Исполнитель: Elton John and Tim Rice‘s Aida (Musical)

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Песня: 13. the Pharaoh’s Private Banquet Room
(Upstage THREE EXOTIC DANCERS, preparing for the Palace entertainment, begin to dance. Downstage MEREB enters and immediately after, RADAMES searching him out. They cross the stage.)

[Radames:]
Mereb, was the Princess please with my gift?

[Mereb:]
Yes. Aida managed to make herself indispensable in record time.

[Radames:]
I'm not surprised. Did she tell you anything about herself? Because, I've never met a woman like her before. And I can't help but wonder...

[Mereb:]
No! Nothing! She said nothing.

(MEREB exits quickly. And the THREE DANCING GIRLS sweep downstage in an ecstatic display. The music builds. The PHARAOH makes a grand entrance on a special sedan chair, carried on shoulders by PALACE SERVANTS. He appears very ill. The stage is set with a long low table filled with delicacies.)

[Radames:]
(To AMNERIS.)
You look lovely tonight.

[Amneris:]
Thank you.

[Radames:]
Is this the latest fashion?

[Amneris:]
It is now. So your expedition went well?

[Radames:]
Oh yes, we got well past Aswan, into territory where no Egyptian has ever set foot.

[Amneris:]
Really? That sounds very... scenic. Maybe next time I'll go with you.

[Radames:]
If you like, Princess. We sleep with sand mites; live on dried monkey meat; and this time the water was so tainted we vomited for days.

[Amneris:]
Whew! Then again, I'm pretty busy.

(The dance continues for a bit and dissolves into the scene with the DANCING GIRLS showing themselves off to the rich and powerful men of Egypt. AIDA is pouring wine. A NUBIAN SERVANT passes her.)

[Nubian:]
Princess, the word of your arrival has spread through the Nubian camps.

[Nubian:]
(Another NUBIAN SLAVE, dancing with THE COURT DANCERS, addresses AIDA while dancing)
Your people cannot wait to see you. Welcome, welcome.

[Aida:]
(Calling in MEREB'S direction.)
Mereb!

[Mereb:]
Okay, so I told one person. Maybe two. Princess, your people need to know.

[Pharaoh:]
(Holding his chalice up for a toast.)
Captain. To a successful expedition. Thanks to the routes you have discovered, our troops will now be able to attack Nubia with overwhelming force. The Gods willing, this long war shall soon end, with Egypt's complete and final victory.
(THE COURT drinks to the toast.)
Amneris, shall I continue?

[Amneris:]
Whatever you think is best, father.

[Pharaoh:]
Radames. You came to me this morning with a request to set out on another journey. But I have a more important mission for you. Although it means you can never leave Egyptian soil again, I believe this will be a joyous assignment. One I would only trust to a man I have long regarded as a member of my own family.

[Radames:]
It has been my privilege to serve you, Your Majesty.

[Pharaoh:]
As you all know, Captain Radames and my daughter have been betrothed for nine years now. Long enough, I'd say.
(PHARAOH laughs, but is stopped by a debilitating coughing attack.)
I want to see her and our nation happily settled before I leave this world. Therefore, in seven days, Radames, son of Zoser, will wed the Princess Amneris. The Son of Isis has spoken.

(AMNERIS runs to her father's side and shows her appreciation for the announcement. The men gather and congratulate RADAMES. Suddenly, PHARAOH has another attack, coughing uncontrollably. THE COURT gathers around him and escorts him offstage. ZOSER and RADAMES are left alone in the banquet hall with AIDA and another servant.)

[Zoser:]
A toast to the bridegroom. If I'd known such an awkward young girl would turn into such a stunning young woman, I would have offered for her myself.

[Radames:]
It's not too late.

[Zoser:]
I thought you loved Amneris?

[Radames:]
Of course I do. We grew up together.

[Zoser:]
Then what is it?
(He waits for an answer.)
Radames I've spent years working toward this day. And you are not going to ruin it - not for yourself, or me! Welcome to your new life, son.

[Radames:]
Nothing is an accident
We are free to have it all
We are what we want to be
It's in ourselves to rise or fall

(RADAMES picks up a goblet from the table.)

This is easy to believe
When distant places call to me
It's harder from the palace yard
Fortune favors the... free

(RADAMES turns upstage and throws the chalice off. AIDA and the SERVANT turn and begin to walk off.)

[Radames:]
(To AIDA.)
No, stay...

[Aida:]
Yes, Captain?

[Radames:]
Where are you from?

[Aida:]
Ikaita. It's a village near...

[Radames:]
...near the Second Cataract. The river's an entirely different color there.

[Aida:]
No, it's an entirely different color here.

[Radames:]
Fair enough.

[Aida:]
My father and I use to spend days sailing the Nile. He'd let me choose the course. And sometimes I'd even run us aground on purpose... whenever I wanted to see something on the shore.

[Radames:]
Did you ever sail north?

[Aida:]
No. My father felt the First Cataract, being so close to the border of Egypt was too... Was too dangerous a place to take me.

[Radames:]
But there are no Egyptians in the First Cataract. Only these tiny, grassy islands. And the sunlight is different there. In Egypt it is direct and harsh. But there it shimmers. It's the most beautiful place I've ever seen.

[Aida:]
Of course, it's Nubia. I would like to see that part of my country.

Перевод песни:
13. Зал для пиршеств во дворце Фараона

(В глубине сцены ТРИ ОБНАЖЕННЫЕ ТАНЦОВЩИЦЫ, приглашенные для представления во дворце, начинают танец. На авансцену выходит МЕРЕБ, следом за ним идет РАДАМЕС, расспрашивая его. Они пересекают сцену.)

[Радамес:]
Мереб, принцессе понравился мой подарок?

[Мереб:]
Да. Аида сумела зарекомендовать себя как незаменимую в рекордный срок.
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