**Scene 71: "In the Desolate Wilderness"**
Here is Labib, walking under the wings of darkness. I suppose he is returning home on foot… crossing mountains and their dangers, with a long journey still ahead of him. Yet he was speaking, saying:
"Bear witness, O days…
That I will never forgive them…
And bear witness, O days…
That they are the vile ones…
And they shall remain vile and despicable in my memory…
That is their image to me—filthy."