Across the earth there lead

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Es führen über die Erde

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG ENG FRE SAN

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.

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Allein", written 1906 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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Across the earth there lead

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

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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Translations of title(s):
"Alles Schwere allein" = "[Do] everything difficult alone"
"Es führen über die Erde" = "Across the earth there lead"
"Allein" = "Alone"

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