English translations of Sechs Lieder, opus 11

by Giovanni Battista Gordigiani (1795 - 1871)

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1. Sie haben mich gequälet  [sung text not yet checked]
by Giovanni Battista Gordigiani (1795 - 1871), "Sie haben mich gequälet", op. 11 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Sie haben mich gequälet,
Geärgert blau und blaß,
Die einen mit ihrer Liebe,
Die andern mit ihrem Haß.

Sie haben das Brot mir vergiftet,
Sie gossen mir Gift ins Glas,
Die einen mit ihrer Liebe,
Die andern mit ihrem Haß.

Doch sie, die mich am meisten
Gequält, geärgert, betrübt,
Die hat mich nie gehasset,
Und hat mich nie geliebt.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 152.


by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
1.
Language: English 
They tormented me,
Drove me to melancholy and sickness,
Some with their love,
The others with their hate.

They tainted my bread,
They poured poison into my glass,
Some with their love,
The others with their hate.

Yet she, who most
Tormented, annoyed and saddened me,
Never hated me
And never loved me.

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Translations of title(s):
"Gleichgültigkeit" = "Indifference"
"Hass und Liebe" = "Hate and Love"
"Liebe und Haß" = "Love and Hate"
"Sie haben mich gequälet" = "They tormented me"



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Word count: 53

Translation © by Iain Sneddon