Romances de los señores de Nueva España
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The Romances de los señores de Nueva España (Spanish for "Ballads of the Lords of New Spain") is a 16th century compilation of Nahuatl songs or poems preserved in the Library of the University of Texas. The manuscript also includes a Spanish-language text, the Geographical Relation of Tezcoco, written in 1582 by Juan Bautista Pomar, who probably also compiled the Romances.
Most of the songs come from Texcoco, with several attributed specifically to the ruler Nezahualcoyotl. Several of songs are also found with variations in the Cantares Mexicanos.
The Nahuatl text and a Spanish translation of the Romances, as well as the Geographical Relation, was published in 1964 by Ángel María Garibay K. as volume 1 of Poesía nahuatl.
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- Garibay K., Ángel María (1964). Poesía nahuatl, vol. 1, Mexico: UNAM.
