Saturday, February 28, 2015

The Age Of Tons



Of the Flowers lords
     When they descend,
And "there is no food"
      Is the burden of the Flower katun.
In his time
     There also does not come
The creation
    Of the Gods of hell,
The nine steps
     That descend,
The creation of the Flowers,
     Of the measuring stick.
Blue bird
     And hummingbird
Are also the spirits
    Who come down
When they suck the nectars of the
Flowers,
     The nine children of Flowers.
Then there appears
     The heart of the Flower:
Four branches
     And all the Flowers,
And there the sun priest is seated
     For the counting of the tun.
When that is done
     There appear the 13 Gods,
But they don't know them,
     Descending to the unfolded mat,
And arriving
     At the word,
Bearing
     The Flower,
And the mat of the Flower,
     And the mat of the Flower,
     And the yellow throne.
Za Uin
     Is seated:
Envy is his gourd,
     Envy is his plate,
Envy is his heart,
     Envy is his mouth.

A short count from:

The Ancient Future of the Itza: 

The book of Chilam Balam of Tizimin

 Translated and annotated by Munro S. Edmonson.

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