2. Tonan, “Our Mother”; Tlazolteotl, the goddess of lascivious love, [Venus impudica]. The verb yecoa appears to have its early signification, expressing carnal connection.
3. [Centeotl, god of maize and fertility.]
8. The flowers referred to are the youths and maidens who die young.
9. [The house of the ball player] is the tomb.
11. This verse is very obscure and is obviously corrupt. It contains the only Spanish word in the text of these hymns—obispo—a word including two letters, b and s, not in the Nahuatl alphabet.
12. The woman referred to is [Xochiquetzal]. See [Hymn IX].
Priest of Xippe Totec, Drinking and Playing on a Drum. Hymn XV.