Satni [to Yaouma] What matter their cries to you. Have you forgot our promises?
Yaouma. No—Listen!—[Voices nearer].
A Woman. 'Tis Amterra! 'Tis Amterra!
Another. No! 'Tis Hihourr!
Another. No! Amterra lives the other way.
Another. One can hear nothing clearly now.
Another. They are passing behind the palm grove.
Satni [to Yaouma] Answer me—you have ears only for their clamor—I love you, Yaouma.
A Voice. They are coming! They are coming!
Another. Then 'tis Karma, of the next house.