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Author:   John Bierhorst
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
Imprint:   University of Texas Press
Edition:   annotated edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780292723450

ISBN 10:   0292723458
Pages:   253
Publication Date:   01 July 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English

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Preface A Note on Orthography Using the Online Edition Introduction On the Translation of Aztec Poetry Guide to the Vocabulary Romances de los Senores de la Nueva Espana/Ballads of the Lords of New Spain Guide to the Transcription The Text in Nahuatl and in English Part 1 [I] 1. Friends, let us sing [II] 2. I'm coming, I, Yoyontzin, craving flowers [III] 3. Again they make music [IV] 4. God Self Maker's home is nowhere [V] 5. Friends, listen to this [VI] 6. I come to guard the city [VII] 7. The flower lords, the song bells [VIII] 8. Chalco's come to fight [IX] 9. Let's drink [X] 10. For a moment God's drums come forth [XI] 11. May your flesh, your hearts be leafy green [XII] 12. The flower trees are whirling [XIII] 13. In this flower house [XIV] 14. Princes, I've been hearing good songs Part 2 [XV] 1. Now let us begin [XVI] 2. A master of egrets makes these flowers move [XVII] 3. On this flower mat you paint your songs [XVIII] 4. Are You obliging? [XIX] 5. I'm born in vain [XX] 6. I strike up a song [XXI] 7. I stand up the drum [XXII] 8. Your flowers blossom as bracelets [XXIII] 9. My heart is greatly wanting flowers [XXIV] 10. Let there be comrades [XXV] 11. Strike it up beautifully [XXVI] 12. Eagle flowers, broad leafy ones, are sprouting [XXVII] 13. A shield-roaring blaze-smoke rises up [XXVIII] 14. Flowers are our only adornment Part 3 [XXIX] 1. [. . .] [XXIX-A] 1-A. You paint with flowers, with songs [XXX] 2. Your flowers are jade [XXXI] 3. Come forth and play our drum [XXXII] 4. In the house of pictures Part 4 [XXXIII] 1. Begin in beauty [XXXIV] 2. Like flowers [XXXV] 3. Never with shields [XXXVI] 4. Jade, turquoise: your chalk, [your] plumes Commentary Concordance to Proper Nouns Verbs, Particles, and Common Nouns Appendix I: Two Versions of the Myth of the Origin of Music Appendix II: Corrections for the Cantares Edition Bibliography Index

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John Bierhorst is the author of thirty-five books on the Native literature of the Americas, including Cantares Mexicanos: Songs of the Aztecs; A Nahuatl-English Dictionary; History and Mythology of the Aztecs: The Codex Chimalpopoca; Mythology of the Lenape: Guide and Texts; and Latin American Folktales: Stories from Hispanic and Indian Traditions. He lives in West Shokan, New York.

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