Apu Ollantay Part 22

Thou art all my happiness, My daughter, come, O come to me; This joy quite inundates my soul, It is the name I gave to thee.

Yma Sumac.

O my mother, to find thee thus!

We must be parted never more.

Do not abandon me in grief.

To whom can I turn to free thee, To whom can I appeal for right?

Pitu Salla.

Make no noise, my dearest friend.

To find us thus would ruin me.

Let us go. I fear the Mothers.

Yma Sumac (to Cusi Coyllur).

Suffer a short time longer here, Until I come to take thee hence, Patience for a few more days.

Alas! my mother dear! I go, But full of love, to seek for help.

(Exeunt closing the stone door, all but Cusi Coyllur. They extinguish the torch.)

SCENE 6

Great hall in the palace of Tupac Yupanqui.

(The INCA discovered seated on the tiana. To him enter the UILLAC UMA, in full dress.)

Tupac Yupanqui.

I greet thee, great and n.o.ble Priest!

Hast thou no news of Rumi-naui.

Uillac Uma.

Last night, with guards, I wandered out On heights towards Uilcanuta.

Far off I saw a crowd in chains, No doubt the Anti prisoners, For they are all defeated quite.

The cacti[68] on the mountains smoke, E'en now the fortress is in flames.

Tupac Yupanqui.

And Ollantay, is he taken?

Perhaps--I hope his life is saved.

Uillac Uma.

Ollantay was among the flames, 'Tis said that no one has escaped.

Tupac Yupanqui.

The Sun, my Father, is my shield, I am my father's chosen child.

We must subdue the rebel host, For that I am appointed here.

(Enter a CHASQUI with a quipu in his hand.)

The Chasqui.

This morning at the dawn of day, Rumi-naui despatched this quipu.

Tupac Yupanqui (to the Uillac Uma).

See what it says.

Uillac Uma.

This knot, coloured burnt ahuarancu, Tells us that Tampu too is burnt; This triple knot to which is hung Another which is quintuple, In all of quintuples are three, Denotes that Anti-suyu's thine, Its ruler prisoner of war.