Samson and Delilah Page #6

why did the Saran send you?

l asked to come.

Why?

l knew you'd yield to any other woman.

And you came here to save me.

No.

l came to betray you.

By the four winds you

have courage, Delilah.

Don't overlook this.

lt's a gift from the Saran.

You could bind a man tighter

than the Saran's chains.

Could l bind you?

No, Delilah.

You're going back to the Saran.

The only way you can be trusted.

Will you kill me yourself?

You could crush me

between these two hands.

Why don't you?

l told you once l'd kiss you

with my dying breath.

Your kiss has the sting of death.

l don't believe you could kill me.

Try.

You're afraid to kill me.

l'll let the devil do that.

l know you will.

But don't make me eat supper alone.

Hisham.

l'll go back to Gaza at daylight.

You'll leave tonight.

We're leaving, Hisham.

Have the men load the camels.

What camels?

His bandits stole your camels.

Then have the drivers prepare a litter.

You have no drivers.

They ran to the hills when they saw

this spawn of the devil.

How can l go, Samson?

l'll have your camels brought back.

Why not bring them yourself tomorrow?

Because when my back's turned,

you'll send for Ahtur's soldiers.

l couldn't send for anyone

if you were with me.

Hisham, pour the wine.

Pour it for one.

Have you lost your taste

for wine, Samson?

l've got that l want.

You are all l want.

You...

Daughter of hell.

Seven green wives for

our seven days, Samson.

Stop trying to be a fish!

Let me try them on you.

The last people who tried

drowning Danites

ended up beneath the red sea.

Oh no no..Samson, that water's too wet!

Come up here and help me with these.

l have my hands full with you.

What do you want with those

green wives?

Planning to snare a rabbit?

No...a lion.

With those?

l'm weaving you a crown.

- A lion with lilies in his mane?

- Hold these.

This crown will have a secret power.

For its wearer or its weaver?

Only a secret can buy a secret.

l have no secrets left to tell.

No?

You never told me why you're

stronger than other men.

ls it some herb you mix in your food?

Or some charmed oil you rub into

your body?

What would you do if you knew

the secret to my strength?

Bind you.

Why?

So you could never leave me.

l couldn't escape you

if you bound me with these

seven green reeds.

Could seven little green wives

hold Samson?

These green wives are much stronger

than they look.

Hold them tight.

See?

lf you bound me with these seven

little wives,

l'd be as weak as any other man.

Truly?

Try it.

Poor Samson, he'll be helpless.

Led on a leash,

the slave of a woman.

That knot there wouldn't hold a sparrow.

Tie it double.

Now you're my prisoner.

Or are you mine?

Samson, the Philistines are upon you.

l ought to break this over your lying

little skull.

But it was a Philistine.

You can teach the devil new tricks.

Well, you tried to cheat me.

Delilah...

No, l will not listen.

- But you asked me to...

- l don't want to hear you.

Three times you plagued me to tell you.

And three times you've lied to me.

You said new ropes that had never

been used would hold you.

Who knows the strength of a rope

that's never been use?

Then you told me your strength would go

if l wove your hair to the web of my loom.

Now look at my loom.

l'd rather look at you.

lt's no use, Samson.

You'll always find a new trick

to deceive me.

The night l came to the Valley of Sorek,

you wanted to send me away.

You were right. lt is better that l go.

Delilah.

Delilah...

Once your father offered you to me

in marriage.

l remember what you called me.

Never mind what l said then.

Will you marry me now?

There are too many lies between us.

You still fear me more than you love me.

l don't fear you enough.

You don't trust me enough.

l love you enough.

Then...

Then tell me the secret

of your strength.

My strength?

- My strength is...

- No, Samson, no!

l don't want to be armed with a

weapon to destroy you.

Weapon?

lt wouldn't be a weapon

if you really loved me.

Oh, Samson, Samson.

How can there be any doubt left in you?

lf there is, l'll end it now.

Look about you, Delilah.

The moon that lights this oasis

by night...

And the sun that lights it by day

are not there by chance.

ln the beginning,

there was only darkness.

Until one power created light.

Shaped the earth and

all the things that live upon it.

Your invisible god.

My strength comes from him.

But how does his power reach you?

ls he here with us now?

He's everywhere.

The wind, the sea, the fire.

ln your heart if you believe in him.

His is the only power in the world...

That can break open a seed...

And raise it into that great tree.

And can l share this power with you?

Anyone can share it.

lt's a gift that makes men

greater than themselves.

With it, some can stir the

soul with music.

Others can read the truth

in men's hearts and forgive.

To me, it's the strength

to break any bonds

that can be put upon me.

And will you always have this strength?

As long as l keep faith

with the almighty.

A long time ago, l was dedicated to him.

Many of the vows l've broken...

But one l've kept.

A vow has made you strong?

It's much more than that.

Do you remember the lion l killed?

l'll never forget.

The strength of the lion makes

him king of beasts.

And the great ruff of his mane

is the mark of his power.

Go on, Samson.

The men of the desert know that the

long flowing mane of the stallion

is the mark of his power.

Among my people...

they say that the strongest ram

has the heaviest wool.

But to clip the mark of his power.

The shield of his strength is gone.

You've seen the eagle climb the sky.

But pluck the two prime feathers

from the tip of one wing.

And the mighty eagle can no longer fly.

The mark of his power is gone.

The mark of his power.

Samson.

This is the mark of your power.

lt's your hair.

lf it were shorn from your head...

l'd be as weak as any other man.

You believe that this great god of yours

has given you your power through

your hair?

You do believe that, don't you?

From the beginning,

my mother taught me so.

Your power is in your hair.

What a beautiful power it is.

Look how it curls around my finger.

Black as a raven's wing.

And wild as a storm.

Shall l pull it out

and steal your power?

You cannot steal...

...what's yours already.

Come with me to Egypt.

We'll not be Danite

and Philistine there.

Only Samson and Delilah.

ln the valley of the Nile,

the air will be sweet with myrrh,

and only the flight of the ibis

will darken the sky.

Will you come with me?

My eyes could never find more beauty

than they see in you.

Through all eternity, nothing can ever

take you out of my arms.

Samson.

Miriam.

Saul.

Miriam, you bring bad news?

Let me talk with you alone.

Saul, fill the water bottles.

ln the tent.

My mother,

how did you leave her?

Chained to a post and whipped.

Philistine swine.

Here.

My father?

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