Leonard Bernstein
Balcony Scene
[TONY, spoken]
Maria, Maria...

[MARIA, spoken]
Shh!

[TONY, spoken]
Maria!

[MARIA, spoken]
Quiet!

[TONY, spoken]
Come down. 

[MARIA, spoken]
No. 

[TONY, spoken]
Maria...

[MARIA, spoken]
Please, if Bernardo knew...

[TONY, spoken]
He's at the dance. Come down. 
[MARIA, spoken]
He will soon bring Anita home. 

[TONY, spoken]
Just for a minute. 

[MARIA, spoken]
A minute is not enough. 

[TONY, spoken]
For an hour, then. 

[MARIA, spoken]
I cannot. 

[TONY, spoken]
For ever!

[MARIA, spoken]
Shh!

[TONY, spoken]
Then I'm comin' up. 

[MAN'S VOICE, spoken]
Maria!
[MARIA, spoken]
Momentito, Papa...
It is dangerous. 

[TONY, spoken]
I'm not "one of them."

[MARIA, spoken]
You are; but to me, you are not. Just as I am one of them...

[TONY, spoken]
To me, you are all the...

[MAN'S VOICE, spoken]
Maruca!

[MARIA, spoken]
Si, ya vengo, Papa. 

[TONY, spoken]
Maruca?

[MARIA, spoken]
His pet name for me. 

[TONY, spoken]
I like him. And he will like me. 
[MARIA, spoken]
No. He is like Bernardo, afraid. Imagine being afraid of you!

[TONY, spoken]
You see?

[MARIA, spoken]
I see you. 

[TONY, spoken]
See only me.