Manco Cpac:
And the Sickle of Death
(1)
Manco Capac lived a long, long life,
If measured, longer than any man alive
But even to him came the cup of death
The Master of the Sun, the Sun God
Called to The son of no race, bright
As the sun and most, most handsome:
Commander, go down and tell
Manco Capac about his death to be,
So he may arrange for deposition
A declaration of his possessions
For I have made him a rich man
The wealth of servants and plenty
Thus, the commander left his abode
Earth bound, and went down to
Manco Capac at the foot of the Andes
There he found this righteous man
In the nearby fields with his servants:
Hail, hail, hail, Father of the Incas!
I come from the Golden City of the
Sun, sent by the Great King of Heaven,
To provide for your successor (departure)
Manco Capac and the Commander
Walked by a huge rock, it talked, said,
In a hu man soft spoken voice:
Holy, holy, is the God of the Sun,
For He summons you, and loves you
Loves and wants you to come home!
Manco Capac pretended not to hear
To hear, as he and the Commander
Walked, and talked, in the courtyard
(2)
Manco Capacs servant said (with awe),
To Mama Ocllo (his devoted wife):
The Commander who is with your husband
is not of our race, nor lives on this earth.
Manco Capac then washed the feet of
The Commander; after that, saw a wonder:
The tears of the Commander turned
Into drops of silver and goldmixed.
Pure silver and pure goldmixed.
(3)
Then the Commander rose in a clap of an
eye, and stood in front of God and said:
Master, Lord, I cannot bring death
upon the house of Manco Capac;
For he is the mot gracious, truthful
And merciful man alive on earth
The Lord said to the Commander:
Go down and keep him company;
Eat with him , and do as he asks
I will give you an all devouring spirit
and I will send the Holy Spirit of God
And a dream unto his servant (to interpret)
(4)
And so it was, the Commander sat
With Manco Capac, at his table and
Prayed and ate with him according
to custom; and they rested the same.
And so it was, the servant wished to
Remain with Manco Capac, but could not
he was told to go rest, it was his wish.
In the middle of the night the servant
Woke up on the fourth hour, in fright
he had had a vision, heard Death talking;
Thus, he run to Manco Capac, and cried:
Death has come! and Manco cried
and so did the Commander cry.
Mama Ocllo then left her room,
Found everyone in tears, and she cried,
but asked: Why is everyone crying?
When Mama Ocllo heard the Commander
Speak she knew he was set apart, holy.
(5)
Said Mama, to her much-loved husband:
Do you not know who t his man is?
Then Manco Capac thought and spoke:
I have lied; I know he is very sacred
A Holy Messenger, from the Sun
I see his brightness, of all things.
And Mama Ocllo knelt down and cried:
Glory be to God, who is bright
With wonders; and husband, she asked,
Let us now look at the revelation
Before us; be it for good or evil? and
Glory be to God, who is like the sun
(6)
Then Manco Capac left his wife to talk
to his servant about his vision;
Said the servant with fear and wonder:
I saw all the stars turn into the sun;
I saw the sun turn into a man;
And he was, descending to earth.
And Manco Capac, knew all the stars being one
Was his God, and the sun was the light
The Commander was bringing to him
from the Almighty. And the Commander
Said, It is time for you to leave earth
Journey to God in the form of your soul;
Said Manco Capac: Is it you then
Who de sires to take my soul from me?
Said the Commander with estrangement:
I am Gods messenger, announcing
Gods intentions. Then the Commander
Disappeared; went back into the heavens!...
(7)
The Commander told the Almighty Master
All that took place, and all that was said.
God then told the Commander, Ask him
Why he is resisting Me; and not one of my
Prophets have escaped the mystery of death.
All have been gathered by the Sickle of Death (?)
(8)
And with the Commander God sent Death
And it came to pass, soon after Manco Capac
Seen Death dressed up in Great Beauty:
And Death greeted him, as if to seduce
Him with beautiful words; but Manco Capac
Call Death, Liar, Death is not beautiful.
But Death said, To the righteous
I am beautiful, to the sinnerdecay,
Do not be deceived, to the sinner
I bring much fear, destruction, dismay;
And to you, blessed man, a crown of honor!...< br> And Death showed him two heads; one called
decay, it had a dragons face. The other
Like a golden Tumi, bright as the sun.
And Death said, Go with the Commander.
(9)
And Manco Capac, said to Death, Show
Me now your hands, and Death did. In
One hand he had a Golden Tumi, and
in the other was the keys to the gates
Of the Sun; then the Inca prophet knelt
Prayed to the Almighty, closing his eyes;
And Death called to God, clutching the
Moment: as God looked down, He snatched
His soul, and drew him up to his kingdom.
∆
Notes by the Author [note #1: In l993, I had two heart attacksone bad one, and bad stroke, the stroke I had during surgery that doctors said, You were a fruitcake, meaning, I was destroyed by the stroke on the operating table, at that time, and afterwards, my left side paralyzed and much more. Each day for three days, I saw a huge man standing at the end of my bed, thinking it wa s the doctor, only to find out, it was not; he was there early in the mornings, about 5:00 AM., by himself; I was able on the third day to read again, prior to this, words and letters were distorted, nor could I figure out the numbers on a telephone. It took me three months to learn how to play the guitar again, and at the time, I had played the guitar for 35-years; the point being here, is that Death perhaps was waiting in a white gown? There are 72-deaths, so it has been written. And as we all know, it has been appointed to man to die, be he a believer in God or not; somebody has made this decision, or something. And so in writing this poetic story, I knew how death would knock on Manco Capacs door; and perhaps this was how it happened.
Note #2: It should be noted also that, Manco Capac ordered the construction of a structure, consisting of three windows, at his birth site, so legend would have it; such as one might see at the archeological site of Machu Picchu; th us, it had been pointed out, he most likely came from there.
#784 8/6/2005
Partly Written in Bayfield, Wisconsin 8/2005
While resting, otherwise in St. Paul, MN
By Dennis L. Siluk
Versin en Espaol
Manco Cpac:
Y la hoz de la muerte
(1)
Manco Cpac vivi una vida larga, larga,
De ser medida, ms larga que cualquier hombre
vivo. Pero an para l lleg la copa de la muerte.
El Amo del sol, el dios Sol,
Llam a El hijo de ninguna raza brillante
Como el sol y ms, ms hermoso:
Comendador, baja y dile a
Manco Cpac acerca de su muerte que ser,
As l puede organizar su relevo.
Una declaracin de sus bienes
Ya que lo he hecho un hombre rico
El ms rico en sirvientes y abundancia.
As el Comendador dej su morada
Y se dirigi a la tierra, y fue hacia
Manco Cpac a los pies de Los Andes.
All, el encontr a este hombre honrado
En los campos cercanos con sus criados:
te salu do, te saludo, te saludo, Padre de los Incas!
Vengo, desde la Ciudad Dorada del Sol,
Enviado por el Gran Rey del Cielo
Para proveerte de tu sucesor (por tu partida)
Manco Cpac y el Comendador
Caminaron por una enorme roca, sta habl, dijo
En una voz suavemente humana:
Santo, santo, es el Dios del sol, por
Emplazarte, y amarte- Amarte
Y querer que t vengas a casa!
Manco Cpac, pretendi no or
or, mientras l y el Comendador
Caminaban, y hablaban, en el patio
(2)
Los sirvientes de Manco Cpac dijeron (con temor)
A Mama Ocllo (su esposa fiel)
el Comendador quien est con tu esposo
no es de nuestra raza, ni vive en esta tierra.
Manco Cpac luego lav los pies
Del Comendador; despus de esto, vio un milagro:
Las lgrimas del comendador se volvieron
En gotas de plata y oromezclados.
Pura plata y puro oromezclados.
(3)
Luego el Comendador se elev en un guio de ojo
Y est uvo enfrente de Dios y dijo:
Amo y Seor, no puedo traer la muerte
..sobre la casa de Manco Cpac;
Por que l es el ms amable, honesto
Y misericordioso hombre vivo sobre la tierra
El Seor le dijo al Comendador:
Ve abajo y mantn compaa con l,
Come con l, y haz lo que l te pida
Yo te dar todo un espritu devorador
y enviar al Espritu Santo de Dios
Y sobre sus servidores un sueo (para interpretar)
(4)
Y as, esto fue, el Comendador se sent
Con Manco Cpac, en su mesa
y rez y comi con l segn
sus costumbres, y ellos descansaron igual.
Y fue as, que el sirviente dese
Permanecer con Manco Cpac, pero no pudo
l fue dicho ir a descansar, ste era su deseo
En el medio de la noche, el criado
Se despert, en la cuarta hora, en temor
l haba tenido una visin, oy a la muerte hablando;
As, el corri hacia Manco Cpac, y grit:
La muerte ha venido y Manco Cpac, llor
y as tambin el C omendador llor.
Mama Ocllo luego dej su cuarto,
Encontrando a todos en lgrimas, y ella llor,
pero pregunt: Por qu todos estn llorando?
Cuando Mama Ocllo oy al comendador
Hablar, ella supo que l era santificado, santo.
(5)
Dijo, Mama, a su esposo muy amado:
T no sabes quin es este hombre?
Luego Manco Cpac pens, y habl:
he mentido; yo s que el es muy sagrado
Un mensajero santo, del Sol
Veo resplandor, de todas las cosas.
Y Mama Ocllo se arrodill y llor:
Gloria sea a Dios, que es radiante
Con maravillas; y esposo, ella pregunto,
Djanos, ahora mirar la revelacin
Ante nosotros; sea eso para bien o mal! y
Gloria sea a Dios, Quien es como el sol
(6)
Luego Manco Cpac, dejo a su esposa hablar
con su sirviente acerca de su visin;
Dijo el sirviente con temor y maravillado:
Vi todas las estrellas convertirse en sol;
Vi al sol convertirse en hombre;
Y l estaba, desc endiendo a la tierra.
Y Manco Cpac, supo que todas las estrellas siendo uno
Era su Dios, y el sol era la luz que el
Comendador estaba trayendo para l
del todopoderoso. Y el Comendador
Dijo, Este es tiempo para ti, de dejar la tierra
Viajar hacia Dios en forma de tu alma;
Dijo Manco Cpac, Entonces eres t quien desea
tomar mi alma
Dijo el comendador con extraeza;
Yo soy el mensajero de Dios, anunciando
..las intenciones de Dios. Luego el Comendador
Desapareci. Regreso al cielo!...
(7)
El Comendador dijo al Dios todopoderoso
Todo lo que ocurri, y todo lo que fue dicho.
Dios entonces dijo al Comendador, pregntale a l
Porqu esta resistindose a Mi; y ninguno de mis
Profetas ha escapado del misterio de la muerte.
Todos han sido atrapados por la Hoz de la Muerte (?)
(8)
Y con el Comendador, Dios envi la muerte
Y sta vino a pasar, pronto despus que Manco Cpac
Vio la m uerte vestida en Gran Belleza;
Y la muerte lo salud, como si lo sedujera
Con palabras bellas; pero Manco Cpac
Llam a la muerte Mentirosa, la muerte no es bella.
Pero la muerte dijo; para el honrado
soy bella, para el pecadorpodredumbre..,
No seas engaado, por el pecador
Yo traigo mucho miedo, destruccin, consternacin;
Y para ti, hombre bendito, una corona de honor!...
Y la muerte le mostr dos cabezas, una llamada
.. putrefaccin, sta tenia la cara de dragn. El otro
Como un Tumi de oro, brillante como el sol.
Y la muerte dijo, Ve con el Comendador
(9)
Y Manco Cpac, dijo a la muerte Mustrame
Ahora tus manos, y la muerte lo hizo. En
Una mano l tenia un Tumi de oro, en la
.Otra mano estaban las llaves de las puertas del sol;
entonces el inca profeta se arrodill
Rez al Todopoderoso, cerrando sus ojos;
Y la muerte llam a Dios, agarrando el
Momento: mientras Dios miraba abajo , El
arrebat su alma y lo elev hacia su Reino.
Dennis Siluk, Poet http://dennissiluk.tripod.com [you are welcom to visit my website, I made it for you
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