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Johanna Unzueta, Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa,
Felipe Mujica, Hellen Ascoli,
Elisabeth Wild, Akira Ikezoe,
Vivian Suter, Edgar Calel,
Jessica Kaire

First Sunrises on Earth






Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City





    
    






Cholq’ij





Prrr  prrr  prrr  ut  ut  ut  ut  ut  q’uq’  q’uq’  q’uq’  xpumuuuy  xpumuuuy





E k’o, e ajawal tukr nikirik’ik’ej kixik’, nikiyek qaxik’ ustape’ öj sokotajnäq q’uq’





kow yojkikiyika’ k’o b’ey kan nik’oje’ kan retal chi qij achi’el ri b’alam





nikijeq qak’aslem, nikib’olajij qanima, nikijeq ri b’ey ri yaruk’waj chi ruchi’ ri xib’alb’ay





chi ri’ k’o wi’, pa rutza’n ri sotosïk nkil jun nïm q’axomal k’u’x.





¡Loq’oläj saqil! Matyox xojawil, wawe’ öj k’o wi’ pa b’eleje’ ruq’a’ ri qa’an





tz’uj, tz’uj, tz’uj kan yech’ich’an raqän taq ya’, ri ye’aq’oman, ri ye’oyon qichin





re yejasjot chi re qanima, k’o k’a b’ey rikin ronojel kuchuq’a’ nikib’ij kib’i’:





Atitaj – Mama’aj, Te’ej –Tata’aj, paq’ij – aq’a’, kaq’ïq’, ya’, kaj, ulew, ulew, Qate’ ruwachulew 





pom, ronks, kuxa, rora, tiqatzija’ qachäj chuqa’ tiqatz’ija’ tiqasik’aj jun ka’i’ oxi’ qamay.





Tiq’ajan tipe’ rutzijol, jun, ka’i’, oxi’ b’ey tiq’ajan ¡Tiqajaqa’ ri rox runaq’ qawäch!





Xoqa’ ri ramaj ri jalajoj rub’onil ramaj, re njalwachitej ruwäch ri ajxib’ qak’u’x





rik’in tun, rik’in xul, rik’in chiy chiy chuqa’ rik’in taq piril xtikiya’ rutzijol





ri kamïk chuqa’ ri k’aslemal. Titinin nipe’, nib’os pe, nikotz’ijan, nutzuq ri qak’aslem





titinin nipe’, nib’os pe, nikotz’ijan, nusipaj’ k’awomanïk, nusipaj tzij, nusipaj ri rajlab’äl k’aslemal.





Tqasolo’ ri tzij richin ri k’ulunïk richin q’etenïk, tqawak’axaj ruch’ab’äl ri loq’oläj ch’ame’y





Tqasolo’ ri b’ätz’ richin niqakem qach’akul, re’ xtiqapo’ qi’ Jun B’ätz’ Jun Chowen





xkojkiyuqej el ri taq tz’ula’, re k’o retal b’ey kik’in, xtikik’ut qab’ey, jo’





kojch’o rik’in ruk’u’x kaj, ulew, kaq’ïq’, ya’, kojch’o rik’in ri nimaläj ruk’u’x k’aslem





tiqapo’ qi’ q’aq’, juyu’, palow, xkanul, tz’unün, xamanil ri nisutut pa nik’aj aq’a’.










-Negma Coy





Cholq’ij







Prrr  prrr  prrr  ut  ut  ut  ut  ut  q’uq’  q’uq’  q’uq’  xpumuuuy  xpumuuuy





They are, they spread their guardian owl wings, they raise our wounded quetzal feathers
they shake us with strength and sometimes mark our body like the jaguar
they carve our Being, cleave our chest, open up the road that leads to the underworld
there it is, at the tip of the spiral they find the scar of contrition.

The light reaches us. Blessed clarity! We are here on rung number nine,
tz’uj, tz’uj, tz’uj spakle the travelling rivers, the medicinal waters, those that call
they whisper the soul, but when its necesary without pity they roar their name:
Grandmother – Grandfather, Mother – Father, day – night, wind, water, sky, earth, earth Mother Earth
pom, roses, kuxa, rue, let’s light up our ocote and smoke some of our tobacco ciagars.

Let it thunder, some two and three times let it thunder. Let’s open the thrid eye!
the rainbow time has arrived, the metamorphosis of our scared heart is close
it will be announced with drums and hornpipe, with chin chins and ocarinas, yes, it will be announced
death and also life. Shake, be born, grow, flower, breastfeed and repeat
shake, be born, grow, flower, breastfeed the offering, the word, the number of life.

Let’s untangle the word for the encounter, and listen to the voice of the sacred rod
let’s untangle the threads to weave our skin, to become jun b’atz’ jun chowen





so the tz’ula’ can take us by the hand, they mark the way, let’s go
let’s talk to the heart of the sky, earth, wind, water, let’s speak to the heart
let’s be fire, mountain, sea, volcano, hummingbird, let’s be spirit and midnight swirl.










-Negma Coy



            

            

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