Every story, tale or memoir   Every saga or romance   Whether true or fabricated   Whether planned or happenstance      Whether sweeping through the ages   Casting centuries aside   Or a hurried brief recital   Just a thirty-minute ride      Whether bright or melancholy   Rough and ready, finely spun   Whether with a thousand players   Or a lonely cast of one      Every story, new or ancient   Bagatelle or work of art   All are tales of human failing   All are tales of love at heart      This is the story   Of a love that flourished   In a time of hate      Of lovers no tyranny could separate   Love set into motion on the Nile's shore   Destiny ignited by an act of war      Egypt saw the mighty river as it's very heart and soul   Source of life for all her people   That only Egypt could control      Destruction of her southern neighbor, justified   Nubia exploited, left with little more than pride, oh