1 Home returning from afar,
Heart with joy uplifted high;
Yonder see the guiding star;
O what pleasure draweth nigh
Long I've wandered sad and lone,
Home and dear ones far away,
From my heart all hope had flown,
Welcome now this happy day.

[Refrain]:
Home returning from afar,
Heart with joy uplifted high;
Yonder see the guiding star:
O what pleasure draweth nigh.

2 Other lands have treasures vast,
Home alone has love to share;
Now forgetting all the past
In the joy that waits me there
Many years have passed away,
Weary years they've been to me,
Waiting for this happy day,
Home beloved now I see. [Refrain]