Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Sting
Bass Guitar
Cheb Mami
Vocals
Moulay Ahmed
String Instrument
Kouider Berkan
Strings
Salem Bnouni
String Instrument
Farhat Bouallagui
Leader
Sameh Catalan
String Instrument
Dominic Miller
Guitar
Ettamri Mustapha
Darbuka
Manu Katché
Drums
Mino Cinelu
Percussion
Don Blackman
Hammond Organ
Jason Rebello
Piano
Kipper
Keyboards
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Sting
Songwriter
Farhat Bouallagui
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Sting
Producer
Kipper
Producer
Geoff Foster
Strings Engineer
Neil Dorfsman
Recording Engineer
Simon Osborne
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
Hadaee mada tawila
Wa ana nahos ana wahala ghzalti
Wa ana nahos ana wahala ghzalti
Wa ana nahos ana wahala ghzalti
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
Omry feek antia
Ma ghair antia
Ma ghair antia
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
Ya lili ah ya lee
Writer(s): Gordon Matthew Sumner, Mohammed Khelifati
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