C. T. Suddeth

(Nahuatl Aztec poem)

Huitzilopochtli is a warrior,

One who acts from the heavens
Chooses his own trail.
Oh splendid dweller high in the clouds,
Oh dweller in the place of icy wings,
He makes the walls of fire fall down
Where feathers are harvested.
And so he goes to war
And overcomes the folks
Impatient for war, the Flaming One arrives,
He seethes where whirling dusts arise.
Rescue us!
War arises, flames arise.
Those Pipitlan are our foes.

[Pipitlan was south of Tenochtitlan]

[Xiuhteccuhtli was Lord of Fire and Life after death]