Jewel of the sands
Folk Metal, Progressive Metal, Oriental Fusion, powerful guitar riffs, epic drumming, Desert, Mystical, oud, qanun, ney flute, darbuka, riq, symphonic layers, raw power, haunting melodies
Jewel of the sands
Folk Metal, Progressive Metal, Oriental Fusion, powerful guitar riffs, epic drumming, Desert, Mystical, oud, qanun, ney flute, darbuka, riq, symphonic layers, raw power, haunting melodies
Lyrics
start
ambient soundscape] [ney flute
tremolo-picked guitar melodies] [harmonizing oud
(Verse 1)
In the heart of the golden sea of dunes,
Where the sun paints fire on marble runes,
Stands a city of silk and song,
Where joy and laughter dance along.
fast guitar riffs
Double-kick drums] [syncopated darbuka rhythms
Perfumed gardens, rivers bright,
Palms like towers in amber light,
The Sultan reigns with wisdom grand,
A guiding star in this sun-kissed land.
powerful chorus] [soaring melody
يا جوهرة الرمال الواسعة، (Ya jawharat ar-ramāl al-wāsi‘ah)
جنةٌ صاغتها أيادي البشر، (Jannatun ṣāghath-hā ayādī al-bashar)
مآذنكِ تلامسُ السما، (Ma'ādhinuki tulāmisu as-samā')
لكن الظلالَ تعلو، والرياحُ تبكي. (Lākin az-ẓilāl ta‘lu, wa ar-riyāḥ tabkī.)
يا جوهرة الرمال الواسعة، (Ya jawharat ar-ramāl al-wāsi‘ah)
الآنَ تنهارين تحتَ أيادٍ ملعونة، (Al-ān tanharīna taḥta ayādin mal‘ūnah,)
عاصفةُ الطاعونِ، وحوشٌ تنهض، (Āṣifat aṭ-ṭā‘ūn, wuḥūshun tanhaḍ)
والصراخُ حلَّ محلَّ الترانيم. (Wa aṣ-ṣurākh ḥalla maḥalla at-tarānīm)
intermezzo
(Verse 2)
From jagged peaks where no man treads,
A whisper creeps, a tale of dreads,
A voice of hunger, cold and fell,
That rides upon the winds of hell.
The storm descends with ashen breath,
A curse of plague, the kiss of death,
The air is thick with black decay,
The city's gold now turns to grey.
short guitar solo
powerful chorus] [soaring melody
يا جوهرة الرمال الواسعة، (Ya jawharat ar-ramāl al-wāsi‘ah)
جنةٌ صاغتها أيادي البشر، (Jannatun ṣāghath-hā ayādī al-bashar)
مآذنكِ تلامسُ السما، (Ma'ādhinuki tulāmisu as-samā')
لكن الظلالَ تعلو، والرياحُ تبكي. (Lākin az-ẓilāl ta‘lu, wa ar-riyāḥ tabkī.)
يا جوهرة الرمال الواسعة، (Ya jawharat ar-ramāl al-wāsi‘ah)
الآنَ تنهارين تحتَ أيادٍ ملعونة، (Al-ān tanharīna taḥta ayādin mal‘ūnah,)
عاصفةُ الطاعونِ، وحوشٌ تنهض، (Āṣifat aṭ-ṭā‘ūn, wuḥūshun tanhaḍ)
والصراخُ حلَّ محلَّ الترانيم. (Wa aṣ-ṣurākh ḥalla maḥalla at-tarānīm)
(Bridge) (qanun) (ney flute)
In the halls of the Sultan’s keep,
Demons prowl where kings should sleep,
A thousand voices shriek in pain,
As Pazuzu laughs upon the rain.
demonic laughter
HAHAHAHAHA!
(Verse 3)
The statues weep, the temples fall,
The wind howls death through every hall,
The palms are bare, the fountains dry,
Beneath a charnel, withered sky.
No prayer can stop the demon’s mirth,
No blade can cleanse the tainted earth,
A city once of gold and light,
Now swallowed by eternal night.
Outro) (fade out) (oud solo)
(atmospheric reverb
(Final Chorus)
يا جوهرة الرمال التي لا نهاية لها،
(ya jawharat alrimal alati la nihayat laha)
لقد نحتت أيادي غير مرئية مصيرك،
(laqad nahatt 'ayadi ghayr maryiyat masayarak)
فكنت ذات يوم مشرقة وفخورة، والآن ضائعة وممزقة،
( fakunt dhat yawm mushriqat wafakhuratin)
شبحًا تحت عاصفة الشيطان.
( walan dayieatan wamumazaqatan)
(Outro – whispered)
And in the mountains, echoes swell,
Pazuzu laughs… from his throne in hell.
demonic laughter] [end
distorted] [demonic laughter
HAHAHAHAHA!
(Verse 3)
The statues weep, the temples fall,
The wind howls death through every hall,
The palms are bare, the fountains dry,
Beneath a charnel, withered sky.
No prayer can stop the demon’s mirth,
No blade can cleanse the tainted earth,
A city once of gold and light,
Now swallowed by eternal night.
Outro) (fade out) (oud solo)
(atmospheric reverb
(Final Chorus)
يا جوهرة الرمال التي لا نهاية لها،
(ya jawharat alrimal alati la nihayat laha)
لقد نحتت أيادي غير مرئية مصيرك،
(laqad nahatt 'ayadi ghayr maryiyat masayarak)
فكنت ذات يوم مشرقة وفخورة، والآن ضائعة وممزقة،
( fakunt dhat yawm mushriqat wafakhuratin)
شبحًا تحت عاصفة الشيطان.
( walan dayieatan wamumazaqatan)
(Outro – whispered)
And in the mountains, echoes swell,
Pazuzu laughs… from his throne in hell.
demonic laughter] [end
(Final Chorus)
يا جوهرة الرمال التي لا نهاية لها،
(ya jawharat alrimal alati la nihayat laha)
لقد نحتت أيادي غير مرئية مصيرك،
(laqad nahatt 'ayadi ghayr maryiyat masayarak)
فكنت ذات يوم مشرقة وفخورة، والآن ضائعة وممزقة،
( fakunt dhat yawm mushriqat wafakhuratin)
شبحًا تحت عاصفة الشيطان.
( walan dayieatan wamumazaqatan)
(Outro – whispered)
And in the mountains, echoes swell,
Pazuzu laughs… from his throne in hell.
demonic laughter] [end