Thursday, July 19, 2012

Poetry Reading in Q'anjobal Maya by Gaspar Pedro Gonzalez Roda


Here is the translation below:

When the gods created the world,
They created it from four colors:
Red, black, white and yellow.
Man was made of maize.
In the east the red corn,
In the west the black corn,
In the north the white corn,
In the south the yellow corn.
The goddess ixchel grounded on her stone
Kernels of each color.
And as a result,
A single masa of humankind
In the four corners of the world.

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