To march when the signal appears;
On the opposite side of the stream
Prince Chara [1] has mustered his force;
In the gorge Charamuni[2] I post
Ten thousand armed Antis on watch;
Another such force is in wait
On the left, in the vale of Pachar.[3]
We are ready to meet our foes,
We await them with resolute calm;
They will march in their confident pride
Until their retreat is cut off,
Then the trumpet of war shall resound,
From the mountains the stones shall pour down,
Great blocks will be hurled from above.
The Huancas[4] are crushed or dispersed,
Then the knife shall do its fell work,
All will perish by blows from our hands,
Our arrows will follow their flight.
People and soldiers. It is well! It is very well!
(Cheers and martial music.)
Scene 2
A wild place in the mountains. Distant view of Ollantay-tampu.
(Enter Rumi-ñaui, torn and ragged, and covered with blood, with two attendants.)
Rumi-ñaui. Ah! Rumi-ñaui—Rumi-ñaui,[5]
- ↑ Chara was another descendant of Yahuar Huaccac.
- ↑ A ravine on the right bank of the Vilcamayu.
- ↑ Pachar is on the left bank of the Vilcamayu opposite Ollantay-tampu, with which it is connected by a rope bridge.
- ↑ Huancas, natives of the valley of Jauja—Inca recruits.
- ↑ Like Ollantay in his appeal to the Inca, Rumi-ñaui, in the
