(Andrew Ranken/Jem Finer)
Sometimes it seems like a beautiful dream
The girl from the Wadi Hammamat

Lovely as a green parakeet
I awake alone again
In the desert of my dreams

A fertile oasis I have seen

I cast my voice to the burning winds

Across the dunes Khamsin Khamsin
Bring her to me on desire's wings
On the burning desert wind


She means the world to me
In a single grain of sand

Bring a camel to this man
Perched on a bough her tresses hang down
The girl from the Wadi Hammamat

She is as sweet as a green parakeet

Sometimes it seems like a beautiful dream

The girl from the Wadi Hammamat