The Tramp Page #6

Am I a mongrel on the streets?

To be kicked at will or whim?

"Piano-fixer?"

"Your servant thinks

I'm here to fix the piano"

"Come to me, I pine for you"

"The night is about to pass"

"I pine here;

you long there"

"So come...

the night is about to pass"

"Even the Moon is waning"

"The stars are disappearing"

"A painful, restless hour;

the night passes"

"Carried away with the Moon..."

"I see the bride-like night

disappearing"

"Call out to me...

where are you?"

"The night is passing"

"I fear and I lose hope"

"Even my fate is tiring of me"

"If you won't come..."

"where do I go?"

"The night is about to pass"

The invitations have been printed

The day after tomorrow

is your birthday, isn't it?

Send them to the friends

you want to invite

All my friends?

Yes, all friends. All, who are

worthy of being your friends

Your birthday

"Raj, aren't you giving me a gift?"

"I didn't have money to buy anything.

I'll give you some other time"

"Must you only buy something

to make a gift?"

"You can give me a flower"

"Someday, I'm going to make

lots of money"

"And I'll buy a gift for you.

Something better than all this"

Back? I knew someday,

you'd surely come back

For you, this is the only door open

I need a thousand. A loan

I'll return it after I've earned it

Loan? What do you think I am,

a money-lender?

Today is Rita's birthday.

Look, she has invited me

She takes me for a gentleman.

- So you must dress like a gentleman

And to prove yourself, you must

also make a gift to the lady

So gentlemanliness is for sale,

and you intend buying some?

But to become a gentleman, you need

money. One thousand Rupees

For that thousand, you have to steal,

rob, or maybe even kill someone for me

Do you accept?

- No

No! I won't rob!

I won't commit crimes!

What other way out have you?

Once a criminal, you can never

become a gentleman again!

No matter how many times

you change your clothes

Crime is written all over your face!

You even tried working

Not for you, the bread

in the sweat of thy face

For you, the only resort

is thieving, crime

Same as mine!

All thanks to your father

Watch your step, son

I try. But what to do?

Out on the streets...

there are those big guns like you.

- Sharp, are you?

Have you seen Rita?

Tell me something

#NAME?

Who are you looking for?

Want me to tell you?

Look, over there

So you came

Happy twenty-first

Your gift

- Why did you have to do this?

Why did you have to buy

such an expensive necklace?

For you, nothing is too expensive.

Besides, I stole it

You stole it?

- I stole it from the stars

You're such a...

- A savage?

What else? You are a savage

You buy this expensive gift...

but you won't spend

for a velvet case

Case?

Rita, the Judge is calling you.

Hurry up

What's on your mind?

Let me introduce you to the Judge

Come on

Rita, I've been waiting for you

First, my present

See if you like it

Why, don't you like it?

Today's a strange day. Someone

gives me a necklace sans a case

And someone give me a case

sans the necklace

"The man I'm in love with

is full of deceit"

"But I've fallen in love with him?"

"Oh, what have I done?"

"He looked so innocent"

"But he turns out to be a crook"

"The innocent-looking crook

that he is..."

"he's a blackheart

with a sunny smile"

"I have given him my heart

I'm driving myself crazy"

"Oh, what am I doing?"

"Those blue eyes have deceived me"

"There's an emptiness inside my heart

and tears come to my eyes"

"I trusted him

I promised him my love"

"Oh, what have I done?"

What have I done?

I've fallen in love with a thief!

And Raju, you...?

Is it some gift you don't like?

I'm going to return his gift

Bring him over.

I'd like to meet him

Raj isn't a bad boy.

He has just gone astray

All he needs is someone to love him,

to support him, to bring him around

He respects you. If you want it,

Raj can be saved

Is Raj not at home?

- No. He went out early in the morning

He isn't back yet

"Falling in love with you, my love"

"I have cried, and I have laughed"

"Happily I have borne

the pangs of love"

"I have cried, and I have laughed"

"What do you know of

the pangs of love?"

"The pain is so acute"

"I'm transfixed"

"I stood silent"

"I stood in silence, I swear"

"I cried, and I laughed"

"My heart burns, as if on fire"

"My tears flow, as it rains"

"Like the clouds"

"Like a cloud, I was a tramp"

"I have cried, and I have laughed"

"Falling in love with you, my love"

"I have cried, and I have laughed"

There you are

Haven't you brought the police along?

That bitterness is of no use

Your mother has told me everything

So you know I'm wayward

...Ive been to jail...

and my name is on the police rolls.

Is that what you've come to tell me?

Try to understand me, Raj.

I still consider you my friend

Friend?

A lawyer's daughter, a judge's ward

takes a tramp for a friend?

What's your society going to say?

What will your people say?

If you recant, society

will forgive your past

Raj, you can make a new life

for yourself... you can!

A new life? On what

will I build a new life?

Can you give me back my childhood

...the education I never had?

Everyone says that I have no father

to name... I have no honor!

Can you bring my father back?

Can you give me my name?

Can you give me my honor?

Tell me... tell me Rita!

Rita, I've kept you in the dark.

I've kept myself in the dark

Forget me Rita.

Leave me to myself

I am not worthy of you

You realize fully well,

yet you want to live in this hell

I never imagined you'd be so weak

Rita, don't you think I never tried

to get out of this hell

But tell me, what do I do?

For twelve years, the world

has chased me towards crime

Alone, I cannot face it

Alone, I cannot

You aren't alone, Raj

Your mother is with you

I'm with you

You? With me? With a criminal?

Yes Raj. With you, forever

Good or not, guilty or not,

whatever you are, you're mine

This is a matter of the heart. And

the scales of justice cannot judge it

But this guilt I carry

with me forever...?

For me, as your wife, it will

be the bride's vermillion

Really?

Come with me

- Where?

The Judge wants to meet you

The Judge...?

Sit

Name?

Only Raj?

Yes

Your father's name?

I don't know

I see

What do you do?

As of now, unemployed.

Like millions of others

Any other source of income?

Property?

Nothing

Do you remember polishing boots

when you were a boy?

I still do

And you want to marry Rita?

Yes. If you allow me

And you've been to jail too?

- Rita must've told you that...

You've recanted...? Have you found

another source of making money?

No

- But there's still hope, isn't it?

If some silly rich girl marries you...

- Did you call me here to insult me?

We are in love

We want to marry

- All that I've heard

Love!

Sit

And let's talk it over

with a cool head

What do you mean?

- I mean that though I don't know...

how you managed to seduce a naive girl,

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