Quand les fantômes ressuscitent | Regarde ! Tu dois me pardonner

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by Felix Biedermann (1870 - 1928), as Felix Dörmann

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Sieh! Du mußt es mir vergeben

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Sieh! Du mußt es mir vergeben, 
Wenn ich manchmal schroff und hart: 
Toll und traurig war mein Leben 
Eine wüste Pilgerfahrt 

Schwer hab' ich nach Haus gefunden, 
Bitter musst' ich irre geh'n, 
Und ich kenne Stunden ... Stunden, 
Wo Gespenster aufersteh'n.

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Text Authorship:

by Felix Biedermann (1870 - 1928), as Felix Dörmann, "Confiteor", appears in Sensationen, first published 1897 [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 Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Wenn Gespenster auferstehn", 1904-5 [ voice and piano ], from Jugendlieder, Vol. I (1901-04), no. 21 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Richard Wetz (1875 - 1935), "Confiteor", op. 10 (Fünf Lieder für hohe Stimme mit Klavierbegleitung) no. 2, published 1902 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Quand les fantômes ressuscitent", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2011-06-03
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Word count: 40

Quand les fantômes ressuscitent

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Regarde ! Tu dois me pardonner
Si parfois je suis brusque et dur :
Démente et triste a été ma vie,
Un pèlerinage désolé.

J'ai trouvé la route vers la maison difficile,
Amèrement je dois m'égarer,
Et je connais les heures... les heures,
Où les fantômes ressuscitent.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Felix Biedermann (1870 - 1928), as Felix Dörmann, "Confiteor", appears in Sensationen, first published 1897
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This text was added to the website: 2011-06-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 45