Sting recorded "Desert Rose" in the 90s and it incorporates and Egyptian singer (if I'm not mistaken). There are lyrics in Arabic at the beginning of the song (intro) and throughout. Do you know those lyrics? Can you tell me the phonetic pronunciation of them and their English translation? Thanks so much!

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his name is chab mami ..he's algerian not egyptian...which makes it much difficult to understand what he exactly says
all i know that the first words he says :
ya laili ya laili ( which literally means "oh my night"...it's a sentence that arabs usually use it in their songs )

EDIT : check this out http://www.cafearabica.com/wwwboard/music/messages/2678.html

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cheb khaled is his name.......amazing song, thanks for reminding me of it!

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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

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

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