"How lovely is the Princess Salome tonight" "Look at the moon's disk, how strange it looks" "Like a woman who steps out of the grave" "It is very strange" "Like a little princess whose feet are white doves" "One could imagine it is dancing" "Like a woman who is dead" "It glides slowly along" "What is that commotion?" "What are those wild animals who are howling?" "The Jews" "They are always like that" "They are quarrelling over their religion" "I find it laughable to quarrel over such things" "How lovely is the Princess Salome tonight" "You always look at her" "You look at her too much" "It is dangerous to look at people in this manner" "Dreadful things can happen" "She is very lovely this evening" "The Tetrarch looks so grim" "Yes, he looks grim" "At whom is he looking?" "I don't know" "How pale the Princess is" "Never have I seen her so pale" "She is like the shadow of a white rose in a silver mirror" "You must not look at her." "You look at her too much" "Dreadful things can happen" "After me, One will come who is stronger than me" "I am not worthy to loosen the laces on his shoes" "When He comes, the deserted towns will rejoice" "When He comes, the eyes of the blind will see daylight" "When He comes, the ears of the deaf will be opened" "Make him be quiet!" "He is a holy man" "He always says laughable things" "He is very gentle" "Every day when I give him food to eat" "He thanks me" "Who is it'?" "A PYOphet" "What is his name'?" "Jokanaan" "Whence does he come'?" "From the desert" "A crowd of disciples was always around him" "What does he speak about?" "It's impossible to understand what he says" "Can one see him?" "No, the Tetrarch has forbidden it" "The Princess is rising" "She is leaving the table" "She is very upset." "She is coming here" "Don't look at her" "Yes, she is coming towards us" "I beg you, don't look at her" "She is like a bewildered dove" "I don't want to stay." "I cannot stay" "Why does the Tetrarch always look at me in such a way" "With his mole-eyes under his blinking eyelids?" "It is strange that my mother's husband looks at me like that" "How sweet the air is here" "Here I can breathe" "Inside there sit Jews from Jerusalem" "Ripping one another apart over their foolish sacred rites" "Silent, cunning Egyptians and brutal, coarse Romans" "With their gross language" "Oh, howl hate these Romans!" "Dreadful things will happen" "Why do you look at her in such a way'?" "How good it is to look at the moon" "It is like a silver flower" "Cool and chaste" "Yes, like the pure beauty of a virgin" "See, the Lord has come" "The Son of Man is near" "Who was it that cried here?" "The Prophet, Princess" "Ah, the Prophet!" "The one the Tetrarch is afraid of'?" "We know nothing about that, Princess" "It was the Prophet Jokanaan who called out here" "Do you desire that I have your litter brought to you, Princess?" "The night is pleasant in the garden" "He says terrible things about my mother, it is not so'?" "We never understand what he says, Princess" "Yes, he says terrible things about her" "Princess, the Tetrarch requests that you return to the feast" "I don't want to go back in" "Is this Prophet an old man'?" "Princess, it would be better to go back in" "Allow me to escort you inside" "Is this Prophet an old man'?" "No, Princess, he is quite young" "Rejoice not, thou land of Palestine" "Because the rod of he who smote you is broken" "For from of the seed of the serpent" "A basilisk will come" "And its brood will devour all the birds" "What a curious voice!" "I would like to speak with him" "Princess, the Tetrarch won't allow anyone to speak to him" "He even forbade the High Priest to speak to him" "I wish to speak to him" "It is impossible, Princess" "I want to speak to him" "Bring this Prophet out" "We are not allowed to do this, Princess" "How black it is down there" "It must be terrible to live in such a black cave" "It is like a tomb" "Haven't you heard?" "Bring this Prophet out" "I would like to see him" "Princess, we are not allowed to do what you ask of us" "Oh, what will happen?" "I know, dreadful things will happen" "You will do it for me" "Narraboth, won't you?" "I was always well disposed towards you" "You will do it for me" "I only want to see him, this strange Prophet" "People have spoken of him so much" "I think the Tetrarch is afraid of him" "The Tetrarch has expressly forbidden" "That anyone should raise the lid of this cistern" "You will do it for me, Narraboth" "And tomorrow, when I go past in a litter" "At the gateway where the idol-sellers stand" "I will let a little flower fall for you" "A small, green little flower" "Princess, I can't" "You will do it for me, Narraboth" "You know, you will do it for me" "And tomorrow morning I will dart a glance at you" "Narraboth, under my muslin veils" "I will look at you" "Maybe I will smile at you" "Look at me, Narraboth" "How well you know you will do what I ask of you" "How you know it" "I know you will do it" "Let the Prophet come out" "The Princess Salome wishes to see him" "Where is he, whose cup of sins now runneth over'?" "Where is he, the one who one day" "Will die in a silver robe before the face of all people?" "Bid him come here" "So that he may hear the voice of He" "Who crieth in the wilderness" "And crieth aloud in the palaces of kings" "Whom is he talking about?" "No one can say, Princess" "Where is she, who succumbed to the lust of her eyes" "Who stood before brightly painted pictures of men" "And sent envoys to Chaldea?" "He speaks of my mother" "No, no, Princess" "Yes, he speaks of my mother" "Where is she, who gave herself to the Assyrian captains?" "Where is she" "Who gave herself to the young Egyptian men" "Glittering in their fine linen and hyacinth stone inlays" "With their golden shields and bodies like giants?" "Go, bid her rise from the bed of her abomination" "From the bed of her incest" "So that she may hear the words of He..." "He who prepares the path for our Lord" "And thus rue her misdeeds" "And if she will not repent, ask her to come here" "For the scourge of the Lord is in his hand" "He is terrible" "He is truly terrible" "Don't stay here, Princess, I beg you" "His eyes are the most frightening thing of all" "They are like black caves where the dragons dwell" "They are like black lakes from which demented moonlight flickers" "Do you think that he will speak again?" "Don't stay here, Princess, I beg you" "Don't stay here" "How emaciated he is" "He looks like a statue of ivory" "Surely he is as chaste as the moon" "His flesh must be very cool" "Cool as ivory" "I would like to look at him more closely" "No, no, Princess!" "I must look more closely at him" "Princess!" "Who is this woman who is looking at me'?" "I don't want her to stare at me" "Why does she look at me this way" "With her golden eyes under her glistening eyelids?" "I don't know who she is" "I don't want to know who she is" "Bid her leave!" "I don't wish to speak to her" "I am Salome, the daughter of Herodias" "Princess of Judea" "Stand back, daughter of Babylon!" "Do not come close to the chosen one of the Lord!" "Your mother has filled the earth with the wine of her iniquities" "And the enormity of her sins cries to God" "Speak, Jokanaan" "Your voice is like music to my ears" "Princess!" "Speak more, Jokanaan" "And tell me what I must do" "Daughter of Sodom, don't come near me" "Rather, cover your face with a veil" "Spread ashes over your head" "Get thee into the desert" "And seek the Son of Man" "Who is he, this Son of Man'?" "Is he as beautiful as you, Jokanaan?" "Get thee away from me!" "I hear the wings of the angel of death beating in the palace" "Jokanaan!" "Princess, I beg you, go inside!" "Jokanaan!" "I am in love with your body!" "Jokanaan!" "Your body is as white as the lilies in the field" "Untouched by the scythe" "Your body is as white as the snow on the hills of Judea" "The roses in the garden of Arabia's queen" "Are not as white as your body" "Not the roses in the garden of the queen" "Nor the feet of the dawn upon the leaves" "Nor the breasts of the moon upon the sea" "Nothing in the world is as white as your body" "Let me touch it" "Your body" "Stand back, daughter of Babylon" "Woman brought evil to this world" "Don't speak to me" "I don't want to listen to you" "I hearken only to the voice of my Lord, my God" "Your body is hideous" "It is like the body of a leper" "It is like a whitewashed wall where vipers have crawled" "Like a whitewashed wall" "Where scorpions have built their nest ls is like an over-whitewashed grave full of repulsive things" "It is ghastly, your body, it is ghastly" "lam in love with your hair, Jokanaan" "Your hair is like wine grapes" "Like bushels of black grapes on the vines of Edom" "Your hair is like the cedars" "The big cedars of Lebanon" "Where lions and robbers seek shelter in their shade" "The long black nights when the moon hides itself" "When the stars are fearful" "Are not as black as your hair" "The stillness of the woods" "Nothing in the world is as black as your hair" "Let me touch it" "Your hair" "Stand back, daughter of Sodom" "Do not touch me" "Do not profane the temple of the Lord, my God" "Your hair is loathsome!" "It is covered with dust and filth" "It is like a crown of thorns placed upon your head" "It is like a knot of serpents wrapped around your neck" "I don't love your hair" "Your mouth I desire, Jokanaan" "Your mouth is like a scarlet band on a tower of ivory" "It is like a pomegranate sliced open by a silver knife" "The pomegranate blossoms in the gardens of Tyre" "Brighter than roses and not as red" "The red fanfares of trumpets" "Announcing the approach of kings" "And before the enemy trembling" "Are not as red as your red mouth" "Your mouth is redder than the feet of the men" "Who trample the wine in the winepress" "It is redder than the feet of the doves" "Dwelling in the temples" "Your mouth is like a coral branch in the twilight of the sea" "Like the purple in the mines of Moab" "The purple of kings" "Nothing in the world is as red as your mouth" "Let me kiss it" "Your mouth" "N ever" "Daughter of Babylon, daughter of Sodom" "N ever" "I want to kiss your mouth, Jokanaan" "Princess, who is like a garden of myrtle" "Who is the dove among all doves" "Don't look at this man" "Don't speak such words to him" "I cannot stand it" "I want to kiss your mouth, Jokanaan" "Let me kiss your mouth" "Jokanaan" "Aren't you afraid, daughter of Herodias?" "Let me kiss your mouth" " Jokanaan!" " Daughter of adultery" "There is only One who can save you" "Go, look for Him!" "Look for Him!" "He is on a boat" "On the sea of Galilee" "And talks to His disciples" "Kneel down at the shore of the sea" "Call unto Him" "And call Him by his name" "When He comes to you" "And He comes to all who call unto Him" "Then bow down at His feet" "So that He may forgive your sins" "Let me kiss your mouth" "Jokanaan" "Be cursed, daughter of your incestuous mother!" "Be cursed!" "Let me kiss your mouth" "Jokanaan" "I don't want to look at you" "I curse you, Salome!" "I curse you" "Where is Salome?" "Where is the Princess?" "Why did she not return to the banquet as I commanded her'?" "Ah!" "There she is!" "You must not look at her" "You always look at her!" "How the moon looks tonight!" "Is it not an uncanny look?" "It looks like a mad woman" "Who is searching for lovers everywhere" "Like a drunken woman who is reeling through clouds" "No, the moon is like the moon" "That's all" "We must go inside" "I want to stay here" "Manassah, spread rugs here!" "Light some torches" "I want to drink some more wine with my guests!" "Ah!" "I have slipped" "I have stepped in blood, it is an ill omen" "Why is there blood here?" "And this dead man, who is this dead man here?" "Who is this dead man'?" "I don't want to see him" "It is our captain, Sire" "I left no orders for him to be killed" "He killed himself, Sire" "It seems strange to me" "The young Syrian, he was very handsome" "I remember, I saw his yearning eyes" "When he looked at Salome" "Off with him!" "Is it cold here?" "There's a wind blowing" " Isn't there a wind blowing?" " No, there is no wind" "I tell you, there's a wind blowing" "And I hear something in the air" "Like the beating of powerful wings" "Can't you hear it'?" "I hear nothing" "Now I don't hear it anymore" "But I did hear it" "It was the blowing of the wind" "It is over" "Listen!" "Can't you hear it'?" "The beating of powerful wings" "You are sick." "We must go inside" "I'm not sick" "But your daughter is sick to death" "Never have I seen her so pale" "I told you not to look at her" "Pour me some wine" "Salome, come, drink wine with me" "An exquisite wine" "Caesar himself sent it to me" "Dip your little lips in it" "Your little red lips" "Then I will drain the cup" "I am not thirsty, Tetrarch" "Do you hear how she answers me, this daughter of yours?" "She is right." "Why do you gape at her'?" "Bring ripe fruits!" "Salome, come, eat with me of these fruits" "I love to see the marks of your little white teeth in a fruit" "Bite off only a little" "Only a little from this fruit" "Then I will eat what is left" "I am not hungry, Tetrarch" "You see how you brought up this daughter of yours!" "My daughter and I come from royal blood" "Your father was a camel driver" "Your father was a thief and a robber in addition" "Salome, come, sit with me" "You must sit on your mother's throne" "I am not tired, Tetrarch" "You see what she thinks of you" "Bring me..." "What is it I want?" "I have forgotten" "I remember!" "Behold, the time has come" "The day of which I spoke is here" "Bid him be silent!" "This man is insulting me" "He has said nothing against you" "Furthermore, he is a very great prophet" "I don't believe in prophets." "But you, you are afraid of him!" "I am afraid of no one" "I'm telling you, you are afraid of him!" "Why don't you deliver him over to the Jews" "Who have been screaming for him for months?" "Truly, Sire, it would be better to hand him over to us" "Enough of that!" "I will not hand him over to you" "He is a holy man" "He is a man who has seen God" "That cannot be" "Since the Prophet Elijah, no one has seen God" "He was the last one who saw God face to face" "In our days God does not show Himself." "God hides" "That is why great evil has come over the land" "Great evil" "In truth, nobody knows if Elijah has really seen God" "Maybe it was only the shadow of God that he saw" "God is never hidden" "He shows Himself at all times and in all places" "God is in all that is bad as well as in all that is good" "You shouldn't say that" "It is a very dangerous doctrine that comes from Alexandria" "And the Greeks are pagans" "Nobody can tell how God works" "His ways are very obscure here" "We can bow our heads to His will" "For God is very mighty" "You speak the truth." "Indeed God is frightful" "But as far as this man is concerned, he has never seen God" "Since the Prophet Elijah, no one has seen God" "Tell them to be quiet, they bore me" "Yet I have heard it said that in truth, this Jokanaan may be your prophet Elijah" "That cannot be" "Since the days of the prophet Elijah, more than three hundred years have passed" "He is sure that he is the prophet Elijah" "In no way!" "He is not the prophet Elijah" "Tell them to be quiet!" "Behold, the day is near" "The day of the Lord" "And I hear upon the hills the steps of He" "Who shall be the redeemer of the world" "What does that mean" "The redeemer of the world?" "The Messiah has come" "The Messiah has not come" "He has come and everywhere he performs miracles" "At a wedding in Galilee, He changed water into wine" "He healed two lepers from Capernaum" "By simply touching them" "He did also heal the blind" "They saw Him on a hill in conversation with angels" "Oho!" "I don't believe in miracles" "I've been hearing too many stories about miracles" "He raised the daughter of Jairus from the dead" "What!" "He raises the dead?" "Indeed, He raises the dead" "I forbid Him to do that" "It would be awful if the dead were to come back" "Where is the man at present?" "Lord, He is everywhere, but it is hard to find Him" "The man must be found" "They say that He is dwelling in Samaria now" "A few days ago He left Samaria" "I think, at the moment He is in the vicinity of Jerusalem" "Hear this!" "I forbid Him to raise the dead" " Oh, about this lustful woman" " It would be awful" " The daughter of Babylon" " If the dead were to come back" "Thus speaks the Lord, our God" "Order him to be quiet!" "A crowd of men will gather against her" "And they will take stones and stone her to death" "Truly, it is disgraceful!" "The army's captains will run her through with their swords" "And crush her beneath their shields" "It is disgraceful, he should be quiet" "I therefore say that I shall wipe out all wickedness from this earth" "And that I shall teach all women" "Not to walk in the paths of their iniquity" "You hear what he says against me, you condone it" "To revile your wife like that" "He never mentioned your name" "There will come a day" "When the sun shall turn dark like a black cloth" "And the moon shall become as blood" "And the stars of Heaven will fall to earth" "Like unripened figs from the fig tree" "There comes a day when the kings of this earth shall tremble" "Ha ha!" "This prophet babbles on like a drunk" "But I can't stand the sound of his voice" "I hate his voice" "Order him to be quiet!" "Dance for me, Salome" "I will not have her dance" "I have no desire to dance, Tetrarch" "Salome, daughter of Herodias, dance for me!" "I don't want to dance, Tetrarch" "You see how she obeys you" " Salome, Salome, dance for me" " He will sit upon his throne" " I beg you. lam sad tonight" " He will be clad in scarlet and purple" " Therefore dance for me, Salome" " The angel of the Lord" " If you dance for me" " Will strike him down" " You can ask me for whatever you wish" " And the worms will devour his body" "I will grant it" "Will you really give me everything" "That I ask from you, Tetrarch?" "Do not dance, my daughter!" "Anything, anything that you ask me for" "Even if it should be half of my kingdom" "Do you swear, Tetrarch?" "I swear it, Salome" "On what will you swear this oath, Tetrarch?" "By my life, by my crown" " Do not dance, my daughter" " By my gods" "Oh Salome, Salome, dance for me" "You have sworn an oath, Tetrarch" "I have sworn an oath!" "My daughter, do not dance!" "And were it half of my kingdom" "You will be as lovely as a queen immeasurably lovely" "Ah, it is cold here" "An icy wind is blowing and I hear..." "Why do I hear this beating of wings in the air?" "Ah!" "It is as if a monstrously black bird hovered over the terrace" "Why can I not see it, this bird?" "This beating of wings is awful!" "It is a cutting wind" "But no, it is not cold, it is hot" "Pour water over my hands" "Give me snow to eat, help me loosen my coat" "Quickly, quickly!" "Help me loosen my coat" "But no!" "Leave it!" "This crown oppresses me" "These roses are like fire" "Ah!" "Now I can breathe" "Now I am happy" "Do you want to dance for me, Salome?" " I won't have her dance!" " I want to dance for you" "Who is He, who comes from Edom?" "Who is He, who comes from Basra'?" " We must go inside" " Wearing a dyed purple garment" " This voice" " Who shines" " Drives me out of my mind" " In the beauty of His garments" " I don't want my daughter dancing" " Who mightily in His greatness wanders" "While he constantly interrupts with his yelling" "I will not have her dance" " While you're looking at her like that" " Why is Your garment spotted with scarlet?" "In one word, I will not have her dance" "Don't stand up, my wife, my queen" "It won't help you." "I won't go inside until she dances" "Dance, Salome, dance for me!" "Do not dance, my daughter!" "I am ready, Tetrarch" "Ah!" "Wondrous!" "Wonderful, wonderful!" "You see, she danced for me, your daughter" "Come here, Salome, come here" "You will have your reward" "I will reward you in a kingly way" "I want to give you everything your heart desires" "What do you wish to have'?" "Speak!" "I want them to bring me on a silver platter..." "On a silver platter..." "Quite so..." "on a silver platter..." "She is charming, isn't she?" "What is it that you want on a silver platter?" "Oh sweet, beautiful Salome" "Who is more beautiful than all the daughters of Judea" "What should they bring you on a silver platter?" "Tell me!" "Whatever it may be, you shall receive it" "My treasures belong to you" "What is it that you would like to have, Salome?" "The head of Jokanaan" " No, no, Salome!" " Ah!" "That was well said, my daughter!" " That is not what you desire" " That was well said" "Don't listen to the voice of your mother" "She always gave you bad advice" "Pay no attention to her" "I pay no attention to the voice of my mother" "I want the head of Jokanaan for my own delight" "On a silver platter" "You have sworn an oath" "Herod, you have sworn an oath" "Don't forget that!" "I know, I have sworn an oath." "I know it well" "By my gods have I sworn" "But I beseech you, Salome" "Ask me for something else" "Ask for half of my kingdom" "I will give it to you" "But do not ask for what your lips asked for" "I ask from you the head of Jokanaan!" "No, I won't give it to you" "You have sworn an oath, Herod" "Yes, you have sworn an oath" "Everybody heard it" "Quiet, woman!" "I'm not talking to you!" "My daughter was right to demand the head of Jokanaan" "He hurled disgraceful insults against me" "One can see that she loves her mother" "Do not give in, my daughter, do not give in" "He has sworn an oath" "Quiet, don't talk to me" "Salome, I entreat you, don't be stubborn!" "Look, I have always loved you" "Maybe I have loved you too much" "Therefore, do not demand this from me" "The head of a man, separated from the body ls a terrible sight" "Listen to what I'm saying!" "I have an emerald" "It is the most beautiful emerald in the whole world" "You would love to have it, wouldn't you?" "Ask me for it, I shall give it to you" "The most beautiful emerald" "I demand the head of Jokanaan!" "You are not listening, you are not listening" "Let me speak to you, Salome" "The head of Jokanaan" "You only say that to torment me" "Because I looked at you in that way" "Your beauty has befuddled me" "Oh, bring wine." "I am thirsty!" "Salome, Salome" "Let us treat one another as friends" "Consider!" "Ah!" "What did I want to say'?" "What was it'?" "Ah!" "I remember now" "Salome, you know my white peacocks" "My beautiful white peacocks" "Which wander in the garden among the myrtles" "I want to give them all to you" "There isn't a king in the whole world who has such peacocks" "I have but a hundred, but I want to give them all to you" "Give me the head of Jokanaan" "Well said, my daughter!" " Quiet, woman!" "You shriek like a bird of prey" " And you are ridiculous with your peacocks" "Your voice pains me" "Quiet, I say!" "Salome, think about what you want to do" "It could be that the man was sent by God" "He is a holy man" "He was touched by the finger of God" "You wouldn't wish for some harm to befall me, Salome?" "Listen to me now!" "I want the head of Jokanaan" "You won't listen to me" "Be calm, Salome" "You see, I am calm" "Listen" "I have jewels hidden in this place" "Jewels that even your mother has never seen" "I have a necklace with four strands of pearls" "Topaz, yellow as the eyes of the tigers" "Topaz, bright red like the eyes of the wood dove" "And green topaz, like cats' eyes" "I have opals which always gleam" "With a firs, cold as ice" "I want to give them all to you, all of them" "I have chrysolites and beryls, chrysopase and rubies" "I have sardonyx and hyacinth stones and stones of chalcedony" "I want to give them all to you, all and still other things" "I have a crystal into which no woman has ever been allowed to look" "In a mother of pearl case, I have three wondrous turquoises" "Whoever wears them on their brow can see things that are not real" "They are priceless treasures" "What do you want in addition, Salome?" "Everything you want I will give you..." "But one thing" "But the life of this one man" "I shall give you the High Priest's sacred robe" "I shall give you the curtain of the holy-of-holies" "Give me the head of Jokanaan!" "Give her what she wants!" "She truly is her mother's child!" "Who took my ring?" "I had a ring on my right hand" "Who drank my wine?" "There was wine in my cup" "It was filled with wine" "Someone drank it" "Oh!" "It is certain that a misfortune will come over someone" "My daughter did right!" "I am sure a misfortune will occur" "There is no sound to be heard" "I hear nothing" "Why doesn't the man scream?" "Ah!" "If someone came to kill me, I would scream" "I would defend myself, I would not bear it!" "Strike, strike, Namaan, strike, strike!" "No, I hear nothing" "There is a frightful stillness" "Ah!" "Something fell to the floor" "I hear something fall" "It was the sword of the executioner" "He is afraid, this slave" "He dropped the sword" "He doesn't dare to kill him" "He is a coward, this slave." "Send soldiers down!" "Come here, you were a friend of this dead man, no'?" "Well, then I tell you, there are not yet enough dead men" "Go to the soldiers and order them to go down there" "And to bring me what I demand, what the Tetrarch promised me" "What is mine!" "Come here, you soldiers, go down into the cistern" "And bring me the head of that man" "Tetrarch, Tetrarch, order your soldiers" "To bring me the head of Jokanaan" "You wouldn't let me kiss your mouth, Jokanaan!" "Well, I will kiss it now" "I want to bite into it with my teeth" "As one may bite into a ripe fruit" "Yes, I want to kiss it now" "Your mouth, Jokanaan" "I said it" "Did I not say it'?" "Yes, I said it" "I want to kiss it now" "But why don't you look at me, Jokanaan?" "Your eyes, which were so terrible" "So full of rage and contempt, are now shut" "Why are they shut'?" "Open your eyes, lift up your eyelids, Jokanaan" "Why don't you look at me'?" "Are you afraid of me, Jokanaan" "So that you don't dare look at me'?" "And your tongue, it speaks no word, Jokanaan" "This scarlet viper which spat its poison against me" "It is strange, isn't it'?" "How is it that this red viper no longer moves?" "You spoke angry words against me, against me, Salome" "The daughter of Herodias, Princess of Judea" "Well now, lam still alive" "And you are dead" "And your head, your head belongs to me" "I can do with it what I want" "I can throw it to the dogs and to the birds in the air" "Whatever the dogs leave uneaten, the birds in the airwill devour" "Jokanaan, Jokanaan" "You were beautiful" "Your body was an ivory column on silver feet" "It was a garden full of doves in the silver lilies' glow" "Nothing in the world was so white as your body" "Nothing in the world was so black as your hair" "In the whole world, nothing was so red as your mouth" "Your voice was like an incense burner" "And when I looked at you" "I heard wondrous music" "Why did you not look at me, Jokanaan?" "Over your eyes you placed the blindfold of one who wished to see his God" "Well, you may have seen your God, Jokanaan" "But me, me, you never saw me" "Had you seen me" "You would have loved me!" "I thirst after your beauty" "I hunger after your body" "Neither wine nor apples can appease my desire" "What should I do now, Jokanaan?" "Neither the floods nor the great waters" "Can put out this ardent desire" "Oh!" "Why did you not look at me'?" "Had you seen me" "You would have loved me" "I know it well" "You would have loved me" "And the mystery of love" "ls greater than the mystery..." "Of death" "She is a monster, your daughter" "I tell you, she is a monster" "My daughter did right" "I would like to stay here now" "Ah!" "That is my brother's wife speaking" "I don't want to stay in this place" "Come, I tell you!" "Surely something terrible will happen" "We want to hide in this palace" "Herodias, lam beginning to tremble" "Manassah, lssachar, Ozias, put out the torches" "Hide the moon, hide the stars" "Something terrible will happen" "Ah!" "I have kissed your mouth" "Jokanaan" "Ah!" "I have kissed it" "Your mouth" "There was a bitter taste upon your lips" "Did it taste like blood?" "No!" "But it tasted perhaps like love" "They say that love tastes bitter" "But what of it'?" "What of it'?" "I have kissed your mouth" "Jokanaan" "I have kissed it" "Your mouth" "Kill this woman!"