Can anyone help me think of a good poem or song for the Aztec tribe?

Question

I am doin a project for history and we are to come up with some sort of poem about the Aztecs. Me and my partner have decided to play the guitar and sing a song or poem about the Aztecs. If anyone has a good poem or song for me PLEASE HELP!! I cant think of anything!

Answer 1

Netzahualcoyotl, the young prince, witnessing the murder of his father while hiding in a tree (from Codice Xolotl, vii )
In 1431, after many battles against the Azcapotzalcos, he was crowned and reestablished at Texcoco. He ruled for 40 years. Art and culture flourished. He built palaces, temples, botanical gardens and zoos. He worked with waterworks, bringing water to Mexico and isolating brackish water. Even though he was allied with Mexico Tenochtitlan, he was against human sacrifice.

As a never ending story, past, present and future, he reminds us of the transitory aspect of time. Read from our present historical perspective, his poetry could be considered sad. More mystic interpretations have considered it a premonition of the end of life before the Europeans.

Therefore, the following poem should be read in a soft, resigned, peaceful tone.

However, an attempt should also be made to read it through its historical perspective. Could it be a call to warriors? Texcoco wants you!
Was it perhaps read in a high tone, with loud bursts, calling to arms? After all, eagles and jaguars were the symbols for warriors. (Leon Portilla: 1967: 50-2)


"I perceive the secret, the occult
Oh, gentlemen!
Thus we are,
we are mortal, four by four, we, all men
we will all leave,
we will all die on Earth . . .
As a painting
we will fade away.
As a flower,
we will dry up,
here on Earth.
Like the feathers that dress the zacuan bird,
the precious bird with the flexible rubber neck
we will wither . . .
Ponder on this, Gentlemen,
eagles and jaguars,
if you were made of jade,
if you were made of gold,
you will still go there,
to the place of the fleshless
We will all have to disappear,
no one will stay behind."

(Netzahualcoyotl challenges mortality with his eternal poetry. His heart finds the flowers and songs that never die; poetry.)

"My flowers will not end,
my singing will not end.
I, the singer, elevate them,
they are shared, they are scattered.
Even when the flowers
wither and become yellow,
they will be taken there,
inside the home
of the bird with golden feathers. "

i hope this help you!
Reve

Answer 2

aztecs didnt have guitars..... ...sing "where did u sleep last night" it was written in like 1794 or some **** like that and has its roots in the mayan culture also uses a geetar