1. I have a small homeland I was content with
Provided no despot brings it shame

2. How miserable to live in a large homeland
If it were in the grip of a rogue

3. The past returns to mind, and I
Yearn for the past with all my soul

4. In that old homeland I found my joy
In this new one I reap distress

5. In the highland I tended love
By the estuary I lost what I cherished

6. I had a meadow that grazed the free
Now my meadow grazes slaves

7. I called on death to rescue me and my people
If my people did not satisfy, I die alone

8. And I envy all those who died before me
And mourn all those who live after me