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>> Moctezuma y los tamemes.

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The tamemes were like servicemen
of Moctezuma, like almost --

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Almost in the condition of animals,
like cargo animals in the old Mexico.

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Los pies de Moctezuma no tocaban el
suelo y su camino no tenía puertas;

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los tamemes pisaban todos los lodos
y su camino estaba lleno de cargas.

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Los oídos de Moctezuma escuchaban los cantos
y su lengua profería las palabras de mando;

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los tamemes recogían los insultos y su
voz era la de los cenzontles en los montes.

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Para tener a sus esposas y concubinas, Moctezuma
sólo se volteaba a su derecha o a su izquierda,

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y su progenie sagrada se propagaba luego por
los cuatro rumbos del Imperio y de la muerte.

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Las mujeres de los tamemes acogían a los
caciques y a los señores de la tierra,

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y sus hijos naturales atravesaban leguas
portando con pies flacos la riqueza ajena.

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Sirvientes con bezotes de cristal, servían
a Moctezuma perros, pescados y patos;

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los tamemes cargaban cacao y maíz, con su
comida para el camino encima de la carga.

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Para conocer el pasado y el futuro,
Moctezuma poseía adivinos y hechiceros,

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espejos de obsidiana, animales y aves,
y cautivos que sacrificaba a los dioses.

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Para saber su suerte, los tamemes
miraban su condición presente,

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y consultaban la desnudez y
el hambre en su propio cuerpo.

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El día en que Moctezuma supo en la Casa de
lo Negro que su ruina venía a caballo con los

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atavíos de un dios, que se
había perdido en el Poniente;

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los tamemes no vieron nada en su día negro,

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sólo cambiaron de dueño
en la historia de México.

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>> Moctezuma and his bearers.

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No door stood in his path, the feet
of Moctezuma never touched ground.

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His bearers waited through all the mud
and their path was full of burdens.

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Moctezuma's ears heard songs and words
of command rolled off his tongue.

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His bearers picked up his insults and their
voice was as the mockingbirds on the hill.

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To possess his wives and concubines,
Moctezuma only needed to go left or right,

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and then and there his sacred
offspring were fathered

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out to the four corners of death and the empire.

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The chieftains and lords of the land
were entertained by his bearers' women

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and their bastards strutted leagues on their
skinny feet, bearing the bounty of others.

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Servants with lip plugs of crystal
plied Moctezuma with fish and duck

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and dog on top of a load of cocoa and corn.

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The bearers bore their own food for the road.

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To see into the past and future, Moctezuma had
soothsayers and wizards, mirrors of obsidian.

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For sacrifice to the gods,
animals and captives and birds.

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To tell their fate, the bearers looked at
their present state and consulted the hunger

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and nakedness of their own bodies.

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That day, in the house of darkness on which
Moctezuma knew his doom approached on horseback,

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guard like that God who had
vanished into the sunset,

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in their dark day, the bearers saw nothing.

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They were merely exchanging
masters in the History of Mexico.