Toztliyan quechol nipa tlantinemia in tlallaicpac oquihuinti ye noyol ahua y ya i.
*The sweet voiced quechol there, ruling the earth, has intoxicated my soul.*
Ni quetzaltototl niyecoya ye iquiapan ycelteotl yxochiticpac nihueloncuica oo nicuicaihtoa paqui ye noyol ahuay.
*I am like the quetzal bird, I am created in the house of the one only God; I sing sweet songs among the flowers; I chant songs and rejoice in my heart.*
Xochiatl in pozontimania in tlallaicpac oquihuinti ye noyol ahua.
*The fuming dew-drops from the flowers in the field intoxicate my soul.*
Ninochoquilia niquinotlamati ayac in chan oo tlallicpac ahua.
*I grieve to myself that ever this dwelling on earth should end.*
Zan niquittoaya ye ni Mexicatl mani ya huiya nohtlatoca tequantepec ni yahui polihuin chittepehua a ya ye choca in tequantepehua o huaye.
*I foresaw, being a Mexican, that our rule began to be destroyed, I went forth weeping that it was to bow down and be destroyed.*
Ma ca qualania nohueyotehua Mexicatli polihui chile.
*Let me not be angry that the grandeur of Mexico is to be destroyed.*
Citlalin in popocaya ipan ye moteca y za ye polihui a zan ye xochitecatl ohuaye.
*The smoking stars gather together against it; the one who cares for flowers is about to be destroyed.*
Zan ye chocaya amaxtecatl aya caye chocaya tequantepehua.
*He who cared for books wept, he wept for the beginning of the destruction.*