To Tezcatlipoca
3 min readJun 9, 2024
The eighteenth cuicatl in Songs of the Lords of Anahuac, my English translation of the codex Romances de los señores de la Nueva España. It is headed with a note in Spanish from the compiler: “a lo divino gentílico” — “to the pagan divinity.”¹
You just go and help others.
If that is so, the Giver of Life
feels compassion.
Is it true?
Or is it false?
How does he respond?
We must remain
anguished of heart.
