Uillac Uma. Not many days shall pass, O King,
E'er all the Antis are subdued.
I've seen it in the quipu roll,
Haste! Haste! thou Rumi Tunqui.[1]
[Exeunt.
Scene 3
The great terrace entrance to Ollantay-tampu. On R. a long masonry wall with recesses at intervals. At back a great entrance doorway. On L. terraces descend, with view of valley and mountains.
- (Guards discovered at entrance doorway. To them enter Rumi-ñaui in rags, his face cut and slashed with wounds, and covered with blood.)
Rumi-ñaui. Will no one here have pity on me?
One of the Guards. Who art thou, man?
Who has ill-treated thee?
Thou comest in a frightful state,
Covered with blood and gaping wounds
Rumi-ñaui. Go quickly to thy king and say
That one he loves has come to him.
One of the Guards. Thy name?
Rumi-ñaui. There is no need to give a name.
One of the Guards. Wait here.
[Exit one of the guards.
- ↑ Again playing upon the name of Rumi-ñaui. The High Priest calls for haste, so he substitutes Tunqui for Ñaui (eye), the tunqui (Rupicola Peruviana) being one of the most beautiful birds in the forests.
