la corona de la cabeza. Habiendo hecho esto, tocaban un instrumento que se llamaba chichtli, que decía "¡chich!". Este instrumento era señal para que los arrancasen los cabellos del medio de la cabeza, en tocando el instrumento, y cada uno dellos tocaban para cuando le habían de arrancar los cabellos, fuesen muchos o pocos los esclavos. Este que tocaba el instrumento andaba alrededor de los esclavos, como bailando, y traía en la mano un vaso que se llamaba cuauhcáxitl; allí le echaban los cabellos que arrancaban. Y después de haberlos arrancado los cabellos, luego daban grita, dando con la mano en la boca, como suelen. Luego se iba aquel que había recebido los cabellos en la xícara, y luego tomaban el incensario, que se llamaba tlémaitl, con sus brasas. El que hacía el banquete incensaba hacia las cuatro partes del mundo en el patio de la casa. En toda esta noche los esclavos que habían de morir no dormían. Y en saliendo el alba, dábanlos a comer. Y ellos, por bien que los esforzaban a que comiesen, no podían comer. Y estaban muy pensativos y tristes, pensando en la muerte que luego habían de recebir, y esperando por momentos cuándo entraría el mensajero de la muerte que se llamaba Painalton. Este Painalton era un
\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":"67418afe-b0f5-47b9-86d2-a5ca3e712510","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":"the crown of [the slaves’] heads. After doing this, they would play an instrument that was called _chichtli_, which made the sound, “Chich!” This instrument was the signal for them to pull out the hairs from the middle of [the slaves’] heads while the instrument was being played. And they would play it for each one of them when they were about to pull out their hair, regardless of whether there were many slaves or just a few. The one who played the instrument would walk around the slaves as if he were dancing and hold in his hand a bowl that was called _cuauhcaxitl_, where they would throw the hairs that they were pulling out. And after pulling out the hair, they would immediately let out shouts while hitting [their own] mouths with their hand, as is their custom. Then the one who had collected the hairs in the _jícara_ would go away; and then they would pick up the incense burner that was called _tlemaitl_, along with its embers. The one who was holding the banquet would offer incense on the house’s patio to the four corners of the world. The slaves assigned to die would not sleep all night long. And at daybreak, they would serve [the slaves] food. And no matter how much they encouraged [the slaves] to eat, they could not eat: they would just be there, lost in thought and sad, thinking about the death that they were about to receive and waiting for the moment when the messenger of death, who was called Painalton, would be making his entrance.\n\nThis Painalton[^86] was a god \n\n\n[^86]: “This Painalton”: that is, the _teixiptlah_ (deity impersonator) of the god Painalton.","html":"the crown of [the slaves’] heads. After doing this, they would play an instrument that was called chichtli, which made the sound, “Chich!” This instrument was the signal for them to pull out the hairs from the middle of [the slaves’] heads while the instrument was being played. And they would play it for each one of them when they were about to pull out their hair, regardless of whether there were many slaves or just a few. The one who played the instrument would walk around the slaves as if he were dancing and hold in his hand a bowl that was called cuauhcaxitl, where they would throw the hairs that they were pulling out. And after pulling out the hair, they would immediately let out shouts while hitting [their own] mouths with their hand, as is their custom. Then the one who had collected the hairs in the jícara would go away; and then they would pick up the incense burner that was called tlemaitl, along with its embers. The one who was holding the banquet would offer incense on the house’s patio to the four corners of the world. The slaves assigned to die would not sleep all night long. And at daybreak, they would serve [the slaves] food. And no matter how much they encouraged [the slaves] to eat, they could not eat: they would just be there, lost in thought and sad, thinking about the death that they were about to receive and waiting for the moment when the messenger of death, who was called Painalton, would be making his entrance.
\nThis Painalton1 was a god
\n“This Painalton”: that is, the teixiptlah (deity impersonator) of the god Painalton.↩
quichioa: çan ic oalmoiaoalotiquiça, quauhcaxitl quitquitinemi, oncan contentiuh in tzontli. Auh in iehoan oquimontzoncuique: niman ic tzatzitiquiça, hicaoaca, motenuitequi: niman hiciuhca iauh in ontetzoncuic, quicuitiquiça in tlemaitl, niman ie ic tlenamaca, in oncan itoalnepantla: nauhcampaisti coniiaoa in itlema.
\nAuh in tlaaltiltin aquenmã oncochi ceioal in nemi: Auh in otlauizcalleoac, niman ie ic quintlamaca: aocmo uel quiqua, in nellimach quincuitlauiltia, ça iuh quinnentlamati in iollo, ça iê quimatticate in inmiquiz:
\nquichisticate in quenman uitz, in quenman calaquiquiuh painalto, in otli quitocaz in tlaiaoaloz: oalpeoa tenochtitla, niman ie tlatilulco, quiçaia nonoalco, popotla, maçatzintamalco, chapultepec tepetoca: maçatlan quioalnepanoaia in otli inic oallamelaoa xolloco, ic oalcalaquia tenochtitlan.
\nAuh in ie otlatoca, in ie iauh painalton, niman ie ic quinuica in tlatlaaltiltin, oncan qui[oalnamiquia]
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"18eb6144-ddc7-445c-a338-f614238b34ae","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":"did he do so. At once [the whistler] came circling [the slaves], carrying the eagle vessel, in which he went casting the hair. And those who had taken the hair from the crowns of [the slaves’] heads then came shouting, crying out, striking their lips with the palms of their hands. Then swiftly he who had taken the hair [in the eagle vessel] quickly went away. [The host] came taking the incense ladle; he thereupon offered incense there in the middle of the courtyard. To the four directions he raised his incense ladle in dedication.\n\nAnd the ceremonially bathed slaves, all during the night they lived, slept not.[^4] And when the dawn broke, they thereupon gave them food. No more could they eat, although strongly did they urge them; it was as if they were anguished in spirit; they looked forward only to their death.\n\nThey were awaiting the time when Painalton would come; the time when he would come entering; when he would follow along the road; when he would describe a circle. He began at Tenochtitlan, then Tlatilulco; he proceeded to Nonoalco, Popotlan, Maçatzintamalco, Chapultepec, Tepetocan, Maçatlan; he joined the road which went straight to Xolloco, by which he entered Tenochtitlan.\n\nAnd as he was already following the road, as Painalton already went, thereupon they conducted the bathed slaves to the \n\n\n\n\n[^4]: Corresponding Spanish text: *”en toda esta noche los esclauos que aujan de morir no dormjan.”*","html":"did he do so. At once [the whistler] came circling [the slaves], carrying the eagle vessel, in which he went casting the hair. And those who had taken the hair from the crowns of [the slaves’] heads then came shouting, crying out, striking their lips with the palms of their hands. Then swiftly he who had taken the hair [in the eagle vessel] quickly went away. [The host] came taking the incense ladle; he thereupon offered incense there in the middle of the courtyard. To the four directions he raised his incense ladle in dedication.
\nAnd the ceremonially bathed slaves, all during the night they lived, slept not.1 And when the dawn broke, they thereupon gave them food. No more could they eat, although strongly did they urge them; it was as if they were anguished in spirit; they looked forward only to their death.
\nThey were awaiting the time when Painalton would come; the time when he would come entering; when he would follow along the road; when he would describe a circle. He began at Tenochtitlan, then Tlatilulco; he proceeded to Nonoalco, Popotlan, Maçatzintamalco, Chapultepec, Tepetocan, Maçatlan; he joined the road which went straight to Xolloco, by which he entered Tenochtitlan.
\nAnd as he was already following the road, as Painalton already went, thereupon they conducted the bathed slaves to the
\nCorresponding Spanish text: ”en toda esta noche los esclauos que aujan de morir no dormjan.”↩