The Golden Voyage of Sinbad Page #3

Have you no faith in my powers?

We are soon to triumph.

My life, my blood shall bring life.

Don't fear it, Achmed.

It is our friend.

[ Yawns ]

[ Growls ]

[ Snorting ]

- [ Growls ]

- [ Chirps ]

[ Koura Chuckles ]

[ Clicks Tongue ]

[ Chirps ]

[ Chirps ]

Come up.

[ Clicks Tongue ]

You will find Sinbad, my good friend.

Seek him out. Seek him out.

Magic purges the soul.

The night with its ears,

and the day with its eyes.

[ Chanting ]

- [ Chanting Stops ]

- Come ashore.

[ Shouting ]

There's someone moving.

Beckoning.

I didn't expect you to volunteer.

Land, any land is good for these legs.

Even dangerous land?

You never told me it would be dangerous.

You didn't ask.

Landing on these shores

is cause for celebration.

- Have them return to the ship. See that

every man gets wine. - Aye, master.

I know you proposed we go alone into

this place? But just the two of us?

We shall not lack for protection,

Achmed. We shall not lack for that.

- [ Squawks ]

- Stop.

[ Lute Plinks ]

Sinbad, look.

[ Gasps ]

Your courage has deserted you.

Me? No. My heart is full of bravery.

But I have cowardly legs.

As it was written,

a temple with many faces-

It is the temple of

the oracle of all knowledge.

I never thought to stand here.

The great eminence, we must seek him out.

Is it the oracle?

No, the keeper to whom

we shall present ourselves.

I bring you a token,

a sign from the sultans of Marabia.

We come humbly seeking

the oracle of all knowledge.

Two golden tablets that fit as one.

[ Anguished Chanting ]

[ Grunting ]

[ Shouting, Screaming ]

Two tablets brought forth to the light,

yet a third remains from sight.

A third?

A final place must still be found.

A place that lies deep below the ground.

He talks in riddles.

No race is lost, until in fact, it's won,

and close behind you

comes the black and evil son.

[ Continues ] Spawned by the devil,

suckled upon black milk,

in human form...

clad in robes of silk.

Destiny, destiny, destiny

is invisible yet visible.

And men may try to hide,

yet its waters mark it clearly...

like a rainbow in the sky.

Destiny is a place

where both good and evil wait...

and yet their very quality

negates their power.

For it is the very deeds

of weak and mortal men...

that may tip the scales

one way or the other.

And then the world shall know

and you shall know...

which way the fates

have chosen you shall go.

Go! Go now.

Go?

Go north.

North to barren lands...

of pagan places and pagan bands,

before a goddess cast with many limbs.

And death to all intruders is their whim.

In that sacred place,

hid from the eyes of man,

is the third gold tablet

that completes the plan.

Go now.

Go now.

Go north. Go north.

Back! Back! Go back!

[ Rachid ] Go! Go! Down here!

Inside!

[ Whimpers ]

[ Shouts ]

[ Men Coughing ]

Captain!

The entrance is blocked!

[ Foreign Language ]

Farewell, Sinbad.

Perhaps it is our destiny to be buried alive.

Man's destiny lies in his own hands.

A live dog is better than a dead lion.

[ Praying ]

[ Sinbad ] Rachid, your bow.

All of you, your turbans and sashes...

make a strong rope.

I knew he'd go mad down here eventually.

An arrow.

A straight, sure arrow.

A strong rope.

Come on, men. Trust in Allah!

[ Laughing ]

But tie up your camel.

Hey, come. Do as he says.

Your turbans and sashes.

Hurry! Hurry!

Tie strong.

Strong.

Go, go.

Rachid.

Sinbad, you've done it!

I'm the lightest.

But I'm the most foolhardy.

- Easy, Captain.

- It's holding fast.

[ Haroun ] On you go!

[ Scraping ]

[ People Gasping ]

[ Rachid ] Go on, Captain.

[ Chirps ]

[ All ] Sinbad, Sinbad. Down!

[ Chirping ]

[ Groans ]

[ Grunts ]

What is it, master?

All of you, up you come!

Margiana first. Hurry!

[ Shouting, Ululating ]

[ Shouting ]

[ Shouting ]

Moving north.

[ Vizier ] It is as the oracle said.

All right. There's a steep climb ahead.

[ Shouting, Chanting ]

[ Drum Beating Continues ]

[ Chanting Continues ]

[ Chanting Continues ]

[ Jingling ]

[ Chanting, Grunting ]

[ Grunting ]

[ Shouting ]

What is it, master?

They mean to sacrifice us

to their living god. Don't.

- [ Shouting ]

- Mighty Cali, mightier than thou am I.

Make obeisance to me.

[ Metal Clangs ]

[ Metal Squeaks ]

[ Koura ] Dance.

Dance for me.

Stop!

- Achmed.

- Master.

I shall remain and commune with their deity.

Go.

[ Chattering In Native Language ]

Go now.

[ Oracle's Voice ]

In that sacred place,

hid from the eyes of man,

is the third gold tablet.

The third golden tablet is here somewhere.

And I shall find it.

I shall find it!

I won't be denied! I won't be-

Koura!

We meet again.

To the death.

To the death.

To the death, Cali. Death to our enemy.

No, wait!

Don't!

- Stay back!

- [ Groans ]

[ Shouts ]

[ Grunts ]

Stand clear!

Haroun!

Sinbad!

The golden tablet.

- [ Chanting ]

- [ Margiana Screams ]

Here, it is written that the fountain

of destiny lies within easy march.

Yes, where the gods smile upon mortal men.

But I shall not enter that

hallowed place empty-handed.

It is also written that he who

places each of these tablets...

into the waters of the fountain...

shall receive, in turn, youth,

a shield of darkness,

and best of all, a crown of untold riches.

All this is my destiny.

But I fear your destiny lies before you.

For have you not destroyed

their most precious shrine?

[ Grunting ]

[ Koura ] May Allah receive you.

I bid you farewell.

[ Drumming, Chanting In Distance ]

Their journey is over. And mine, almost.

Return to the ship, Achmed.

To hear is to obey, master.

Have the crew make ready

for our return to Marabia.

Sire.

[ Gasps ]

[ Screams ]

They think she's one of their own-

A goddess! We are saved.

No. She is the chosen one

of their god of the single eye.

[ Grunting ]

[ Screams ]

[ Crying ] No! No, no.

No!

No!

[ Screams ] Sinbad!

Margiana!

[ Screams ]

[ Shouting ]

[ Grunting ]

[ Hoofbeats Approach ]

[ Growls ]

[ Growls ]

[ Chanting ]

[ Growls ]

Vizier, take off your mask!

Uncover your face!

[ Shouts ]

Sinbad!

Into the tunnel! This way!

Ah!

Ahh!

Rachid, over there.

Vizier, in there.

We must find Margiana.

[ Growls ]

[ Sighs ] Let them sustain me.

[ Whispering ] Margiana.

Margiana.

[ Water Rushing ]

The fountain of destiny, the final place.

Almost-

Almost-

[ Sobbing ]

[ Sobbing ]

Margiana.

Come.

You followed me instead of Koura.

Then he has won the race.

- The race, perhaps.

- And the prize?

Not the prize.

A crown of untold riches.

I regret nothing.

[ Footsteps ]

- [ Gasps ]

- Shh! Frightened you, huh?

Margiana?

[ Water Rushing ]

The final place.

[ Chanting ]

The energy of youth is mine again.

You are too late, Sinbad.

The shield of darkness,

a crown of many riches,

I'll deny you these!

Oh, gods and demons of darkness,

rid me forever of this enemy who

stands between me and my destiny!

I plead!

They don't hear you, Koura.

I implore!

[ Hoofbeats ]

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