Winter and Summer

[Potemkin, spoken]:
And now, a ritual battle between Winter and Summer! The old year and the new! Ladies and gentlemen, for your amusement: a battle unto death

[Ensemble]:
Winter and Summer!
Fire and cold!
See how they battle!
Young against the old!

[Mr. Rich, spoken]:
I can give you anything you want. You name it! Money, jewels, possessions!

[Orphan, spoken]:
I can give you the future!

[Mr. Rich, spoken]:
He doesn't have a thing!

[Orphan, spoken]:
My hands arе warm!

[Mr. Rich, spoken]:
You'll never bе somebody. Not with him!

[Orphan, spoken]:
I'm young!

[Mr. Rich, spoken]:
He's nobody! Nobody!

[Orphan, spoken]:
I'm young, you understand! He's old; I'm young! He's dying; I'm alive!

[Potemkin, spoken]:
Choose!

[Mr. Rich, spoken]:
No!

[Ensemble]:
Winter and Summer!
Death versus birth!
See how they struggle!
To possess the Earth!