Hija mía, muy amada, mujer valiente y esforzada. Habéislo hecho como águila y como tigre. Esforzadamente habéis usado en vuestra batalla la rodela. Valerosamente habéis imitado a nuestra madre Cihuacóatl y Quilaztli, por lo cual nuestro señor os ha puesto en los estrados y sillas de los valientes soldados.
\n¡Oh, hija mía, águila! Habéis hecho todo vuestro poder. Habéis puesto todas vuestras fuerzas para salir con esta empresa de madre. Esforzaos poco a poco. Esperemos lo que querrá nuestro señor que está en todo lugar: si por ventura la muerte vuestra y la de vuestra criatura distarán la una de la otra, durando más el hijo que la madre, o por ventura vivirá vuestro hijo y vos iréis delante, o por ventura ansí chiquitico como es lo llamará el que lo hizo, por ventura te lo llevará para sí. Mira, hija, que no te ingrías porque tienes hijo. Teneos por indigna de haberlo recebido. Rogad siempre a nuestro señor con lloros que le dé vida.
\nEn habiendo ya acabado su obra la partera, sentábase luego cabe las viejas,
\n","citation_key":"citation_lopez_spanish_transcription","citation":{"en":["Spanish by López Austin & García Quintana 2000"],"es":["Español por López Austin & García Quintana 2000"]}},{"id":"396f17cd-19ea-4aa0-8371-c8a6f5c9dfcb","choice":{"en":["Spanish-to-English by García Garagarza 2023"],"es":["Español-al-inglés por García Garagarza 2023"]},"type":"translation","type_label":{"en":["spanish translation"],"es":["traducción al español"]},"column":"spanish","language":{"en":["English"],"es":["Inglés"]},"language_code":"eng","subtitle":"(García Garagarza 2023)","markdown":"“My very beloved daughter, brave and courageous woman, you have performed like an eagle and like a tiger. You have courageously used the shield during your battle. You have bravely imitated your mother Cihuacoatl and Quilaztli, and this is why our lord has placed you on the benches and thrones of the brave soldiers.\n\n“Oh, my daughter, an eagle! You have done everything in your power. You have used all your strength to succeed in this undertaking of motherhood. Keep persevering little by little. Let us put our hopes in the will of our lord, who is everywhere: if perhaps there will be a long time between your death and your baby’s death, with the child lasting longer than the mother; if perhaps your child will live, and you will go first; if perhaps the one who made [the child] will reclaim him or her while still so small; or if perhaps he will take [the child] away from you for himself. Be careful, daughter, not to brag because you have a child. Consider yourself unworthy of having received him or her. Keep praying with your tears to our lord, that he may grant [your child] life.”\n\nWhen the midwife had already finished her work, she would then take a seat next to the older women;","html":"“My very beloved daughter, brave and courageous woman, you have performed like an eagle and like a tiger. You have courageously used the shield during your battle. You have bravely imitated your mother Cihuacoatl and Quilaztli, and this is why our lord has placed you on the benches and thrones of the brave soldiers.
\n“Oh, my daughter, an eagle! You have done everything in your power. You have used all your strength to succeed in this undertaking of motherhood. Keep persevering little by little. Let us put our hopes in the will of our lord, who is everywhere: if perhaps there will be a long time between your death and your baby’s death, with the child lasting longer than the mother; if perhaps your child will live, and you will go first; if perhaps the one who made [the child] will reclaim him or her while still so small; or if perhaps he will take [the child] away from you for himself. Be careful, daughter, not to brag because you have a child. Consider yourself unworthy of having received him or her. Keep praying with your tears to our lord, that he may grant [your child] life.”
\nWhen the midwife had already finished her work, she would then take a seat next to the older women;
\n","citation_key":"citation_garagarza","citation":{"en":["Spanish-to-English by García Garagarza 2023"],"es":["Español-al-inglés por García Garagarza 2023"]}}],"nahuatl_col":[{"id":"fefab261-cdfa-4315-844c-fdadae6ddf97","choice":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]},"type":"transcription","type_label":{"en":["nahuatl transcription"],"es":["transcripción al náhuatl"]},"column":"nahuatl","language":{"en":["Nahuatl"],"es":["Náhuatl"]},"language_code":"nci","subtitle":"(Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982)","markdown":"Nochpuchtzin, quauhcihoatl: otitlacotic, otitequjt, otiquauhtic, otocelotic, oticacocuico itlan tac in chimalli, in tevevelli, otimomaman: oticnamjc, otictlaehecalvi in tonan in Cioacoatl, in qujlaztli: axcan quauhpetlapan, ocelopetlapan mjtzmotlalilia in totecujo: Omjhijotzinqujz, nochpuchtzin, quauhcihoatl: ma oc moiolicatzin, quen qujmonequjltia in totecujo, in tloque, naoaque: cujx nononqua, cujx cececnj, amechonmocneliliz in totecujo: at tocontlazteoaz, in omecavi piltzintli: anoçe çan ixqujchtzin qujoalmonochiliz, qujoalmotzatzililiz, in pilhoacatzintli: aço mjtzonmanjliliqujuh, ma ticpopouhto, ma ie ticmomactoca: ma oc xoconmotlaoculnonochilito in totecujo, in tloque, naoaque. \n\nAuh in oqujcencauh, in ie iuhquj: njman motlalia in ticitl, peoa motlatlauhtia, motlapaloa in vevetque, in jlamatque: ce veve, ilama oalmotlalia: qujtlatlauh[tia]","html":"Nochpuchtzin, quauhcihoatl: otitlacotic, otitequjt, otiquauhtic, otocelotic, oticacocuico itlan tac in chimalli, in tevevelli, otimomaman: oticnamjc, otictlaehecalvi in tonan in Cioacoatl, in qujlaztli: axcan quauhpetlapan, ocelopetlapan mjtzmotlalilia in totecujo: Omjhijotzinqujz, nochpuchtzin, quauhcihoatl: ma oc moiolicatzin, quen qujmonequjltia in totecujo, in tloque, naoaque: cujx nononqua, cujx cececnj, amechonmocneliliz in totecujo: at tocontlazteoaz, in omecavi piltzintli: anoçe çan ixqujchtzin qujoalmonochiliz, qujoalmotzatzililiz, in pilhoacatzintli: aço mjtzonmanjliliqujuh, ma ticpopouhto, ma ie ticmomactoca: ma oc xoconmotlaoculnonochilito in totecujo, in tloque, naoaque.
\nAuh in oqujcencauh, in ie iuhquj: njman motlalia in ticitl, peoa motlatlauhtia, motlapaloa in vevetque, in jlamatque: ce veve, ilama oalmotlalia: qujtlatlauh[tia]
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"f259deaa-3671-497b-a2a8-ec84db9eb6be","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":"“My beloved maiden, brave woman, thou hast worked like a slave, thou hast labored, thou hast become as an eagle warrior, thou hast become as an ocelot warrior; thou hast raised up, thou hast taken to the shield, the small shield. Thou hast exerted thyself, thou hast encountered, imitated our mother Ciuacoatl, Quilaztli. Now our lord hath placed thee upon the eagle warrior reed mat, upon the ocelot warrior reed mat. Thou hast returned exhausted from battle, my beloved maiden, brave woman; be welcome. How doth our lord, the lord of the near, of the nigh, determine? Perhaps our lord will bless ye each one separately; perhaps in separate times and places; perhaps thou wilt lose the baby which hath arrived. Or perhaps he who created the baby will just summon it, small as it is, will call it for himself. Perhaps he will come to take thee. Do not go constantly bragging of it. Do not consider thyself worthy of it.[^1] Go appealing in sorrow to our lord, the lord of the near, of the nigh.”\n\nAnd when she had finished the arrangements, when it was done, then the midwife seated herself. The old men, the old women began to beseech one another, to greet one another. One old woman seated herself; \n\n\n\n\n[^1]: Corresponding Spanish text: *”o por uentura ansi chiqujtico como es, lo llamara el que lo hizo, por uentura te lo lleuara para si: mjra hija que no te ingrias, porque tienes hijo, teneos por indigna de auerlo rescebido… .”* Compare also n. 5 of this chapter with the Nahuatl text.","html":"“My beloved maiden, brave woman, thou hast worked like a slave, thou hast labored, thou hast become as an eagle warrior, thou hast become as an ocelot warrior; thou hast raised up, thou hast taken to the shield, the small shield. Thou hast exerted thyself, thou hast encountered, imitated our mother Ciuacoatl, Quilaztli. Now our lord hath placed thee upon the eagle warrior reed mat, upon the ocelot warrior reed mat. Thou hast returned exhausted from battle, my beloved maiden, brave woman; be welcome. How doth our lord, the lord of the near, of the nigh, determine? Perhaps our lord will bless ye each one separately; perhaps in separate times and places; perhaps thou wilt lose the baby which hath arrived. Or perhaps he who created the baby will just summon it, small as it is, will call it for himself. Perhaps he will come to take thee. Do not go constantly bragging of it. Do not consider thyself worthy of it.1 Go appealing in sorrow to our lord, the lord of the near, of the nigh.”
\nAnd when she had finished the arrangements, when it was done, then the midwife seated herself. The old men, the old women began to beseech one another, to greet one another. One old woman seated herself;
\nCorresponding Spanish text: ”o por uentura ansi chiqujtico como es, lo llamara el que lo hizo, por uentura te lo lleuara para si: mjra hija que no te ingrias, porque tienes hijo, teneos por indigna de auerlo rescebido… .” Compare also n. 5 of this chapter with the Nahuatl text.↩