San iwki tlakwiloliah tonpopoliwi.San iwki xochitl,in san tonkwetlawiya in tlaltikpak

We will pass away. I, Nezahualcoyotl, say, enjoy! Do we really live on earth? Ohuaya, ohuaya.Not forever on earth, only a brief time here!Even jades fracture; even gold ruptures, even quetzal plumes tear: Not forever on earth: only a brief time here! Ohuaya, ohuaya.

O friends, to a good place we've come to live, come in springtime! In that place a very brief moment! So brief is life!

Truly do we live on earth?Not forever on earth; only a little while here.Although it be jade, it will be broken,Although it be gold, it is crushed,Although it be quetzal feather, it is torn asunder.Not forever on earth; only a little while here.

I love the song of the mockingbird,Bird of four hundred voices,I love the color of jadeAnd the intoxicating scent of flowers,But more than all I love my brother, man.