Die ich rief, die Geister / Werd ich nun nicht los
English translation: The spirits I summoned, I can't get rid of them!
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|  Selected response from: Kim Metzger Mexico Local time: 02:52 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | The ghosts I had invoked/will not let go of me |
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| 4 | The spirits I summoned, I can't get rid of them! |
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| 3 | http://german.about.com/library/blgzauberl.htm |
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11 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1The ghosts I had invoked/will not let go of me Explanation: just a spur of the moment rendition...but I know there is an official translation somewhere...I'll try to look up "The sorcerer's apprentice" on Google -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 15 mins (2007-07-30 00:48:30 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- here's one: cache of http://www.fln.vcu.edu/goethe/zauber_e3.html -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 17 mins (2007-07-30 00:50:05 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- and another link: http://german.about.com/library/blgzauberl.htm |
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18 mins confidence:
The spirits I summoned, I can't get rid of them! Explanation: A loose translation in Goethe, Selected Verse, Penguin. And here's another version: Die ich rief, die Geister, Werde ich nun nicht los! [The spirits that I called up I now can not get rid of!] http://members.shaw.ca/jgfriesen/Notes/6WdWNotes.html |
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18 mins confidence:
http://german.about.com/library/blgzauberl.htm Explanation: here you'll find the translation of the whole poem in :"Der Zauberlehrling" (the Sorcerer's apprentice) I don't know who provided the rendering |
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