Rig Veda Americanus: Sacred Songs of the Ancient Mexicans · Hymn 12

Hymn to Ayopechcatl

Daniel G. Brinton, 1890 · 4 verses · Read at the source

12.1Truly in whatever house there is a lying-in, Ayopechcatl takes charge of the child.

12.2Truly in whatever house there is a lying-in, Ayopechcatl takes charge of the child, there where it is weeping in the house.

12.3Come along and cry out, cry out, cry out, you new comer, come along and cry out.

12.4Come along and cry out, cry out, cry out, you little jewel, cry out.