Samson and Delilah Page #8

Forget him?

Here's your water.

Every cup of water,

every morsel of food,

must be guided into his hands.

- The mighty Samson,

betrayed by a woman. - No.

Blinded, ridiculed, pitied.

No, l did not blind him!

Are you going to be as big a fool

as you've made of him?

He'd kill you.

You cannot undo what has been done.

You cannot undo what has been done.

My eyes could never find more beauty

than they see in you.

You cannot undo what has been done.

l can! l can!

Round and round,

day after day,

month after month.

He never stops!

l'm being crushed like the grain

beneath the stone.

This night must end sometime.

O god of Samson, help me.

He said you are everywhere.

That you are almighty.

Hear me.

Give back the light to his eyes.

Take my sight for his.

O god of Samson...

Help me.

Samson lies chained in the prison house.

How long will your forget me, o Lord?

How long will your hand be

set against me?

l call out through the long nights,

but you do not hear me.

O Lord, god of my fathers,

they called unto you and were delivered.

Do not forsake me, o Lord.

Hisham, wait outside with the guard.

Let no one come in.

Don't go near him, mistress.

He'll tear you to pieces.

O Lord, god of my fathers...

O Lord, l'm despised by all men.

They mock me,

Saying, ''he trust his god

to deliver him.''

You are my god.

Be not far from me.

For there is no other help.

My strength has melted like wax.

My heart is dry of hope.

l'm blinded and among enemies.

O Lord, o my strength.

Send me your sign.

Are you flesh and blood,

or an angel of the Lord?

Who are you?

l heard your prayer.

l prayed for a angel of the Lord

and the devil sent me you.

All l want is to comfort you.

Let me come near you.

You were near me in the Valley of Sorek.

Trading my love for Philistine silver.

Won't you believe l'd give my life

to undo what l've done.

l believed you once. You sold my sight.

l would endure your hatred, Samson,

if it would bring back your sight.

Let me be your eyes.

Through my eyes, you will see again.

Through all the long darkness,

l prayed you'd be delivered

into my hands.

l'm here.

l will not cry out.

god has not forsaken me.

His will be done.

Samson! Samson!

Your chains...

they're broken.

Merciful god.

Your strength has come back.

Your god has answered you.

He's heard my voice in the darkness.

He's made you free.

No chains can bind you again.

Hisham will find the swiftest

camels in Gaza.

My silver will open the gates

that bar your way.

By night fall we'll be in

the Land of the Pharaohs.

The almighty didn't give back my

strength to run from my enemies.

You cannot fight what you cannot see.

l'll go out against them

as l did before.

A hundred spears will cut you down

before you reach the gate.

l would hunt down their king

when l cannot even find the door.

Let me be the lamp that

goes before you in the night.

O Lord, my god,

show me the way wherein to walk.

Show me the thing l must do.

ln the valley of the Nile,

we'll be safe.

We'll be together.

O judge of the earth,

do not let me forgive her.

My arms will hold you again.

And put the food in my mouth,

cup to my lips?

When your heart is light,

l'll share your laughter.

When you despair,

my eyes will shed your tears.

When l curse you for my darkness?

l will kneel and ask your forgiveness.

Vengeance is yours, O Lord.

Strike her.

Destroy her...

For l cannot.

My love, my love.

Delilah.

Delilah.

When my eyes could see, l was blind.

Oh, Samson.

We must hurry.

They're coming to take you

to the temple.

The temple? ls it today?

Yes, in a few hours,

they'll come for you.

All Gaza will be there.

Thousands of people.

Mind the steps.

The great idol Dagon

will be a fiery furnace.

They'll humble you before him.

They'll bind you between the two

sacred columns and scourge you.

Two columns?

Does the house of the temple

stand on two columns?

Oh, hurry, Samson.

Egypt has a thousand temples,

each more beautiful...

Two columns...

...so close l may be

bound between them?

Yes, and scourged.

Come, by midday we can be at

the Spring of Yumis

with Egypt almost in sight.

l will stay here, Delilah.

They'll drag you down,

make you kneel before their idol.

Oh, Samson, why?

The power of the Lord

is in my strength, Delilah.

Do not enter their temple today.

Miriam, look. lt's their god Dagon.

We shouldn't look at him.

We came to see their king,

not their idol.

Delilah! Delilah!

A queen like you in Akron,

l could master the Earth.

lf you could master Delilah.

l came to see Samson.

Yes, let this Danite clown

make sport for us.

What sport can you find in the

stumbling of a blind man?

This is your day of triumph Delilah.

All Gaza has come to see

Samson humbled at your feet.

Bring him.

They look like Danites.

They are Danites.

Danites come to worship Dagon, eh?

No. We've come to speak with your king.

Let go of us. Let go.

Dagon has delivered Samson

our enemy into our hands.

Call him forth that he may feel

the might of Dagon.

Where is he?

Look! There he is!

Where's your god now, Samson?

He left his god for a peacock.

Humble him!

Make the blind ox dance!

By the horns of Nannar,

he's a man of iron.

He still looks strong enough

to kill a lion.

l wish l'd captured him.

Samson.

Samson!

After him!

Samson!

Let the hopping toad lead

the blind bear.

Little shepherd,

still following his lost sheep.

Lead him, boy.

Yes.

Let me feel the pillars

upon which the temple stands.

No! Get out where

they can see you.

We've come to take you home.

Miriam is...

No, Saul.

There's no home for a leader

who fails his people.

They'll always follow you, Samson.

l've led them a crooked path.

A blind man cannot travel by the stars.

Perhaps someday you will

guide them, Saul.

Join them together

and be their first king.

Me?

- A king?

- Get on with the sport!

l hear many voices.

ls the temple filled?

Packed like wheat in a shock.

Then go.

l've got my sling on my head.

We could fight our way out.

No, Saul.

Take Miriam and leave the temple.

But, Samson...

Let the sport begin.

Majesty, hear me!

Free the girl.

Let her come.

Majesty...

You are a king a conqueror.

l ask mercy.

Mercy?

What have you done?

l ask mercy for a blind

and helpless man.

Look at him.

He cannot harm you now.

He has lost everything

but the love of his people.

Let me take him back to them.

Have mercy, great king.

For this strength, l admire Samson.

For his revolt, l punish him.

For the love of his people,

l envy him.

But unfortunately,

he's not my prisoner.

He was not captured by force of arms,

but by their softness.

His conqueror is here.

lf she wishes to give him to you,

she has my permission.

Once in the Valley of Sorek,

you said you loved him.

Then set him free.

lf there's love in you.

Let me take him back to his people.

What whimpering lies

do you tell our king?

You want him for yourself.

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