O Malinalli, akanangodziwa! Akadakuwonani m'mawa wa pa Marichi 15, 1519 pomwe Lord wa Potonchán adakupatsani, pamodzi ndi akapolo anzanu khumi ndi zisanu ndi zinayi, kwa mlendo wadzindevu ndi thukuta, kuti musindikize mgwirizano wamgwirizano.
Ndipo sanali msungwana, wamaliseche kupatula chipolopolo choyera chomwe chidapachikidwa m'chiuno mwake ndi tsitsi lakuda lotayirira mapewa ake. Akadakhala kuti amadziwa mantha omwe mumamva kuti ndiwotani kuchoka, ndani akudziwa, ndi amuna achilendowo omwe ali ndi malilime osamvetsetseka, zovala zachilendo, makina okhala ndi pakamwa pamoto, mabingu, ndi nyama zazikulu kwambiri, zosadziwika, kuti zimakhulupirira poyamba kuti alendo akukwera pa iwo anali zilombo za mitu iwiri; zowawa zakukwera mapiri akuyandama, chifukwa chomvera chisoni anthu amenewo.
Apanso mudasintha manja, chinali tsogolo lanu ngati kapolo. Tamañita, makolo ako adakugulitsa kwa amalonda aku Pochtec, omwe adakutengera ku Xicalango, "malo omwe chilankhulo chimasinthira," kuti akagulitsenso. Simukumbukiranso mbuye wanu woyamba; mumakumbukira wachiwiri, mbuye wa Potonchán, komanso diso loyang'anira mbuye wa akapolo. Munaphunzira chilankhulo cha Mayan ndikulemekeza milungu ndikuitumikira, mudaphunzira kumvera. Unali m'modzi mwa okongola kwambiri, unasiya kuperekedwa kwa mulungu wamvula ndikuponyedwa pansi pa cenote yopatulika.
Kutacha m'mawa mu Marichi mumatonthozedwa ndi mawu a chilam, wansembe waumulungu: "Mudzakhala ofunikira kwambiri, mudzakonda mpaka mtima wanu utasweka, ay del Itzá Brujo del Agua ...". Zimakutonthoza kukhala ndi anzako, chidwi cha zaka khumi ndi zinayi kapena khumi ndi zisanu chimakuthandizani, chifukwa palibe amene amadziwa tsiku lobadwa kwanu, kapena malo. Monga inu, timangodziwa kuti mudakulira kumayiko a Mr. Tabs-cob, otchulidwa molakwika ndi alendo ngati Tabasco, momwemonso momwe adasinthira dzinalo kukhala tawuni ya Centla ndikuutcha Santa María de la Victoria, kukondwerera kupambana.
Munali otani, Malinalli? Mumawonekera pazithunzi za Tlaxcala, nthawi zonse mumavala chovala chansalu komanso mutatsitsa tsitsi lanu, nthawi zonse pafupi ndi Captain Hernando Cortés, koma zojambulazo, zojambulazo basi, sizimatipatsa chidziwitso chazinthu zanu. Ndi Bernal Díaz del Castillo, msirikali waku Cortés, yemwe akupangitsa kuti chithunzi chanu chilankhulidwe: "anali wowoneka bwino, wotanganidwa komanso wokonda kucheza… tiyeni tinene momwe marina Marina, pokhala mkazi wapadziko lapansi, khama lamphamvu lomwe anali nalo ... koma khama lalikulu kuposa mkazi ...
Ndiuzeni, Malinalli, unakhaladi Mkatolika m'mwezi womwewo mpaka ulendowu udafika mpaka pagombe la Chalchicoeca, lero ku Veracruz? Jerónimo de Aguilar, amene anamangidwa mu 1517 pamene a Mayan anagonjetsa Juan de Grijalva, ndiye amene anamasulira mawu a Fray Olmedo kukhala Mayan, ndipo chifukwa chake amakudziwitsani kuti milungu yanu yolemekezedwayo inali yabodza, anali ziwanda, komanso kuti panali mulungu mmodzi yekha. koma mwa anthu atatu. Chowonadi ndi chakuti a ku Spain adalimbikitsidwa kuti akubatize, popeza adachotsedwa yemwe adagona ndi wachinyengo; Ichi ndichifukwa chake adatsanulira madzi pamutu pako ndikusintha dzina lako, kuyambira pamenepo udzakhala Marina ndipo uyenera kuphimba thupi lako.
Kodi chikondi chanu choyamba chinali Alonso Hernández de Portocarrero, yemwe Cortés adakupatsani? Miyezi itatu yokha mudali ake; Cortés atangozindikira, atalandira akazembe a Motecuhzoma, kuti yekhayo amene amalankhula ndikumvetsetsa Nahuatl ndi inu, adakhala wokondedwa wanu ndipo adaika Juan Pérez de Arteaga ngati woperekeza. Portocarrero adanyamuka ulendo wopita ku ufumu waku Spain ndipo simudzamuwonanso.
Kodi mumakonda Cortés mwamunayo kapena mumakopeka ndi mphamvu zake? Mukadakhala okondwa kusiya ukapolo ndikukhala chilankhulo chofunikira kwambiri, kiyi yemwe adatsegula chitseko cha Tenochtitlan, chifukwa sikuti mudangotanthauzira mawu komanso mudalongosolera wopambanayo njira yamaganizidwe, njira, zikhulupiriro za Totonac, Tlaxcala ndi mexicas?
Mukadakhazikika kuti mutanthauzire, koma mudapitilira apo. Kumeneko ku Tlaxcala mudalangiza kuti mudule azondiwo kuti akalemekeze Aspanya, komweko ku Cholula mudachenjeza Hernando kuti akufuna kuwapha. Ndipo ku Tenochtitlan mudalongosola zamatsenga ndi kukayikira kwa Motecuhzoma. Pa Usiku Wachisoni mudamenya nkhondo limodzi ndi aku Spain. Ulamuliro wa Mexica ndi milungu itatha, mudakhala ndi mwana wamwamuna wa Hernando, Martincito, pomwe mkazi wake Catalina Xuárez adafika, yemwe amwalira patatha mwezi umodzi, ku Coyoacan, mwina ataphedwa. Ndipo mungachokenso, mu 1524, paulendo wa Hibueras, ndikusiya mwana wanu ku Tenochtitlan. Pa ulendowu, Hernando adakukwatira ku Juan Jaramillo, pafupi ndi Orizaba; Kuchokera paukwatiwu mwana wanu wamkazi María adzabadwa, yemwe zaka zingapo pambuyo pake adzamenya nkhondo ya cholowa cha "abambo" ake, popeza Jaramillo adalandira chilichonse kuchokera kwa adzukulu a mkazi wake wachiwiri, Beatriz de Andrade.
Pambuyo pake, mwachinyengo, Hernando amuchotsa Martin kwa inu kuti mumutumize ngati tsamba ku khothi ku Spain. O, Malinalli, mudadandaula kuti mudapatsa Hernando chilichonse? Munamwalira bwanji, mutaphedwa m'nyumba mwanu pa Moneda Street m'mawa wina pa Januware 29, 1529, malinga ndi Otilia Meza, yemwe akuti adaona satifiketi yakufa yomwe idasainidwa ndi Fray Pedro de Gante, kuti musapereke umboni motsutsana ndi Hernando pamlandu womwe udapangidwa? Kapena wamwalira ndi mliri, monga wanenera mwana wako wamkazi? Ndiuzeni, kodi zimakusowetsani mtendere kuti mumadziwika kuti Malinche, kuti dzina lanu ndilofanana ndi kudana ndi Mexico? Kodi ndizofunika bwanji, sichoncho? Zaka zochepa zomwe mudayenera kukhala ndi moyo, ndizambiri zomwe mudakwanitsa panthawiyo. Mudakhala okonda, kuzungulira, nkhondo; munachita nawo zochitika za nthawi yanu; Iwe unali mayi wa chisokonezo; mudakali amoyo kukumbukira kwa Mexico.
