| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882). Complete Poetical Works. 1893. | | | | Translations | From the German.
Allah |
| | By Siegfried August Mahlmann
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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