1. This year I have traveled more
And such is hard on the heart and makes it sore

2. Not out of want did I leave my home
But to heed the Imam when he called and bade me come

3. I yearn and ache for my love as well
As for family, home, all I held dear and well

4. Oh Lord, hasten our return to native lands
For my heart pulls me back to its sweet strands