Act Iii. Scene 4

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"Apu Ollantay", by Clements Markham, [1910],

p. 387

Scene 4

A corridor in the palace of Chosen Virgins.

(\"Enter" Yma Sumac \"and" Pitu Salla.)

\"Yma Sumac". Pitu Salla, beloved friend,

How long wilt thou conceal from me

The secret that I long to know?

Think, dearest, of my anxious heart,

How I shall be in constant grief

Until you tell the truth to me.

Within these hard and cruel bounds

Does some one suffer for my sins?

My sweet companion, do not hide

From me, who 'tis that mourns and weeps

Somewhere within the garden walls.

How is it she is so concealed

That I can never find the place?

"Pitu Salla". My Sumac, now I'll tell thee all--

Only concerning what you hear,

And still more surely what you see,

You must be dumb as any stone;

And you too must be well prepared

For a most sad heart-rending sight--

'Twill make thee weep for many days.

"Yma Sumac". I will not tell a living soul

What you divulge. But tell me all,

I'll shut it closely in my heart.