Sting - Desert Rose HQ

[aram]

one of the earliest songs i remember hearing from my childhood, reminds me of better days.

[thechaosvibration]

Sereiously... if anything on youtube needs a 10 hour loop it's this song!!!

[zara-ch]

This song will never gets old ❤ masterpiece 💎

[josebro]

This song reminds me of when I got my settlement check from my car accident case. I saw Star Wars Revenge of the Sith the next day. May 2005. Time goes too damn fast.

[الشابماميخليفاتي]

الشاب مامي الإبداع كله واستنج أيضا نجم عالمي وهذه الاغنيه أداء مثالي وصوتان تمشا كلمة ولحنا عمل مميز

[MarkFendy-swhn]

Wish 1999 year was still here! Even 2000 as well!

[andrewbluebells]

sensational song, Sting only gets better n better imo 🤩🤩🤩

[cflo]

One of my college classmates looked up the lyrics to this song before class when this song came out she began to read it, she kept saying beautiful lyrics, and she was right.

[constantreader]

I remember when this came out. I'm not really a Sting fan, but Cheb Mami and the instruments are amazing.

[hugoronaldmartinezignacio]

Un sonido limpio, grandes Sting y Cheb Mami!!!

[marouantayachi]

Feat: Big arabic star Cheb Mami from Algeria 🇩🇿

[TheVidoque]

[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

[indrajithak]

This was my first english song I heard as a kid, I remember not understanding the lyrics and made my own with my sister's name and a bicycle company included in a funny way. She hated this song and I purposely sang it every time I could, even the Cheb Mami part (lolz). I never knew the name of the song though until much later in college. The image of this memory in my past has been sealed in this song.

[dasisleudagar]

One of my favourite songs. In case you wonder... the Gentleman working with Sting is Cheb Mami... if you like what you hear in this song... search the tube.. you are in for a treat. Enjoy, stay safe and be kind.

[Ultrafitzy]

egyptic vibes from instruments make me thinking of walking in the desert and dancing on the flat top of the pyramid 😮😮

[BlackMaskq]

[Intro: Cheb Mami]
Layli, layli, oh
Hathe mada tawila
Wa ana nahos ana wahala ghzalti
Wa ana nahos ana wahala ghzalti
Wa ana nahos ana wahala ghzalti

[Chorus: Sting]
I dream of rain, ya leil, ya leil
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in vain, ya leil, ya leil
I dream of love as time runs through my hand

[Verse 1: Sting]
I dream of fire, ya leil, ya leil
Those dreams are tied to a horse that will never tire
And in the flames, ya leil, ya leil
Her shadows play in the shape of a man's desire
This desert rose, ya leil, ya leil
Each of her veils, a secret promise
This desert flower, ya leil, ya leil
No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this
And as she turns, ya leil, ya leil
This way she moves in the logic of all my dreams
This fire burns, ya leil, ya leil
I realize that nothing's as it seems

[Chorus: Sting]
I dream of rain, ya leil, ya leil
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in vain, ya leil, ya leil
I dream of love as time runs through my hand

[Post-Chorus: Sting]
I dream of rain, ya leil, ya leil
I lift my gaze to empty skies above
I close my eyes, ya leil, ya leil
This rare perfume is the sweet intoxication of her love

[Bridge: Cheb Mami]
Aman, aman, aman
Omry feek antia
Ma ghair antia
Ma ghair antia

[Chorus: Sting]
I dream of rain, ya leil, ya leil
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in vain, ya leil, ya leil
I dream of love as time runs through my hand

[Verse 2: Sting]
Sweet desert rose, ya leil, ya leil
Each of her veils, a secret promise
This desert flower, ya leil, ya leil
No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this
Sweet desert rose
This memory of Eden haunts us all
This desert flower, ya leil, ya leil
This rare perfume, is the sweet intoxication of the fall

[Outro: Cheb Mami]
Layli, oh-oh, layli, layli, ah-ah-ah

[feazugic]

Very nice song! Sting is my favourite singer ever. Every song by Sting is very nice. I don't like song Russians. But It isn't problem. Every singer have got some bad songs. Sting is extra singer.

[theequitableprose]

Tell me that this doesn't scream of Paul Atreides and Chani?

[rachelburnette]

So I searched for Cheb Mami...had no clue it was a guy😂😂 In this song I thought it was a woman singing. Oh well...I'll enjoy his stuff anyways. Beautiful talent!

[Ultrafitzy]

@ 0:11 alien alien hohohohohohohoh in my opinion 😃