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Hier, wo sich die Straßen scheiden, Wo nun gehn die Wege hin? Meiner ist der Weg der Leiden, Deß ich immer sicher bin. Wandrer, die des Weges gehen, Fragen freundlich, wohinaus? Keiner wird mich doch verstehen, Sag' ich ihm, wo ich zu Haus. Reiche Erde, arme Erde, Hast du keinen Raum für mich? Wo ich einst begraben werde, An der Stelle lieb' ich dich.
Confirmed with: C. Reinhold, Gedichte, Stuttgart: Carl Mäcken, 1853, pages 54-55.
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Here, where the roads diverge, where now do the paths go? Mine is the path of sorrows - of that I am always certain. Travelers who take this path ask with friendliness: where are you going? None will understand me if I tell him where I live. Rich earth, poor earth, Have you no room for me? Where I will someday be buried, that is the place I will love.
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