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Bist du [wirklich]1 mir so feindlich, Bist du wirklich ganz verwandelt? Aller Welt will ich es klagen, Daß du mich so schlecht behandelt. O ihr undankbaren Lippen, Sagt, wie könnt ihr Böses sagen Von dem Manne, der so liebend Euch geküßt, in schönen Tagen.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Dmitrieff: "immer"; further changes may exist not noted.
Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 76 [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 Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (1868 - 1946), "Bist du wirklich mir so feindlich", from Two Lieder (Heine), no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Constantin Decker (1810 - 1878), "Bist du wirklich mir so feindlich", op. 12 (Vier Gesänge für Bariton oder Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 3 [ baritone or alto and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nicola Dmitrieff , "Vorwurf", from Herbstblätter: Sechs Lieder von Heine, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henri Hartog , "Bist du wirklich mir so feindlich", op. 20 (Drei Liebeslieder) no. 3, published 1873 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josip Ipavec (1873 - 1921), "Bist du wirklich mir so feindlich" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Otto Nodnagel (1870 - 1909), "Bist du wirklich mir so feindlich", op. 17 (Perdita : sechs lyrische Szenen) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Bist du wirklich mir so feindlich", published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 76 [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Marguerite Radclyffe Hall.
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- Also set in English, a translation by Emma Lazarus (1849 - 1887) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881 ; composed by Constantin Silvestri.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Valery Aleksandrovich Gavrilin.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Elizabeth Barrett Browning) , no title, appears in Last Poems, in Paraphrases on Heine, no. 2
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-02-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 44
M'es-tu vraiment si hostile, Es-tu vraiment complètement métamorphosée? Au monde entier je vais me plaindre De tes si mauvais traitements. Ô vous lèvres sans merci, Dites, comment pouvez-vous dire du mal De l'homme qui avec tant d'amour Vous a embrassées au beaux jours.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2009 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 76
This text was added to the website: 2009-04-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 43