Desert Rose - Sting feat. Cheb Mami

Desert Rose è un singolo di Sting, del 1999.

La canzone ha avuto un grande successo in diversi paesi in tutto il mondo.

Celebre il duetto fra Sting ed il cantante algerino di musica raï Cheb Mami. 

Il raï è un genere musicale della tradizione folk dell'Algeria, la sua origine e le sue contaminazioni sono dovute all'incontro di diverse culture. 

Desert Rose

I dream of rain

I dream of gardens in the desert sand

I wake in pain

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 now 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 pain

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

I dream of rain

I dream of gardens in the desert sand

I wake in pain

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 perfurme

Is the sweet intoxication of the fall