{"product_id":"ballads-of-the-lords-of-new-spain-9780292723450","title":"Ballads of the Lords of New Spain","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompiled in 1582, \u003ci\u003eBallads of the Lords of New Spain\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the two principal sources of Nahuatl song, as well as a poetical window into the mindset of the Aztec people some sixty years after the conquest of Mexico. Presented as a \u003ci\u003ecancionero\u003c\/i\u003e, or anthology, in the mode of New Spain, the ballads show a reordering—but not an abandonment—of classic Aztec values. In the careful reading of John Bierhorst, the ballads reveal in no uncertain terms the pre-conquest Aztec belief in the warrior''s paradise and in the virtue of sacrifice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume contains an exact transcription of the thirty-six Nahuatl song texts, accompanied by authoritative English translations. Bierhorst includes all the numerals (which give interpretive clues) in the Nahuatl texts and also differentiates the text from scribal glosses. His translations are thoroughly annotated to help readers understand the imagery and allusions in the texts. The volume also includes a helpful introduct\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Note on Orthography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUsing the Online Edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the Translation of Aztec Poetry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGuide to the Vocabulary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRomances de los Señores de la Nueva España\/Ballads of the Lords of New Spain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGuide to the Transcription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Text in Nahuatl and in English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 1 \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[I] 1. Friends, let us sing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[II] 2. \"I'm coming, I, Yoyontzin, craving flowers\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[III] 3. Again they make music\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[IV] 4. God Self Maker's home is nowhere\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[V] 5. Friends, listen to this\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[VI] 6. \"I come to guard the city\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[VII] 7. The flower lords, the song bells\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[VIII] 8. Chalco's come to fight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[IX] 9. Let's drink\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[X] 10. For a moment God's drums come forth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[XI] 11. May your flesh, your hearts be leafy green\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[XII] 12. The flower trees are whirling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[XIII] 13. In this flower house\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[XIV] 14. Princes, I've been hearing good songs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 2 \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[XV] 1. Now let us begin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[XVI] 2. A master of egrets makes these flowers move\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[XVII] 3. On this flower mat you paint your songs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[XVIII] 4. Are You obliging?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[XIX] 5. I'm born in vain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[XX] 6. I strike up a song\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[XXI] 7. I stand up the drum\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[XXII] 8. Your flowers blossom as bracelets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[XXIII] 9. My heart is greatly wanting flowers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[XXIV] 10. Let there be comrades\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[XXV] 11. Strike it up beautifully\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[XXVI] 12. Eagle flowers, broad leafy ones, are sprouting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[XXVII] 13. A shield-roaring blaze-smoke rises up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[XXVIII] 14. Flowers are our only adornment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 3 \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[XXIX] 1. [. . .]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[XXIX-A] 1-A. You paint with flowers, with songs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[XXX] 2. Your flowers are jade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[XXXI] 3. Come forth and play our drum\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[XXXII] 4. In the house of pictures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 4 \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[XXXIII] 1. Begin in beauty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[XXXIV] 2. Like flowers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[XXXV] 3. \"Never with shields\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[XXXVI] 4. Jade, turquoise: your chalk, [your] plumes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommentary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConcordance to Proper Nouns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVerbs, Particles, and Common Nouns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix I: Two Versions of the Myth of the Origin of Music\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix II: Corrections for the Cantares Edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733507420503,"sku":"9780292723450","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292723450.jpg?v=1720000351","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ballads-of-the-lords-of-new-spain-9780292723450","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}