from TRATADO | PEYOTE CURE |
Hernandez Ruiz de Alarcón (Mexico 17c.) . |
trans. Edward Dorn & Gordon Brotherston (from Nahuatl) |
tlacuel tlaxihuallauh xoxouhqui cihuatl tla xicpehuiti xoxouhqui totonqui yayauhqui totonqui tlatlauhqui totonqui cocauhqui totonqui ye oncan nimitztlitan chicomoztoc amo quin moztla amo quin huiptla niman axcan ticquixtiz ac teotl ac mahuiztli in ye quixpolloa motlachihualtzin nomatca nehuatl ninahualteuctli |
Hey, come along, green woman; scare, scare the green fever, the blackish fever, the red fever, the yellow fever: I have already sent you to the Seven Caves. Not tomorrow nor the day after, but right now you will make him leave. What god, what prodigy, thinks to destroy your creature? The lord of magic is me and me alone. |
Trans. Copyright © Edward Dorn & Gordon Brotherston 1999, - publ. North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, Cal.
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