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by Rudolf Alexander Schröder (1878 - 1962)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Du musst es lernen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Und was auch in den Sternen
  Von dir geschrieben sei,
Du mußt es lebend lernen,
  Dein Wandel steht dir frei.

Die Bahn führt jeder Stelle,
  Da du gesendet stehst,
Zum Himmel und zur Hölle. --
  Schau, welchen Weg du gehst.

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Confirmed with Rudolf Alexander Schröder, Gesammelte Werke in Fünf Bänden, Erster Band, Die Gedichte, Berlin und Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1952, page 750.

Text Authorship:

by Rudolf Alexander Schröder (1878 - 1962), "Du mußt es lernen", written 1927, appears in Gedichte, in Die Geistlichen Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch: Mitte des Lebens, in Vor Tau und Tag [author's text checked 1 time 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 Egon Joseph Wellesz (1885 - 1974), "Du musst es lernen", op. 47 no. 2 (1932) [ men's chorus a cappella ], from Drei geistliche Männerchöre, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "You must learn", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2024-01-10
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You must learn

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

And whatever may be written
  About you in the stars,
You must learn while living
  That your way of life is at your discretion.

The path leads to every place
  Where you stand because you were sent there,
To Heaven and to hell. --
  Take care which road you walk.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Rudolf Alexander Schröder (1878 - 1962), "Du mußt es lernen", written 1927, appears in Gedichte, in Die Geistlichen Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch: Mitte des Lebens, in Vor Tau und Tag
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This text was added to the website: 2024-05-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 49