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.