Samson and Delilah Page #4

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NOW YOU'RE PAID...

THE LOT OF YOU.

WHERE'S SEMADAR?

[ LAUGHTER ]

WHERE'S SEMADAR?

WAIT, WAIT, SAMSON.

WHERE'S MY WIFE?

BUT SHE'S NOT YOUR WIFE.

YOUR SAID --

NEVER MIND:

WHAT I SAID.

NOW, SAMSON,

YOU SAID YOU WERE DONE WITH HER.

YOU SAID IT YOURSELF.

I THOUGHT YOU HATED HER,

SO I GAVE HER:

TO YOUR COMPANION, AHTUR.

YOU --

AHTUR?

H-HE WANTED TO MARRY HER.

WHAT COULD I DO?

YOU WANTED NO DANITE

FOR A SON-IN-LAW.

LOOK! HERE!

SAMSON,

MY OTHER DAUGHTER.

TAKE HER.

SHE'LL MAKE YOU

A MUCH BETTER WIFE.

SHE'S FAIRER THAN SEMADAR

AND MUCH, MUCH MORE BEAUTIFUL.

YOU GIVE ME:

A TURNIP FOR --

WAIT, WAIT, SAMSON.

THIS ONE IS A QUEEN

AMONG WOMEN.

SAMSON, LOOK, LOOK!

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN

EYES LIKE THAT?

SO FULL OF LOVE FOR YOU?

SEE THE WHITENESS

OF HER SKIN,

SMOOTH AS A YOUNG DOVE'S.

OH, SHE WILL GROW

INTO A RARE BLOSSOM.

SHE WILL GROW:

INTO A THORNBUSH!

DID A THORNBUSH:

STEAL THE CHARIO THAT TOOK YOU

TO THE LION?

DID A THORNBUSH:

TELL THE SARAN:

HOW YOU KILLED I WITH YOUR BARE HANDS?

NO, I DID,

AND HE BELIEVED ME.

THEN YOU CHOSE SEMADAR.

TAKE YOUR CLAWS OUT OF ME.

YOU'LL NEVER GET THEM

OUT OF YOU.

I MADE AHTUR STEAL THE SECRE OF THE RIDDLE FROM SEMADAR.

I LIED TO STOP YOU

FROM MARRYING HER.

I'D KILL TO KEEP YOU.

YOU'RE THE ONLY THING

IN THE WORLD I WANT.

HOLD THIS FORK-TONGUED ADDER

BEFORE I PUT A HEEL

ON HER.

IF YOU CRUSH THE LIFE

OUT OF ME,

I'LL KISS YOU

WITH MY DYING BREATH.

AND YOU WANT ME TO MARRY

THIS WILDCAT?

[ MEN MURMURING ]

LET HIM DESTROY HIMSELF.

[ GASPS ]

SAMSON!

YOU'LL DIE FOR THIS,

YOU FOOL!

LOOK, AHTUR IS DOWN!

GIVE ME A JAVELIN!

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

[ Muffled ]

TERESH! BERGAM!

TARGIL! GAMMAD!

BLOCK THE DOOR, SEMADAR.

HE'S NOT ARMED.

CHARGE HIM!

I'LL SPLIT THAT SHIELD!

SEMADAR!

HERE'S A THORN

FOR HIS RIBS.

INSIDE, SEMADAR!

COME, SAMSON!

THEY'LL KILL US.

LOOK OUT! HE'S THROWING.

UGH!

LOCK SHIELDS!

DEATH TO HER!

NO, TARGIL!

HIDE, SEMADAR.

HIDE!

AND DEATH TO HER FATHER!

FATHER!

SEMADAR! NO!

TARGIL!

AAH!

MY DAUGHTER!

BURN HER:

AND HER FATHER WITH FIRE!

TARGIL!

HE HAS:

THE STRENGTH OF HELL.

HE'LL BLEED

LIKE ANY MAN.

YOU CAME TO THIS HOUSE

AS WEDDING GUESTS.

FIRE AND DEATH:

ARE YOUR GIFTS TO MY BRIDE.

FOR ALL THAT I DO

AGAINST YOU NOW...

I SHALL BE BLAMELESS.

I'LL GIVE YOU BACK

FIRE FOR FIRE!

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

AND DEATH FOR DEATH!

WHAT INVISIBLE POWER

STRIKES THROUGH HIS ARM?

TURN AWAY, LITTLE MISTRESS.

DON'T LOOK ANYMORE.

ALL YOU HAVE IN THE WORLD

IS ASH AND DEATH.

SAMSON LIVES.

MAY HIS FLESH:

ROT FROM HIS BONES.

BE STILL, OLD FOOL.

IF IT TAKES ALL MY LIFE,

I'LL MAKE HIM CURSE

THE DAY HE WAS BORN.

HE CALLED YOU:

A FORK-TONGUED ADDER.

HE'S GOING TO FEEL

ITS STING.

WHAT STRENGTH CAN THESE HANDS

HAVE AGAINST HIM?

PERHAPS GREATER THAN A LION'S

AND SOFTER THAN A DOVE'S.

I'LL FIND STRENGTH,

HISHAM --

STRENGTH TO DESTROY HIM.

Ahtur:

SAMSON, SAMSON, SAMSON!

EVERY DANITE SHEEPHERDER

KNOWS WHERE TO FIND HIM,

YET THE MAN'S INVISIBLE.

I KNOW THE DANITES WORSHIP

AN INVISIBLE GOD, AHTUR,

BUT AN INVISIBLE LEADER?

I'VE WASTED A WHOLE YEAR

CHASING LIES AND RUMORS.

I'VE FLOGGED DANITES,

HUNG THEM IN:

CHAINS,

BURNED THEM,

BUT THEY WON'T GIVE HIM UP.

APPARENTLY THEY LOVE SAMSON

MORE THAN THEY FEAR YOU.

GIVE ME 10,000 MEN,

AND I'LL TEACH THEM FEAR.

LIKE ALL SOLDIERS,

WHEN YOU FAIL BY THE SWORD,

YOU ASK FOR MORE SWORDS.

YOU SHOULD STUDY THE ANT.

THE ANT?

YES.

THE BABYLONIANS:

CALLED THEM "ZERUBBABEL."

THE DANITES:

CALL THEM "NEMLACH."

WE CALL THEM ANTS.

SEE HOW THESE MASTER ANTS

COLLECT FOOD FROM THEIR SLAVES?

YOU MIGHT CALL THEM

TAX COLLECTORS.

WE NEED SOLDIERS

TO DESTROY THIS DANITE.

YOU THINK SO, AHTUR?

I THINK ONE TAX COLLECTOR

IS WORTH A THOUSAND SOLDIERS.

Soldier:

A THIRD OF EVERY HERD.

Man:
BUT OUR FLOCKS

MEAN OUR LIVES.

THEIR SKINS CLOTHE US.

THEIR MILK:

FEEDS OUR CHILDREN.

ONE OUT OF THREE --

THAT'S THE SARAN'S TAX.

ONE OUT OF THREE WILL RUIN US.

WE CAN'T PAY SUCH A

TAX.

YOU'LL PAY I UNTIL YOU GIVE US SAMSON

TIED UP LIKE THIS.

[ SHEEP BLEATING ]

AND NEXT TIME,

WE'LL TAKE YOUR GOATS.

COME ON, SOLDIER.

NO! NO! STOP!

YOU TAX COLLECTORS

FEED ON US LIKE VULTURES.

I'LL HAVE NOTHING

LEFT TO SELL.

SELL SAMSON TO US,

BOUND.

BIND HIM?

WE CAN'T EVEN FIND HIM.

YOU KNOW WHERE HE IS.

BARBERS:

KNOW ALL THE GOSSIP.

[ GASPS ]

MY PURSE! MY PURSE!

WE'LL KEEP THIS

UNTIL YOU GIVE UP SAMSON.

[ LAUGHING ]

YOU'LL GET SAMSON WHEN THE LIGH OF THE LORD GOES OUT.

YOU TAKE EVEN THE LIGH BY WHICH WE PRAY.

YOU WON'T PRAY MUCH LONGER,

OLD MAN,

UNLESS YOU BRING US SAMSON

OUT OF THE WILDERNESS.

HE WILL COME BACK

TO DRIVE YOU FROM OUR LAND.

IT'LL BE A HUNGRY LAND,

BIG EYES.

YOU CAN STARVE US

WITH TAXES,

STRIP OUR HOUSES,

PLUNDER, BURN, AND STEAL,

BUT WE WILL NEVER

BETRAY SAMSON.

ONE ROCK IS NO A MOUNTAIN, MIRIAM,

AND ONE MAN:

IS NOT A NATION.

CAN SAMSON BRING BACK

THE GRAIN TO OUR FIELDS

BY BURNING THE FIELDS

OF THE PHILISTINES?

CAN SAMSON FEED OUR CHILDREN

WHEN THEY CRY FOR FOOD

WITH THE GATES OF GAZA?

HE HAS DONE TO THE PHILISTINES

WHAT THEY DID TO HIM.

WHO ELSE HAS STOOD

AGAINST THEM?

HE STOOD AGAINST THEM

FOR HIS PHILISTINE WIFE,

NOT FOR US.

HIS STRENGTH IS OUR SHIELD,

LESH LAKISH.

HE HAS NOT SHIELDED US.

MUST WE ALL SUFFER

FOR WHAT ONE MAN HAS DONE?

WE WILL NEVER GIVE HIM UP.

WE WILL BIND HIM

AND DELIVER HIM:

INTO THE HANDS:

OF THE PHILISTINES.

YOU DELIVER HIM TO DEATH.

WHILE THE STRENGTH

OF THE LORD IS IN HIM,

NO MAN CAN BIND SAMSON.

HE WILL NOT RAISE HIS HAND

AGAINST US,

GRANDFATHER.

HE WILL LET HIMSELF

BE BOUND.

WHY WILL MEN ALWAYS BETRAY

THE STRONGEST AMONG THEM?

[ SOBBING ]

HIS NAME WILL BE WRITTEN

IN THE BOOK OF JUDGES.

BELLOW,

YOU BLUSTERING OX,

SO THE SARAN:

CAN HEAR YOU IN GAZA.

[ LAUGHTER ]

EVEN A RUBY LOSES LUSTER

BESIDE YOUR LIPS.

IT WILL TAKE A SAPPHIRE

AND AN EMERALD TOGETHER

TO MATCH:

YOUR BLUE-GREEN EYES.

I HAVE KNOWN THE WAYS

OF MANY WOMEN:

WHO FILL THE VEINS

WITH FIRE,

BUT ONLY ONE DELILAH.

MY LORD HAS GIVEN ME

MANY GIFTS,

BUT NONE MORE PRECIOUS

THAN HIS FAVOR.

Hisham:
LITTLE MISTRESS!

LITTLE MISTRESS!

YOU ARE FORBIDDEN TO DISTURB ME

WHEN OUR LORD OF GAZA IS HERE.

IT IS A MESSENGER WITH NEWS

FROM THE LORD GENERAL.

HE SAYS IT MUST NOT WAIT.

WE'LL SEE NO ONE.

DELILAH,

WHAT A DIMPLED DRAGON

YOU CAN BE,

FLASHING FIRE AND SMOKE.

BUT EVEN YOUR ANGER CHARMS ME

AS LONG AS IT'S DIRECTED

AT SOMEONE ELSE.

THE POOR HISHAM.

LET THE MAN IN.

MAJESTY!

SPEAK.

LORD AHTUR,

MILITARY GOVERNOR OF DAN,

PRINCE OF PHILISTIA,

SENDS GREETINGS TO THE SARAN

OF GAZA, MAJESTIC --

YES, YES.

GET ON WITH THE MESSAGE.

SAMSON:

IS OUR PRISONER.

PRISONER?

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH HIM?

WOULD YOU MIND:

IF I ASK THE QUESTIONS?

PARDON, MY LORD,

BUT --

YES, I KNOW,

BUT JUST LEAVE IT TO ME.

CONTINUE.

THE LORD AHTUR IS LEADING

SAMSON, BOUND, TOWARD GAZA.

THEY ARE:

BUT A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY.

I HAVE WAITED A LONG TIME

TO HEAR THOSE:

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