Rabinal Achi / ZapatistaPortAction
Hobtoh Rabinal-Rahaual, Chief Five-Rains, speaks for the second time:
Valiant Warlike! Cavek iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii kiiiiiiiii kikikikiQuichí Vinak:
This is what you say
to the sky-face here
to the earth-face:
'Give me your food, your drinks
As a sort of signal of my death
to mark my disappearance"
OK fine.
Here they are take them
here they are I'm lending them.
Men Girls Get my food and drink! Give them to this Valiant this Achí Cavek Quichí- Vinakas a supreme signal of his death
A Servant: (bringing a low table with food and drinks)
Yessir! My Chief My Governor! I'm giving them to this Valiant this Achí Cavek Quichí- Vinak. Try a little of the food of the drink of my Chief my Governor grandfather Chief Five-Rainsin the great walls
Quichí-Achí eats and drinks disdainfully, then dances in the midst of the court, then returns and speaks for the Third time:
Ha! Aha! Yeha! Ahau! Wow! Achí!
I: Quichí-Achí
to you: Hobtoh Rabinal-Rahaual, Great Chief Five-Rains:Hey call this food? Call this drink?
Are these your groaning dishes
your overflow of drinks?
Quichí-Achí speaks again pointing to his bowl
Hey but this skull right here
is my grandfather's skull!
This skull right here
is my father's skull!
Right? Couldn't you do the samewith my head's bones?
And here's my arm-bone
for a silver gourd's handle
to sound and thunder
in the great walls
in the great fortress
And here's my leg-bone
hey that's a great drumstick
for the big drum
for the little drum
the sky can throb to
the earth can throb to
in the great walls
in the great fortress!