Snow on the Sahara

Probably most of you have heard this song at one point or another, by a French-speaking solo artist named Anggun Cipta Sasmi from Jakarta, Indonesia. I didn't know it had a video before today, though, so I'm putting it on here. If you haven't heard this song before, I hope you enjoy it! It's still one of my favorite songs, long after it came out in the late '90s. Apparently it was first released as the first track on a French album, Au Nom de la Lune. I listened to it, and it's just as beautiful in either language. The video is a little weird (vocals not lined up with visuals and some strange art), but big deal. It's the music that's important.




Here are the lyrics:

Only tell me that you still want me here
When you wander off out there
To those hills of dust and hard winds that blow
In that dry white ocean alone
Lost out in the desert
You are lost out in the desert


But to stand with you in a ring of fire
I'll forget the days gone by
I'll protect your body and guard your soul
From mirages in your sight
Lost out in the desert


[chorus]
If your hopes scatter like the dust across your track
I'll be the moon that shines on your path
The sun may blind our eyes, I'll pray the skies above
For snow to fall on the Sahara
If that's the only place where you can leave your doubts
I'll hold you up and be your way out
And if we burn away, I'll pray the skies above
For snow to fall on the Sahara


Just a wish and I will cover your shoulders
With veils of silk and gold
When the shadows come and darken your heart
Leaving you with regrets so cold
Lost out in the desert


[chorus]