1. A home of yearning I drew, its roof
Recognized by eyes raining with knowledge,

2. Watered a tender home, bitter his drink,
A trail flowed from the dark of night, following.

3. As if my tears the pouring of withered kidneys,
Watered by the eye, leaving it overflowing.

4. Tying its reins to the back of a restless she-camel,
Difficult to lead, barely able to turn.

5. Naught but to remember what is past
As time goes by and remembrance wounds.

6. I recalled India beyond Tihama,
While valley of villages lies between us, impartial.

7. And India knew from afar that when
Comforts lack, I obligingly endure.

8. I return the difficult birth while the sun still lives
To the living, until the host makes room.

9. When affairs spun, I managed them
With a ladle, keeping inability away.