cabos de las paredes. El que jugando metía la pelota por aquellos agujeros de las piedras o ruedas, ganaba todo el juego. Jugaban desnudos y ceñidos a la cintura con unos cintos anchos, y dellos colgaba un pedazo de cuero de venado labrado que cubría las nalgas. Y cuando jugaban no hirían con mano ni con pie, sino con la nalga. A este juego perdían y ganaban muchas mantas ricas y joyas de oro, y piedras y esclavos. El segundo pasatiempo que tenía era juego como de dados. Hacían en un petate una cruz pintada, toda llena de cuadros semejantes al juego del alquerque1 o castro. Y puestos sobre el petate sentados, tomaban tres frisoles grandes, hechos ciertos puntos en ellos, y dexábanlos caer sobre la cruz pintada, y de allí tenían su juego con que perdían y ganaban joyas y
\nNo se distingue si dice "alquerque" o "arquerque".↩
from the ends of the walls. Any player who succeeded in putting the ball through those holes in the stones, or wheels, would win the whole game. They would play naked, wearing only some wide belts fastened to their waists, with a strap of decorated deerskin hanging from [the belts] and covering their buttocks. And when they played, they would strike [the ball] not with their hand or foot but only with their buttocks. While [betting on] on this game, they would lose and win many rich cloths, gold jewels, gems, and slaves. The second pastime that they had was a game that is similar to dice: they would paint on a petate a cross completely covered with squares, like those in the game of alquerque or hopscotch.1 And they would sit on the petate, grab three large beans with some points carved into them,2 and toss them over the painted cross. And thus they had their own game where they would win or lose jewels and
\niehoantin qujnamjqujzque, in collamjzque tlatoanj: njman jq͗tiamjctia, in jxqujch itlatquj tlaçotli: auh in ie ix motolinja maceoalli, iceceiaca contlalia tlatoanj ica iiaiaçol in iuhquj qujquemj maçeoalli. Auh intla oqujtlanque tlatoanj, njman tepatla, in calpixque qujtema in ixqujch tlaçotli tlatqujtl, in oqujtlanjlique tlatoanj: auh in maceoalti no qujnmaca in jxqujch oqujtlanilique tlatoanj.
\nIn tlatoanj, in jquac qujnequja iiellelqujçaz tlanaoatiaia injc patoz, mjcujloa ce patolpetlatl, ica tlilli, papatlactic in tlaxotlalli ic mjcujloa, in vncan nepoalo ic netlanjoa: auh njman no mjxcoionja nauhtetl aiecotli, injc patolo injc netlanjoa: auh çan ie no iuhquj qujchioaia in calpixque, injc mochi tlaçotli in jtlatquj, in jaxca tlatoanj, qujoalteca in oncan patoloian, in quj[tetlanitalhuja]
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"d8b2908d-e28a-4fd5-b506-7ecbb46b4fae","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":"those who were to challenge and play ball against the ruler then matched all his costly goods. And all the poor folk placed [for] the ruler, each one, old capes like those which the vassals wore. And if they won from the ruler, then the majordomos brought out others and laid out all the costly goods which they had won of the ruler, and also they gave to the vassals all which they had won of the ruler.\n\nWhen he wished to be amused, the ruler commanded that they play *patolli*, that a mat on which *patolli* was played be painted black, in widely spaced stripes. So was it painted that there might be kept the count whereby the game could be won. And then also holes were drilled into the surfaces of four large beans with which *patolli* was played and the game was won. And in the same way the majordomos did [as in the ball game]:[^15] they spread out all the costly goods and belongings of the ruler, there where *patolli* was played, \n\n\n\n\n[^15]: Cf. corresponding Spanish text: *”y de alli tenjan su iuego, con que perdian, y ganauan ioyas: y otras cosas como arriba se dixo.”*","html":"those who were to challenge and play ball against the ruler then matched all his costly goods. And all the poor folk placed [for] the ruler, each one, old capes like those which the vassals wore. And if they won from the ruler, then the majordomos brought out others and laid out all the costly goods which they had won of the ruler, and also they gave to the vassals all which they had won of the ruler.
\nWhen he wished to be amused, the ruler commanded that they play patolli, that a mat on which patolli was played be painted black, in widely spaced stripes. So was it painted that there might be kept the count whereby the game could be won. And then also holes were drilled into the surfaces of four large beans with which patolli was played and the game was won. And in the same way the majordomos did [as in the ball game]:1 they spread out all the costly goods and belongings of the ruler, there where patolli was played,
\nCf. corresponding Spanish text: ”y de alli tenjan su iuego, con que perdian, y ganauan ioyas: y otras cosas como arriba se dixo.”↩