Apu Ollantay: A Drama of the Time of the Incas

Anonymous

Translated by Sir Clements Markham

17 chapters · about 53 min

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The opening

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?

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About this edition

The words
Sir Clements Markham's English translation, copied word for word.
Left out
  • The source library's header, footer and license, in 2 places
  • A preface, foreword or afterword, in 2 places
  • The printed table of contents (the app makes its own)
  • Printed END OF ACT I closing furniture; Act II native division follows.
  • Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 5 places
  • Names modern General Mitre and debates the modernity of this text.
  • Explicitly discusses suitability of an English equivalent.
  • Compares the original Quichua verse construction and later literary testimony.
  • Explicit comparison of Dominican, Justiniani, Tschudi and Zegarra editions.
  • Explicitly attributes identification to Zegarra.
  • Later Mesa source quoted by Zegarra.
  • Explicit comparison of the original Quichua verse construction.
  • Extensive modern edition comparison and Zegarra criticism.
  • Explicit later edition comparison and preferred reading.
  • Explicit correction of Zegarra and appeal to historical authorities.
  • Explicit comparison with Zegarra and the Justiniani text.