The harsh word | The harsh word that your lips

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by Bernhardine Schulze-Smidt (1846 - 1920)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Das harte Wort, das deine Lippe

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Turkish (Türkçe)

Our translations: ENG

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]¹ redet, der geschieden,
Es grünt, als Zweig der Schattenlaube,
Für dich im Paradiesesfrieden.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• H. Schmid

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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.

¹ Schmid: "Menschen"

Text Authorship:

by Bernhardine Schulze-Smidt (1846 - 1920), no title, appears in Rosenblätter. Lieder und Sprüche des Volkssängers und Improvisators Assim-Agha Gül hanedé, in Weisheit (Akillilik), in Sprüche (Kawleri), no. 14 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Turkish (Türkçe) by Assim-Agha Gül-Hanandé [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Heinrich Kaspar Schmid (1874 - 1953), "Das harte Wort", op. 19 no. 4, published 1911-13 [ voice and piano ], from Türkisches Liederbuch, no. 4, München: Wunderhornverlag, 1917 [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The harsh word", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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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]¹ who has departed,
It greens as a branch of the shady arbour
For you in the peace of Paradise.

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¹ Schmid: "person"

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Bernhardine Schulze-Smidt (1846 - 1920), no title, appears in Rosenblätter. Lieder und Sprüche des Volkssängers und Improvisators Assim-Agha Gül hanedé, in Weisheit (Akillilik), in Sprüche (Kawleri), no. 14
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Turkish (Türkçe) by Assim-Agha Gül-Hanandé [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2020-07-01
Line count: 8
Word count: 56