The Eternal Song
DAVID (charmed and fervent)
T love you, Channah, just like that fisherman! CHANNAH (overjoyed)
You—David!? DAVID
Yes. And you, tell me, Channah, and you?
CHANNAH I have loved you for a long time.
DAVID And you will marry me?
CHANNAH Yes, if father and mother are willing. DAVID And you will love me always? CHANNAH (timidly but with feroor) Always! DAVID (strongly moved)
Oh, Channah, Channah, I will work for you day and night so that you may never need for anything—so that you may not have to work. And if I only have a little time for rest, I will sit down beside you—just like this—close, close . . « (He moves nearer.) Hand in hand, heart to heart, our souls in one! And we will be
so happy!
CHANNAH
Oh, so happy!
DAVID
And when sleep will make my eyes heavy, I will lay my head here, in your lap and you will tell me again of far-away Bagdad, of the crys-
tal palaces, of beautiful golden flowers—and
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