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Quichí-Achí, speaks

Since I can't do anything else but die
since I can't do anything else but disappear

			under sky here
			and on the earth.
why can't I change fates with this squirrel, with this bird dying on the branch of the tree, dying on the bud
of the tree, dying in their own little country in which they've found their food
in which they've found their needs

			chuvach cah
			chuvach uleu?
			under sky here
			and on the earth.
		O Eagles!
		O Jaguars!

Quichí-Achí, speaks for the tenth time:

Come on then!
Let's get your work done
let's get your duty over with
sink your teeth
sink your talons
get it over with
in one moment

since I am a Valiant     an Achi
from our own mountains
from our own valleys
May sky
and earth
be with you
O Eagles!
O Jaguars!

Eagles and Jaguar surround Quichí-Achí, Balam-Achí, Balam-Quichí, Rahaual- Quichí-Vinak lay him on the sacrificial altar and open his breast.