Apu Ollantay: A Drama of the Time of the Incas — Edition Insights

for that chief had rescued the eldest son of _Inca Rocca_ from the chief of _Ayamarca_, and had restored him to his father. For this great service the chief of _Anta_ was declared to be a noble of the highest rank and cousin to the Inca family. Moreover, the daughter of the _Anta_ chief was married to the _Inca Uira-cocha_, and was the mother of Pachacuti. Assuming, as seems probable, that _Ollantay_ was a son of the chief of Anta, he would be a cousin of the Inca, and of very high rank, though not an agnate of the reigning family. This, I take it, is what is intended. _Pachacuti_ desired to raise his family high above all others, and that, consequently, there should be no marriages with subjects even of the highest rank; and his excessive severity on the transgression of his rule by his daughter is thus explained.

Sc. 1.—Open space near Cuzco. Ollantay, Piqui Chaqui, Uillac Uma.

Sc. 2.—Hall in the Colcampata. Anahuarqui, Cusi Coyllur, Inca Pachacuti, Boys and Girls, Singers.

Sc. 3.—Hall in the Inca’s palace. Pachacuti, Rumi-ñaui, Ollantay.

Sc. 4.—Height above Cuzco. Ollantay, Piqui Chaqui, Unseen Singer.

Sc. 5.—Hall in the Inca’s palace. Pachacuti, Rumi-ñaui, and a Chasqui.

Sc. 1.—Ollantay-tampu Hall. Ollantay, Urco Huaranca, Hanco Huayllu, People and Soldiers.

Sc. 2.—A wild place in the mountains. Rumi-ñaui’s soliloquy.

Sc. 3.—Gardens of the Virgins. Yma Sumac, Pitu Salla, Mama Ccacca.

Sc. 1.—Pampa Maroni at Cuzco. Uillac Uma and Piqui Chaqui.

Sc. 2.—Palace of Tupac Yupanqui. Tupac Yupanqui, Uillac Uma, Rumi-ñaui.

Sc. 3.—Ollantay-tampu, Terrace. Rumi-ñaui, Ollantay, Guards.

Sc. 4.—House of Virgins, Corridor. Yma Sumac, Pitu Salla.

Sc. 5.—House of Virgins, Garden. Yma Sumac, Pitu Salla, Cusi Coyllur.

Sc. 6.—Palace of Tupac Yupanqui. Tupac Yupanqui, Uillac Uma, a Chasqui, Rumi-ñaui, Ollantay, Urco Huaranca, Hanco Huayllu, Piqui Chaqui, Chiefs and Guards, then Yma Sumac.

Sc. 7.—House of Virgins, Garden. All of Scene 6, and Mama Ccacca, Cusi Coyllur, Pitu Salla.

In Cuzco and its environs, and Ollantay-tampu

APU OLLANTAY.—General of Anti-suyu, the eastern province of the empire. A young chief, but not of the blood-royal. His rank was that of a Tucuyricuo or Viceroy. The name occurs among the witnesses examined by order of the Viceroy Toledo, being one of the six of the Antasayac ayllu.

PACHACUTI.—The Sovereign Inca.

TUPAC YUPANQUI.—Sovereign. Inca, son and heir of Pachacuti.

RUMI-ÑAUI.—A great chief, General of Colla-suyu. The word means ‘Stone-eye.’

UILLAC UMA.—High Priest of the Sun. The word Uma means head, and Uillac, a councillor and diviner.

URCO HUARANCA.—A chief. The words mean ‘Mountain Chief.’ The word huaranca means 1000; hence, Chief of a Thousand.

HANCO HUAYLLU AUQUI.—An old officer, of the blood-royal.

PIQUI CHAQUI.—Page to Ollantay. The words mean ‘fleet-footed.’

ANAHUARQUI.—The Ccoya or Queen, wife of Pachacuti.

CUSI COYLLUR ÑUSTA.—A Princess, daughter of Pachacuti. The words mean ‘the joyful star.’

YMA SUMAC.—Daughter of Cusi Coyllur. The words mean ‘How beautiful.’

PITU SALLA.—A girl, companion of Yma Sumac.

CCACCA MAMA.—A matron of Virgins of the Sun. Jailer of Cusi Coyllur.

Nobles, captains, soldiers, boys and girls dancing, singers, attendants, messengers or Chasqui.

An open space near the junction of the two torrents of Cuzco, the Huatanay and Tullumayu or Rodadero, called Pumap Chupan, just outside the gardens of the Sun. The Temple of the Sun beyond the gardens, and the Sacsahuaman hill surmounted by the fortress, rising in the distance. The palace of Colcampata on the hillside.

(Enter OLLANTAY L. [in a gilded tunic, breeches of llama sinews, usutas or shoes of llama hide, a red mantle of ccompi or fine cloth, and the chucu or head-dress of his rank, holding a battle-axe (champi) and club (macana)] and PIQUI CHAQUI coming up from the back R. [in a coarse brown tunic of auasca or llama cloth, girdle used as a sling, and chucu or head-dress of a Cuzqueño].)

OLLANTAY. Where, young fleet-foot, hast thou been? Hast thou the starry Ñusta seen?

PIQUI CHAQUI. The Sun forbids such sacrilege ’Tis not for me to see the star. Dost thou, my master, fear no ill, Thine eyes upon the Inca’s child?

OLLANTAY. In spite of all I swear to love That tender dove, that lovely star; My heart is as a lamb[6] with her, And ever will her presence seek.

PIQUI CHAQUI. Such thoughts are prompted by Supay[7]; That evil being possesses thee. All round are beauteous girls to choose Before old age, and weakness come. If the great Inca knew thy plot And what thou seekest to attain, Thy head would fall by his command, Thy body would be quickly burnt.