1. Q.n., yn itzonmolcatl notauane ye nemechpinauhtiz nachcan nochan tetemoan, ye nemechpinauhtiz.
  2. Q.n., yn mecatla amo tecuhuan in oncan icçotl mimilcatoc ueyaquixtoc icçotl uncan in temoc in chicueyocan.
  3. Q.n., yn tzonmolco otipeuhque macuico yn tzonmolco macuico otipeuhque tleica in amo anualquiça tleica yn ayaualquiça.
  4. Q.n., yn tzonmolco otonac auh in omaceualhoan xinechinacaqui notechpouizque yn enetoltiloyan.
  5. Q.n., yn cuicatl tzomolco ca ye cauani in aic necuiltonollo netotilo in tetecuti yeua moteicnelil ca mauiztic.
  6. Q.n., yn ciuatontli xitenonotza in quiauat ayauhcalcatl, id est, in ticiuatontli xitenonotza.

[Hymn to Ixcoçauhqui.]

  1. In the Hall of Flames let me not put to shame my ancestors; descending there, let me not put you to shame.
  2. I fasten a rope to the sacred tree, I twist it in eight folds, that by it I, a magician, may descend to the magical house.
  3. Begin your song in the Hall of Flames; begin your song in the Hall of Flames; why does the magician not come forth? Why does he not rise up?
  4. Let his subjects assist in the Hall of Flames; he appears, he appears, let his subjects assist.
  5. Let the servants never cease the song in the Hall of Flames; let them rejoice greatly, let them dance wonderfully.
  6. Call ye for the woman with abundant hair, whose care is the mist and the rain, call ye for her.

[Notes.]

Ixcoçauhqui, [“the Yellow Faced,”] was the [Mexican God of Fire]. [Torquemada] gives as his synonyms [Xiuhtecutli], “Lord of Fire,” and [Huehueteotl], [“the Ancient God”] (Monarquia Indiana, Lib. VI., cap. 28). Elsewhere he identifies him with the [Sun-god] (Ibid., Lib. XIV., cap. 4). [Sahagun describes his annual festival (Hist., Lib. II., cap. 38)], and gives another of his names, [Cueçaltzin], a reverential form of cuezalotl, flame (Hist., Lib. I., cap. 13).

The [tzonmolco] so often referred to in this hymn was the sixty-fourth edifice in the great [temple of Tenochtitlan], and was devoted to the worship of Ixcoçauhqui (Sahagun). The word literally means [“the place of spreading hairs,” the rays or ornaments spreading from the head of the statue of the god representing flames] (Sahagun).

The reference in v. 6 seems to be to one of the [women who were sacrificed at the festival], as related by Sahagun (Lib. II., App.).

[VII. Mimixcoa icuic.]

  1. [Chicomoztoc quinexaqui, çani aueponi, çani, çani, teyomi.]
  2. [Tziuactitlan quinexaqui, çani a aueponi, çani, çani, teyomi.]
  3. [Oya nitemoc, oya nitemoc, aya ica nitemoc notziuaquimiuh, aya ica nitemoc notziuaquimiuh.]
  4. [Oya nitemoc, oya nitemoc, ayayca nitemoc nomatlauacal.]
  5. [Ni quimacui, ni quimacui, yuaya niquimacui, niquimacui, yuanya ayo macuiui.]
  6. [Tlachtli icpacaya, uel incuicaya, quetzalcuxcuxaya, quinanquilia çinteutla, aay.]