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100 Refutations: Day 41 | InTranslation (intranslation.brooklynrail.org)

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This poem is taken from the Cantares de Dzitbalché, discovered in 1942 in the Villa of Dzitbalché, Calkiní, Campeche, Mexico. The codex is composed of fifteen religious Mayan songs corresponding to the Cacicazgo de Ah Canul. It is believed to have been composed in 1440, and the poetry found therein is considered a treasure of the poetic cosmogenic vision of the Maya of the region.

For more information, see FAMSI, the Fundación para el Avance de los estudios Mesoamericanos, Inc.

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[–] testing@fedia.io 1 points 8 months ago

from the article:

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There, sings the torcacita on the branches of the ceiba tree. There, also, the knife, the charretero, the small kukum and the sensontle! All a-joy The birds of the Lord God Likewise, also, the Lady has her birds: the small turtledove, the small cardinal, the chinchin– bacal and the hummingbird too.

These are the birds of the Beautiful, Lady—she who is the owner.

For if there be joy amidst animals, why then, are our hearts not full too? If the same are they at dawn: Bellisimos! All a-song, all a-playing running through their heads.

“Luna de Xelajú”, performed by Gaby Moreno.