Broken spears original

[Kier Salmon]

In "Visiones de los Vencidos", page XVI, I find the spanish of the  
first verse, it uses "dardos" (darts not arrows) and is attributed to  
Manuscrito anonimo de Tlatelolco, 1528.  Copenhagen Facsimili edition  
of 1945


On Nov 13, 2007, at 11:43 AM, John F. Schwaller wrote:

>
> I cannot find my copy of Leon Portilla's Broken Spears and am  
> trying to
> figure out the original source for the famous phrases:
>
> Broken spears lie in the roads
> We have torn our hair in our grief
> The houses are roofless now, and their walls
> Are red with blood.
>
>
> and also
>
> The Fall of Tenochtitlán
> Our cries of grief rise up
> And our tears rain down
> for Tlatelolco is lost.
>
>
>
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