luego la lavaba, y lavándola hablaba con ella y decía, si era varón: "Hijo mío, llegaos a vuestra madre la diosa del agua llamada Chalchihuitlicue o Chalchihuitltlatónac. Tenga ella por bien de os recibir y de lavaros. Tenga ella por bien de apartar de ti la suciedad que tomaste de tu padre y madre. Tenga por bien de limpiar tu corazón y de hacerte bueno y limpio. Tenga por bien de te dar buenas costumbres".
\nY luego la partera hablaba con la misma agua, y decía: "Piadosísima señora nuestra que os llamáis Chalchihuitlicue, Chalchihuitltlatónac, aquí ha venido a este mundo este vuestro siervo, al cual ha enviado acá nuestra madre y nuestro padre, que se llama Ometecuhtli y Omecíhuatl, que vive sobre los nueve cielos, que es el lugar de la habitación destos los dioses. No sabemos qué fueron los dones que trae. No sabemos qué le fue dado ante del principio de] mundo. No sabemos qués es su ventura, con qué viene revuelta. No sabemos si es buena ni si es malo, qué tal es
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\nAnd then the midwife would speak to the water itself, saying, “Our most pious lady, you who are called Chalchiuhtlicue [and] Chalchihuitlatonac, this servant of yours has come here to this world, and he has been sent here by our mother and father called Ome Teuctli and Ome Cihuatl, who live above the nine heavens at the place that is the dwelling of these gods. We do not know what kind of gifts he is bringing along. We do not know what was given to him before the beginning of the world. We do not know what his fortune will be or what will be involved with it. We do not know if it will be good or bad, or what type
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\nQujnotza in teutl, in chalchivitl icue, in atl: qujlvia in ticitl. Tlacatl totecujo, chalchivitl icue, chalchiuhtlatonac: ca oiecoc in maceoalli, â ca oqujoalmjoali in tonan, in tota, in vme tecutli, in vme cioatl, in chicunauhnepanjuhca, in vmeioca: â quenamj ic ochichioaloc, quenamj omacoc in iooaian, quenamj qujtqujtivitz,
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"5a9ee92c-809e-4f93-b184-e395d561ed39","choice":{"en":["Nahuatl-to-English by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl-al-inglés por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]},"type":"translation","type_label":{"en":["nahuatl translation"],"es":["traducción al náhuatl"]},"column":"nahuatl","language":{"en":["English"],"es":["Inglés"]},"language_code":"eng","subtitle":"(Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982)","markdown":"then she bathed the baby. [As] she continued washing him, she proceeded to address him. She said to him, if male: “Approach thy mother Chalchiuhtli icue, Chalchiuhtlatonac![^2] May she receive thee! May she wash thee, may she cleanse thee! May she remove, may she transfer the filthiness which thou hast taken from thy mother, from thy father! May she cleanse thy heart; may she make it fine, good! May she give thee fine, good conduct!”\n\nThe midwife addressed the goddess Chalchiuitl icue, the water. She said to her: “Lady, our lady Chalchiuitl icue, Chalchiuhtlatonac, the commoner hath arrived. Our mother, our father Ome tecutli, Ome ciuatl,[^3] from [above] the nine heavens, in the place of duality[^4] hath sent him. [It is not known] how he was arrayed, the nature of that given him in the beginning, the nature of that which he came bearing, \n\n\n\n\n[^2]: The corresponding Spanish text treats the two names as synonymous: *”llegaos a vuestra madre la diosa del agua, llamada chalchiujtl ycue oy* [sic] *chalchiuitl tlatonac… .”*\n\n\n[^3]: For a consideration of Ome tecutli, Ome ciuatl see León-Portilla, *La filosofía nahuatl*, p. 386.\n\n\n[^4]: See *ibid*., pp. 148ff., 386f. The corresponding Spanish text refers to *”vr̃o sieruo, al qual a embiado aca nr̃a madre y nuestro padre que se llama ome tecutli y ome cioatl, que viue sobre los nueue cielos que es el lugar de la habitacion: destos dos dioses… .”*","html":"then she bathed the baby. [As] she continued washing him, she proceeded to address him. She said to him, if male: “Approach thy mother Chalchiuhtli icue, Chalchiuhtlatonac!1 May she receive thee! May she wash thee, may she cleanse thee! May she remove, may she transfer the filthiness which thou hast taken from thy mother, from thy father! May she cleanse thy heart; may she make it fine, good! May she give thee fine, good conduct!”
\nThe midwife addressed the goddess Chalchiuitl icue, the water. She said to her: “Lady, our lady Chalchiuitl icue, Chalchiuhtlatonac, the commoner hath arrived. Our mother, our father Ome tecutli, Ome ciuatl,2 from [above] the nine heavens, in the place of duality3 hath sent him. [It is not known] how he was arrayed, the nature of that given him in the beginning, the nature of that which he came bearing,
\nThe corresponding Spanish text treats the two names as synonymous: ”llegaos a vuestra madre la diosa del agua, llamada chalchiujtl ycue oy [sic] chalchiuitl tlatonac… .”↩
For a consideration of Ome tecutli, Ome ciuatl see León-Portilla, La filosofía nahuatl, p. 386.↩
See ibid., pp. 148ff., 386f. The corresponding Spanish text refers to ”vr̃o sieruo, al qual a embiado aca nr̃a madre y nuestro padre que se llama ome tecutli y ome cioatl, que viue sobre los nueue cielos que es el lugar de la habitacion: destos dos dioses… .”↩