O King! thou dost raise me too high,

A man without service or claim;

I am thy obedient slave--

Mayst thou live for a thousand years.

 

 

 

Tupac Yupanqui.

 

The mascapaycha now bring forth,

And to it the llautu attach.

Uillac Uma, adorn him with these,

And proclaim his state to the world.

Yes, Ollantay shall stand in my place,

Raised up like the star of the morn,

For Colla this month I shall start;

All preparations are made.

In Cuzco Ollantay will stay,

My Ranti[FN#79] and Viceroy and friend.

 

 

 

 

[FN#79]  Ranti, a deputy.

 

 

 

Ollantay.

 

I would fain, O magnanimous King,

Follow thee in the Chayanta war;

Thou knowest my love for such work.

Peaceful Cuzco is not to my taste,

I prefer to be thy Canari,[FN#80]

To march in the van of thy force,

And not to be left in the rear.

 

 

 

[FN#80]  Canari, a warlike tribe of Indians, in the south part of the

kingdom of Quito.  They were first conquered by Tupac Yupanqui, and they

became devoted to him.

 

 

 

Tupac Yupanqui.

 

Thou shouldst find the wife of thy choice,

And with her reign happily here

In Cuzco; repose without care;

Rest here while I'm absent in war.

 

 

Ollantay.