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By Yusra Al-Ayoubi
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Act Three Scene Two |
Act Three - Scene Two (In a party bureau. The president with a journalist) Journalist I want an answer A clear answer Why did not your party Share in the Lebanese war? President Because we don't want to be A strange body in Arab community To succeed, we should be friends To all parties, to contradicting powers Our land must be receptive To all organizations, to all ideas We don't want to take a stand Or adopt an attitude We don't want to make The first step when we act The war between us is still in glare We have a duty to defend our people To save our land from those who instigate flame Bring instability, terror and shame Journalist You were panting for peace Have you canceled your obligations Nullified your promises all? Do you want us to do the dirty deeds Without reward from you or help? President It's for your interest For your benefit you're doing the deed Journalist It's a common weal We give you our power to rule Perhaps for fifty years to rule President We can't rule by democracy If we paid the bill soon Lebanon is proud of its inborn democracy You ruin by that our credibility In a land where religions, sects Parties, nationalities are contending Never Lebanon in collision for power Will find peace and stability Journalist (to himself) He is a maneuverer this man Promised to help us by igniting the spark In Beirut, now he's breaking his promise (he leaves) (meeting of the president's son Basheer, Heig, and Sharon) Sharon We have over passed the forty km. Promised to end our task Basheer We can do nothing by that, Even to announce our government Sharon Saida for example Basheer This will not do Sharon Where are the sites you want us to reach? Basheer (pointing to a place on a map of Beirut) Here! This the school I studied in If you reached this place We can move The spark will inflame If you reached the school Ba'abda Castle is near Of your help we can avail Otherwise no advantage we impose Our success is doubtful, I suppose Things would turn against us soon Sharon (to himself) This man in his thirty's Full of the vainglory of youth Thinks he is the only one Who can rule Lebanon (bloody battles on Damascus-Beirut road. Sharon and Heig leave) Our men are doing their task well Heig What do you mean? Sharon They cleared the way to Beirut Our planes will find no more obstacles From Syrian missiles or air planes (some of the party's members ask to enter and share in the national salvation council) Chorus If you want to share In ruining Beirut It means the division of Lebanon Announce yourself a Christian commander On a Christian region But if you want to be The president of all the republic You should not fire a shot On your capital Beirut Syrian missiles from Lebanon were withdrawn Syrian planes were bombarded in the Bikaa Their tanks were destroyed On both sides of Damascus road Israel army is besieging Beirut |
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