Take me in my dreams recurring Cheerful as a childhood dance Into one more taste of freedom One more longing backward glance In the sway of somber music I shall never, never understand Let me slip into the sweeter Chorus of that other land The gods love Nubia, the beautiful, the golden The radiant, the fertile, the gentle and the blessed The pain of Nubia is only of the moment The desolate, the suffering, the plundered, the oppressed The gods love Nubia, their glorious creation Their songs roll sweetly across the harvest plain The tears of Nubia, a passing aberration They wash into the river and are never cried again! (picks up speed) The gods love Nubia, we have to keep believing Though scattered and divided, we are still its heart The fall of Nubia, ephemeral and fleeting The spirit always burning though the flesh is torn apart Oh, yeah (pure gospel sound) Take me in (Take me in) My dreams recurring (My dreams recurring) Cheerful as (Cheerful as) a childhood dance (a childhood dance) Oh, into one (into one) more taste of freedom (more taste of freedom) One more longing backward glance (one more longing backward glance) The gods love Nubia, oh the beautiful (the beautiful) The golden (the golden) the radiant (the radiant) the fertile (the fertile) the gentle and the blessed (and the blessed!) The pain of Nubia is only of the moment The desolate (the desolate) the suffering (the suffering) The plundered, the oppressed The gods love Nubia, we have to keep believing Though scattered and divided we are still its heart The fall of Nubia, ephemeral and fleeting The spirit always burning though the flesh is torn apart The spirit always burning though the flesh is torn (Aida) Is torn apart (Chorus) Take me in my dreams recurring One more longing backward glance