Yentl Page #6

- There are no laws, not for this.

If you stopped studying once in a while,

you'd know more about Life, about Love.

How can I expect you to understand?

You've never felt it.

Last call for Lublin province!

Avigdor!

(Baby crying)

- Oh, my God.

- Carry your suitcase, sir?

Bye, Anshel.

I'm sorry about everything.

Asking what I did was

my only way of staying and it was wrong.

No, it's not wrong. It's understandable.

You're in Love.

- It was sinful, unnatural.

- But what's natural?

- I was asking the impossible.

- Don't go, Avigdor!

Everyone aboard!

Don't go!

I'll come with you!

Wait! Avigdor!

Nothing's impossible!

Nothing.

It's impossible.

What do you think, Zelig?

I never had such trouble fitting anybody.

- It's so tight round the chest.

- It fits!

- This is how you cut.

- It's the tape measure.

It's all right.

For Alter Vishkower's son-in-Law,

we must do our best work.

- I Like it this way.

- He Likes it this way! Ha!

- Look at him.

- Look at me

I must be absolutely crazy

How did I ever let it get this far?

Take off the coat.

Im getting deeper into trouble

Am I a woman or a man?

Am I a devil or a demon?

Problem with the pants. Next to them,

the coat looks good. Take them off.

- Why?

- Why?

Papa was right

I ask too many questions

he said a soul can get perplexed

I can't believe what happens next

Papa was right!

- Trouble with the crotch.

- What's wrong?

Youll find out when you relieve yourself.

It seems this little game I play

becomes more risky every day

- The pants, please.

- All right, I'll take them off.

- Leave the room.

- He's ashamed.

A tailor is Like a doctor.

What's to be ashamed?

Move, Zelig!

The wedding's tomorrow night!

(Tailor) Move!

Tomorrow night? Tomorrow night?

Tomorrow night, tomorrow night

Under the canopy I'll stand with her

tomorrow night

And place a ring upon her hand

With her all dressed in white

Tomorrow night

I don't know how this came about

but I'll be wed without a doubt

- I've got to get out!

- (Tailor) What did you say?

I've got to get out of my clothes.

Get back out here.

- Look at this...

- Come on, move.

The way one lie begets another

Somebody wake me up

and say it's all a dream...

- Ouch!

- Look at this!

Look how easily I fool them

They may have eyes but they don't see

they never really look at me

People are blind

How else would everyone believe me?

It might be interesting to know

just how much further I can go...

Look, the right sieve

is Longer than the Left!

- This will never work.

- Well make it work!

At Least the hat fits.

Tomorrow night, tomorrow night

I can't believe what I'll presume to be

Tomorrow night

Im not the bride,

but Im the groom-to-be

Tomorrow night

And that's a monumental trick

I'd better think of something quick

Oh, my God, I'm feeling sick!

Just the usual nerves before the wedding.

- I'd better rest.

- Youll need plenty of rest!

I could run away

I could leave without a trace

Go anywhere or anyplace

Where no one knows my face

as a woman or a man

I don't know, just so I can run away

Run away

Id be free

Id be rid of all of this

But there's someone I would miss

And being near him is what this

Is all about

So running away is out

(Zelig) Will he get away with it?

(Tailor) Will we get away with it?

Papa, dear

You dreamed of dancing at my wedding

But something tells me that Im right

you wouldn't want to dance tonight

Take off the clothes.

All right. Well Leave the room.

Come, Zelig, we have a Lot of work to do.

Isn't this

A strangely logical solution?

Things may not be as they appear

but the advantages are clear

He loves her, she loves him

He Likes me, I Like her

And I've reason to think she Likes me

She keeps him, he keeps her

I keep things as they were

It's a perfect arrangement for three

Who'd have ever predicted

the moment would come

When Id find myself grateful

they've kept women dumb?

She's an innocent maiden,

but then, so am I

That's why it's possible

I could get by

Look, Ive seen the impossible

happen before

Maybe, God willing,

itll happen once more

For I feel like a train on a perilous track

No way to stop, no way to go back

A snowball that's gathering speed

down a hill

Going faster and faster and faster until

Tomorrow night, tomorrow night

Even if someone would pray for me

Tomorrow night

There's not a prayer

that they could say for me

Tomorrow night

Tomorrow night, tomorrow night,

tomorrow night

Is now tonight!

(All cheering)

(AII) MazeI tov!

(Man) Blessings!

Success! MazeI tov!

(Drowned out by chatter)

(Rabbi) Musicians, please!

The mitzvah dance!

The handkerchief dance!

- Excuse me.

- (Rabbi) Where are you going?

(Tailor) Look. Look at the shoulders.

You're not Leaving, are you?

I have a wedding present for both of you.

- Thank you.

- Nachmonides, the holy letter.

He wrote it over 500 years ago.

"Converse with her

to put her mind at ease.

"Speak words which arouse her to Love,

desire, and passion,

"and words of reverence for God. "

Never force her.

Her mood must be as yours.

Win her with graciousness

and seductiveness.

Be patient until her passion is aroused.

Begin with Love.

And when her mood is ready,

Let her desire be satisfied first.

Her delight is what matters.

(Women talking appreciatively)

- ( Lively music)

- Come along.

- Avigdor, I... I don't know if I can...

- (Alter) Anshel.

- Anshel.

- Your father-in-law's calling you.

( Lively music continues)

Anshel, I have to talk to you.

Remember your obligation.

As I said, you mustn't be nervous.

Eve was made from Adam's rib

to obey his wishes. So must you.

- There's nothing to be nervous about.

- Yes, Mother.

We have protected her. She knows nothing.

But I don't have to tell you

to be fruitful and multiply.

Thank you, sir, I know the Law.

May your wedding night

be as joyful as ours... was.

And, please God,

a grandson nine months from now.

( Lively music)

(Music and laughter downstairs)

Are you too warm?

(Hadass) No.

- Shall I open a window?

- No.

Unless you want to. You're the man.

That's true.

- Don't be frightened.

- I'm not.

You're not?

- Yes, I am.

- Good.

- What?

- I mean, it's only natural.

You don't have to do

anything you don't want to. Anything.

But I do. I have to do

whatever you demand.

- No, that's not so.

- It's not?

The Talmud says a woman

may refuse her husband.

- My mother said...

- Too many women don't know the Law!

If you want to refuse

then naturally I respect your wishes.

You're a very considerate man, Anshel.

Only because I know

you're thinking of someone else.

Who? I'm not at all, of anyone.

You mustn't be angry with him.

What?

Well, any woman would be

who was close to him.

You're very understanding.

It's only natural that you wish he were here

instead of me.

But you're my husband.

The thing is, Hadass,

because you're still thinking of Avigdor,

I can't Let you commit any unnecessary sin.

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