Eagle and jaguar warriors
The two highest orders of Nahua warriors, named for the eagle and the jaguar; in Nahuatl songs the pair stands for warriors and war.
Songs of Flowers and Parting
Nahua singers, three songs from the Cantares mexicanos manuscript, as printed by Daniel G. Brinton, Ancient Nahuatl Poetry (Philadelphia, 1887), songs XXII–XXIV · sung before and after the Spanish conquest; written down in the sixteenth century; printed 1887
XXIII.1
Nicaya quetza con tohuehueuh aoniquimitotia quauhtlocelo yn ca tiyayhcac in cuicaxochitl, nictemoan cuicatl ye tonequimilol ayyo.
I set up our drum. I make the eagle and jaguar warriors dance where you stand, among the flowers of song. I seek songs to adorn us.