SIDE 2
? No. 5 Maria
(As Tony sings, he looks for where Maria lives.)
?TONY
Maria...
The most beautiful sound I ever heard:
Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria...
All the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word:
Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria...
Maria!
I've just met a girl named Maria,
And suddenly that name
Will never be the same
To me.
Maria!
I've just kissed a girl named Maria,
And suddenly I've found
How wonderful a sound
Can be!
Maria!
Say it loud and there's music playing,
Say it soft and it's almost like praying.
Maria,
I'll never stop saying Maria!
The most beautiful sound I ever heard.
Maria.
A Back Alley - 11:00 p.m.
(Maria appears at the window above him which opens onto the
fire escape. )
? No. 6 Balcony Scene
?TONY : Maria, Maria...
?MARIA : Ssh!
?TONY : Maria!!
?MARIA : Quiet!
?TONY : Come down.
?MARIA : No.
?TONY : Maria...
?MARIA : Please. If Bernardo...
?TONY : He's at the dance. Come down.
?MARIA : He will soon bring Anita home.
?TONY : Just for a minute.
?MARIA (smiles) : A minute is not enough.
?TONY (smiles) : For an hour, then.
?MARIA : I cannot.
?TONY : For ever!
?MARIA : Ssh!
?TONY : Then I'm coming up.
?WONAN'S VOICE (from the offstage apartment) : Maria!
?MARIA : Momentito, Mama...
?TONY (climbing up) : Maria, Maria...
?MARIA : Calladito! ( reaching her hand out to stop him ) Ssh!
?TONY (grabbing her hand) : Ssh!
?MARIA : It is dangerous.
?TONY : I'm not "one of them."
?MARIA : You are; but to me, you are nat.
Just as I am one of them...(gestures inside)
?TONY : To me, you are all the...
(She covers his mouth with her hand.)
?MAN'S VOICE (from the unseen apartment): Maruca!
?MARIA : Si, ya vengo, Papa.
?TONY : Maruca?
?MARIA : His pet name for me.
?TONY : I like him. He will like me.
?MARIA : No. He is like Bernardo afraid.
Imagine being afraid of you!
?TONY : You see?
?MARIA (touching his face) : I see you.
?TONY : See only me.