Das harte Wort, das deine Lippe
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Turkish (Türkçe)
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Das harte Wort, das deine Lippe
Dem Todten redet sonder Gnade,
Zum spitzen Stein wird's, zur Klippe,
Auf deinem Paradiesespfade.
Das Liebeswort, das fromm dein Glaube
Dem Todten redet, der geschieden,
Es grünt, als Zweig der Schattenlaube,
Für dich im Paradiesesfrieden.
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Confirmed with: Rosenblätter. Lieder und Sprüche des Volkssängers und Improvisators Assim-Agha Gül hanedé, Dem Neutürkischen nachgedichtet von Bernhardine Schulze-Smidt, Leipzig: Verlag von Schmidt & Günther, 1893, page 141.
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The harsh word
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
The harsh word that your lips
Utter about the dead one without mercy,
It becomes a sharp stone, a cliff,
Upon your pathway to Paradise.
The loving word that your faith devoutly
Speaks of the dead who has departed,
It greens as a branch of the shady arbour
For you in the peace of Paradise.
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