Omar Sharif

Umm Kulthum and Omar Sharif

Came floating on a jasmine wind

From the West, from the South

Honey in my ear, spice in my mouth

Dark and thrilling, strange and sweet

Cleopatra and the handsome thief

And they floated in on a jasmine wind

Umm Kulthum and Omar Sharif

And they floated in on a jasmine wind

Umm Kulthum and Omar Sharif

Friday evening, Omar Sharif

In black and white

And blurry through tears

My mother and I would sit there in a trance

He was cool to the marrow

The pharaoh of romance

Sunday morning, Umm Kulthum

Her voice would fill our living room

The ship from Egypt always came

Sailing in on radio waves

And the jasmine wind, deep perfume

Umm Kulthum

And the living room becomes a garden

And the TV set becomes a fountain

And the music flows in the garden

And everything grows

Umm Kulthum and Omar Sharif

Came floatin' on a lemon leaf

Flying in on a jasmine wind

Umm Kulthum and Omar Sharif

And we danced with them

In a jasmine scented wind

Umm Kulthum and Omar Sharif