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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation © by Guy Laffaille
Vergiftet sind meine Lieder;
Language: German (Deutsch)
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' im Herzen viel Schlangen, Und dich, Geliebte mein.
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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 155.
Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 51 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki (1846 - 1919), "Vergiftet sind meine Lieder", op. 7 (Six Mélodies = Sechs Lieder = Shest' romansov) no. 1, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff, also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Oskar Alwin (1891 - 1945), "Vergiftet sind meine Lieder", from Sechs Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolai Vasil'yevich Artsybushev (1858 - 1937), "Vergiftet sind meine Lieder" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Victor Boos von Waldeck , "Vergiftet sind meine Lieder", from Fünfzig Lieder und Gesänge, no. 46 [sung text not yet checked]
- by ?, Bopp von Oberstadt, Gräfin , "Vergiftet sind meine Lieder", op. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Stephanie Brand-Vrabely, Gräfin Wurmbrand (1849 - 1919), "Vergiftet sind meine Lieder", op. 28 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Klavier) no. 3 (1860?), published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Wien: Wetzler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nicola Dmitrieff , "Liebeslied", from Herbstblätter: Sechs Lieder von Heine, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Wolfgang von Ehrenstein (? - 1870), "Vergiftet sind meine Lieder", op. 9 (Jugendträume : Muskalische Deklamationen), Heft 1 no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Catharinus Elling (1858 - 1942), "Vergiftet sind meine Lieder", op. 12 no. 8 [ voice and piano ], from Catharinus Elling-Album, no. 8, Kjøbenhavn (Copenhagen), Kongelig (Kgl.) Hof-Musikhandel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by O. Esfonde , "Vergiftet sind meine Lieder", op. 1 (Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Miriam Gideon (1906 - 1996), "Vergiftet sind meine Lieder", 1937, published 1962 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Olivier Greif (1950 - 2000), "Vergiftet sind meine Lieder", op. 40 no. 1 (1973), published 2006 [ voice and piano ], from Wiener Konzert: cycle de cinq Lieder sur des poêmes de Heinrich Heine (Lyrisches Intermezzo), no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Hellmesberger, jun. (1855 - 1907), "Vergiftet sind meine Lieder", published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Wien, Schreiber [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hedwig Hertz , "Vergiftet sind meine Lieder", published 1867 [ medium voice with piano ], from Zwölf Lieder von Heinrich Heine, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bo Holten (b. 1948), "Vergiftet sind meine Lieder", 1985-6, published 1986, first performed 1986 [ voice, flute, clarinet, guitar, and percussion ], from Pastell-Bilder, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolf Horwitz , "Vergiftet sind meine Lieder", op. 2 no. 5 [ voice and piano ], from Aus Heine's lyrischem Intermezzo : Liederzyklus, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Andrés Isasi Linares (1890 - 1940), "Vergiftet sind meine Lieder", op. 16 (Poemas de H. Heine) no. 8 (1913), published 1913 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Vergiftet sind meine Lieder", S. 289 no. 3 (1844), from Sechs Lieder, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Vincenz Angelo Loos (1826 - ?), "Vergiftet sind meine Lieder", from Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Mannstaedt (1852 - 1932), "Vergiftet sind meine Lieder", from Zwei Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Nikolayevich Merten (1814 - 1876), "Vergiftet sind meine Lieder", op. 10 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2b, published 1883, Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hendrik Arnoldus Meyroos (1830 - 1900), "Vergiftet sind meine Lieder", op. 36 (Vier Gedichte) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Victor Ernst Nessler (1841 - 1890), "Des Vaters Erbe", op. 23 (Vier Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Otto Nodnagel (1870 - 1909), "Vergiftet sind meine Lieder", op. 17 (Perdita : sechs lyrische Szenen) no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksandr Solomonovich Razmadze (1845 - 1896), "Vergiftet sind meine Lieder", also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jakob Rosenhain (1813 - 1894), "Vergiftet sind meine Lieder", op. 54 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Schmidt (1839 - 1920), "Vergiftet sind meine Lieder", op. 7 (Drei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1871 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Vergiftet sind meine Lieder", op. 13 (Drei Lieder von Heine und Wilhelm Busch) no. 1 (1907), published 1908 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nikolay Vladimirovich Shcherbachyov (1853 - 1922), "Vergiftet sind meine Lieder", published 1882 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 5, Hamburg, Rahter [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wolfgang Ulrich (1924 - 1995), "Vergiftet", 1983, from Acht Heine-Lieder, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joel Weiss , "Vergiftet sind meine Lieder", 2016 [ voice and piano ], from Heine Lieder, no. 15 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Aaron Kramer ; composed by Irwin Heilner.
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki.
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- Also set in Hebrew (עברית), a translation by Shlomo Tanny ; composed by Shimon Cohen.
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862) ; composed by Nikolai Vasil'yevich Artsybushev, Aleksandr Porfir'yevich Borodin.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Nikolai Aleksandrovich Dobrolyubov (1836 - 1861) , no title, written 1857 ; composed by Aleksandr Konstantinovich Glazunov.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Pyotr Isayevich Veinberg (1831 - 1908) ; composed by Aleksandr Solomonovich Razmadze.
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- Also set in Spanish (Español), a translation by E. F. Sanz , appears in Canciones de Enrique Heine, first published 1857 ; composed by Alfonso de Silva.
Other 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 text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 40
Mes chants sont empoisonnés
Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)
Mes chants sont empoisonnés - Comment pourrait-il en être autrement ? Tu as versé du poison Au plus profond de ma vie en fleur. Mes chants sont empoisonnés - Comment pourrait-il en être autrement ? Je porte dans mon cœur de nombreux serpents, Et toi, ma bien-aimée !
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2010 by Guy Laffaille, (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 Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 51
This text was added to the website: 2010-06-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 48