1.多年漂泊在天涯，今日心头乱如麻，
饥寒交迫苦难堪，我要起身回家！
天父心肠多慈悲，朝朝暮暮望儿归。
自顾身世徒悲叹，何不起身回家？
2.回想当初一念差，贪爱世间虚荣华，
如今觉悟恨太晚，我要起身回家！
既往不咎已知错，迷途未远犹可追。
猛省回头便是岸，何不起身回家？
3.天家福乐本无穷，千言万语难形容，
尘世繁华终成空，我要起身回家！
富贵浮云岂足恃，世事扰攘何日止。
劳碌一生终无益，何不起身回家？
4.慈父恩爱比天高，岂因犯罪无所祷，
光阴易过宜趁早，我要起身回家！
普世浪子请听取，今日恩门为你开。
此时不回尚何待，何不起身回家？
（副歌）
求我父开恩收纳，求我父开恩收纳，
我要起身回家，求我父开恩收纳。
1. Out in the wilderness wild and drear,
Sadly I’ve wandered for many a year,
Driven by hunger and filled with fear,
I will arise and go;
Backward with sorrow my steps to trace,
Seeking my heavenly Father’s face,
Willing to take but a servant’s place,
I will arise and go.
Refrain
Back to my Father and home,
Back to my Father and home,
I will arise and go
Back to my Father and home.
2. Why should I perish in dark despair,
Here where there’s no one to help or care,
When there is shelter and food to spare?
I will arise and go;
Deeply repenting the wrong I’ve done,
Worthy no more to be called a son,
Hoping my Father His child may own,
I will arise and go. [Refrain]
3. Sweet are the memories that come to me,
Faces of loved ones again I see,
Visions of home where I used to be,
I will arise and go;
Others have gone who had wandered, too,
They were forgiven, were clothed anew,
Why should I linger with home in view?
I will arise and go. [Refrain]
4. O that I never had gone astray!
Life was all radiant with hope one day,
Now all its treasures I’ve thrown away,
Yet I’ll arise and go;
Something is saying, God loves you still,
Tho’ you have treated His love so ill,
I must not wait, for the night grows chill,
I will arise and go. [Refrain]
