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Cuacuatzin

Cuaucuauhtzin lord of Tepechpan

Born probably around 1410. He was a renowned poet in the Pre-Columbian nahua world but little is known about his life.

His king or "tlatoque " was Nezahualcoyotl with whom he shared the same ideas in his poems:

The feather of the quetzal will break,
the paintings will fade,
the flower will die.
¿Will they exist
in the house of the giver of life?"

He died in 1440 ( year 13 knife in the aztec calendar), through a plot by Nezahualcoyotl who coveted his young wife Azcalxóchitzin . He was sent to die on the war front. He wrote a poem in a style called "sad song" when he knew about the plot.

Last updated: 08-18-2005 04:35:38