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Post Conquest Mayan Literature

Jose Sabino Uc, Autobiography, 1871

lt600 U TZOLAAN BEY IN CUXTAL
dzibtabi tumen Jose Sabino Uc

Uay ti noh cah ti Ho,
helel tu lahunil kin ichil yuil Febrero ti haabil 1871,
lt605 ten Jose Sabino Uc in kaba,
H-Na Couoh Uc,
cin bin dzibic u tzolan bey in cuxtal.
Te tu chi noh ha Akul
ti zihen ichil u luum Peten Itza u kaba.
lt610 H-Na Menche Uc in yum,
X-Na Kin Couoh in na,
kaxil uinicoob tu cahmatil tu cabil u cobol,
Lacantun u kaba.
Ti cimi in na tu hahil kin cin zihen,
lt615 ti lahuncakal kin ichil yuil Deciembre, tu haabil 1856.
Cimen in na,
ma yanhi ulak x-cħuplal ti yotoch in yum,
chen hali oxtul mehen, in zucunoob.
Ca tali ti Peten ah kin Fray Pedro
lt620 yetel ulak Capuchinoob.
Ti oci ha tu hol in yum yetel in zucunoob.
Jose Uc u kaba in yum;
Juan yetel Lorenzo yetel Juan Jose u kabaob in zucunoob.
Ma yan nadzaan x-cħuplal utial u dza ten chuuch.
lt625 Tu toahen in yum, tu dzahen ti boxac.
Ca ix oci ti cħem.
ca ix u cħemul ximbalnahoob ti noh yoc ha Kancuen,
Pasion u kaba.
Ca ix nacoob xan ti chichan yoc ha, Subim u kaba.
lt630 Cappel kin c' ximbalnahoon.
Pah keyem in uukul.
Ca ix c' ximbalnahoon ti kax,
ca kuchoon ti cah Sacluk.
Ti bini in yum tu yotoch batab:
lt635 "Yume, hela in h-ma na mehen pal.
Cuxaanto in talez tech, in kubic tech.
Bin in kube in pal ta kab ich a uicnal."
Lay u than in yume, beyo tu alah ti batab.


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