“desert rose, rare perfume, secret promise…”
motto:“Le désert est un malentendu, un mauvais lit pour le sommeil et le songe, une page blanche pour la nostalgie. L’homme qui, du désert connaît le secret, ne peut vieillir. La mort viendra, tournera autour de la dune et repartira…”(Tahar Ben Jelloun)
je suis ta rose des sables, je voyage au bout du temps et de l’espace, à travers les vagues des dunes, dans l’immense océan de sable… je suis à la recherche du nectar de vie caché dans l’oasis de l’amour… écoutons le vent chaud qui murmure le silence en tissant un voile d’azur éternel autour de nous.
Douz – gateway to the Tunisian Sahara…
motto:“The desert is a misunderstanding, an uncomfortable bed to sleep and to dream, a blank page for nostalgia. The man who finds out the secret of the desert, can’t grow old. Death will show up, will turn around the sand dune and will go away…”(Tahar Ben Jelloun)
I‘m your desert rose, I travel to the end of time and space across the dune waves, in the vast sand ocean… I‘m seeking for the nectar of life hidden inside the love oasis… let’s listen to the hot wind whispering the silence and weaving a cloudless veil of eternity around us.
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Sting – desert rose…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3lWwBslWqg
Posted on 21 July 2014, in melanie. Bookmark the permalink. 50 Comments.
my virtual playground 
Incredibly beautiful!
yes, Sir – King of the Animals… 🙂
🙂 🙂
”We are only sand grains, but we are together, since without sand grains, the beach would not exist…”(Bernard Werber)
I must have lost you over the flying name! 😀 Found you… like a desert rose.
“lost”?!… I don’t get it, but welcome back! 🙂
The desert is so beautiful! Thanks, Melanie! 🙂
yes, indeed, Fabio… de nada y con mucho gusto! 🙂
And yet another reason for me to love the desert. 🙂
Miss Debby, comparons ce qui est comparable: Sahara and Arizona are quite different, but you won’t be cold for months like in Ontario… 🙂
De magnifiques images ou ce lieu donne propice à la méditation, à la réflexion, enfin pour moi c’est l’effet que cela ferait! 🙂
merci, Stéphane! well, tu parles au conditionnel là, mais une fois sur place, who knows?!… 🙂
L’autentica rosa del deserto sei tu, Melanie! Non mi stanco di ammirare le stupende immagini che ci mostri nei tuoi post. Sono semplicemente fantastiche!
molto grazie, GP! contenta e onorata per le tue gentile parole… buona notte e à presto!
Dolce notte e tanti sogni per te.
Et là, bizarrement, je pense à la chanson “Desert rose” de Sting! 🙂
pas bizarrement du tout, car je l’avais déjà précisée… 😉
Bizarrement pour moi, car autant que j’adore cette chanson, je ne l’ai pas écoutée depuis des années! 😉
ce post m’a été inspiré par cette chanson que j’ai entendue ce matin au petit-déj… 🙂
Merveilleux désert, j’adore la rose des sables. Bonne soirée Mélanie.
moi, aussi – en patisserie, aussi! 🙂 merci et bonne-nuit!
Atata nisip… Nu stiu cum as reactiona intr-un astfel de peisaj, dar cred ca ar merita incercat.
Multumiri pentru frumoasele fotografii si ganduri bune pentru tine!
e o experienta unica, iar desertu’ tunisian m-a “marcat” mai mult decât cel egiptean… cu bucurie si cu placere! aceleasi urari si pe curând!
J’aime beaucoup l’idée de Tahar Ben Jelloun sur le désert… Elle me donne des envies de Sahara, mais pour le moment, je suis interdit de pays chauds… Bonne soirée, Mélanie! Hervé
TBJ est un auteur extraordinaire, surprenant et intéressant… merci et à+!
I love the words of this song, Mélanie. The desert is a mysterious and wondrous place. I really admire people who can make it their home.
me, too, that’s why I’ve chosen it! 🙂 you’re right: admiration and respect for desert people!
Wonderful desert photos, Melanie. I particularly like the camel tracks.
❤ mille merci, Sue! @camel tracks… I did like them, too! 🙂
The desert has a certain harsh beauty about it. And I love any music by Sting! 🙂
yes, absolutely… you have to see it and to experience it on the very spot, to understand it and to love it… glad you’re a Sting fan, too! 😉
Was it cold… or just windy? You are wearing a jacket. I love the desert rose… the flower… the mineral… the plant and especially the song. Your poetry is beautiful… in both links.
not really cold, but chilly(12°C!)… thanx a bunch of desert roses for your kind words, Rammy gal! ❤
Simply beautiful Mélanie!!! I love it! “I’m seeking the nectar of life hidden in the love oasis!”… sublime! 🙂 Blessitude
❤ thanx, Lady Lorrie! glad and honored by your visit! 🙂 my very best and heartfelt feelings.
Frumoase cugetări, poetice și molipsitoare căci ne-ndeamnă la meditații, împreună cu imaginile care au poveștile lor misterioase, mai ales pe muzica lui Sting. Toate cele bune și o săptămână cu bucurii, Melanie!
❤ multumesc, Geta si-aceleasi urari si tie… 🙂
Ehei, trandafirul deșertului… Ce imagine, și la propriu și la figurat! Zi frumoasă și săptămână bună, Melania!
❤ multumesc, la fel Zinaida! cum esti "cordon-bleu", presupun ca le cunosti: 🙂
http://www.marmiton.org/recettes/recette_roses-des-sables-sans-vegetaline_89028.aspx
Ce morceau ça, c’est comme la pluie pour le désert! 🙂 Une bonne semaine à toi!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSAJ0l4OBHM
merci, Mimi et pareillement… 🙂
I am familiar with the desert rose. Our Nonna had one, a souvenir from Tunisia. It is amazing that a place of such desolation could still be beautiful. Our world is a wondrous place, isn’t it, Melanie?
🙂 I also brought some from Tunisia… you do know these yummy “desert roses”: bon appétit! 😉
http://www.marmiton.org/recettes/recette_roses-des-sables-sans-vegetaline_89028.aspx
Gorgeous photos Melanie! C’est magnifique! 🙂
kalimera Ekaterina kai sas ef̱charistó̱ gia ti̱n epískepsí̱ sas! ❤ oui, c'est vraiment magnfique… 🙂
Deci aşa arată faimosul “desert rose” despre care cântă nenea Sting! 😀 frumos, îmi place! 😀
🙂 ma bucur ca ti-a placut…guess what: postu’ mi-a fost inspirat de melodia Sting-ului pe care-am auzit-o azi-dim la micu’-dejun! 🙂
Ador melodia!!!
Gipsul are foarte multe forme de cristalizare si una din cele mai frumoase si mai spectaculoase este acest “trandafir al desertului” pe care cu bucurie il gasesc printre fotografiile tale. Iar linga una din formatiuni pare a fi o bucata de lemn silicifiat, dar ar putea fi, la fel de usor, si o bucata de lemn “contemporan”. Frumoase fotografii si-mi inchipui cit sint de frumoase pentru tine, care… le-ai trait. Saru’mina!
mii de multumiri pentru popasu’ti amical si explicatiile-ti de geolog-expert-specialist… mi-e dor de Tunisia, Egipt si Maroc! ❤ o zi senina, afar' si-n suflet! pe curând!