Brinton.] ^-^^ [Nov. 4, 



I shall add here an invocation to Hurakan which is one of the finest in 

 the Popol Vuh : 



I. Acarroc, Atoob u gili, at Hurakan, at u Qux cah, tileu ! 



Hail, beauty of the day, thou Hurakan, thou (^its) Heart, the Sky, 

 the Earth ! 

 3. At yaol rech ganal-raxal, at pu yaol mial, qaliol ! 



Thou giver (of) our prosperity, thou, and giver (of) daughters, 

 sons ! 



3. Ch'a tziloh, ch'a maquih uloc a raxal, a ganal : 

 Make firm, extend hither thy glory, thy greatness : 



4. Ch'a yatah u qazsic, vinakiric v'al nu qahol : 

 Give their life, (their) increase to my descendants : 



5. Chi pog-tah, chi vinakir-tah, tzukul ave, cool ave. 



That they may beget, may increase nurses for thee, guards for thee, 



6. Ziquiy ave pa be, pa hoc, pa beya, pa xivan, xe che, xe caam. 

 Who shall invoke thee in the roads, in the paths, in the water ways, 



in the gorges, under the trees, under the bushes. 

 '7. Ch'a yaa qui mial, qui qahol ; 



Give to them daughters, to them sons ; 

 ■8. Ma-ta-habi il-tzap, yanquexo ; 



Let there not be disgrace, misfortune ; 

 ■9. Ma-ta ch'oc qaxtokonel chiquih, chi qui vach. 



That not comes the deceiver behind them, before their face. 

 10. M'e pahic, m'e zokotahic ; m'e hoxonic, m'e gatonic. 



May they not fall, may they not stumble ; may they not hurt their 

 feet, may they not sufier pain ; 



II. M'e kaliic r'equem be, r'ahzic be. 



May they not fall in the low road, in the high road. 



12. Ma-ta-habi pak, toxcom chiquih, chi qui vach. 



Let there not be a stumbling block, a scourge behind, before their 

 face. 



13. Que a yatah pa raxa be, pa raxa hoc ; 



Give them (to be) in a green road, in a green path ; 



14. Ma-ta-habi qu'il, qui tzap a cuil, av'itzmal. 



Let there not be to them evil, to them misfortune (from) thy locks, 

 thy hair. 



15. TJtz-tah qui qoheie tzukul ave, cool ave ch'a chi, ch'a vach. 

 Fortunate to them (be) existence, nurses thine, guardians thine, be- 

 before thy mouth, before thy face, 



16. At u Qux cah, at u Qux uleu, at pizom Gagal ! at pucli Tohil ! 

 Thou its heart the sky, thou its heart the earth, thou veiled Majesty ! 



thou and Tohil. 



17. At puch Tohil, Avilix, Hacavitz, pam cah, u pam uleu, cah tzak, 



cah xucut. 

 Thou and Tohil, Avilix, Hacavitz, body (of the) sk}^ its body the 

 earth (with its) four sides, four corners. 



