Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet (2014) Movie Script

Go away. Shoo, shoo!
Hey! Child! Come back here.
Bring that back!
WOIVIANI Watch it!
Stop!
Ooh! Whoa!
Little savage!
GRoANs)
KAIVIILAZ Almitral
Almitral
Eggs, honey, fruit, nuts.
Let's say,
seven silver ones.
What? Oh, yes,
of course. Let me...
Almitral
Quite a handful,
your daughter, no?
Actually, she's very sweet.
Yes. Like lemons.
With honey.
That's four, five, six...
Almitral I mean it!
...and seven.
Almitra,
get down from there!
No,no,no.
No, I mean, don't move!
No,no,no.
Easy,boy!
Oh, dear!
Oh!
Are you all right?
Not again.
My dates, ruined.
It's the mother's fault.
Letting her run wild like an animal.
Sorry. Sorry. I'm so sorry.
Here, here's some.
This one's still good.
These are okay.
It will not happen again.
It takes a village, no?
An apology would be nice.
I said I was sorry.
No. From her.
She's the one causing all the trouble.
You know she doesn't speak.
Or won't.
Not since her father died.
Ugh That was
over two years ago.
Look, I'll pay you later.
All of you. At the end of
the week, when I get paid.
And what about
all she's stolen?
My daughter is not a thief!
That's what
she says, yes.
Hey, Almitra, look.
We found the cat that got your tongue.
You ought to be
ashamed of yourselves.
Darling, pay no
attention to them.
They're just dumb kids.
What's this?
Eee!
Baby, I know
you miss your father.
IVle, too.
And if I could
bring him back, I would.
But it's just us now.
And you know what?
We're going to be all right.
We just need to
stick together.
You know what
I miss the most?
Your voice.
All right, my little one.
It's school for you
and work for me.
Try to be good, okay?
Oh. Please let it
be a goat.
Almitra.
Why are you following me?
You know you're supposed to be in school.
Well, there's no time
to take you all the way back,
and I can't lose this job.
I guess you're just going to
have to come with me.
But listen.
You better not take anything.
I'm serious, Almitra.
In this family, we do not steal.
Understood?
Oh!
Ya!
Good morning, Halim.
Kamila.
Morning, ma'am.
Are you okay?
Excellent.
Oh. You've brought
along some help today.
Or perhaps you're a spy.
Yeah, she's the
leader of the Resistance.
Excuse me.
Wait! Don't go yet.
I mean...
I can't allow entry without
the appropriate documents.
For the girl.
What? Oh, come on, Halim
I don't have time for this.
I've got work to do.
You know this prisoner
is a high security risk.
A dangerous criminal.
Why do you think they
assigned me to guard him?
I have no idea.
Whoa, whoa!
Hey.
Fine.
Then you can babysit her.
She's very well behaved,
by the way.
Shouldn't give you
any trouble at all.
Uh...
So, Almitra,
what do you do for fun?
Arm!
Geez!
Hey!
What did you say to him?
Almost.
Okay.
This is great.
I'm having a wonderful day!
Hey, come back here.
That's my hat.
It's an official hat, you know.
It's a government hat.
Come back here!
Here, birdie, birdie...
Do I hear a mouse?
Careful, little mouse.
There are traps everywhere.
I never get visitors.
It'd be nice to have a chat,
even with a mouse.
Oh. Where did you go?
Little mouse?
Hmm. No.
Not there.
Ha-ha! I know.
The cookie jar.
Hello.
Hmm.
IVlmm.
Hmm.
No. Not there either.
Well...
Hmm.
A-ha! There you are!
Oh. A mouse in a cage.
Want a cookie,
little mouse?
IVlmm.
My name's Mustafa.
What's yours?
A-ha.
Almitra.
That's a pretty name.
Well, Almitra, there are
all kinds of cages.
This house has been
mine for seven years.
My crime?
Poetry.
Hmm.
Oh. The lady with
the mousetraps. Quick!
We prisoners
have to be sneaky.
You know what's funny?
They think
I'm their prisoner,
but I've flown
away many times.
Oh, yes.
Right out that window.
High above the whole island.
Let me tell you a secret.
We are not
imprisoned by houses
or our bodies.
Not even by other people.
We are spirits.
Free as the wind.
It's a secret
not everyone knows.
"I have seen people throw themselves
down And worship their own freedom
"Like slaves before a tyrant
"Praising him
though he slays them
"I have seen
the freest among them
"Wear their
freedom as a handcuff
"And my heart bled within me
"For you can only be free when You
no longer speak of freedom as a goal
"And how can you be free
"Unless you break the chains You
have fastened around yourself?
"In truth, that which
you call freedom
"ls the strongest
of these chains
"Though its links
glitter in the sun
"And to become free,
what would you
"Remove that is not
a part of yourself?
"if it's a tyrant His
throne was built within you
"if it's a care
you would cast off
"That care has
been chosen by you
"And if it's a fear
you would drive away
"The root of that
fear is in your heart
"And not in
the hand of the feared
"These things
move within you
"As lights and shadows
In constant half embrace
"You'll be free indeed
"Not when your days
are without a care
"Nor your nights
without grief
"But rather when these things
Bind up your life
"And yet you rise above them
"Unbound"
That's it! Where is he?
I'd like to wring his
little feathered neck.
KAlvllLA; Hamm?
Where is...
Almitra.
Didn't I tell you to
stay out of trouble?
Haliml You were
supposed to babysit her!
Oh, Mustafa, I'm so sorry my
daughter has interrupted your work.
I'll just get her out
of your way. Don't worry.
No, no, no. We're fine.
We were just chatting.
Right, Almitra?
Chatting?
Yes, we were sailing
on the wings of the wind.
IVlmm.
That reminds me, last night
I had the sweetest dream.
I dreamt of a ship
sailing into the harbor,
coming to take me
back to my homeland.
Hmm.
Halim, you haven't today,
by any chance, seen a ship?
No,
but to tell you the truth,
I wasn't looking.
IVlmm! IVlmm!
Almitra, get down from there!
Ahhh!
Ooh!
Oh! Mustafa, I'm so sorry!
I mean, Almitra is sorry.
Oh! Here, let me...
You do it.
That must hurt so much.
No, no, no. I'm fine.
I'm fine, really.
Oh, no, no, no.
Look at your painting.
It's completely ruined.
No, no. Not at all.
In fact, it's improved.
No, no, Mustafa,
you cannot mean that.
I do, I do!
But it's so ugly.
Look at it!
Now, now, now.
I don't know
what to do.
Come and sit down. Here.
I've tried everything!
Nothing I do or say
gets through to her.
She's just completely
beyond my control.
Well, of course, she is.
What?
She doesn't belong to you.
She doesn't?
Oh, no, no, no,
no, no, Mustafa.
I remember
clearly that it was me
who brought her
into this world.
Yes, yes, that's true.
She came through you,
but not from you.
"Your children are
not your children
"They are the sons and daughters
Of Life's longing for itself"
Your children
are not your children
They're the sons and daughters
of Life 's longing for itself
They come through you
But not from you
Though they're with you,
they belong to themselves
You may give them your love,
but not your thoughts
For they have
thoughts of their own
You may house their bodies,
not their souls
For their souls
dwell in a house of tomorrow
Which you cannot visit,
not even in your dreams
You may strive
To be like them
But seek not to
make them like you
For life goes not backward
Nor tarries with yesterday
You are the bows
from which your children
As living arrows
are sent forth
The archer sees the mark
upon the path of the infinite
And He bends
you with His might
That His arrows
may go swift and far
Let your bending in the
archer's hand be for gladness
For even as he
loves the arrow that flies
He loves
the bow that is stable
Let your bending in the
archer's hand be for gladness
For even as he
loves the arrow that flies
He loves
the bow that is stable
"For even as he loves
the arrow that flies
"So He loves also
the bow that is stable"
SERGEANTZ Haliml
OW! Ohh!
(DOOR cLosEs
Sergeant, to what
do I owe this honor?
I've come to inform you that you are
released from your confinement.
What? Released?
LAuGHs)
But we should throw a party,
with music.
Released, released.
Mustafa!
You are released
on the condition
that you return
to your own country
and never again set
foot on Orphalese.
Oh.
If Halim is up to it...
Hmm!
...we will escort you to
your port of emigration.
Now.
What, now?
Oh.
Well, I'll help you pack up yourthings.
All your work.
No, you'll clean
up and then leave.
We will deal with his
personal effects later.
Sergeant, come on now.
Surely, there's time to gather...
You will come with us now.
Unless you want to remain locked
up here for another seven years.
Hmm-hmm.
Difficult decision,
that one.
Here is your final pay.
After today, your services
are no longer required.
I'm so sorry, Kamila.
I hope that you will find work soon.
Your visits have been a
bright spot in my time here.
Goodbye.
Thank you, Mustafa, for everything.
Ugh
And please say goodbye
to my new friend, Almitra.
I wish we had had more time.
What?
IVlmm.
Han
I should have known.
The silent thief.
You're developing quite the
reputation at the marketplace.
Don't think you're too young to spend
a few nights in jail, my friend.
Heh! And you, too!
OW!
Rat traps!
Haliml
(DOOR cLosEs
Almitra, no!
You heard the Sergeant.
We can't afford
any more trouble.
I know, I know.
I'm gonna miss him, too.
All right, I guess
I'd better finish up.
Look! It's the poet!
Mustafa?
Is he free?
It's been so long.
Mustafa!
Have you been freed?
Where are they taking you?
To the harbor.
This is a happy day.
For all of you, of
course, but for me too!
I'm being released.
I'm going home.
Great!
Wonderful!
Then you mustjoin
us in celebrating!
Absolutely not!
We have a schedule to stick to.
Sergeant! You don't
like braised lamb shank?
All right. Five minutes, not
a moment longer!
Yes, yes, thank you.
Strike up the band.
We have two occasions to celebrate.
GIGGLING)
Kissing. That's all he knows.
Give her time to eat,
for heaven's sake.
IVlmm.
They're newlyweds.
That's what they're supposed to do, right?
Who knows? The last time
I kissed a pretty girl,
the Dead Sea
was only sick.
Enough.
Grandpa.
on.
Thank you.
I've missed this!
A toast to the
happy couple!
And for Mustafa!
To love and freedom!
To love and freedom!
To freedom!
Tolove?
Mustafa,
please, would you give a blessing
to my daughter's marriage?
It would be my honor.
"You were born together And
together you shall be forevermore
"You shall be together when The white
wings of death scatter your days
"Yes, you shall be together Even
in the silent memory of God
"But let there be spaces
In your togetherness
"And let the winds of the
heavens Dance between you
"Love one another
But make not a bond of love
"Let it rather be
a moving sea
"Between the shores
of your souls
"Fill each ether's cup
But drink not from one cup
"Give one another
of your bread
"But eat not
from the same loaf
"Sing and dance
together and be joyous
"But let each
one of you be alone
"Even as the strings
of a lute are alone
"Though they quiver
with the same music
"Give your hearts But not
into each ether's keeping
"For only the hand of Life
Can contain your hearts
"And stand together
Yet not too near together
"For the pillars of
the temple stand apart
"And the oak tree
and the cypress
"Grow not in
each ether's shadow"
- Thank you, Mustafa.
- It was lovely.
My pleasure.
IVIUSTAFAZ Ha-ha!
LAuGHs)
I said
"five minutes."
And you've taken advantage
of my generosity.
- Let's go. Now!
- Oh!
Killjy
Goodbye, everybody.
And good luck to the two of you.
And thank you, Mustafa,
for our blessing.
Again
with the kissing.
Come here.
Goodbye, Mustafa.
Goodbye!
Ah! It's a beautiful
day for sailing.
If Mustafa sets foot
on that ship, I'll eat my fez!
Take care
of yourself.
Goodbye, good people.
Goodbye!
Safe journey!
Farewell!
My cake!
I'll stick with
the baklava
Those foolish peasants.
They hang on
your every word.
After all this time, they still
see you as their great leader.
With all due respect,
Sergeant,
they're neither
foolish nor peasants.
And I'm no leader.
What, then?
A teacher?
What is a teacher?
He can only lead you to the
threshold of your own mind.
We all stand alone in our
understanding, Sergeant.
You and I.
You hear that, Mustafa?
That's who the people are.
Sheep, waiting to be
led by the strongest...
OW!
GRoANs)
Are you, uh,
all right, sir?
Who did that?
Hmm?
Well, Sergeant,
I suppose even the sheep have
the last word, sometimes.
Whoa!
Good boy.
Well,
ldid
Huh? Huh! Oh!
Huh?
Oh!
YOU see?
Mustafa?
MANI lt'S him.
Hurry.
Mustafa?
Mustafa.
Ooh!
Oh!
Ugh
GIGcaLEs
Oh!
Oh! HO! HO!
- Oh, my!
- Are you okay?
That was a close one.
It's all right, it's all right, I...
Oh, I am fine, thanks.
Welcome back.
Good to see you again.
- How's your wife?
- We missed you.
GIGcaLEs
How
are the children?
So big now you
wouldn't recognize them.
That's terrific.
So glad you're back.
Yes, yes, yes.
We're all pleased as punch
to see Mustafa again.
But it's time to get back to
whatever it is you people do.
That's right, Gramps
Your olives aren't going to
press themselves, are they?
You've important work to do.
Oh, no, sir.
His words are worth more
than my sacks of olives.
Nonsense, my friend.
Oh! It's true, Mustafa.
I don't know how
I could have
gotten through that
terrible drought year
without your
words to reassure me.
Or us, when
our child was ill.
Or me, putting up
with my mother-in-law.
Truly, your work
means more than ours.
Oh, shut up!
Oh, dear,
let me help you.
My friend,
all work is noble.
"You work that
you may keep pace
"With the earth and
the soul of the earth
"For to be idle is to become
A stranger unto the seasons
"And to step out
of life 's procession
"That marches in majesty And proud
submission towards the infinite
"When you work
you are a flute
"Through whose heart The whispering
of the hours turns to music
"And when you work with love
You bind yourself to yourself
"And to one another,
and to God
"And what is it
to work with love?
"It is to weave the cloth With
threads drawn from your heart
"Even as if your beloved
Were to wear that cloth
"It is to build
a house with affection
"Even as if your beloved
Were to dwell in that house
"It is to sow seeds with tenderness
And reap the harvest with joy
"Even as if your
beloved were to eat the fruit
"It is to charge
all things you fashion
"With a breath
of your own spirit
"And to know that
all the blessed dead
"Are standing
about you and watching
"Often I have heard you say
As if speaking in sleep
"'One who works in marble,
and finds
"The shape of their
own soul in the stone
"'Is nobler than
one who plows the soil
"'And one who
seizes the rainbow
"'To lay it on a cloth
in the likeness of man
"'Is more than one who makes
The sandals for our feet'
"But I say, not in sleep But in
the over-wakefulness ofnoonHde
"That the wind speaks Not more
sweetly to the giant oaks
"Than it does to
the smallest blades of grass
"And they are great Who turn the
voice of the wind into a song
"Made sweeter by
their own loving
"Work is love made visible "
Well, that was lovely, wasn't it?
Very edifying
But we need to
be moving along.
What's the hurry?
He's just been released.
Yes, we haven't
seen him for years.
Where are you taking him?
I thought he was free.
I am free, my friends.
Today, I'm being
sent home to my country.
I must admit, it will be
good to see my home again.
Please, sir.
Before you go, I insist
we serve you a proper meal.
Yes, everyone knows
the food on those
ships is terrible.
Come. Sit.
Out of the way, out of the way, people.
Come on.
Bashira! The best
for Mustafa.
Oh!
And you'll need
provisions for your trip.
HHVS SOITIS OFHDQSS.
Some pistachios.
Nowjust one minute.
I'm in charge here!
And I say whether...
Ooh. Is that fresh halvah?
IVlmm.
Oh! Oh!
All right, five minutes.
And not a moment longer.
What generosity!
Enough,enough!
Thank you, dear people.
Thank you for
the gifts of your labor,
and thanks to
the earth for its gifts.
"Would that you could live From
the fragrance of the earth
"And like an air plant
Be sustained by the light
"But since we must
kill to eat
"Then let it be
an act of worship
"When you gather the grapes For
the winepress, say in your heart
"'l too am a vineyard
"'And my fruit shall be
gathered For the winepress
"'And the wine shall be kept
In eternal vessels'
"And when you crush an apple
With your teeth
"Say to it in your heart
"'Your seeds
shall live in my body
"'And the buds of your tomorrow
Shall blossom in my heart
"'Your blood and my blood is the
sap That feeds the tree of heaven
"'And together we shall rejoice
Through all the seasons"'
Thank you, friends.
I'll miss you.
I'll miss you all.
Watch him.
I'll be back in a moment.
Right!
What...
No, listen...
Listen to me!
He's a danger, and his
influence continues to grow.
I need at least five men here
and more when we get there.
No, he doesn't
suspect anything.
But the people...
There may be resistance.
Oh, yes, the Pasha will know
how to handle Mustafa.
Hey!
It's you!
Open this door at once!
IVlmm. IVlmm!
Oh!
So true.
Mustafa, my friend, we feed the
body, but you, you feed the soul.
Sir? IVlay I have
a word with you?
"Sir"? After seven years?
Please, Halim
Here, have some wine.
Is something
troubling you, Halim?
No! No, no, no.
lwasjust
Yes, there is.
Yes? Go on.
I know everyone sees me as
this self-assured, dauntless,
impenetrable
fortress of strength.
Ahh!
But, um...
...the truth is, and this
might surprise you,
I actually have one thing
that fills me with fear.
And that is?
Expressing feelings of love.
Ah. Love.
For Kamila?
You knew?
I see her lovely
face every day,
but I have no
idea how she feels.
I mean, perhaps she's intimidated
by my status, my authority.
Intimidated? Your...
No. No, no, no, no.
Don't let that worry you.
Good. Okay. Good.
But now that you're leaving, I mean,
she won't be coming around anymore.
And if I don't
do something soon,
I mightjust lose her forever!
What will I do?
I just...
I mean, what can I do?
Halim, Halim.
I... I...
Yes?
You're mangling that mango.
Oh...
Ha-ha.
So I am.
Halim, when love beckons
to you, follow him,
though his ways
are hard and steep.
When love
beckons to you
Follow him
Though his ways
are hard and steep
And when his wings
enfold you, yield to him
Though he hides
a sword among them
And when he speaks to you
Believe in him
Though his voice
may shatter your dreams
Love will
crown and crucify you
And though for your growth
so he is for your pruning
Love will caress
your tenderest branches
And shake
every clinging root
Like sheaves of corn
he gathers you unto himself
He threshes and sifts you
He grinds and he kneads you
And then he assigns
you to his sacred fire
That you may become sacred
bread for God's sacred feast
All these things
shall love do unto you
That you may know
the secrets of your heart
And in that
knowledge become a fragment
A fragment of Life's heart
Now if in your fear you seek only
love's peace and love's pleasure
Better cover your nakedness And
pass out of love's threshing-floor
Into a seasonless world
where you shall laugh
But not all your laughter
And weep and weep,
but not all of your tears
Love gives naught but itself
And takes
naught but from itself
Love possesses not
nor would it be possessed
For love is enough
You should say,
"I am in the heart of God"
You cannot
direct the course of Love
If Love, it finds you
worthy, directs your course
To wake at dawn
with a winged heart
To come home in
the evening with gratitude
Then to sleep with a prayer
for the beloved in your heart
And a song of
praise on your lips
"And then to sleep with a prayer
for the beloved in your heart
"And a song of
praise upon your lips"
Ah!
Ah! Caught you.
Yes.
Excuse me, have you met my friend?
Her name is Almitra.
Your friend,
you say. Oh.
We have met, yes.
Oh, good, I'll feel better
knowing she has friends
to look after
her when I'm gone.
What is it, Yousef?
It's just that, you see...
Well, it can be hard to get to
know someone who refuses to speak.
I can see how
that might be.
On the other hand,
sometimes people talk when they cease
to be at peace with their thoughts.
But there are those
who have the truth
within them, only they
tell it not in words.
In the heart of these, the spirit
dwells in rhythmic silence.
Oh. How did you...
And if I find that little ruffian,
I'll throw her in irons!
Break time's over.
Come on, let's get a move on.
Shh.
Oh. Don't leave now.
Mustafa, please.
You just got here,
for Pete's sake.
Come on.
Move it, move it.
Please step away!
Go on, go on,
let's break this up!
Enough of this.
Get up.
We haven't got all day.
Sorry, sir. You're right.
That ship won't wait forever.
Mustafa, sir, food for your voyage
from all your friends here.
Come on, Mustafa.
Time to leave all your admirers.
Go with God.
We will miss you.
- Goodbye!
- Come back to us.
Goodbye!
Take care of yourself.
Stay here in
the cafe, okay?
You'll be safe until
I can find your mother.
Safe travels! Thank you, everybody!
Thank you!
Goodbye!
Goodbye!
There you are! I have
looked all over for you!
Huh? Kamila.
Oh, no, just tell me what I owe
you, and let's be done with it.
My dear lady, no, no.
Everything is fine.
You owe me nothing.
Okay.
Thank you.
I have been out of
my mind with worry.
IVlmm!
Oh, no, you don't
Not this time.
I've lost Mustafa today.
I am not losing you to a police cell!
What, what?
What do you want?
So help me,
Almitra, don't test...
IVlmm.
What is it?
Do you know what's going on?
Because I sure don't
Goodbye, Mustafa!
MANI LOOK, it'S him.
There he is!
Yay!
Mustafa!
One minute, Mustafa.
There are some details to be
attended to at headquarters.
Please. Come with me.
I had no idea.
Of course not, Halim
Very well, Sergeant.
Hey, where
are you taking him?
Please step away.
What are you doing?
The ship is this way.
Nothing to see here!
Where is he going?
Let him go!
What's going on?
Ludicrous!
I can't believe this!
I thought he was free!
No, he was free!
Almitra, you knew?
Let him go!
He's done
nothing wrong!
This is an outrage!
Out of our way.
No! Bring him back!
Please step away!
Return to your homes!
Make way.
He is an innocent man!
Almitra, no!
Ahh!
Almitral
More men over here!
Move these people!
Watch it! Careful!
There! The girl! Get her!
Leave her alone!
You swine!
HALIIVIZ Almitra.
No!
Wait!
Clear the square!
Return to your homes!
Ahh!
Clear the area!
This is your last warning!
Let me help you
disappear into the crowd.
The people won't
give you away. Quickly!
Thank you, Halim.
But I won't put you...
GRoANs)
Ahhh!
No, Sergeant.
Let me help.
People of Orphalesel
My friends, I beg you!
Please! Be calm!
But they're taking you!
They're liars!
They're evil!
Let us not be too
quick to call others evil.
"For what is evil but good tortured
By its own hunger and thirst?
"Truly when good is hungry It
seeks food even in dark caves
"And when it thirsts
It drinks even of dead waters
"You are good When you
strive to give of yourself
"Yet you are not evil When
you seek gain for yourself
"For when you strive for gain
"You are but a root that clings to
the earth And sucks at her breast
"Surely the fruit
cannot say to the root
"'Be like me, ripe and full And
ever giving of your abundance'
"For the fruit
giving is a need
"As receiving is
a need for the root
"You are good When you
are one with yourself
"Yet when you are not one with
yourself You are not evil
"A ship without a rudder May wander
aimlessly among perilous isles
"Yet not sink to the bottom
"You are good When you walk
to your goal with bold steps
"Yet you are not evil
when you go limping
"Even those who
limp do not go backward
"Pity that the stags Cannot
teach swiftness to the turtles
"But you who are
strong and swift
"See that you do not limp before
the lame Deeming it kindness
"In your longing for your
greater self Lies your goodness
"But in some of you, that longing is a
torrent Rushing with might to the sea
"Carrying the secrets of the hillsides
And the songs of the forest
"While in others,
it is a flat stream
"That loses itself
in angles and bends
"And lingers before
it reaches the shore
"In our longing for our greater
selves Lies our goodness
"And that longing
is in all of us"
So, Mustafa.
Your first day of freedom, and you
bring a riot to our doorstep.
It was your men and their billy
clubs that brought on the riot.
Order in the streets must be maintained.
Otherwise, anarchy.
I'm disappointed
to see your presence
is just as incendiary
as it was seven years ago.
Did your stay on the mountain
give you no time for reflection?
Quite a bit, thanks.
Then why do you
persist with these
treasonous acts and
rebellious speeches?
Treasonous?
I have only spoken with love.
Oh. Only love and
flowers, was it?
I believe this is yours.
"Pity the nation that
raises not its voice
"Save when it
walks in a funeral
"Boasts not
except among its ruins
"And will not
rebel until its neck
"ls laid between
the sword and the block"
"Love and flowers."
Nothing less than
a call to rebellion!
I don't see it that way.
Apparently, we disagree.
It would, indeed, be tragic
if rash words from the past
prevented you from returning
to your beloved homeland.
You mean, there's still
a chance I may go home?
A chance?
A certainty.
We are not vindictive
We are not barbarians.
Simply do this.
Sign this statement that your
writings, your teachings,
were the product of a misguided
youth and are seditious.
That you reject them now,
they are false,
and you hold
the State blameless
in its duty to preserve
the peace, etc., etc.
I can't do that.
Of course you can.
Here is your opportunity to be repentant
and for us to be magnanimous
What would I have left if I
disavowed all that I believe?
Your life, for one.
I remind you, Mustafa, the
penalty for treason is death.
Fine, have it your way.
I'll give you the night in
prison to think it over.
Guard!
Now!
IVlmm. IVlmm!
How in the world
do we get up there?
Almitra?
What are you
doing up there?
You should go.
There's only
trouble here.
Only trouble.
You... You can fly.
What?
What did you say?
You can fly away.
Like you did before.
If only I could.
But you said!
Not houses, not bodies.
Spirit.
YSS.
Spirit.
Okay. Come on.
Come out.
Fly away.
Almitra, I'm afraid
I'm going to have to stay
here and face what comes.
But they might do
bad things to you.
No! You might die!
Dear Almitra, we don't need
to be afraid of death.
"For life and death are one
"Even as the river
and the sea are one
"How would we know
the secret of death
"Unless we look for it
in the heart of life?
"The owl whose night-bound
eyes Are blind in the day
"Cannot un veil
the mystery of light
"In the depth of
your hopes and desires
"Lies your silent
knowledge of the beyond
"And like seeds dreaming beneath the
snow Your heart dreams of spring
"Trust the dreams For in them
is hidden the gate to eternity
"For what is it to die
but to stand naked
"In the wind and to
melt into the sun?
"And what is it
to cease breathing
"But to free the breath
from its restless tides
"That it may rise and expand
And seek God unencumbered?
"Only when you drink from The river
of silence shall you indeed sing
"And when you have reached
The mountaintop
"Then you shall begin to climb
"And when the earth shall claim your
limbs Then shall you truly dance"
Almitra?
YSS.
I'd like you to do
something for me.
Sure.
Remember all those
paintings in my house?
And all those
papers I had written on?
You know, the ones the
Sergeant wouldn't let me take?
I want you to have them.
IVle?
Yes.
I want you to go gather them
before anyone else gets them.
To make sure they're
not destroyed. Okay?
IVlmm-hmm.
Good. Then later you can
share them with people.
Remember when you
and I flew on the wind?
My words are my wings.
And you are my messenger.
So, go on. Go!
I'll keep them
safe, Mustafa.
Wait.
You're gonna crush me.
Are you all right, Mama?
Oh, yes, I'm very all right.
The guards.
Go, go, quick!
I'll handle them.
Hey there, boys,
anybody want to see some
of my French postcards?
I offer you one last chance
to renounce your teachings.
I have only
spoken to the people
of things they already
knew in their hearts.
This would change nothing.
Refuse to sign this, and there
will be nothing left of you.
Not even your work.
We'll burn it all.
Every last word and image.
The people will remember
them long after I'm gone.
To the poet's house.
Look, Mama,
I found another one!
Good, good.
Huh!
LAuGHs)
Mustafa!
- Mustafa!
- Mustafa!
We'll
miss you, brother!
Farewell, people
of Orphalese!
"Patient is the captain
of my ship
"And restless are the sails
"The mariners have heard the song
of the sea And will wait no longer"
I am ready.
"Do not forget that I
will come back to you
"A little while, and my
longing shall gather
"Dust and foam
for another body
"A little While
"A moment of
rest upon the wind
"And another
woman shall bear me
"Farewell to you And the
youth I have spent with you
"it was just yesterday
we met in a dream
"But now sleep has fled Our
dream is over and we must part
"If in the twilight of memory
We should meet once more
"We will speak together again And
you shall sing me a deeper song"
Phew!
LAuGHs)
Look!
There he is, Mama!
What? Who, Almitra?
Where?
Mustafa! There!
I'm sorry, my little one, but he's...
No, look! On the ship!
See?
I do, Almitra.
I do.
"When you part from your
friend You grieve not
"For that which you love most in
him May be clearer in his absence
"And let there be no
purpose in friendship
"Save the deepening
of the spirit"