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•fît FIVE AHAU 91<br />

-$j<br />

converted to Christian dress as<br />

the ruler decreed (as a Christian<br />

Maya) for the rest of the<br />

katun. (2208)<br />

Then came the East priest Bol<br />

Ay and Bol Ay the Younger, producing<br />

civil war among the Itza<br />

throughout the countryside,<br />

which lined up with the native<br />

gods on the very day of the katun<br />

ceremonies. That brought<br />

back the suffering and tribulations<br />

of the nobility. There was<br />

continuous punishment from<br />

beginning to end from ambushes<br />

in the countryside, like<br />

a great wind of the rain god,<br />

sweeping everything before it—<br />

the scourge of the land. (2244)<br />

U ch'aic<br />

U y anal<br />

U y ex<br />

Unok<br />

U y anal ah tern pop<br />

Ah ten tz'am<br />

Te u u ich ti caan<br />

Ti y ahaulil<br />

Lie u talel<br />

T u ppat be katun e<br />

T u ch'aic u bel<br />

Chac Bol Ay<br />

Y etel Bol Ai Can<br />

Chac Bol Ai ul<br />

Ualac hi u ch'a tarn ba<br />

AhYtza<br />

Tan y ol che<br />

Tan y ol haban<br />

Ti y alie<br />

U pixan siyah<br />

Tun<br />

Chac<br />

Tu kin<br />

U katunil<br />

Num ya uay i<br />

Ual u num ya<br />

T u cal ya<br />

U manes<br />

Y al<br />

U mehen<br />

U xotemal ob kin<br />

U xotemal ob akab<br />

Tu kin<br />

U<br />

Mul<br />

At xux*<br />

T u hool che<br />

T u hool haban<br />

T u kin u mol tam ba<br />

Y ikil cab<br />

Chac<br />

Bayab<br />

Cat<br />

Cex<br />

Ah num<br />

Ah sas mil e.*<br />

Of taking on<br />

2200 The nature of<br />

His pants,<br />

His clothes,<br />

The nature of the step mat lord,<br />

The step throne lord—<br />

2205 There with his eye on heaven<br />

In the lordship<br />

As he comes<br />

To the remainder of the road of the<br />

katun,<br />

Then take office<br />

2210 The East priest Bol Ay<br />

And Bol Ay the Younger.<br />

The East priest Bol Ay arrives,<br />

Whereupon they seize each other,<br />

The Itza,<br />

2215 Amongst the trees,<br />

Amongst the bushes.<br />

He declared<br />

His soul born<br />

To the idol<br />

2220 Of the rain god<br />

On the day<br />

Of the katun period.<br />

Suffering it is,<br />

The return of suffering,<br />

2225 Filled with pain<br />

To be endured<br />

By the born<br />

And engendered child,<br />

The judgments of their day,<br />

2230 The judgments of their night<br />

In the sun<br />

And moon<br />

Of the wasp,<br />

The short wasp<br />

2235 In the hole in the tree,<br />

The hole in the bush.<br />

On that day they collect each other<br />

The winds of the earth,<br />

The rain god<br />

2240 Spirit,<br />

Clear<br />

And smooth,<br />

Punisher<br />

And brightener of the lands.<br />

2234.1 read u xux. 'Ambush' for 'wasp' is a guess: it seems to fit the following<br />

couplet.<br />

2244.1 read sas luumil e.

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