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© by Khalilullah Khalili (1907 - 1987)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

[No title]
 (Sung text for setting by S. Grill)
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Language: English  after the Persian (Farsi) 
Oh’ Great Mountain, reaching far into the sky!
How long will you find satisfaction in self love? 
Though just a tiny butterfly, I am yet free,
To dance on a flower head while you remain shackled.

I am the bitter fruit falling upon the earth.
Thus in the clutches of time I remain.
O spring of liberty! Your grace, what else it could be 
But to render this bitter fruit sweet?

What, Alas, has been my joy from the cup of life? 
Like a candle burning in the blowing wind,
I tremble, I burn, ... I die.

Composition:

    Set to music by Stanley Grill (b. 1953), no title, 2021 [ chorus, violin ], from Voices of Afghanistan, no. 2, confirmed with an online score

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Based on:

  • a text in Persian (Farsi) by Khalilullah Khalili (1907 - 1987), copyright © [text unavailable]
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This text was added to the website: 2023-01-22
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