Preámbulo
In the coasts of the Yucatan peninsula, near the beaches of Chicxulub Puerto, at the cocal* San Antonio heights, where the sea forms a beautiful natural entry, there lives a family of mermaids.
Tu jáal u k’áak’náabil u petlu’umil Yucatáne’, naats’ ti’ Chicxulub Puertoe’, tu lu’umil San Antonio, tu’ux ku pa’ak’al kastelan tuk’e’, jach te’elo’ yaan jump’éel chan jats’uts okbaj ja’i’, ti’ kajakbalo’ob túun junmúuch’ sirenao’obi’.
Their house, made of rocks, corals and sea plants, is at the bottom of the sea; Only on full moon nights, when the tide is low can you barely make it out in the surface.
U yotocho’obe’, ti’ yaan tu xuul ja’e’, beeta’an yéetel tuunicho’ob, coralo’ob, beyxan u mejen paak’alo’obilil ja’. Chéen tu áak’abilo’ob jach sáasil uj, le kéen éemek u yóol ja’e’1, ku k’as chíikk’ajal tak te’ jáalo’.
