Well, that's completely different than I thought

[switch842]

This came about from something on the radio this morning. One of local stations here has started doing a "list" at the top of every hour. They throw out a topic and then play back 4 requests that somehow fit in with that topic. Today, one of the topics was anger and one of the songs played back was Rammstein's Du Hast. This then inspired an argument of whether Hate is Anger, etc. I believe Yoda's quote was thrown out at one point. But then some guy called in and said "Du Hast" doesn't mean "You hate me." It means "You have asked me a question." Well, that's completely different than what everyone assumes it means (just another example of what assuming does). Anyway, I thought I would look up all the lyrics and see if there was an English translation. There is!! So, behind the cut I give you the real meaning of Du Hast:

Du
Du hast
Du hast mich

Du
Du hast
Du hast mich

Du hast mich
Du hast mich gefragt
Du hast mich gefragt
Du hast mich gefragt und ich hab
nichts gesagt

Willst du bis der Tod euch scheidet
treu ihr sein fur alle Tage...

nein

Willst du bis zum Tod der Scheide
sie lieben auch in schlechten Tagen....

nein

[English translation:]

[You Have]

You
You have
You have me

You
You have
You have me

You have asked me
You have asked me
You have asked me
And I said nothing

will you until death does part you
be true to her on all days

Never

will you 'til the death of the slit,
love her, even in bad times

Never

So, a completely different song than what I thought it was. More interesting though, I think...

Comments

[cinandtonic.livejournal.com]

well you learn something new everyday.

[switch842.livejournal.com]

That you do.

[or-mabinogi.livejournal.com]

I read (I think it was on their official site) that they approved "you have" as the official English translation. The spelling (using the esset as opposed to only one s) would actually mean "you hate". Although, they flip it to "you have" when they bring up "asked me". But Rammstein loves going for the double entendre. Take a look at "Mann Gegen Mann". Actually, watch the video if you can find it. Wow. Nekkid men all over the place. :-)

[switch842.livejournal.com]

I will have to look that up.... :-D

[switch842.livejournal.com]

OK. That may possibly be one of the more disturbing things I've seen....