1. The breeze brought to us from a rocky land
News and tidings over the rocks

2. It shook the branches like swaying flames, and
Brought us a fragrance from cheeks that were perfumed

3. Oh how near are those dwellings, yet
Yearning has carried us far from that home

4. We weep for them, as if when our tears flowed
They flowed from them on the day we parted

5. O Lord, a time when kindness will light up its darkness
So gloom may flower and absence turn to presence