TUPAC YUPANQUI.
How is it I know not of this?
It should be reported to me.
I will load her with suitable gifts;
Why was this concealed from my eyes?
OLLANTAY.
In Cuzco itself disappeared
That sweet and adorable dove;
One day she did rest in my arms,
And the next no more to be seen.
In grief I made search far and near,
Earth seemed to have swallowed her up,
To have buried her far from my sight;
O such, mighty King, is my grief.
TUPAC YUPANQUI.
Ollantay! afflict not thyself,
For now thou must take up thy place
Without turning thy eyes from thy work.
(To Uillac Uma.)
High priest, obey my command.
(The Uillac Uma goes to the wings (R.) and addresses the people outside.)
UILLAC UMA.
O people, hear what I say:
The Inca, our King and our Lord,
Thus declares his imperial will:
Ollantay shall reign in his place.
PEOPLE outside.
Ollantay Ranti! Ollantay Ranti!
(Shouts and acclamations.)
TUPAC YUPANQUI.
(to Rumi-ñaui and other chiefs.)
You also render him homage.