Guerreros de Cemican – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Cemican

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Tepantlatomeh tlalticpac

In the middle of the earth

(Defensores de la tierra)

(Defenders of the land)

Ihuan toixachi neltiliztli

We come alive with their spirit

(Y nuestra gran verdad)

(And our great truth)

Cemanahuac tometiliztli

Cemanahuac, our way of life

(El universo nuestra dualidad)

(The universe, our duality)

Temanahuac teyaochihuameh Cemican

Between worlds, we call Cemican

(Somos los guerreros de Cemican)

(We are the warriors of Cemican)

Tiahui

Hooray

(¡Vamos)

(Let's go)

Nuestra sangre de fuego

Our fiery blood

Orgullo engrandecido

Pride grown tall

Viajamos junto al viento

We travel with the wind

Somos hijos del sol

We are children of the sun

Nuestra piel de bronce

Our bronze skin

Guerreros de la vida

Warriors of life

Defensores de la tierra

Defenders of the land

Y nuestra gran verdad

And our great truth

Monstruos paridos por el cosmos

Monsters born from the cosmos

Caminantes sin cansancio

Travelers without fatigue

Mirada de obsidiana

Obsidian eyes

¡Guerreros

Warriors

Elegidos con sonidos de la muerte

Chosen by sounds of death

Deidades en las venas, Nahuales por las noches

Deities in our veins, Nahuales in the night

¡Guerreros

Warriors

Somos los guerreros de Cemican

We are the warriors of Cemican

El universo nuestra dualidad

The universe, our duality

Somos la verdad entre la crueldad

We are truth amid cruelty

Sangre y rituales

Blood and rituals

¡Cemican

Cemican

Atl – Tetl – Ehechatl – Tlalli

Atl – Stone – Ehechatl – Earth

Somos Guerreros de Cemican

We are the warriors of Cemican

Somos Guerreros de Cemican

We are the warriors of Cemican

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
guerreros /ɡeˈreɾeros/ B2	noun - warriors
tierra /ˈtjera/ A2	noun - land, earth
fuego /ˈfweɣo/ A2	noun - fire
sol /sol/ A1	noun - sun
vida /ˈβiða/ A1	noun - life
dualidad /dualidad/ B2	noun - duality
caminantes /kaminantes/ B1	noun - walkers, travelers
mirada /miˈɾaða/ B1	noun - gaze, look
obsidiana /obsidiana/ C1	noun - obsidian (volcanic glass)
sonidos /ˈsinoðos/ B1	noun - sounds
muerte /ˈmweɾte/ B2	noun - death
venas /ˈbe.nas/ C1	noun - veins
rituales /ritˈwales/ B2	noun - rituals

Key Grammar Structures

• Tepantlatomeh tlalticpac

  ➔ Nahuatl Noun Pluralization, use of suffixes

  ➔ The word "Tepantlatomeh" is a plural form. Nahuatl commonly uses suffixes to indicate plural forms of nouns. Understanding these suffixes is crucial for reading and interpreting Nahuatl texts. Here, '-meh' is a common plural suffix.

• Ihuan toixachi neltiliztli

  ➔ Nahuatl Possessive Pronouns, specifically possessive prefixes ('to-')

  ➔ "toixachi" indicates possession. The prefix "to-" means "our". It's prefixed to a noun to show that something belongs to "us". Understanding possessive prefixes is fundamental to Nahuatl grammar.

• Cemanahuac tometiliztli

  ➔ Nominalization using suffixes in Nahuatl, especially 'liztli'

  ➔ "Tometiliztli" includes the suffix '-liztli,' which often transforms verbs or adjectives into nouns. It represents the state or quality associated with the root word, here related to 'being dual'.

• Nuestra sangre de fuego

  ➔ Simple Adjective + Noun phrase

  ➔ "sangre de fuego" is a noun phrase modified by the adjective "de fuego". It's a relatively simple construction focusing on describing a characteristic of the noun.