Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Asia: Vols. XXI–XXIII. 1876–79. | | | | Introductory to Asia | | Allah | | Siegfried August Mahlmann (1771–1826) |
| | Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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ALLAH gives light in darkness, | |
| Allah gives rest in pain, | |
| Cheeks that are white with weeping | |
| Allah paints red again. | |
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| The flowers and the blossoms wither. | 5 |
| Years vanish with flying feet; | |
| But my heart will live on forever, | |
| That here in sadness beat. | |
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| Gladly to Allah’s dwelling | |
| Yonder would I take flight; | 10 |
| There will the darkness vanish, | |
| There will my eyes have sight. | | | |
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