"Desert Rose"

"Desert Rose"

[Cheb Mami Introduction (Algerian Arabic):]
 Hadaee mada tawila
 Wa ana nahos ana wahala ghzalti
 Wa ana nahos ana wahala ghzalti
 Wa ana nahos ana wahala ghzalti
[English:]
 Oh night oh night
 It has been a long time
 And I am looking for myself and my loved one
 And I am looking for myself and my loved one
 And I am looking for myself and 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

[Cheb Mami (Algerian Arabic):]
 Aman aman aman
 Omry feek antia
 Ma ghair antia
 Ma ghair antia
[English:]
 Aman aman aman
 My life is for you
 And no one other than you
 And no one other than you

 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

 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

[Cheb Mami (Algerian Arabic):]
 Ya lili ah ya leel
[English:]
 Oh night oh night