no menosprecies, no esperes a tres veces que te lo digan, no te hurtes, no te escabullas burlando. Aunque eres nuestra hija, aunque vienes de parientes nobles y generosos, no te jactes dello, porque ofenderás a nuestro señor y apedrearte ha con piedras de estiércol y de suciedad. Quiero decir que permitirá que cayas en vergüenza y confusión por tu mala vida, y también él se burlará de ti, y dirán: "Ya quiere; ya no quiere." Mira que no escojas entre los hombres el que mejor te parece, como hacen los que van a comprar las mantas al tiánquez o mercado. Recibe al que te demanda y mira que no hagas como se hace cuando se crían las mazorcas verdes, que son xilotes o elotes, que se buscan las mejores y más sabrosas. Mira que no desees a algún hombre por ser mejor dispuesto. Mira que no te enamores dél apasionadamente. Si fueres bien dispuesto el que te demandare, recíbele. Y si fuere mal dispuesto y feo, no lo deseches. Toma aquél porque te le envía Dios, y si no le quisieres recebir él burlará de ti. Deshonrarte ha, trabajando haber tu cuerpo por mala vía. Y después te apregonará por mala mujer.
\nMira, hija, que te esfuerces, y mira muy bien quién es tu enemigo. Mira que nadie burle de ti.
\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":"28574e22-e65b-4913-bf22-986085468f9d","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":"do not despise, do not wait for him to ask you three times, do not hide, do not mockingly slip away. Even though you are our daughter, even though you come from noble and wellborn relatives, do not boast about it, because you will offend our lord, and he will pelt you with rocks of dung and filth. I mean that he will allow you to fall into shame and confusion because of your wicked life; and he will also mock you, and they will say, “Now she wants [him]; now she does not want [him].” See that you do not choose from among men the one who happens to please you the most, acting like those who go to buy blankets at the _tianquiz_[^29] or market. Welcome the one who is asking for you, and make sure not to act like what happens when the green corncobs—such as _jilotes_ or _elotes_—grow, for only the best and tastiest ones are sought. Take care not to desire a man because he happens to be the most handsome one. Take care not to fall passionately in love with him. And if the one who should ask for you happens to be handsome, welcome him. And if he should be disagreeable and ugly, do not reject him. Accept him, because god is sending him to you; and [god] will make a mockery of you if you refuse to welcome him. He will dishonor you, making your body work in an evil way, and then he will announce you publicly as an evil woman.[^30] See, my daughter, that you strive to truly see who your enemy is. See that no one mocks you. \n\n\n[^29]: _tianquiz_: Hispanicized form of the Nahuatl noun _tianquiztli_ (market).\n\n[^30]: “Making your body . . . woman”: _trabajando haber tu cuerpo por mala vía. Y después te apregonará por mala mujer_.","html":"do not despise, do not wait for him to ask you three times, do not hide, do not mockingly slip away. Even though you are our daughter, even though you come from noble and wellborn relatives, do not boast about it, because you will offend our lord, and he will pelt you with rocks of dung and filth. I mean that he will allow you to fall into shame and confusion because of your wicked life; and he will also mock you, and they will say, “Now she wants [him]; now she does not want [him].” See that you do not choose from among men the one who happens to please you the most, acting like those who go to buy blankets at the tianquiz1 or market. Welcome the one who is asking for you, and make sure not to act like what happens when the green corncobs—such as jilotes or elotes—grow, for only the best and tastiest ones are sought. Take care not to desire a man because he happens to be the most handsome one. Take care not to fall passionately in love with him. And if the one who should ask for you happens to be handsome, welcome him. And if he should be disagreeable and ugly, do not reject him. Accept him, because god is sending him to you; and [god] will make a mockery of you if you refuse to welcome him. He will dishonor you, making your body work in an evil way, and then he will announce you publicly as an evil woman.2 See, my daughter, that you strive to truly see who your enemy is. See that no one mocks you.
\n[a]mo timocujliz: amo ontlacxioaz: amo hetlacxioaz, amo timocujcujlitiez:
\nin maço tehoantin in tipilhoaque, auh in maço tepaltzinco timotlacatili: amo ticpopouhtiez, ticmoiolitlacalviz in totecujo, ic mjtzmotlaz in teuhtli, in tlaçulli in avilnemjliziotl: çan no iehoatl moquequeloz, monenequjz:
\nin ma çan tianqujzco, ma titlapatla, ma titlatennonotz: auh in ma çan xopan, ma timotlatlattili, ma tihiculmjc: in quenamjcatzintli in at vel ihicac, in at noço çan quenamjcatzintli: ma ticmaxopeuh, ma iehoatl, ca itlaioaltzin in totecujo: intlaca xocia moca onmaviltiz, ca nel moquequeloa, mjtzonavianjcuepaz.
\nAuh iece vel ximoquetza, vel xiqujtta in moiaouh, amo ac moca maviltiz: amo ticmomacaz in anenquj, in qujqujça, in mahaviltia, in telpuchtlaveliloc: amono ome, ey, mjxco,
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"0b87159f-c8d0-453b-a22b-2aab0ad6aab6","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":"Thou art not to refuse; thou art not to retreat twice, not to retreat thrice; thou art not to resist.\n\n“Although we are the parents, and although thou art born of goodly parents, thou art not to overesteem it; thou wilt offend our lord. For that he will pelt thee with dust, refuse, debauchery; [and] this same one will delude, will be capricious.\n\n“Do not trade, do not deal as if in the market place. And do not, as in the summertime, go selecting the best.[^13] Do not languish from desire. Howsoever he may be—perhaps truly upstanding or perhaps only in any manner—do not reject the one sent of our lord. If thou dost not consent thou wilt be ridiculed, for truly he deludeth, he will turn thee into a harlot.\n\n“But meanwhile present thyself well, look well to thine enemy that no one will mock thee. Give thyself not to the wanderer, to the restless one who is given to pleasure, to the evil youth. Nor are two, three \n\n\n\n\n[^13]: Corresponding Spanish text: *”mjra que no escoias entre hombres, el que mejor te parece, como hazen los que vã a comprar, las mantas al tianquez o mercado… .”*","html":"Thou art not to refuse; thou art not to retreat twice, not to retreat thrice; thou art not to resist.
\n“Although we are the parents, and although thou art born of goodly parents, thou art not to overesteem it; thou wilt offend our lord. For that he will pelt thee with dust, refuse, debauchery; [and] this same one will delude, will be capricious.
\n“Do not trade, do not deal as if in the market place. And do not, as in the summertime, go selecting the best.1 Do not languish from desire. Howsoever he may be—perhaps truly upstanding or perhaps only in any manner—do not reject the one sent of our lord. If thou dost not consent thou wilt be ridiculed, for truly he deludeth, he will turn thee into a harlot.
\n“But meanwhile present thyself well, look well to thine enemy that no one will mock thee. Give thyself not to the wanderer, to the restless one who is given to pleasure, to the evil youth. Nor are two, three
\nCorresponding Spanish text: ”mjra que no escoias entre hombres, el que mejor te parece, como hazen los que vã a comprar, las mantas al tianquez o mercado… .”↩