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by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805)

Die zwei Tugendwege
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Zwei sind der Wege, auf welchen der Mensch zur Tugend emporstrebt,
Schließt sich der eine dir zu, thut sich der andre dir auf.
Handelnd erringt der Glückliche sie, [der Leidende duldend]1.
Wohl ihm, den sein Geschick liebend auf beiden geführt.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   F. Schubert 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Friederich Schiller, Erster Theil, Leipzig, 1800, bey Siegfried Lebrecht Crusius, page 206.

1 Schubert: "duldend der Leidende"

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), "Die zwei Tugendwege", written 1795 [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Die zwei Tugendwege", D 71 (1813) [ vocal trio for male voices ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Els dos camins de la virtut", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De twee wegen naar de deugd", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The two paths to virtue", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Les deux chemins de la vertu", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Le due strade che conducono alla virtù", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2010-01-31
Line count: 4
Word count: 40

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