TUPAC YUPANQUI. But this is the Aclla Huasi;[81] My child, art thou not mistaken? Where is thy imprisoned mother?
YMA SUMAC. In a dungeon within these bounds My mother has suffered for years, Perhaps even now she is dead.
(Enter MAMA CCACCA and PITU SALLA. Mama Ccacca kneels and kisses the Inca’s hand.)
MAMA CCACCA. Is it a dream or reality, That I behold my sovereign? Tupac Yupanqui. Open that door.
(CUSI COYLLUR discovered chained and fainting, with a puma and a snake, one on each side of her.)
YMA SUMAC. O my mother, I feared to find That you had already passed away; Pitu Salla! Haste. Bring water. Perhaps my dove may still revive.
TUPAC YUPANQUI. What horrid cavern do I see? Who is this woman? what means it? What cruel wretch thus tortures her? What means that chain bound around her? Mama Ccacca, come near to me What hast thou to say to this?v Is it the effect of malice That this poor creature lingers here?
MAMA CCACCA. It was thy father’s dread command; A punishment for lawless love.
TUPAC YUPANQUI. Begone! begone! harder than rock.[82] Turn out that puma and the snake,[83] Break down that door of carved stone. (To Mama Ccacca.) Let me not see thy face again. A woman living as a bat; This child has brought it all to light.
(Enter Pitu Salla with water. She sprinkles it over Cusi Coyllur, who revives.)
CUSI COYLLUR. Where am I? who are these people? Yma Sumac, my beloved child, Come to me, my most precious dove. Who are all these men before me?
(She begins to faint again and is restored by water.)
YMA SUMAC. Fear not, my mother, ’tis the King; The King himself comes to see you. The great Yupanqui is now here. Speak to him. Awake from thy trance.
TUPAC YUPANQUI. My heart is torn and sorrowful At sight of so much misery. Who art thou, my poor sufferer? Child, tell me now thy mother’s name?
YMA SUMAC. Father! Inca! Clement Prince! Have those cruel bonds removed.
UILLAC UMA. It is for me to remove them, And to relieve this sore distress.
(Cuts the rope fastening Cusi Coyllur to the wall.)
OLLANTAY. (to Yma Sumac). What is thy mother’s name?
YMA SUMAC. Her name was once Cusi Coyllur, But it seems a mistake. Her joy Was gone when she was prisoned here.
OLLANTAY. O renowned King, great Yupanqui, In her you see my long lost wife.