1. Shall I return to my home in the long valley of Tuwayli’
Though it be far, a difficult journey home?

2. Will the days of the past return there,
Days whose brief passing grieves me still?

3. Will my heart’s echo sound again by the pasturing place of camels,
Where the smooth-flowing Salsabil brings ease?

4. Will there, after the pain of absence, be a resting place for me
In its shade, a refuge from the evil of stumbling?