1 - Histomesoamericana

86 I HE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
designated the ceremony, preparing
the town that would rule
the priesthood and government
for the inauguration of Amayte
Kauil in authority and office
and the priesthood. For the half
katun was to be retired, and the
rulership changed throughout
the wilderness. (2028)
The announcement was
made and the preparations
started for fasting and penance
and self-denial. And the Center
priest Bol Ay returned for the
ceremony of beginning rather
than ending amid general re-
Ucah
T u kin
U ch'aic
U tepal
Patal u cah
U acunan u ca
T u uaante
Accunah u cah
T u than
T u luch
T u tz'aam
T u pop
T u kan che
Amayte Ku ual*
Lie u cutal
Ca bin culac
T u hanal
Tocol u than
Tocol u cah u luch
Toocol u cah u laac
T u men patal u cah
T u kin t u tz'ap tun
T u kin u hel pop
U hel tz'am
Hokom ich lumil che
Ich lumil tunich
Y alab than
Y etel u caan
Sihil u can (2v) u luch
U chebal y ukul
T u kin
Choch ich
Ch'och' t u luch
Ch'och'
Ual
Y ukul
T u kin u tzol pop
Yax Bol Ai ual*
Ma t u chi chucán yaal
T u kin u ch'a matan
Ppitil ppit
Tzayal tzai
U ne can
Tzai ne ba ob
The town
At the time
2005 Of taking
The rule—
Shaping the town
To prepare his town
That it should be raised,
2010 And preparing the town
For his word,
For his gourd,
For his throne,
For his mat,
2015 For the yellow throne
Of Amayte Ku's return.
Like his seating,
When he is to be seated
In his office,
2020 Seizing his word,
He seizes the town of his gourd,
Seizing the town of his plate
To prepare the town
For the day to pack the tuns,
2025 For the day to change the mat,
To change the throne.
He appears in the lands of wood,
In the lands of stone;
Spoken is his word
2030 And his teaching.
Born are the sprouts for his gourd,
The shoots for his drink
On the day
Of bright fruit.
2035 Salty is his gourd,
And salty
The liquid
He was to drink.
On the day of counting mats
2040 The Center priest Bol Ay returns.
Not on the occasion of completing his
trust:
On the day of taking requests.
Jumping over and over
And seeking and seeking:
2045 The snakes' tails
Seek their own tails—
2016. Amayte Ku 'paper-tree god' is mentioned also in line 2811. Compare note
3890.
2040. The implication is that, at the midpoint of the katun, people filed applications
for the positions they wished to occupy ten years later.