YOU SAID:
I have taken from this world a great man, and silence is my penance.
INTO JAPANESE
私は偉大な人をこの世から奪った、そして沈黙は私の苦行である。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I have taken a great man from this world, and silence is my penance.
INTO JAPANESE
私は偉大な人物をこの世から奪ってしまいました、そして沈黙は私の苦行です。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I have taken a great man from this world, and silence is my penance.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.