Save Darfur - "The Gods Love Nubia" from "Aida"

This video is to raise awareness for the genocide in Darfur. The song is "The Gods Love Nubia" from the musical Aida. Nubia, in ancient times where Aida is set, was the present-day area of Northern Sudan, smack-dab in the middle of the conflict.The lyrics are:Take me in my dreams recurringCheerful as a childhood danceInto one more taste of freedomOne more longing backward glanceIn the sway of somber musicI shall never, never understandLet me slip into the sweeterChorus of that other landThe gods love Nubia, the beautiful, the goldenThe radiant, the fertile, the gentle and the blessedThe pain of Nubia is only for the momentthe desolate the sufferingthe plundered, the opressedThe gods love Nubia, their glorious creationIts songs roll sweetly across the harvest plainThe tears of Nubia, a passing aberrationThey wash into the river and are never cried againThe gods love Nubia, we have to keep believingThe scattered and divided, we are still it's heartThe fall of Nubia, ephemeral and fleetingThe spirit always burning though the flesh is torn apart.The fall of NubiaEphemeral and fleetingThe spirit always burningThough the flesh is torn apartTake me in my dreams recurringCheerful as a childhood danceInto one more taste of freedomOne more longing backward glanceThe gods love Nubia, the beautiful, the goldenThe radiant, the fertile, the gentle and the blessedThe pain of Nubia is only for the momentthe desolate the sufferingthe plundered, the opressedThe gods love Nubiawe have to keep believingThough scattered and divided we are still it's heartThe fall of Nubia ephemeral and fleeting the spirit alwaysBurning though the flesh is torn apartThe spirit always burning though the flesh is torn apartTake me in my dreams recurringOne more longing backward glanceThis is my first video - any comments or constructive criticism would be appreciated.

Channel: Nonprofits & Activism
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: savenubia

Length: 04:44
Rating: 4.11
Views: 2401

Tags: aida  broadway  darfur  egypt  genocide  nubia  sudan  

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