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: Sting wanted to incorporate the soulful, improvised "melisma" of North African music. After hearing Cheb Mami's work, Sting invited him to improvise over the track. Remarkably, without knowing Sting's English lyrics, Mami wrote Arabic verses that mirrored the exact same theme of "longing and desire" . : Lyrically, the song explores themes of "longing"