Samson and Delilah Page #6

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HE LAUGHED AT MY TEARS.

YOU CANNOT REFUSE ME,

MY LORD.

WHAT PROMISE DO YOU ASK?

I WILL LEARN THE SECRE OF HIS STRENGTH.

BUT WHEN HE STANDS CAPTIVE

AND AS WEAK AS OTHER MEN...

NO DROP OF HIS BLOOD

SHALL BE SHED.

NO BLADE:

SHALL TOUCH HIS SKIN.

BY THE SACRED PILLARS

OF THE TEMPLE,

WE DEMAND HIS DEATH!

I WANT HIS LIFE.

CHAIN HIM:

IN THE GRISTMILL.

LET HIM GRIND OUR GRAIN

LIKE A BEAST.

LET THE PEOPLE MOCK HIM

AND MAKE SPORT OF HIM

UNTIL HE DRAWS HIS BREATH

IN AGONY:

AND EVERY WORD HE SPEAKS

IS A PRAYER FOR DEATH.

I'LL PAY YOUR PRICE,

DELILAH.

AND I!

AND I!

YOU'LL GET YOUR SILVER

WHEN WE GET SAMSON.

ALL GAZA:

WILL PRAISE YOU.

AND IF YOU SUCCEED,

NO PRICE WILL BE TOO GREAT.

THE COUNCIL IS ENDED.

THINK SHE CAN DO IT?

DELILAH CAN.

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

WELL, DELILAH, YOU HAVE

YOUR PRICE AND YOUR PROMISE.

MY LORD IS THE WISEST OF KINGS

AND THE GREATEST OF MEN.

AS A KING,

I HAVE NO CHOICE.

AS A MAN, I'M LETTING YOU LEAVE

BECAUSE YOU WAN TO.

KING OF MY LOVE,

I GO TO DESTROY YOUR ENEMY

AND MINE.

DELILAH, DELILAH.

MY LOVE IS ONLY FOR YOU.

MMM.

A MAN WHO COULD STOP

THE HEART OF A LION

MIGHT STIR:

THE HEART OF A WOMAN.

I WILL DELIVER SAMSON TO YOU

BEFORE THE MONTH OF HARVEST.

TAB TAH AZI!

LOOKS LIKE:

A RICH MERCHANT.

LOOKS LIKE A PHILISTINE PLUM,

RIPE TO PICK.

RIDE BACK.

TELL AHTUR TO WAI WITH HIS SOLDIERS

BY THE SCORPION'S HILL.

I WILL CAMP:

IN THE VALLEY OF SOREK.

YES, MISTRESS.

THEY'LL CAMP BY THE POOL

AT THE TEMPLE RUINS.

WHY DID:

THE SOLDIERS LEAVE?

MAYBE THEY'RE LOOKING

FOR US.

JEBUS WILL RUN OFF THE CAMELS

AFTER DARK,

WHILE WE SHEAR:

THE OWNERS.

THEY MIGHT SHEAR US.

[ LAUGHS ]

YOU WORRY MORE:

THAN MY LITTLE MOTHER.

COME ON.

[ HARP PLAYING ]

DON'T CRY OUT.

I WON'T.

ARE YOU AFRAID?

OF A WOMAN?

YES.

YOUR CARAVAN IS RICH.

[ URN CLANKS ]

EVEN SPARROWS DON'T TRAVEL THIS

FAR FROM THEIR TRADE ROUTES.

WHY DID YOU?

THE JEWEL BOX:

IS IN THAT SILVER CHEST.

WHERE'S YOUR HUSBAND?

I HAVE NO HUSBAND.

THEN CALL YOUR MASTER.

I HAVE NO MASTER.

THE TABLE'S LAID FOR TWO.

I'M EXPECTING A CALLER.

YES?

WHO?

YOU, SAMSON.

YOU KNOW MY NAME?

ALL GAZA:

KNOWS YOUR NAME.

THEY DON'T LIKE IT,

I'M TOLD.

THEY RESPECTED I BEFORE THE MIGHTY SAMSON

BECOME A COMMON ROBBER.

AND DELILAH BECAME

THE GREAT COURTESAN OF GAZA.

I'M STUPID, SAMSON,

TO THINK I COULD DECEIVE YOU.

STEAL WHAT YOU LIKE.

THIS IS NOT STEALING.

THESE ARE TAXES.

YOUR SARAN TAXES US.

I TAX THE PHILISTINES.

WHAT PRETTY DANITE GIRL

WILL WEAR THESE TAXES?

THEY'LL BUY ARMOR.

THEY'LL BUY ARMOR TO PROTECT US

AGAINST PHILISTINE SPEARS.

YOU NEED PROTECTION?

THE WOMAN THAT RULES

THE RULER OF THE FIVE CITIES

MUST HAVE GREAT WEALTH.

WHERE'S THE REST OF IT?

NOT FAR AWAY.

I WILL HIDE NOTHING

FROM YOU.

THE OLDEST TRICK

IN THE WORLD...

A SILK TRAP:

BAITED WITH A WOMAN.

DO YOU KNOW A BETTER BAIT,

SAMSON?

MEN ALWAYS RESPOND.

OF ALL THE WOMEN IN GAZA,

WHY DID THE SARAN SEND YOU?

I ASKED TO COME.

WHY?

I KNEW YOU'D YIELD

TO ANY OTHER WOMAN.

[ LAUGHS ]

AND YOU CAME HERE

TO SAVE ME.

NO.

I CAME TO BETRAY YOU.

BY THE FOUR WINDS,

YOU HAVE COURAGE, DELILAH.

DON'T OVERLOOK THIS.

IT'S A GIF FROM THE SARAN.

YOU COULD BIND A MAN

TIGHTER THAN THE SARAN'S CHAINS.

COULD I BIND YOU?

NO, DELILAH.

YOU'RE GOING BACK

TO THE SARAN:

THE ONLY WAY:

YOU CAN BE TRUSTED.

OH?

WILL YOU KILL ME YOURSELF?

YOU COULD CRUSH ME

BETWEEN THESE TWO HANDS.

WHY DON'T YOU?

I TOLD YOU ONCE I'D KISS YOU

WITH MY DYING BREATH.

YOUR KISS:

HAS THE STING OF DEATH.

I DON'T BELIEVE

YOU COULD KILL ME.

TRY.

YOU'RE AFRAID TO KILL ME.

I'LL LET THE DEVIL DO THAT.

I KNOW YOU WILL,

BUT DON'T MAKE ME

EAT SUPPER ALONE.

[ BELL JINGLES ]

HISHAM.

I'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.

[ CHUCKLES ]

HOW CAN I GO, SAMSON?

I'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.

I 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?

I'VE GOT THAT I WANT.

YOU'RE ALL I WANT.

YOU...

...DAUGHTER OF HELL.

SEVEN GREEN WITHES

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.

I HAVE MY HANDS FULL

WITH YOU.

WHAT DO YOU WAN WITH THOSE GREEN WITHES?

PLANNING TO SNARE

A RABBIT?

NO...A LION.

WITH THOSE?

[ LAUGHS ]

I'M WEAVING YOU A CROWN.

[ LAUGHS ] A LION

WITH LILIES IN HIS MANE?

HOLD THESE.

THIS CROWN:

WILL HAVE A SECRET POWER.

FOR ITS WEARER:

OR ITS WEAVER?

ONLY A SECRE CAN BUY A SECRET.

I HAVE NO SECRETS

LEFT TO TELL.

NO?

YOU NEVER TOLD ME WHY YOU ARE

STRONGER THAN OTHER MEN.

IS 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 SECRE OF MY STRENGTH?

BIND YOU.

WHY?

SO YOU COULD:

NEVER LEAVE ME.

I COULDN'T ESCAPE YOU

IF YOU BOUND ME:

WITH THESE SEVEN GREEN REEDS.

COULD SEVEN LITTLE GREEN WITHES

HOLD SAMSON?

THESE GREEN WITHES ARE

MUCH STRONGER THAN THEY LOOK.

HOLD THEM TIGHT.

SEE?

IF YOU BOUND ME WITH

THESE SEVEN LITTLE WITHES,

I'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.

WELL, THAT KNOT THERE

WOULDN'T --

THAT WOULDN'T EVEN HOLD

A SPARROW.

TIE IT DOUBLE.

NOW YOU'RE MY PRISONER.

OR ARE YOU MINE?

SAMSON, THE PHILISTINES

ARE UPON YOU.

AAH!

[ LAUGHING ]

I OUGHT TO BREAK THIS

OVER YOUR LYING LITTLE SKULL.

BUT IT WAS A PHILISTINE.

YOU COULD TEACH:

THE DEVIL NEW TRICKS.

WELL,

YOU TRIED TO CHEAT ME.

[ BOTH LAUGH ]

DELILAH --

NO, I WILL NOT LISTEN.

BUT YOU ASKED ME --

I DON'T WANT TO

HEAR YOU.

THREE TIMES:

YOU'VE 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 USED?

THEN YOU TOLD ME

YOUR STRENGTH WOULD GO

IF I WOVE YOUR HAIR

INTO THE WEB OF MY LOOM.

NOW LOOK AT MY LOOM.

[ CHUCKLES ]

I'D RATHER LOOK AT YOU.

OH!

IT'S NO USE, SAMSON.

YOU'LL ALWAYS FIND A NEW TRICK

TO DECEIVE ME.

THE NIGHT I CAME

TO THE VALLEY OF SOREK,

YOU WANTED TO:

SEND ME AWAY.

YOU WERE RIGHT.

IT IS BETTER THAT I GO.

DELILAH.

DELILAH...

ONCE YOUR FATHER OFFERED YOU

TO ME IN MARRIAGE.

I REMEMBER:

WHAT YOU CALLED ME.

NEVER MIND:

WHAT I SAID THEN.

WILL YOU MARRY ME NOW?

THERE ARE TOO MANY LIES

BETWEEN US.

YOU STILL FEAR ME

MORE THAN YOU LOVE ME.

I DON'T FEAR YOU ENOUGH.

YOU DON'T TRUST ME ENOUGH.

I LOVE YOU ENOUGH.

THEN...

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