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TESTO DEL LIED

"Allah"
di Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)

Allah gives light in darkness,
Allah gives rest in pain,
Cheeks that are white with weeping
Allah paints red again.
The flowers and the blossoms wither,
Years vanish with flying feet,
But my heart will live on forever,
That here in sadness beat.
Gladly to Allahs dwelling
Yonder would I take flight,
There will the darkness vanish,
There will my eyes have light.