Auh inic ahmo mitzihiyaz in motlahuical: ximocenmati, ximalti, ximopapaca: zan tel icuac in monequi, inic ahmo tilhuiloz, titocayotiloz tapepetzton, tinemachxoch
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Mochi tlakatl XICPAkAITTA Aw IN NO Ik AyAC MOXIkTIZ IN IMONEkyAN XICTLAHUELMANA IN IHIYOTL
look happily at all people But also, In order that nobody may think less of you, put anger in your breath at the right moment – Florentine codex, book 6, advice given to a daughter by her mother
Mochi tlacatl xicpacaitta auh in no ic ayac moxictiz in imonequian xictlahuelmana in ihiyotl.
O izcatqui in ohtli tictocaz, ihuin tinemiez, ihuan: ihuin in otechmozcaltilitiaqueh, in motecuiyotzitziyohuan, in totecuiyohuan, in totecuiyohuan in cihuapipiltin, in ilamatlacah in tzoniztaqueh, in cuaiztaqueh: cuix cenca ixquich quicahuaya in, ca zan cencamatl in quitemacaya, in quicahuaya, in quihtoaya ca zan ye ixquich intlahtol. Xiccaquican: nemachpan, nemachyocan in tlalticpac: izca tlahtolli xiccaquican, auh xicpiacan: auh itech xicanacan in amonemiliz, in amotlachiyoal. Tlachichiquilco in tihui, in tinemi tlalticpac, nipa centlani, nipa centlani: intla nipa xiauh, intla noce nipa xiauh, ompa tonhuetziz: zan tlanepantla in huiloa, in nemoa
Here it is the road you will follow, with it you will live. and this is how your lords, our lords, the noble women, the old women, the white-haired ones, and the white-headed ones raised us. Did they perhaps leave, say, give us only one word, did they say only enough words? Y’all listen, Earth is a place of knowledge, of learning. Here are the words, y’all listen and y’all guard them and from it take it, grow your vision, your way of life. On a ridge we go, we live on the Earth. Over here is an abyss, over there is an abyss. If you go here or there you will fall: only in the middle do people go, do people live.