Es führen über die Erde
Straßen und Wege viel,
Aber alle haben
Dasselbe Ziel.
Du kannst reiten und fahren
Zu zweien und zu drein,
Den letzten Schritt mußt du
Gehen allein.
Drum ist kein Wissen
Noch Können so gut,
Als daß man alles Schwere
Alleine tut.
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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 170.
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Across the earth there lead
Many streets and ways,
But all of them have
The same goal.
You may ride and drive
In twos and in threes,
But the last step you must
Take alone.
Therefore there is no knowledge
Nor skill of such value
As that one does everything difficult
Alone.
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