Samson and Delilah Page #7

Stoned.

They are killing and burning

in every village.

The firstborn in every home

is put to the sword.

While this woman of Sorek

makes you drunk with her kisses.

The Philistines murder your people.

You are falling into Ahtur's net,

Samson.

The Philistines strike against

your people to get you.

Your mother cries your name, Samson.

We'll go.

l'll saddle a beast for you to ride.

Don't go, Samson.

This milk-faced girl with her cow's eyes

will lead you to your death.

You love him.

Women cannot deceive each other.

lt is in your face when you look at him.

You want him for yourself.

Yes, l love him.

ln his face, l see all that is

strong and good.

His name is like a cry of hope for us.

l've dreamed that someday Samson

would take me for his wife.

But he's never looked upon me

as a woman.

His face...his name...

shadows on the wall.

You think that is love?

You worship him with prayers

and downcast eyes.

l love him as a man of flesh and blood.

He is not leaving you for me.

There is a higher voice

that speaks through him,

and he will always answer its call.

Even your treacherous beauty

cannot turn him from it.

l cannot fight against his god.

But no woman will take him from me.

Miriam.

Hisham!

Hisham.

Hisham.

Play music.

- Water bottles filled?

- Yes, Samson.

- Come on.

- Samson.

Samson, don't turn back.

Samson.

- Go on with Saul. l'll overtake you.

- Aw, Samson.

Don't worry, Miriam.

He'll keep his word.

You called?

The wine of parting is bitter, Samson.

Not as bitter as blood.

You cannot wipe away such love as

l have given you without even a farewell.

l have a new debt to pay the Philistines.

- Then l'll come to you in Egypt.

- No, Samson. l've lost you.

Drain this cup...

as you have drained my heart.

You always doubt me, don't you?

And always love you.

l'll find you, Delilah, wherever you go.

No, Samson.

You belong to Miriam.

She's the good in you.

l'm the weakness...

The love that would enslave you.

l'll never be free of you, Delilah.

Let me feel the strength of your

arms about me.

When you are gone,

my arms will be empty.

My world will be empty.

Tell Lord Ahtur's messenger...

l have the secret.

Samson.

Samson, the Philistines are upon you.

l'll go out against them.

l'll...

Look at his hair, captain.

The lion of Dan is shorn like a sheep!

The lion? Without a mane?

Clean as a new-mown field.

She must've used a sickle on him.

Delilah plucked him like a chicken.

l've taken away your strength, Samson.

Your little Danite sparrow

will nest alone.

You Philistine gutter rat.

Throw your spears.

The shield of my god is gone from me.

What do you fear?

My blood will flow as red as yours.

All Gaza will honor the man

who brings back my head.

We're not going to kill you, Samson.

You Danites need a living reminder

of the price of revolt.

Bind him.

Call on your god, Samson.

l've betrayed him.

He would not hear me.

Are you not stronger than a hundred men?

You cannot carry away

the gates of Gaza again.

You cannot kill a lion now.

You're weak as any other man.

Stand him against that pole.

Hisham, we leave for Gaza.

You've done well, Delilah.

No blade shall touch his skin.

No drop of his blood shall be shed.

Courier. Take word to the Lord of

the five cities

that Delilah has kept her bargain.

Yes, my Lord,

The princes of Gaza will keep theirs.

You shall have your payment.

Payment.

Your arms were quicksand.

Your kiss was death.

The name Delilah will be an

everlasting curse on the lips of men.

l could have love you with a fire

to make all other loves seem like ice.

l would have gone with you to Egypt,

left everything behind,

lived only for you.

But one call from the milk-faced

Danite lily,

and you run whining at her heels.

No man leaves Delilah.

Look at her, Samson.

Look well...

remember the perfume with her hair,

the softness of her lips,

the fire of her embrace.

Satan himself taught her all

the arts of deception.

lt's easier to catch the moonlight

than to hold such a woman.

With all your strength,

you're a fool, Samson.

You trusted Delilah.

Remember her beauty...

and never forget her treachery.

Burn her image into your memory, Samson.

She's the last thing you'll ever see.

Bind his head to the pole.

Set it here.

lf you cannot see us,

you cannot harm us.

lf l have no strength to fight you,

l will need no eyes to find you.

O Lord...

My eyes did turn away from you

To look upon the flesh pots of

my enemies.

Now you take away my sight...

that l may see again more clearly.

Blessed be the name of the Lord.

Don't let the blade touch his skin.

You gratitude matches your generosity.

Thank you.

The blessing of Dagon.

l hope the count is correct.

Oh, it is, it is.

lf you still have the same shears,

Delilah,

my hair's rather long.

Sometime you might bait a trap for me,

Delilah.

Can you believe Samson's strength

was in his hair?

Wherever it was, he hasn't got it now.

Virtue is not often so well rewarded.

My greatest reward was

in serving my king.

While you were learning

the secret of Samson's strength

did he perhaps learn

the secret of your love?

Would l have betrayed him then?

Men have been betrayed by love.

Love and hate are but two sides

of the same coin.

My thoughts were only of you.

No man with eyes could

resist you, Delilah.

But only a fool would trust you.

Why should you doubt me?

You've not seen Samson grinding

at the millstone?

No.

Then come to the prison house.

No.

Suppose we go together.

Garmiskar will guard your fortune.

Come on, come on!

- Grind his body with the grain!

- Beat him with the jawbone of an ass!

He burned our crops! Hang him!

Behold the lion of Dan!

He's magnificent, even in chains.

Bend your back, you two-legged mule!

- Make him sweat!

- Break those chains, Danite!

- Samson was tamed by a woman.

- And probably worth it.

He still looks strong then a ox.

He'd look a whole lot stronger

if he hadn't met Delilah.

By their yelps, you'd think

the felled the lion themselves.

He has not dared to look at me.

He cannot see you.

l'll make him see me.

He's blind.

He can never see me again.

Does that disturb you?

l had your promise.

No blade has touched his skin.

No drop of his blood was shed.

You...you played with words

to rob him of his eyes.

lt was you who betrayed him, not l.

He was captive, in chains,

yet the Lord of the five cities

could not show him mercy?

Did you show him mercy, Delilah?

You wanted vengeance.

You have it.

Majesty.

Your enemies fall at your feet.

Get up!

Oh, let me leave!

Water.

Water.

Here's your water.

Beg for it.

Thirsty, Samson?

Let him drink from a trough!

Water.

Here's drink for a jackass.

How did you lose your hair, Samson?

Water.

Lap it up.

Now, turn that wheel.

l will not see him thirst.

Give him water.

There can be only one master

in a kingdom or a woman's heart.

Until you saw him like this,

you could not forget him.

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