[00:43.415]Every story, tale or memoir
[00:49.136]Every saga or romance
[00:54.752]Whether true or fabricated
[01:00.499]Whether planned or happenstance
[01:11.967]Whether sweeping through the ages
[01:17.714]Casting centuries aside
[01:23.382]Or a hurried brief recital
[01:28.058]Just a thirty-minute ride
[01:34.746]Whether bright or melancholy
[01:40.414]Rough and ready, finely spun
[01:46.083]Whether with a thousand players
[01:50.759]Or a lonely cast of one
[02:00.189]Every story, new or ancient
[02:05.884]Bagatelle or work of art
[02:11.683]All are tales of human failing
[02:17.404]All are tales of love at heart
[02:29.368]This is the story of a love that flourished in a time of hate
[02:35.742]Of lovers no tyranny could separate
[02:41.880]Love set into motion on the Nile's shore
[02:46.164]Destiny ignited by an act of war
[02:52.956]Egypt saw the mighty river
[02:56.509]As its very heart and soul
[02:59.931]Source of life for all her people
[03:03.013]That only Egypt could control
[03:06.671]Destruction of her southern neighbor justified
[03:13.776]Nubia exploited, left with little more than pride