Black Narcissus
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:05:01
So does the general,
and so do the people.

:05:04
Mopu Palace stands /n the w/nd
on a shelf on the mounta/n.

:05:08
It was bu/lt by the general's
father, to keep h/s women there.

:05:11
It's called a palace, but there
may be a sl/ght d/fference...

:05:15
between your /dea of a palace
and the general's.

:05:17
Anyhow, there /t /s.
:05:20
The people are l/ke mounta/n peasants
everywhere-- s/mple, /ndependent.

:05:24
They work because they must,
they sm/le when they feel l/ke /t...

:05:27
and they're no respecters
of persons.

:05:31
The men are men-- no better,
no worse than anywhere else.

:05:34
The women are women.
The ch/ldren, ch/ldren.

:05:37
Up on the mounta/n above the
palace, we have our holy man...

:05:40
who s/ts there day /n
and day out /n all weathers.

:05:43
All the people around
are very proud of h/m...

:05:46
and br/ng h/m food
and l/ttle offer/ngs.

:05:49
The w/nd up at the palace
blows seven days a week,

:05:52
so /f you must come,
br/ng some warm th/ngs w/th you.

:05:55
Nobody has l/ved there for
a long t/me, except Angu Ayah...

:05:59
who's always been there
and stays on as caretaker.

:06:02
As a caretaker,
she's a b/t of a fa/lure,

:06:04
but she's a fa/thful, d/rty old
b/rd and goes w/th the place.

:06:08
She l/ves there alone...
:06:11
w/th the ghosts of bygone days.
:06:18
[ Vo/ces Echo/ng ]
Ayah ! Ayah ! Ayah ! Ayah !

:06:22
Ayah ! Ayah ! Ayah !
:06:26
Ayah ! Ayah ! Ayah !
:06:38
[ Cho/r S/ng/ng ]

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