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At this critical moment, a messenger from Manila arrives breathlessly. He announces a stunning development:
Lucas and the town’s friar pressure Julia into accepting Miguel’s proposal. Julia, believing Tenyong is dead and feeling utterly hopeless, and fearing for her family’s safety, gives in to the forced betrothal. The engagement party is a somber affair. Miguel gloats, while Julia weeps silently. Only her mother, Celia, and her friend, Pepay, express outrage, but they are powerless. The final act takes place on Julia and Miguel’s wedding night. Julia is in her bridal chamber, consumed by despair. Miguel enters, drunk with power and lust, demanding that she submit to him. He tears away her mourning veil and mocks her memory of Tenyong. walang sugat ni severino reyes full story
The friars and soldiers are thrown into confusion. The friar tries to rally them, but the soldiers drop their weapons. The power of Spain has vanished overnight. Miguel, humiliated and powerless, slinks away. With the Spanish authorities gone, Tenyong and Julia rush into each other’s arms. They are finally free to love without fear of oppression. Julia touches the scar on Tenyong’s arm – his physical wound – and weeps with joy. At this critical moment, a messenger from Manila
Just as Miguel is about to force himself on her, the window bursts open. A figure in Katipunan rags leaps into the room. It is Tenyong – alive, but pale, gaunt, and bearing a long, healed scar on his arm (the physical mark of his "sugat"). He was only severely wounded, not killed. He has spent months recovering in a remote mountain hideout and has returned to claim Julia. The engagement party is a somber affair
A tense confrontation erupts. Miguel draws his sword, and Tenyong draws a bolo. They fight. Julia screams for help. As the duel reaches its climax, the noise attracts a patrol of Spanish soldiers and villagers.
Walang Sugat (literally "No Wound" or "Without a Scar") is a landmark zarzuela (a Spanish-influenced musical theatrical genre) written by the "Father of Filipino Zarzuela," Severino Reyes, with music by Fulgencio Tolentino. It was first performed in 1902 by the Compañía de Zarzuela Ilang-Ilang.
The final lines are deeply resonant. Julia asks Tenyong, “Are you wounded?” He replies, “Yes, but they are wounds of love, and love heals all wounds.”