Lyrics
Sheik’s son on his desert ship comes riding,
With the caravan abiding, face like the sun.
Sees pass in the Sultan’s train a maiden,
Like the moon, with eyes love laden,
His heart is won,
Tahmineh mine, my heart enshrine,
In heart of thine, love,
Sweetheart divine!
CHORUS:
Tahmineh, flee with me across the sandy sea,
You shall my princess be,
For all eternity;
The love I give to thee,
Will bloom so tenderly,
There is but one paradise,
It shines in your eyes for me.
Far out, where the simoon is ablowing
And its deadly harves[t] mowing,
Those lovers fled.
Starless was the desert night, no haven
Save the witching eyes of raven,
And still he said: “Tahmineh mine,
My heart enshrine,
In heart of thine,
Love, sweetheart divine!