Hymn of Olontecutli

Daniel G. Brinton, 1890 · 6 verses · Read at the source

11.1At Nonoalco he rules, at Nonoalco, Oho! Oho!

11.2In the pine woods he prepares your destruction at Nonoalco, in the tuna woods, in the cacao woods he prepares your destruction.

11.3I, dweller in the palace, shook them; I, Quetzalcoatl, shook them.

11.4There was a splendor of spears, a splendor of spears.

11.5With my captain, with my courage, with my skill, the Mexicans were put to flight; even the Mexicans, with my courage, with my skill.

11.6Go forth, ye shield bearers, put the Mexicans to flight with my courage, with my skill.