Return to the Mother Country - MAB Elhad

There I am again, tender and dear country,

I come back to you empty handed,

But the heart rich of hope.

I am in a hurry to embrace your beautiful meadows

To tell you that no beauty is worth your wrinkles,

With joy, I will embrace them in my wander.

Farewell my exile times,

And the shadow of nostalgia

Good bye companions

Good day my islands

Long life to the Comoros,

Motherland whose name enchants me

To rejoin her makes my heart cries of joy

My happiness this evening grows

To hear the voices that are dear to me

I think again of the time spent without you

O my tender land!

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MAB Elhad (Mohamed Abderemane Boina Foumou) (Born 1968) Comoros

Translated by Antoisse

Source: Poètes des îles de la lune