from CHILAM BALAM OF CHUMAYEL | UINAL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12c. Mayan Myths. (recorded 16c.) | trans. Edward Dorn & Gordon Brotherston (from Maya) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bay tzolci yax ah miatz Merchise yax ah bovat
ca hoppi u ximbal tuba tu hunal Ca yalah u chich ca yalah u dzenaa ca yalah u mim
cu thanob tamuk u ximbalob cuchie minan uinic
mac ti mani uay lae he yocob lae ppiz ta uoci ci bin u tban u colel cab cabin u ppizah yoc ca yumil ti Dios citbil lay u chun yalci xoc lah cab oc lae lahca Oc lay tzolan zihci tumen oxlahun Oc uchci u nup tanba yoc likciob te ti likine ca yalah u kaba ti minan u kaba kin cuchie ximbalnahci y u chiich y u dzenaa y u mim y u muu zi uinal zihci kin u kaba zihci caan y luum eb haa luum tunich y che zihci u bal kabnab y luum |
It was set out this way by the first sage Melchisedek, the first
His mothers mother and her mother, his mothers sister and his
These are the words they spoke as they moved along, where
"Who has been here? These are footprints. Get the rhythm of
And our Father, Dios, measured his step. This is why the count by footstep of the whole world, xoc lah cab
When the one foot joined its counter-print to make the moment of
as he moved along with his mother's mother and her mother, his
the stairway of water, earth, stone and wood, the things of sea and
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Trans. Copyright © Edward Dorn & Gordon Brotherston 1999, - publ. North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, Cal.
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