Across the earth there lead

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Allein

(Sung text for setting by A. Steinert)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG ENG FRE SAN

Über die Erde führen 
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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Composition:

Alexander Lang Steinert

Zwei Vertonungen von Hesse-Gedichten

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Allein", written 1906

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "Alone", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Seul", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SAN Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) (Holger Christian Teipel-Jahr) , "एकाकी", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Alone

(Sung text translation for setting by A. Steinert)

See original

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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