Náhuatl writer Fabiola Carrillo Tieco holds a degree in history from the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla and teaches Mesoamerican Studies at the Universidad Autónoma de México, where she is a doctoral student. Fabiola is invested in the revitalization of the Nahuatl language and has published several titles including “In tlazinque / La perezosa” (2012); “In xinachtli in tlahtolli-Amoxtli zazanilli / El semillero de palabras-Libro de cuentos” (2014); and “Yei xinachtli, Yei tlahtolli / Tres semillas, tres palabras” (2015). Fabiola was also a coordinator for the Project Toconehua, which produced a book with the same name, and published her poetry in 2019 in the serie Xochitlajtoli in Círculo de Poesía.
Nechmatoca ican moixtololohuan quen tlalli
Ican motentzin quen atl, nechmatoca
Ican momahuan quen zoquitl
Nechpapachoa nonacayotzin
Copina notlahcoyan ican momahpiltzin
Nechchihua noquech ican motentzin.
Nechmatoca
Nechmatoca quen ahuachquiahuitzin
Nechmatoca, ixmachili quen nimolinia
Tócame con tus ojos de tierra,
con tus labios de agua,
con tus manos de barro.
Desliza caricias en mi cuerpo
Moldea mi cintura con tus dedos
Afina mi cuello con tus labios
Tócame
Tócame suave, tierna lluvia de rocío.
Tócame, siente como tiemblo.
"Nechmatoca" appears in Círculo de Poesía Revista Electrónica de Literatura.
Spanish tranlation by Fabiola Carrillo Tieco