SCENE VI: Kings of the World
“Oh Romeo, what’s the matter with you? “ Benvolio asked. Since he met his cousin in the afternoon, he had been spreading such a horrible mood. He was simply sad and they all suspected what was wrong.
“Sad hours seem long” Romeo said.
“What sadness lengthens Romeo's hours?” Actually, Benvolio didn’t want to know or he already knew. Romeo loved sweet Rosalina but Rosalina didn’t love him back. Old song.
“You know, boy, I’m already twenty years old. Women desired me, they taught me what they know but I never felt… loved.”
“You know that love is just a game for many?” Benvolio asked unnecessary. Actually, they came here to meet up with their friends. Mercutio wasn’t here yet, but he planned some fun for tonight…
“I hope to find true love once. My mother expects too much. Now she expects me to lead the Bank and soon she’ll want me to take a bride of her choosing…”
“Then choose me, my beloved”, Mercutio approached from the dark. He was dressed up to the nines. Greek toga, golden horns and mask. He looked like a satyr.
And Benvolio wore a fool’s dress. The other’s as well. Only Romeo wasn’t masked. They wanted to go to some masquerade. He didn’t intend to be with them.
“You know what day is today?” Mercutio asked as he began climbing to the edge of the fountain.
“Saturday?” Romeo answered.
“It is but it is that day our old foe Capuletti celebrates every year.”
“The anniversary of his great victory?” asked Romeo. “The one at the battle of Pad… Pav…Pam…”
“Some stupid Italian town, certainly” said Mercutio. “But more important: We are going to crash his Masquerade tonight.”
“Should we really make our entrance there in disguise?” Romeo protested and it was Benvolio who took the word:
“Oh, I hope Cupid’s arrow will hit the Capuletti girls when they see us!”
“We’ll kiss them and do thing a lot sweeter. And poor Tebaldo can’t do anything”, Mercutio announced. “Because we are young and fierce. We are the kings of the world!”
Suddenly someone took out his flute. “Take your lute,Romeo!” All the youths were dancing and singing they tried to free Romeo from his sadness. And they sang:
“We know how to live we squeeze the juice from every moment
We make love day after day night after night we sing we dance
It makes no sense in being careful not when time files like an arrow
We take every risk that's out there we're prepared to take that chance
Kings of the world, free as the wind
Looking for sins that we haven't yet sinned
They think they're smart, but they're really quite dumb
You miss the tune when you're banging your drum”
The Song Les Rois du Monde from the Musical Romeo et Juliette: French, English, German, Hungarian/Magyar, Italian
