ACT I
Scene 1
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[1] with her,
And ever will her presence seek.
- ↑ Chita is the lamb of the llama. A lamb of two or three months was a favourite pet in the time of the Incas. It followed its mistress, adorned with a little bell and ribbons.
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