1. The winds were telling me tales
Of places and times long past,

2. And asked, "Who do you long for?
Who did you once hold so fast?"

3. Of a loyal knight whose sword
Was shaped by the age's deceit.

4. "Can you not see the wounds
That Yemen has carved on his feet?"

5. "Which of his troubles has grabbed
And clawed at Abu Al-Hasan?

6. You who haunt his restless dreams
And sing to him songs of sin!"

7. "Take the advice of one who knows
The far reaches of ev'ry dune:

8. Return while the soil still knows
The prints of your heels, return soon!"

9. Homeland of glories, I've wandered
Too long, I now turn home again,

10. I'm drowning in a sea of sorrows,
Throw me a rope, let me gain