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Huitzilopochtli, leader in war
whose work is on high, who goes on his way:
not in vain I take the yellow feathered cape,
which through me is the sunshine.
Dark portent, dweller in the clouds,
you have but one foot
dweller in the cold aztec lands

You open your hands, feathers are given
to the walls of the warm country
broadcast they fly, proclaiming war
my god is called defender of men
Already he rises all covered with paper
dweller in the warm country
he circles in the dust
dweller in the warm country
he circles in the dust

The Amanteca are our enemy
about me place yourselves in war formation
there will be war
about me place yourselves


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