A few corrections based on the Facebook link above. You got it mostly right. :)

A conversation between myself [Clarke] and our Iranian neighbor, Hassam, a qualified doctor, three children, relocated from The Ukraine. He had a good life, but his house now lies in rubble. Three displaced children; a beautiful wife. He's also a classical pianist. And they're really struggling. And this is the tenet of the conversation. He said this:

"comfortable house every morning" is right

I just want a clean bed at night

A hat to keep my head warm,