The Annals of the Cakchiquels

1. VAE XTINUdzIBAH HALAL QUITZIH HE NABEY Ka tata ka mama, heri xeboço vinak oher mahaniok ti laqabex vae huyu taqah; ca ruyon ok umul dziquin coh, que cha, ha ok ki xquilaqabeh huyu taqah he ca ka tata ka mama, yx nucahol, pa Tulan.

1. Here I am going to write a few of the sayings of our earliest fathers and ancestors, those who begot men of old, before the hills and plains here were inhabited; then only rabbits and birds were here, they say, when they took possession of the hills and plains, they, our fathers and ancestors from Tulan, oh my children.

2. Xtinudzibah ca quitzih ri ki he nabey ka tata ka mama qaqavitz rubi, Çactecauh ru bi hunchic, he coh quitzih que cha ca chaka palouh xoh pevi, pa Tulan ru bi huyu, xoh alax xoh caholax vi pe ruma ka tee, ka tata, yxkacahol, quecha ri oher tata mama, qaqavitz, Çactecauh qui bi, ri ki xepe pa Tulan he cay chi achij heri xoh boço, oh Xahila.