RADAMES (to AIDA) Your country is at war and you go wandering along the Nile's edge. (SOLDIER pushes AIDA forward, into RADAMES' path.) SOLDIER #1 We found them along the riverbank, Captain. RADAMES goes over to inspect the Nubians.) (Suddenly, AIDA and NUBIAN WOMEN are pushed onstage. This is easy to believe When distant places call to me It's harder from the palace yard Fortune favors the free 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 The more we find, the more we see The more we come to learn The more that we explore The more we shall return RADAMES & SOLDIERS Fortune favors the brave We seize the day We turned the tide We touched the stars We mocked the grave We moved into uncharted lands

RADAMES It's all worked out, my road is clear The lines of latitude extend Way beyond my wildest dreams Toward some great triumphant end

The more we find, the more we see, The more we come to learn The more that we explore, The more we shall return RADAMES We have swept to glory, Egypt's mastery expands From the Nile's northern most delta To the dry, dry southern sands (RADAMES, an Egyptian Army Captain enters.) SOLDIERS Oh, Oh Fortune Favors the Brave Oh, Oh Fortune Favors the Brave

Fortune favors the brave lyrics