Samson and Delilah Page #8

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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 AND REMEMBER

THE PERFUME OF HER HAIR,

THE SOFTNESS:

OF HER LIPS,

THE FIRE OF HER EMBRACE.

SATAN HIMSELF TAUGHT HER

ALL THE ARTS OF DECEPTION.

IT'S EASIER TO CATCH

THE MOONLIGH 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.

IF YOU CANNOT SEE US,

YOU CANNOT HARM US.

IF I HAVE NO STRENGTH

TO FIGHT YOU,

I WILL NEED NO EYES

TO FIND YOU.

O LORD...

MY EYES DID TURN AWAY FROM YOU

TO LOOK UPON THE FLESHPOTS

OF MY ENEMIES.

NOW YOU TAKE AWAY MY SIGH THAT I MAY SEE AGAIN

MORE CLEARLY.

BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD.

DON'T LET THE BLADE

TOUCH HIS SKIN.

[ FANFARE PLAYS ]

1,100.

1,100 PIECES OF SILVER

AND MY GRATITUDE.

YOU GRATITUDE:

MATCHES YOUR GENEROSITY.

THANK YOU.

THE BLESSING OF DAGON.

I HOPE THE COUN IS CORRECT.

OH, IT IS, IT IS.

IF 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.

[ CHUCKLES ]

VIRTUE IS NOT OFTEN

SO WELL REWARDED.

HMM.

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 I 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.

[ CLANKING, GRINDING ]

COME ON, COME ON!

Man:
GRINDSTONE FOR YOU.

FLOUR...

Man #2:
A HAND

FOR THE LION KILLER.

DELILAH'S PUT A MILLSTONE

'ROUND HIS NECK.

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!

[ LAUGHTER ]

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 AS AN OX.

HE'D LOOK A WHOLE LOT STRONGER

IF HE HADN'T MET DELILAH.

BY THEIR YELPS,

YOU'D THINK THEY FELLED

THE LION THEMSELVES.

HE HAS NOT DARED

TO LOOK A ME.

HE CANNOT SEE YOU.

I'LL MAKE HIM SEE ME.

[ GASPS ]

HE'S BLIND.

HE CAN NEVER SEE ME

AGAIN.

DOES THAT DISTURB YOU?

I 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.

IT WAS YOU WHO BETRAYED HIM,

NOT I.

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.

[ LAUGHTER ]

YOUR ENEMIES:

FALL AT YOUR FEET.

GET UP!

[ WHIP CRACKS ]

[ LAUGHTER CONTINUES ]

OH, LET ME LEAVE!

WATER.

WATER.

HERE'S YOUR WATER.

BEG FOR IT.

THIRSTY, SAMSON?

LET HIM DRINK:

FROM A TROUGH!

[ LAUGHTER ]

WATER.

HERE'S DRINK

FOR A JACKASS.

[ LAUGHTER ]

HOW DID YOU LOSE

YOUR HAIR, SAMSON?

WATER.

LAP IT UP.

NOW TURN THAT WHEEL.

[ Voice breaking ]

I 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.

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, I DID NOT BLIND HIM!

ARE YOU GOING TO BE

AS BIG A FOOL:

AS YOU'VE MADE OF HIM?

HE'D KILL YOU.

[ GRINDING RESUMES ]

YOU CANNOT UNDO:

WHAT HAS BEEN DONE.

Saran:
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.

I CAN! I CAN!

[ SOBS ]

'ROUND AND 'ROUND,

DAY AFTER DAY,

MONTH AFTER MONTH.

HE NEVER STOPS!

I'M BEING CRUSHED LIKE THE GRAIN

BENEATH THE STONE.

THIS NIGHT MUST END SOMETIME.

O GOD OF SAMSON, HELP ME.

[ SOBBING ]

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.

Man in distance:

LAST WATCH OF THE NIGHT.

ALL'S QUIE WITHIN THE CITY GATES.

SAMSON LIES CHAINED

IN THE PRISON HOUSE.

ALL IS WELL.

HOW LONG WILL YOU FORGET ME,

O LORD?

HOW LONG WILL YOUR HAND

BE SET AGAINST ME?

[ FOOTSTEPS ]

I CALL OU 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,

I'M DESPISED BY ALL MEN.

THEY MOCK ME,

SAYING, "HE TRUSTED 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.

I'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?

I HEARD YOUR PRAYER.

I PRAYED:

FOR AN ANGEL OF THE LORD,

AND THE DEVIL:

SENT ME YOU.

ALL I WAN IS TO COMFORT YOU.

LET ME COME NEAR YOU.

YOU WERE NEAR ME

IN THE VALLEY OF SOREK,

TRADING MY LOVE:

FOR PHILISTINE SILVER.

WOULD YOU BELIEVE I'D GIVE

MY LIFE TO UNDO WHAT I'VE DONE?

I BELIEVED YOU ONCE.

YOU SOLD MY SIGHT.

I ULD 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,

I PRAYED THAT YOU'D BE DELIVERED

INTO MY HANDS.

I'M HERE.

I 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 NIGHTFALL, WE'LL BE

IN THE LAND OF THE PHARAOHS.

THE ALMIGHTY DID NO GIVE BACK MY STRENGTH

TO RUN FROM MY ENEMIES.

YOU CANNOT FIGH WHAT YOU CANNOT SEE.

I'LL GO OUT AGAINST THEM

AS I DID BEFORE.

A HUNDRED SPEARS

WILL CUT YOU DOWN

BEFORE YOU REACH

THE GATE.

I WOULD HUNT DOWN

THEIR KING:

WHEN I 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

I MUST DO.

IN THE VALLEY OF THE NILE,

WE'LL BE SAFE.

WE'LL BE TOGETHER.

O JUDGE OF THE EARTH,

DO NOT LET ME FORGIVE HER.

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