RADAMES To sail away to half discovered places To see the secrets so few eyes have seen To see moments of enchantment on our faces The moments when we smile and those in between
AIDA Are you talking about Nubia now?
RADAMES Yes, in a way.
AIDA If I could leave this place then I´d be sailing To corners of my land where there would be Sweet southern winds of liberty prevailing The beauty so majestic and so free
RADAMES I will take you sailing. South, you can be my guide.
AIDA
Would you let me steer?
RADAMES Would you run us aground?
AIDA Oh yes. Wherever there are no people. I´d jump out of the boat, kick off my sandals and run. And there´d be no one there to scold me and tell me to behave like a good...to behave.
RADAMES There´d be no ties of time and space to bind me
AIDA And no horizon I could not pursue
RADAMES I´d leave the world´s misfortunes far behind me
AIDA I´d put my faith and trust in something new
RADAMES & AIDA But why should I tell you this
AIDA A stranger I just met
RADAMES A woman whom I hardly know at all and should forget
RADAMES & AIDA A journey we can only dream of
Enchantment passing through And how is it I say these things So easily to you
RADAMES This is meaningless! I´ll never take you sailing. I´m never going to leave Egypt again. Instead, I´ll sit on the throne and send other men off on their expeditions.
AIDA You talk as though you´ve been enslaved.
RADAMES Not with chains, maybe, but with a marriage promise. (AIDA begins dabbing her eyes with her dress.)
What is that for?
AIDA To dry my weeping eyes. Forced to marry a princess? Oh, what hardships. I know - you want to go to lands where people have been living for centuries and say that you "discovered" them. But instead, you´re being thrust onto the Pharaoh´s throne. It is a great tragedy.
RADAMES You go too far.
AIDA No! You go too far. If you don´t like your fate, change it. You are your own master. There are no shackles on you. So don´t expect any pity or
understanding from this humble palace slave.
RADAMES Stop! I command you to stop!
RADAMES But why did I tell her this? A stranger I´ve just met A woman who I hardly know at all and will forget Anonymous and gone tomorrow Enchantment passing through And all I´ve done is tell her things she already knew She knew ...She knew....
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