Cleopatra, goddess Cleopatra, doomed queen
Listen closely as I sing:
Egypt's glorious pharaoh be
Lover of Caesar, and Marc Antony
Who, born the daughter of Ptolemy, acquired
A kingdom under siege and opportunistic liars
In battling your brother,
you took Caesar as your lover.
Draw closer that no Rome will dictate
Your destiny of love and hate
In settling your own tragic fate
You fashioned a name, forever great.
Hear me, hear me, hear me--great souls like yours remain
But for a brief time, and they suffer pain
Only fools do the masses praise
The poison you chose was more honorable than becoming a slave
Cumbrous mortal vanity plagued you
To royalty it is nothing new
But now your country and people seek
Egyptian lore and not the Greek
And none, whether slave or free will forget the legend
Whose name was not lessoned
Sing I of the beauty of courage and love
of which your history speaks
Cleopatra, goddess Cleopatra,
doomed queen.
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