by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862)

Vergiftet sind meine Lieder;
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE FRE IRI POR
Vergiftet sind meine Lieder; -
Wie könnt es anders sein?
Du hast mir ja Gift gegossen
Ins blühende Leben hinein.

Vergiftet sind meine Lieder; -
Wie könnt es anders sein?
Ich [trag']1 im Herzen viel Schlangen,
Und dich, Geliebte mein.

About the headline (FAQ)

View original text (without footnotes)

Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 155.

1 Rosenhain: "trage"

Text Authorship:

See other settings of this text.

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

  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Poisoned are my songs", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Mes chants sont empoisonnés", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • POR Portuguese (Português) (Margarida Moreno) , "As minhas canções estão envenenadas", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 39

Отравой полны мои песни
 (Sung text for setting by A. Borodin)
 Matches base text
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Отравой полны мои песни,
и может ли иначе быть?
Ты, милая, гибельным ядом
сумела мне жизнь отравить.

Отравой полны мои песни,
и может ли иначе быть?
Немало змей в сердце ношу я
и должен тебя в нём носить.

Show a transliteration: Default | DIN | GOST

Note on Transliterations

Composition:

Text Authorship:

Based on:

See other settings of this text.


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 38