poem source

[Michael McCafferty]

Can anyone point me to the source of this poem. It's supposed to be 
from the Nahuatl. Thank you! Michael

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In the house with the tortoise chair
she will give birth to the pearl
                         to the beautiful feather

in the house of the goddess who sits on a tortoise
she will give birth to the necklace of pearls
                         to the beautiful feathers we are

there she sits on the tortoise
swelling to give us birth

on your way on your way
child be on your way to me here
                         you whom I made new

come here child - come be pearl
                         be beautiful feather

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