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Nein, Junge, suche du allein Den Weg und laß mich weitergehen! Mein Weg ist weit und mühevoll Und führt durch Dornen, Nacht und Wehen. Geh lieber mit den andern dort! Der Weg ist glatt und viel betreten, Ich will in meiner Einsamkeit Auch fürder einsam sein und beten. Und siehst du mich auf Bergen stehen, Beneid mich nicht um meine Flügel! Du wähnst mich hoch und himmelnah - Ich seh, der Berg war nur ein Hügel.
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Confirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 10 Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, page 31.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Rat", written 1898, first published 1898 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by K. E. Hoffmann , "Rat" [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Hermann Hesse-Lieder, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Consell", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Advice", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Conseil", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2009-05-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 75
No, lad, seek your way alone And let me walk onward! My way is far and full of labour And leads through thorns, night and pains. Go rather with the others there! That pathway is smooth and much walked upon, I wish to continue solitary in My loneliness, and to pray. And if you see me standing upon mountains, Do not envy me my wings! You imagine me high up and close to heaven - I see that the mountain was only a hill.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Rat", written 1898, first published 1898
This text was added to the website: 2019-04-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 83