Yentl Page #8

I do.

It isn't Avigdor. It's no Longer a sin.

- H-Hadass, I...

- Shh.

It's been terrible for you, I know,

all this waiting.

But it's all right now.

You don't have to wait any Longer.

Oh, God! Oh, God! I'm so sorry.

- I'm so sorry, Hadass.

- For what?

For teaching me? For understanding me?

For making me fall in Love with you?

I can't! I can't!

I feel so certain that you Love me.

Everything you do

shows me you Love me.

What is it, Anshel?

Look at how she looks at me

But I can never look at her that way...

Is it me? Am I so...?

- Do you find me...?

- I find you beautiful, beautiful.

Then what?

Full of all the feelings

And the soft unspoken words

that lovers say...

There are things I wish I could explain,

things I'd Like to tell you.

I feel so...

- Maybe youll feel better tomorrow.

- I hope so.

In all the words in all the books

I wish there were a way to say

What she's taught me

isn't written anywhere

And Im supposed to be

the one who's wise

One thing is certain

I can never be what she

Expects of me

I've wanted the shadows

I don't any more

No matter what happens

I won't any more

I've run from the sunlight

Afraid it saw too much

The moon had the one Light

I bathed in

I waked in

I held in my feelings

And closed every door

No matter what happens

I can't any more

There's someone who must hear

The words I've never spoken

Tonight if he were here

My silence would be broken

I need him to touch me

To know the Love that's in my heart

The same heart that tells me

To see myself

To free myself

To be myself at Last

For too many mornings

The curtains were drawn

It's time they were opened

To welcome the dawn

A voice deep inside's getting stronger

I can't keep it quiet any Longer

No matter what happens

It can't be the same any more

I promise

It won't be

The same

Any more

I'll miss you.

Youll have lots to do while I'm gone.

- I know, but...

- Tell your parents I'm sorry.

Sorry?

That I wasn't here when they got home.

Youll see them on Friday.

You can tell us about the city.

Show them the books you bought.

Oh...

I baked almond cakes.

You and Avigdor wouldnt Last three days

without my almond cakes.

Thank you.

Hurry home.

It won't be the same here without you.

Hadass.

Do you remember

what we studied Last week

in the Talmud about patience?

Tell me, what did we read?

"Patience yields many good things. "

If you have patience,

youll have everything you want.

Children, beautiful children,

as many as you want.

Trust me.

I do trust you.

Well, I... have to be going.

I'll study while you're away.

I want you to be proud of me.

Oh, I am proud of you.

You should be proud of yourself.

I Love you, Anshel.

I Love you too.

She's mother

She's sister

She's lover

She's the wonder of wonders

No man can deny

So why would he change her?

She's loving, she's tender

She's woman

So am I

This trip was a good idea, Anshel.

- I have a secret to tell you.

- Tell me.

- Not now.

- All right.

(Avigdor chuckles) So my crazy plan

was crazy after all.

What?

She Loves you now.

- She only thinks she does.

- What?

Things aren't always what they seem.

What are you talking about?

Youll see.

Now, what's this secret of yours?

I'll tell you when we get to Lublin.

(Avigdor) Look, there's our friend again.

(Yentl) I wonder if it ever gets tired?

- When are you going to tell me?

- Not yet.

- Why not?

- I just can't.

Slivovitz?

No, thanks.

So let's hear the secret of yours.

Maybe I will have a glass.

Good. You look a little pale.

- Lechaim.

- Lechaim.

So tell me.

Well, er...

We're friends. What can't you tell me?

All right.

Avigdor, what would you do

if all you wanted in Life was to study

and it was forbidden?

- It isn't forbidden.

- What if it were?

What would you do if some crazy Law

said all men called Avigdor

or all men with brown eyes

were forbidden to study?

- I'd study anyway.

- Secretly?

If I had to. Why?

And that would be difficult,

always hiding, afraid?

Yes. What's your secret?

Without studying, you couldnt Live.

Is that right?

- That's right.

- I couldnt, either.

- So?

- So I studied, secretly.

No, you didn't.

What are you babbling about?

Avigdor...

my name isn't Anshel.

That's your secret?

Dear Avigdor.

- I don't know how to tell you this.

- Well, don't. I'll guess.

- I'm not a yeshiva boy.

- You're the chief rabbi of Lithuania.

- I'm not any kind of boy.

- Not the chief rabbi, all right.

My name isn't Anshel.

It's... it's Yentl.

Yentl?

And...

I'm a woman.

A woman.

A woman.

Now my secret.

- I'm the Tsar of Russia.

- Then I'll prove it.

- Stop this, Anshel.

- I'm not Anshel. I'm Yentl.

- I'm not a man. I'm a woman.

- Stop it.

- I'm a woman, Avigdor.

- Anshel, I don't Like this.

What kind of a game is this?

It's not a game.

Not any more.

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

(Avigdor sighs)

Oh, my God.

I've only shown you

so you can testify to the rabbis.

It can't be.

It is.

What have you done?

- Listen to me.

- Don't come near me.

- Let me explain.

- Don't touch me.

Avigdor, don't be afraid,

I'm not going to hurt you.

- You're a monster.

- No.

AII I ever wanted to do was study.

"A woman shall not wear

that which pertaineth to a man. "

- You're a devil.

- Try to understand...

- Enough! Please!

- I'm not a devil.

Every commandment broken, every day!

Stay away from me! Please!

What are you, a demon?

- I'm not.

- You spit on the Torah!

I Love the Torah!

You spit on it, on everything and everyone.

In God's face, my face, Hadass's face!

- God, Hadass!

- She knows nothing!

- Nothing?

- No, she's never...

An innocent married to a devil!

You married a woman!

- How could you do that?

- It was your idea!

- This? My doing?

- Yes!

Come on, you're a man. Answer me

Like a man. I want to know why. Why?

Why didn't you say you were a woman?

I was afraid of this, of exactly this!

So you lied to me, you lied to Hadass!

I told you things I wouldnt tell a wife!

- I'm glad you told me.

- What kind of creature are you?

- Just a woman.

- I want the answer.

Tell me the answer. Why? Why?

- I... I was afraid.

- Why?

- I wanted to be near you.

- Why?

I didn't wanna Lose you. I Loved you.

(Sobbing)

(Avigdor) Oh, God.

Oh, God. Oh, my God.

(Sobbing) I Loved you.

I thought you didn't

understand about Love.

No wonder.

My God, no wonder.

All the times I looked at you and touched

you and I couldnt understand why.

I thought something was wrong with me.

There was nothing wrong with you.

It was me.

Your skin.

It's so...

Your hair...

It must have been beautiful.

Itll grow.

Your hands...

I always tried to hide them.

Oh, no.

I did... I...

I didn't want to touch you.

I was afraid to.

Your mouth...

Yentl.

I Loved you too.

Hadass.

It's not...

difficult.

I'll write a statement to the rabbis

that the marriage was never consummated.

You can take it back to Beshev,

give it to the rabbis.

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