1. I say to my neighbor while tears flow
I am determined to travel to my homeland

2. Let me go, don't wail
For shooting stars have risen to the zenith

3. The travels of travelers lead to success
While the state of the heedless leads to ruin

4. And I saw a light in the darkness
As if the night had turned into day

5. So lightning comes to me from Sanaa
Reminding me of the nearness of home

6. How can worms have any taste
When above the two jaws I recognized my house

7. Shall I be content to stay in the wilderness
With the four elements in my vicinity

8. For how long shall I take snakes as companions
For how long shall I make the dragon my neighbor

9. When I meet that light I will perish
I won't know my right hand from my left

10. And I have an enormous secret they rejected
Beating their heads against the wall