_Ayopechtli icuic._
1. Cane cana ichan, ayopechcatl cozcapantica mixiuhtoc.
2. Cane cana ichan ayopechcatl cozcapantica mixiuhtoc, cane ichan
chacayoticaya.
3. Xiualmeuayauia, xiua xiualmeuayaauiaya yancuipilla, xiualmeuaya.
4. Auiya xiualmeuaya, ueya, xiua, xiualmeuaya, cozcapilla xiualmeuaya.
_Gloss._
1. _Q.n._, in oncan ichan ayopechtli oncan mixiuiqui tlacatilia in
cuzcatl quetzalli.
2. Cane cana ichan, _q.n._, in oncan ichan ayopechcatl oncan
quitlacatilia in cozcatl quetzalli oncan yoliua, tlacatiua.
3. _Q.n._, ximeua, ximeua, in tipiltzintli xiualmeua in quinotitlacat
tipiltzintli.
4. _Q.n._, xiualmeua, xiualmeua, in tipiltzintli in ti cuzcatl, in ti
quetzalli.
_Hymn to Ayopechcatl._
1. Truly in whatever house there is a lying-in, Ayopechcatl takes
charge of the child.
2. Truly in whatever house there is a lying-in, Ayopechcatl takes
charge of the child, there where it is weeping in the house.
3. Come along and cry out, cry out, cry out, you new comer, come along
and cry out.
4. Come along and cry out, cry out, cry out, you little jewel, cry
out.
_Notes._
The name of Ayopechcatl does not appear among the divinities named by
Sahagun, Duran or the other authorities at my command. Her name
indicates her function as the goddess of the child-bed and the neonatus,
and the above hymn establishes her claim to a place in the Aztec
pantheon.
(Daniel Garrison Brinton)
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