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]1 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.
1 Schmid: "Menschen"
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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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