Samson and Delilah Page #7

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THEN TELL ME THE SECRE OF YOUR STRENGTH.

MY STRENGTH?

MY STRENGTH IS...

NO, SAMSON, NO!

I DON'T WANT TO BE ARMED

WITH A WEAPON TO DESTROY YOU.

WEAPON?

IT WOULDN'T BE A WEAPON

IF YOU REALLY LOVED ME.

OH, SAMSON.

SAMSON!

HOW CAN THERE BE

ANY DOUBT LEFT IN YOU?

IF THERE IS,

I'LL END IT NOW.

LOOK ABOUT YOU, DELILAH.

THE MOON THAT LIGHTS THIS OASIS

BY NIGH AND THE SUN THAT LIGHTS I BY DAY

ARE NOT THERE BY CHANCE.

IN THE BEGINNING,

THERE WAS ONLY DARKNESS,

UNTIL ONE POWER CREATED LIGH AND 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?

IS HE HERE WITH US NOW?

HE'S EVERYWHERE --

IN THE WIND,

IN THE SEA, IN THE FIRE.

IN YOUR HEAR IF YOU BELIEVE IN HIM.

HIS IS THE ONLY POWER

IN THE WORLD:

THAT CAN BREAK OPEN

A SEED:

AND RAISE I INTO THAT GREAT TREE.

AND CAN I SHARE:

THIS POWER WITH YOU?

ANYONE CAN SHARE IT.

IT'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 THEM.

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 I KEEP FAITH

WITH THE ALMIGHTY.

A LONG TIME AGO,

I WAS DEDICATED TO HIM.

MANY OF THE VOWS I'VE BROKEN,

BUT ONE I'VE KEPT.

A VOW:

HAS MADE YOU STRONG?

IT'S MUCH MORE THAN THAT.

DO YOU REMEMBER:

THE LION I KILLED?

I'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.

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 CLIP THE MARK

OF HIS POWER -- SHEAR HIM --

AND HE BECOMES:

A THING TO LAUGH AT.

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.

IT'S YOUR HAIR.

IF IT WERE SHORN

FROM YOUR HEAD...

I'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 I PULL IT OU 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.

IN THE VALLEY OF THE NILE,

THE AIR WILL BE SWEE 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 AIL ETERNITY,

NOTHING CAN EVER TAKE YOU

OUT OF MY ARMS.

SAMSON.

Samson:
MIRIAM.

SAUL.

MIRIAM,

YOU BRING BAD NEWS?

LET ME TALK:

WITH YOU ALONE.

SAUL,

FILL THE WATER BOTTLE.

IN THE TENT.

MY MOTHER --

HOW DID YOU LEAVE HER?

CHAINED TO A POS AND WHIPPED.

PHILISTINE SWINE.

HERE. MY FATHER?

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 FAILING:

INTO AHTUR'S NET, SAMSON.

THE PHILISTINES STRIKE

AGAINST YOUR PEOPLE TO GET YOU.

YOUR MOTHER:

CRIES YOUR NAME, SAMSON.

WE'LL GO. I'LL SADDLE A BEAS 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.

IT IS IN YOUR FACE

WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIM.

YOU WANT HIM FOR YOURSELF.

YES, I LOVE HIM.

IN HIS FACE, I SEE

ALL THAT IS STRONG AND GOOD.

HIS NAME IS LIKE A CRY OF HOPE

FOR US.

I'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.

I 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.

I CANNOT FIGH AGAINST HIS GOD,

BUT NO WOMAN:

WILL TAKE HIM FROM ME.

Samson:
MIRIAM.

HISHAM.

HISHAM.

HISHAM.

PLAY MUSIC.

WATER BOTTLES FILLED?

YES, SAMSON.

COME ON.

Delilah:
SAMSON.

SAMSON,

DON'T TURN BACK.

SAMSON.

GO ON WITH SAUL.

I'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 I HAVE GIVEN YOU

WITHOUT EVEN A FAREWELL.

I HAVE A NEW DEB TO PAY THE PHILISTINES.

THEN I'LL COME TO YOU

IN EGYPT.

NO, SAMSON.

I'VE LOST YOU.

DRAIN THIS CUP...

...AS YOU HAVE DRAINED

MY HEART.

YOU ALWAYS DOUBT ME,

DON'T YOU?

AND ALWAYS LOVE YOU.

I'LL FIND YOU, DELILAH,

WHEREVER YOU GO.

NO, SAMSON.

YOU BELONG TO MIRIAM.

SHE'S THE GOOD IN YOU.

I'M THE WEAKNESS...

THE LOVE:

THAT WOULD ENSLAVE YOU.

I'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...

I HAVE THE SECRET.

SAMSON.

SAMSON, THE PHILISTINES

ARE UPON YOU.

I'LL GO OUT AGAINST THEM.

I'LL --

LOOK AT HIS HAIR,

CAPTAIN.

THE LION OF DAN:

IS SHORN LIKE A SHEEP,

A LION?

WITHOUT A MANE?

CLEAN:

AS A NEW-MOWN FIELD.

SHE MUST HAVE USED A SICKLE

ON HIM.

[ LAUGHTER ]

DELILAH'S PLUCKED HIM

LIKE A CHICKEN.

I'VE TAKEN AWAY

YOUR STRENGTH, SAMSON.

YOUR LITTLE DANITE SPARROW

WILL NEST ALONE.

YOU PHILISTINE GUTTER RAT.

HEY. HEY.

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.

I'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.

BAH!

I COULD HAVE LOVED YOU

WITH A FIRE:

TO MAKE ALL OTHER LOVES

SEEM LIKE ICE.

I WOULD HAVE GONE WITH YOU

TO EGYPT,

LEFT EVERYTHING BEHIND,

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