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Song: Desert Rose.Song sung by: Sting & Algerian Raï singer Cheb Mami.The song lyrics inspired by: Frank Herbert's Novel (Dune 1965).Album: Brand New Day 1999.Album released date: September 28, 1999.Music video released date: January 2000.Song Record Label: A&M Records.Niceties by: http://www.youtube.com/IAmOnly... Rose" is a hit single by Sting from his album Brand New Day (1999). The song peaked at #17 in the US charts.The song is noted for Sting's duet performance with Algerian Raï singer Cheb Mami, creating a distinct world music feel to the song. It also has a popular music video featuring Sting taking a trip through the desert in a Jaguar S-Type and then going to a nightclub to perform the song with Cheb Mami. After shooting the video, Sting's manager Miles Copeland III approached Jaguar about a collaboration, and the auto company featured the video in their prominent TV commercials during the year 2000.Also included on the single releases were club remixes by Victor Calderone. One remixed version of the song was used in an alternate edit of the video, which included more sexually explicit footage.The lyrics of the song are inspired by the Frank Herbert novel, Dune, possibly because Sting played the villainous Feyd Rautha in the 1984 film adaptation. Both film and book feature the Arabic language......English & Arabic Translated Lyrics into English.....Layli ya layli ya (Oh night oh night)Hadi muda tweela (It's been too long)Wana nh'awis ana wa'la ghzalti (That I've been looking for my loved one)Wana nh'awis ana wa'la ghzalti (That I've been looking for my loved one)Wana nh'awis ana wa'la ghzali (That I've been looking for my loved one)I dream of rain I dream of gardens in the desert sand I wake in vain I dream of love as time runs through my hand I dream of fire Those dreams are tied to a horse that will never tire And in the flames Her shadows play in the shape of a man's desire This desert rose Each of her veils, a secret promise This desert flower No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this And as she turns This way she moves in the logic of all my dreams This fire burns I realize that nothing's as it seems I dream of rain I dream of gardens in the desert sand I wake in vain I dream of love as time runs through my hand I dream of rain I lift my gaze to empty skies above I close my eyes This rare perfume is the sweet intoxication of her love Aman aman aman (Peace peace)I dream of rain I dream of gardens in the desert sand I wake in vain I dream of love as time runs through my hand Omri feek entiya (You have my life)Ma gheer entiya (No one other than you)Ma gheer entiya (No one other than you)Sweet desert rose Each of her veils, a secret promise This desert flower No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this Sweet desert rose This memory of Eden haunts us all This desert flower This rare perfume, is the sweet intoxication of the fall Ya lili ah ya leel (My night, oh night).....End

Channel: Music Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am Author: IAmOnlyLove

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