
El corazón de la muerte ~ The Heart of Death
-------ofrenda a los difuntos --------------- offering to the dead
---------al modo nahua------- / --------------in the Nahua mode
---Le hacemos, formamos
---el corazón a la muerte —
---We make, we form
---the heart of death —

de flores
de flores amarillas,
del cempoalxochitl —
of flowers
of yellow flowers
of marigolds —

de agua
de agua clara,
consuelo de la sed —
of water
of clear water
comfort of thirst —

de pan
de maíz, de trigo
nuestro sustento —
of bread
of corn, of wheat
our sustenance —

de nuestro alimento
que da deleite al paladar —
of food & drink
of our nutrition
that gives the palate delight —

de luz que alumbra el camino
anhelo de mariposas
-------------------nocturnas —
of light
of light that shows the way
desire of night moths —

de calaveras dulces
como la vida fugaz —
of sugar skulls
of candy skulls
sweet as fleeting life —

de copal, artemisa,
incienso, humo perfumado
que invoca a los dioses —
of copal, sage,
incense, perfumed smoke
that invokes the gods —

de flor y canto
de flor y canto le hacemos
el corazón a la muerte.
of flower & song
of flower & song we make
the heart of death.
-------------------------------------© Rafael Jesús González 2009
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