Samson and Delilah Page #9

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MY ARMS:

WILL HOLD YOU AGAIN.

AND PUT THE FOOD IN MY MOUTH?

THE CUP TO MY LIPS?

WHEN YOUR HEART IS LIGHT,

I WILL SHARE YOUR LAUGHTER.

WHEN YOU DESPAIR,

MY EYES WILL SHED YOUR TEARS.

AND WHEN I CURSE YOU

FOR MY DARKNESS?

I WILL KNEEL:

AND ASK YOUR FORGIVENESS.

VENGEANCE IS YOURS,

O LORD.

STRIKE HER.

DESTROY HER...

FOR I CANNOT.

MY LOVE, MY LOVE.

DELILAH.

DELILAH.

WHEN MY EYES COULD SEE,

I WAS BLIND.

OH, SAMSON.

WE MUST HURRY.

THEY'RE COMING TO TAKE YOU

TO THE TEMPLE.

THE TEMPLE?

IS IT TODAY?

YES. IN A FEW HOURS,

THEY WILL 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

I MAY BE BOUND BETWEEN THEM?

YES, AND SCOURGED.

COME. BY MIDDAY, WE CAN BE

AT THE SPRING OF YUNIS

WITH EGYP ALMOST IN SIGHT.

I 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.

[ FESTIVE MUSIC PLAYS ]

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING

AND TALKING ]

MIRIAM, LOOK.

IT'S THEIR GOD, DAGON.

WE SHOULDN'T LOOK

AT HIM.

WE CAME TO SEE THEIR KING,

NOT THEIR IDOL.

Crowd:
[ Chanting ]

DELILAH! DELILAH!

DELILAH! DELILAH!

DELILAH! DELILAH!

WITH A QUEEN LIKE YOU

IN EKRON,

I COULD MASTER:

THE EARTH.

IF YOU COULD MASTER

DELILAH.

[ LAUGHTER ]

MY LORD OF GAZA,

WE HAVE DANCERS IN ASHKELON.

I 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.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

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.

[ FANFARE PLAYS ]

DAGON HAS DELIVERED

SAMSON OUR ENEMY INTO OUR HANDS.

CALL HIM FORTH:

THAT HE MAY FEEL

THE MIGHT OF DAGON.

THERE HE IS.

I CAN SEE HIM.

WHERE IS HE?

THERE HE IS.

[ SHOUTING ]

WHERE'S YOUR GOD NOW,

SAMSON?

HE LEFT HIS GOD:

FOR A PEACOCK.

[ LAUGHTER ]

HUMBLE HIM!

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

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.

I WISH:

I'D CAPTURED HIM.

SAMSON.

SAMSON!

AFTER HIM!

[ LAUGHTER ]

RUN, RABBIT, RUN!

[ LAUGHTER ]

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 OU WHERE THEY CAN SEE YOU.

W-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.

I'VE LED THEM

A CROOKED PATH,

AND 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?

Man:

GET ON WITH THE SPORT!

I HEAR MANY VOICES.

IS THE TEMPLE FILLED?

PACKED LIKE WHEA IN A SHOCK.

THEN GO.

I'VE GOT MY SLING

ON MY HEAD.

WE COULD FIGH OUR WAY OUT.

NO, SAUL.

TAKE MIRIAM:

AND LEAVE THE TEMPLE.

BUT, SAMSON --

LET THE SPORT BEGIN.

LORD SARAN,

MAJESTY, HEAR ME!

FREE THE GIRL.

LET HER COME.

MAJESTY.

YOU ARE A KING,

A CONQUEROR.

I ASK MERCY.

MERCY?

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

I 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 HIS STRENGTH,

I ADMIRE SAMSON.

FOR HIS REVOLT,

I PUNISH HIM.

FOR THE LOVE OF HIS PEOPLE,

I 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.

IF 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.

IF THERE IS LOVE IN YOU,

LET ME TAKE HIM BACK

TO HIS PEOPLE.

WHAT WHIMPERING LIES

DO YOU TELL OUR KING?

YOU WANT HIM:

FOR YOURSELF.

YOU WANT TO FEEL THE STRENGTH

OF HIS ARMS ABOUT YOU,

TO HOLD HIM CLOSE

AND COMFORT HIM.

YOU WANT TO BEAR HIM

CHILDREN.

I'D RATHER SEE HIM DEAD

THAN IN YOUR ARMS.

TAKE HER AWAY.

GUARD.

HAVE MERCY,

GREAT KING.

MERCY FOR SAMSON!

YOUR MERCY IS LIKE

YOUR LOVE, DELILAH --

RUTHLESS.

[ CHEERING ]

WHERE'S YOUR JAWBONE,

SAMSON?

HE'LL GET NO HONEY

FROM THOSE BEES.

THE MONKEY MEN:

WILL CUT HIM DOWN.

THEY ARE DEVILS.

NO, THEY'RE VERY HUMAN.

THE WEAK ALWAYS BAND TOGETHER

TO PULL DOWN THE STRONG.

YOUR LION:

HAS BECOME A MOUSE.

CHANGED:

BY THE MAGIC OF LOVE.

[ LAUGHTER ]

GARMISKAR!

GARMISKAR!

Crowd:
[ Chanting ]

GARMISKAR! GARMISKAR!

GARMISKAR! GARMISKAR!

MAKE HIM BEG FOR MERCY!

WHIP HIM:

TO THE GOD'S FEET.

HE WILL NEVER KNEEL

TO DAGON.

THERE'S GREAT PERSUASION

AT THE END OF A WHIP.

NO WHIP:

WILL BREAK HIS SPIRIT.

EITHER HE KNEELS TO DAGON

OR HE DIES BEFORE HIM.

IS THIS RELIGIOUS ZEAL,

AHTUR?

NO, HIGH MAJESTY --

SATISFACTION.

WHAT ARE THEY DOING NOW?

LITTLE SPIDERS:

WEAVE THEIR WEB.

THE LITTLE FISH:

HAVE CAUGHT A WHALE.

[ LAUGHTER ]

Man:
LOOK.

LOOK AT DELILAH.

I WILL GO TO HIM.

IF YOU GO TO HIM,

YOU CANNOT COME BACK

TO ME.

Crowd:
[ Chanting ]

DELILAH!

DELILAH!

DELILAH!

DELILAH!

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

HE IS MINE TO PUNISH.

GO.

DELILAH.

I MUST HURT YOU,

MY LOVE,

THAT ALL MAY SEE.

FORGIVE ME.

I WARNED YOU TO STAY AWAY

FROM THE TEMPLE.

WHEN I STRIKE,

CATCH HOLD OF THE LASH.

LEAD ME TO THE HOUSE

OF THE TEMPLE.

I WILL.

HE STOLE MY CLOAK,

DELILAH.

LET HIM WEAR THE MARK

OF YOUR WHIP.

HE LEADS LIKE A GOAT.

WHY CAN'T I LEAD YOU

LIKE THAT?

YOU'RE NOT DELILAH.

MAKE HIM CRAWL,

DELILAH.

PUT A RING:

THROUGH HIS NOSE!

YOUR PEACOCK:

MAKES SPORT WITH AN OX.

SHE IS MOCKING US,

NOT SAMSON.

[ GONG SOUNDS ]

LORD OF THE HARVEST,

CONQUEROR OF DEATH,

NOW SHALL SAMSON BE HUMBLED

AT YOUR FEET.

MAKE HIM BOW!

BEND HIS NECK:

BEFORE DAGON!

LOOK, DELILAH

MADE HIM BOW!

[ SHOUTING ]

I'M WEARY, DELILAH.

LET ME FEEL THE PILLARS

THAT I MAY LEAN UPON THEM.

ONLY A LITTLE FURTHER,

DEAR LOVE.

HUMBLE YOURSELF:

BEFORE THEIR GOD, SAMSON --

KNEELING.

THE HOUSE OF THIS TEMPLE

STANDS ON THESE COLUMNS?

YES. KNEEL.

[ FANFARE PLAYS ]

THE STONE IS COOL.

I WILL REST HERE.

LET HIM BE SCOURGED

UNTIL HE TURNS FROM HIS GOD.

GO, DELILAH.

RUN --

INTO THE COURTYARD.

NO.

DEATH WILL COME:

INTO THIS TEMPLE.

THE HAND OF THE LORD

WILL STRIKE.

I WILL NOT BE AFRAID.

YOU MUST LEAVE NOW.

WHEREVER YOU ARE,

MY LOVE IS WITH YOU.

GO.

MAKE HIM KNEEL:

TO DAGON!

YES!

MAKE HIM KNEEL!

HE'LL NOT KNEEL

TO ANY GOD BUT HIS OWN.

THE EDGE OF A SWORD

WILL BEND HIS KNEES.

DELILAH.

HAVE YOU GONE?

DELILAH!

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