[Mo]tecuzoma, oído lo que dixeron, entristecióse mucho. Estaba cabizbajo. No hablaba. Estaba enmudecida, casi fuera de sí. A cabo de rato díxolos: "Pues ¿qué hemos de hacer, varones nobles? Ya estamos para perdernos. Y a tenemos tragada la muerte. No hemos de subirnos a alguna sierra, ni hemos de huir. Mexicanos somos. Ponernos hemos a lo que viniere por la honra de nuestra generación mexicana. Pésame de los viejos y viejas, y de los niños y niñas que no tienen posibilidad ni discreción para valerse. ¿Dónde los escaparán sus padres? Pues ¿qué hemos de hacer? Nacidos somos; venga lo que viniere."
\n[Mo]tecuçoma: oydo lo que dixeron entristeciose mucho, estaua cabizbaxo. no hablaua, estaua enmudecida casi fuera de si:
\na cabo de rato, dixolos: pues que emos de hazer varones nobles? ya estamos para perdernos, ya tenemos tragada la muerte! no emos de subirnos a alguna sierra ni emos de huyr! Mexicanos somos, ponernos emos a lo que viniere por la honrra de nuestra generacion mexicana: pesame de los viejos y viejas y de los niños y niñas que no tienen posibilidad ni discrecion para valerse donde los escaparan sus padres! Pues que emos de hazer? Nacido somos venga lo que viniere.
\npresence and he had heard what they said, he was greatly saddened. He sat with his head down; he did not speak, but was struck dumb and almost unconscious.
\nAfter a while, he said to them, "Well, noble lords, what are we to do? We are about to be lost. We are already reconciled to our deaths. We will not climb some mountain or run away! We are Mexica, we will face what should come for the honor of our Mexica stock. I grieve for the old men and women, and for the little boys and girls who lack the possibility and discretion to take care of themselves. Where can their parents find escape for them? What are we to do, then? We are born [exist as we are]; let come what may."
\nwith those who had first gone with Tzihuacpopocatzin.
\nAnd when the messengers got there, they told Moteucçoma what had happened and what they had seen. When Moteucçoma heard it, he just hung his head and sat there, not saying a word. He sat like someone on the verge of death; for a long time it was as though he had lost awareness.
\nHe answered them only by saying to them, “What can be done, o men of unique valor?1 We have come to the end. We are resigned. Should we climb up in the mountains? But should we run away? We are Mexica. Will the Mexica state flourish [in exile]? Look at the sad condition of the poor old men and women, and the little children who know nothing yet. Where would they be taken? What answer is there? What can be done, whatever can be done? Where are we to go? We are resigned to whatever we will see, of whatever nature.”
\nMOCECHTLE. Read “moceloquichtle.”↩
con los que primero fueron, [los de] Tzihuacpopocatzin. Y una vez que ellos vinieron a llegar, los mensajeros, así le contaron a Moctezuma cómo fue lo que ocurrió, cómo fue lo que vieron. Moctezuma, cuando escuchó esto, sólo inclinó la cabeza, sólo se quedó inclinando la cabeza, dobló el cuello, se quedó con el cuello doblado, ya no habló fuerte, sólo se quedó abatido por un largo tiempo, como si estuviese abstraído. Todo lo que respondió, lo que dijo [fue esto]: “¿Qué ha de hacerse, oh varones-jaguar? Ya fuimos, ya nos tomamos [nuestra medicina].1 ¿Acaso nos subiremos a algún cerro?, ¿o acaso hemos de huir? Nosotros somos mexicas, ¿acaso en verdad habrá gloria para la mexihcayotl?2 Miserable es el anciano decrépito, la anciana decrépita, y el niñito que aún no sabe nada. ¿A dónde han de ser llevados?, ¿qué ha de hacerse?, ¿qué remedio hay?, ¿a dónde en verdad [iremos]? Ya estamos tomándonos [nuestra medicina]. Lo que sea, como sea, hemos de asombrarnos de ello”.
\nin achto iaque in Tzioacpopocatzin.
\nAuh in oacico iehoantin titlantin, iuh quipovilique in Motecuçoma in iuh mochiuh in iuh quittaque. In motecuçoma, in o iuh quicac, ça oaltolo ça oaltolotimotlali, oalquechpilo, oalquechpilotimotlali, aocmo oalnaoat, çan ontlanauhtimotlali, vecauhtica in iuhqui ontlapolo,
\nça ixquich inic quinoalnanquili: quinoalilhui, Quennel mocechtle1 ca ie ic toncate, ca ie otictomacaque, cuix cacah tepetl tictlecavizque: auh cuix ticholozque ca timexica, cuix nellaontimaliviz in mexicaiutl, motolinia in icnoveve, in icnoilama: auh in piltzintli, in aia quimati, campa neviquililozque, quēnel, quēçannel nen, quēnoçonel, campanel, ca ie tictomacaticate in çaço tlein, in çaço quenami in ticmaviçozque.
\nMOCECHTLE. Read “moceloquichtle.”↩
in achto iaque in Tzioacpopocatzin.
\nAuh in oacico iehoantin titlantin, iuhquj povilique in Motecuçoma in juh mochiuh in juh qujttaque. In motecuçoma, in oiuh qujcac, ça oaltolo ça oaltolotimotlali, oalquechpilo, oalquechpilotimotlali, aocmo oalnaoat, çan ontlanauhtimotlali, vecauhtica in iuhquj ontlapolo,
\nça ixqujch injc qujnoalnanqujli: qujnoalilhuj. Quennel mocechtle ca ie ic toncate, ca ie otictomacaque, cujx cacah tepetl tictlecavizque: auh cujx ticholozque ca timexica, cujx nellaontimaliviz in mexicaiutl, motolinja in jcnoveve, in jcnoilama: auh in piltzintli, in aia qujmati, campa neviqujlilozque, quēnel, quēçannel nen, quēnoçonel, campa nel, ca ie tictomacaticate in çaço tlein, in çaço quenamj in ticmaviçozque.
\n####Injc matlactli onnavi capitulo, vncan mjtoa in quenjn Motecuçoma tlanaoati in motzatzaquaz vtli injc amo vel aciqujvi Españoles, in njcā mexico.
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\nAnd when these messengers had come to arrive, they so related to Moctezuma what had come to pass, what they had beheld. Moctezuma, when he heard it, only bowed his head; he only sat with bowed head. He hung his head; he sat with head hanging down. No longer did he speak aloud; he only sat dejected for a long time, as if he had lost hope.
\nHe only answered them in this way; he said to them: “What now, O my warriors? For already we are [at the end]; for already we have taken our medicine. Are there perchance mountains that we shall climb? And shall we perchance run away? For we are Mexicans. Will the Mexican state in truth be glorified? Unfortunate2 are the poor old man, the poor old woman, and the child who hath no understanding. Where will they be taken? What now? What is to be done, in vain? What can be done? Where, in truth, [can we go]? For already we have taken our medicine. Whatsoever, wheresoever it is, we shall marvel at it!”
\nPan ni capitoloh zaniloa ica ce tlanahuatilli tlen quihtohqui Moteuczoma ma quichihuacan itlapalehuihcahuan. Moteuczoma ica miac tequipacholli huan cuezolli pan iyollo, tlanahuatih ma quiihtlacocan ohtli tlen Mexco tlen campa huallohuih caxtiltlacameh. Ni quitl pan ohtli quitocqueh metl huan iuhquinon axcanah huelizceh panoh caxtiltlacameh huan quintlachiyaltihqueh ica ohtli tlen yohui Tetzcohco. Zanpampa caxtitlacameh momacaqueh cuentah huan quinihcuenihqueh nopa metl tlen eltoyah pan ohtli. Teipan ni caxtiltlacameh mociauhcauhqueh huan cochqueh pan chinanco Amaquemehcan huan tonilquiyoc quicencuilihqueh ininohhui. Iuhquinon ahcitoh pan chinanco Cuitlahuac, nican Hernán Cortés quinzancehcotilih nochi macehualmeh tlen Chinampan, Xochimilco, Cuitlahuac, Mizquiz. Caxtiltlacameh quinyolmelauhqueh ni macehualmeh, quitl ne chinanco tlen Amaquemehcan yehyectzin quincelihqueh huan axoncac yonce cualantli. Nouhquiya pan ni chinanco macehualmeh yehyectzin quincelihqueh huan axtlen oncah yonce cualantli, caxtiltlacameh, chicahuac calacqueh huan nimantzin quizqueh, teipan caxtitlacameh yahqueh ica Itztalapan, ohtli tlen yohui ica Mexco.
\nQuemman ahcitoh caxtiltlacameh Itztapalapan, yonce mexcoeuhquetl axpanquizqui, zan itztoyah ininchan, pampa quimatiyayah cualli tlen quichiuhtoyah pan cequin chinanco. Inihhuantin zan mocuezohtoyah pampa quimatiyayah miquizceh, iuhquinon panoc ni tlamantli pan ni chinanco.
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