THE 7 MOST POPULAR NAHUATL SONGS (WITH TRANSLATION) - CULTURE VOCABULARY

The songs in Nahuatl are very common among the Aztec Indians. Most of the people who speak this language currently live in central Mexico. This language is spoken by about 1.5 million people.

There are numerous dialects of this language. Classical Nahuatl was the official language of the Aztec Empire in most of Mesoamerica, from the 7th century AD. Until the Spanish conquest in the 16th century.

Today the languages of this family are spoken mainly in some rural communities, especially in the areas of Puebla, Veracruz, Morelos, Oaxaca, Tlaxcala, Hidalgo and Morelos, among others.

The 7 most popular songs in Nahuatl and their translation into Spanish

1- In Adelita

Ne ajkopa kampa nepa nochi kouta kalyetoya nochi in takat ka ni tepos uan se suapil tekitijke tojtokaya kuali ki nekia ni ueyi takat.

Kualtsin suapil yejua in Adelita

in suapiltsin ton ne takat ki nekia kachi kualtsin suapil amo moui kuali ki nekia in ueyi takat. Mokakia, kijtouaya yej kemiak kinekiaaa: Ta Adelita kineki nech tasojtas nik temoskia tech taltsin uan tech euyat ipan ueyat tech kuali momiktia taj tech taltsin tech se teposnejnen. Ta Adelita kineki nech tasojtas ta Adelita yejua no suatsin nor kouilias se kuali kueytsitsin kampa ni kuikas maj kuatsin maj mijto. Uan niman tamij kampa nepa mo kiktijte nochin takamej senualjke tech nin chantsin uan keman kachi mo miktiaya ne takame mo kepaya in takame ka nin tepos.

The adelita

At the top of the steep mountain range, a regiment and a brave young woman were following them madly in love with the sergeant. Popular among the troops was Adelita, the woman that the sergeant idolized, who in addition to being brave was pretty that even the colonel respected her. And you could hear it saying, the one who loved her so much: And if Adelita went with someone else, she would follow her by land and by sea if by sea, in a warship if by land, in a military train. And if Adelita wanted to be my wife and if Adelita were already my wife, I would buy her a silk dress to take her to dance at the barracks. And after the cruel battle was over And the troop returned to their camp By the voice of a sobbing woman The prayer was heard in the camp.And when the sergeant heard it, fearful Of losing his beloved forever Hiding his pain under the shawl He sang this way to his beloved… And you could hear him saying the one who was dying so much… And if I die in the war, And my corpse They are going to bury him, Adelita, by God I beg you, that for me you will not cry.

2- In occupation

Ce papalotl nocuepazquiani

nipatlaniz xoxohchipaz

ce cuicuizcatl nocuepazquiani

ihuan noxopantlan ninehnemi

Cenimialhuitl nocupazquiani

zopelic ninen nechicoz

icuicatzin cahcamate

aquiyenotlazocauh

Ce chapolin nocuepazquiani

ihuan nicuautlatzotzonal

cuaeualtzintzin cuacualcampa

ipan ce capoltic pac

Ye nelli zali occuilton

ye nic mati tiein nicchihua

ihtic nopoxac nochiaz

nohueyhueyitlalliliz

Nohueyhueyitlalliliz

The worm

I want to be a butterfly,

and fly from flower to flower,

I want to be a swallow and live in my season.

I want to be a bee,

and gather the rich honey, to

bring

the owner of my love to his little mouth.

I want to be a chapulín,

and play with my violin,

those beautiful mañanitas,

sitting in a cocoon.

But I'm a little worm,

and I already know what to do,

wait for myself in my cocoon,

and grow grow grow.

And grow grow grow

and grow grow grow.

3- Nahuatl spring song

Yecoc xochitl

ma in nequimilolo

ma in necuiltonolo

antepilhuan.

Huel ixtihuitz

cuecuey on tihuitz

zan xopan nomacicatihuitz

cempohualxochitl

yecoc xochitl

tepepitech.

The flowers

have arrived that are they gala

that they are wealth

oh princes.

Well they show us their faces

come to open their corollas.

Only in spring do they

reach their perfection.

the innumerable flowers,

the flowers reached the

edge of the mountain.

4- In coatl in amanal

In coatl in amanal

Inin coatl in amanal, amanal

ihca nan nen panozque

tlein yecama tzitzicuini

tlein tetoca mocahuaz

huaz huaz huaz

Ce mexica cihuatl

xochicual tlanamaca

xahxoca ahualcoca

ihuan chichilayohtli

ilhuilizli Ihuan chichilayohtli

Ilhuilizliizquilizquil.

Ilhuiliz, ilhuiliz

in Tonantzin tlali

Tzilictic teocuitla

Cualli ni panuz

ihca in no pilhuan

tlein nech toca amo mocahuaz

Tlein xochicualli

Tlein chichilayohtli

Tlein cihuazolli

ahxa, ahxa, ahxa

To the viper of the sea

To the viper, viper

of the sea, of the sea they

can pass through here

Those in front run a lot

and those in the back will stay

behind, after, after, after.

A Mexican whose fruits sold

plum, apricot, melon or watermelon.

Verbena, verbena, matatena garden

Verbena, verbena, the Virgin of the cave.

Golden

bell let me pass

with all my children

except the one in the back

after, after, after.

It will be melon, it will be watermelon, it will

be the old woman from the other day, day, day.

5- In kuakualkanton

Initin kuakualkantika

Kuikatika in tekutl

Ichpokame kuakualtzitzin

Tik in kuikame nel nan

Kualli xi ektlahtlachia

Xik ihta yoek tlatlanez

In totome ye inkuika

Ihuan metztle yokalak

Kualtetzin nelli kualkampa

Nemitz onek tlahpaloa

Tinochtin nel tipahpaki

Kanochi to pakiliztli

Ye huitz in tlaneztika

Ihuan tlahuil tech maktia

Ximehua nelli kualcampa

Xikihta yoek tlahtlanez

The mañanitas

These are the mornings

that King David used to sing

To the pretty girls We

sing them here

Wake up my good, wake up

See that it has already dawned

Already the birds sing

The moon has already set

How beautiful is the morning

when I come to greet you

We all come together

And pleasure to congratulate you

It is already dawning

And the light of day gave us

Get up in the morning

See that it has already dawned

6- Xochipitzahuatl

Xihualacan huan poyohuan

Ti paxalo ti María

Timiyahualotzan, Tonantzin bread

Santa María Guadalupe.

Tiny flower

Come all companions

to visit Maria, we will

surround Tonantzin

Santa María Guadalupe.

7- Icnocuicatl

Moztla… they

burn nehuatl nionmiquiz

amo they burn ximocuezo…

nican… occepa

nican nionhualaz Cualtzin Huitzizilin Nimocuepaz.

Zoatzin… they

burn ticon itaz Tonatiuh,

ica moyolo xionpaquiz

ompa…

ompa niyetoz huan Totahtzin.

Cualtzin tlahuili nimitzmacaz

Song of nostalgia

Tomorrow,

when I die,

I don't want you to be sad…

Here…

Again I will return

turned into a hummingbird.

Woman…

when you look towards the Sun,

smile with the joy of your heart.

There…

There I will be with our Father.

Good light I will send you.

References

Nahuatl songs: Icnocuicatl (Song of nostalgia). Recovered from ruclip.com
Nahuatl. Recovered from omniglot.com
Xochipitzahuatl. Recovered from mamalisa.com
Mexican folk - La Adelita. Recovered from lyricstranslate.com
Song in Nahuatl: In occuilton. Recovered from noamoxlikique.blogspot.com
The mañanitas-Nahuatl. Recovered from es.scribd.com
To the viper of the sea in Nahuatl: in coatl in amanal. Recovered from vozymirada.blogspot.com
Nahuatl spring song. Recovered from miabuelomoctezuma.blogspot.com

THE 7 MOST POPULAR NAHUATL SONGS (WITH TRANSLATION) - CULTURE VOCABULARY - 2025