toward Acallan.

3.  Nonohualco ye nihuitz ye nihui quecholi nimamaliteuctla, nicnotlamatia oyah quin noteuc ye ihuitimali, nechya icnocauhya nimatlac xochitl, ayao ayao o ayya y yao ay.

3.  I come from Nonohualco as if I carried quechol birds to the place of the nobles; I grieve that my lord has gone, garlanded with feathers; I am wretched like the last flower.

4.  In tepetl huitomica niyaychocaya, axaliqueuhca nicnotlamatiya o yaquin noteuc (etc. as v. 3).

4.  With the falling down of mountains I wept, with the lifting up of sands I was wretched, that my lord had gone.

5.  In Tlapallan aya mochieloca monahuatiloca ye cochiztla o anca ca zanio ayao, ayao, ayao.

5.  At Tlapallan he was waited for, it was commanded that there he should sleep, thus being alone.

6.  Zan tiyaolinca ye noteuc ic ihuitimali, tinahuatiloya ye Xicalanco o anca zacanco.

6.  In our battles my lord was garlanded with feathers; we were commanded to go alone to Xicalanco.

7.  Ay yanco ay yanco ayamo aya ayhuiya ayanco ayyanco ayamo aye ahuiya que ye mamaniz mocha moquiapana, oquen ye mamaniz moteuccallatic ya icnocauhqui nican Tollan Nonohualco ya y ya y ya o ay.

7.  Alas! and alas! who will be in thy house to attire thee?  Who will be the ruler in thy house, left desolate here in Tollan, in Nonohualco?

8.  In ye quinti chocaya teuctlon, timalon que ye mamaniz mochan (etc. as v. 7).

8.  After he was drunk, the ruler wept; we glorified ourselves to be in thy dwelling.

9.  In tetl, in quahuitl o on timicuilotehuac nachcan Tollan y inon can in otontlatoco Naxitl Topiltzin y aye polihuiz ye motoca ye ic ye chocaz in momacehual ay yo.

9.  Misfortune and misery were written against us there in Tollan, that our leader Nacxitl Topiltzin was to be destroyed and thy subjects made to weep.

10.  Zan can xiuhcalliya cohuacallaya in oticmatehuac nachcan Tollan y inon can yn otontlatoco Naxitl Topiltzin (etc. as in v. 9).