In units of despair: Seconds. Minutes. Hours. Days. Weeks. Months. Years. Lives.
(Poem no. 15 out of 54, located pg. 42 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
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original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive
translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
Showing posts with label messer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label messer. Show all posts
Monday, 6 May 2013
Thursday, 2 May 2013
Till Lindemann's 'Messer' - "Sautod"
Come on, come on, just a little closer…
Boy, are you in for a treat with this one. This poem is the origin of Waidmanns Heil. The demo version is linked because that has two extra lines from ‘Sautod’ sung in it, thus giving it extra relevance.
I’d also appreciate corrections from those who are familiar with Waidmannssprache.
(Poem no. 21 out of 54, located pg. 56 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from ‘Messer’. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
Boy, are you in for a treat with this one. This poem is the origin of Waidmanns Heil. The demo version is linked because that has two extra lines from ‘Sautod’ sung in it, thus giving it extra relevance.
I’d also appreciate corrections from those who are familiar with Waidmannssprache.
(Poem no. 21 out of 54, located pg. 56 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from ‘Messer’. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
Monday, 22 April 2013
Till Lindemann's 'Messer' - "Komm Ich Koch Dir Eine Suppe'
A delectable soup for the soul.
This is actually a fairly mild one. (The poem, not the soup.) I think this translation is genuinely as good as it gets!
(Poem no. 45 out of 54, located pg. 118 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from 'Messer'. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
This is actually a fairly mild one. (The poem, not the soup.) I think this translation is genuinely as good as it gets!
(Poem no. 45 out of 54, located pg. 118 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from 'Messer'. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
Monday, 18 March 2013
Till Lindemann's 'Messer' - "Abgewiesen"
Loved and united in death and only in death.
(Poem no. 26 out of 54, located pg. 70 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from 'Messer'. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
(Poem no. 26 out of 54, located pg. 70 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from 'Messer'. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Till Lindemann's 'Messer' - "Durch Dick und Dünn"
The purpose of furniture is to be used according to their owners’ will.
Let me be that if nothing else.
(Poem no. 14 out of 54, located pg. 40 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
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Let me be that if nothing else.
(Poem no. 14 out of 54, located pg. 40 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from 'Messer'. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
Thursday, 14 February 2013
Till Lindemann's 'Messer' - "Big in Japan"
I... I don't...
This poem is tagged 'Incomprehensible' and 'Trigger Warning' because it may depict paedophilia.
(Poem no. 49 out of 54, located pg. 128 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from 'Messer'. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
This poem is tagged 'Incomprehensible' and 'Trigger Warning' because it may depict paedophilia.
(Poem no. 49 out of 54, located pg. 128 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from 'Messer'. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
Sunday, 3 February 2013
Till Lindemann's 'Messer' - "Sucht"
You are the drug for my soul. I am so in love with you.
(Poem no. 44 out of 54, located pg. 116 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from 'Messer'. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
(Poem no. 44 out of 54, located pg. 116 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from 'Messer'. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Till Lindemann's 'Messer' - "Guten Morgen"
Good morning, good morning!
We talked the whole night through...
(Poem no. 28 out of 54, located pg. 76 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
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We talked the whole night through...
(Poem no. 28 out of 54, located pg. 76 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from 'Messer'. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
Till Lindemann's 'Messer' - "3 x Fisch"
Like a love that could never last.
3 x Fisch is one of the most surreal poems I've had the fortune of translating. I wouldn't call it incomprehensible, but it is one extremely bizarre and sinister tale.
(Poem no. 22 out of 54, located pg. 60 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from 'Messer'. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
3 x Fisch is one of the most surreal poems I've had the fortune of translating. I wouldn't call it incomprehensible, but it is one extremely bizarre and sinister tale.
(Poem no. 22 out of 54, located pg. 60 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from 'Messer'. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
Saturday, 26 January 2013
Till Lindemann's 'Messer' - "Hasslich"
Ugly, you are simply ugly.
(Poem no. 16 out of 54, located pg. 44 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from 'Messer'. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
(Poem no. 16 out of 54, located pg. 44 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from 'Messer'. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
Sunday, 20 January 2013
Till Lindemann's 'Messer' - "Meine Mutter ist Blind"
Maybe I'm better off this way.
(Poem no. 10 out of 54, located pg. 34 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from 'Messer'. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
(Poem no. 10 out of 54, located pg. 34 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from 'Messer'. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
Wednesday, 16 January 2013
Till Lindemann's 'Messer' - "Absicht?"
I swear to God, mein Herr, it was just an accident.
(Poem no. 35 out of 54, located pg. 92 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from 'Messer'. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
(Poem no. 35 out of 54, located pg. 92 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from 'Messer'. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
Thursday, 10 January 2013
Till Lindemann's 'Messer' - "Tod Nach Noten"
A difficult poem, Till's own Danse Macabre.
(Poem no. 04 out of 54, located pg. 18 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from 'Messer'. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
(Poem no. 04 out of 54, located pg. 18 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from 'Messer'. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
Saturday, 5 January 2013
Till Lindemann's 'Messer' - "Ich Habe Dich Im Traum Gesehen"
What can I trust in anymore, when my own dreams betray me?
(Poem no. 02 out of 54, located pg. 12 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from 'Messer'. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
(Poem no. 02 out of 54, located pg. 12 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from 'Messer'. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
Till Lindemann's 'Messer' - "Tänzerin"
"Tänzerin", due to the '-in' suffix, specifically means a female dancer.
Not the only poem that will invoke 'Heirate Mich'-ish imagery in Messer. A lot more plaintive and melancholy than most, I think.
(Poem no. 37 out of 54, located pg. 100 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from 'Messer'. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
Not the only poem that will invoke 'Heirate Mich'-ish imagery in Messer. A lot more plaintive and melancholy than most, I think.
(Poem no. 37 out of 54, located pg. 100 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from 'Messer'. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
Tuesday, 1 January 2013
Till Lindemann's 'Messer' - "Auf Dem Friedhof"
Rotten and rotting.
Two poems in one package. I wanted to have it separate but 'Auf Dem Friedhof' and 'Auf Dem Friedhof (2)' are related and probably better off read together. This poem is tagged 'trigger warning' and 'grimdark'.
(Poems no. 11-12 out of 54, located pg. 36-37 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
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Two poems in one package. I wanted to have it separate but 'Auf Dem Friedhof' and 'Auf Dem Friedhof (2)' are related and probably better off read together. This poem is tagged 'trigger warning' and 'grimdark'.
(Poems no. 11-12 out of 54, located pg. 36-37 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
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Monday, 31 December 2012
Till Lindemann's 'Messer' - 'Mein Gutes Schiff'
Wo... willst... du hin?
So uferlos... die kalte See...
-from Seemann, Rammstein ('Herzeleid')
(Poem no. 42 out of 54, located pg. 112 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
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So uferlos... die kalte See...
-from Seemann, Rammstein ('Herzeleid')
(Poem no. 42 out of 54, located pg. 112 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from 'Messer'. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
Thursday, 20 December 2012
Till Lindemann's 'Messer' - 'Nebel'
If you expect this to be anything like the Rammstein song 'Nebel', hoo boy are you wrong.
Due to graphic descriptions I will label this as 'grimdark'.
(Poem no. 09 out of 54, located pg. 30 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
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Due to graphic descriptions I will label this as 'grimdark'.
(Poem no. 09 out of 54, located pg. 30 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from 'Messer'. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
Sunday, 16 December 2012
Till Lindemann's 'Messer' - "Aberglaube"
Holy shit.
[Updated 16th Dec 2012]
(Poem no. 51 out of 54, located pg. 134 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from 'Messer'. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
[Updated 16th Dec 2012]
(Poem no. 51 out of 54, located pg. 134 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from 'Messer'. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
Till Lindemann's 'Messer' - 'Für Conrad Ferdinand Meyer'
One poet mourns another's loss. A tribute to Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Swiss poet, (1825-1898).
[Updated 16th Dec 2012]
(Poem no. 50 out of 54, located pg. 130 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from 'Messer'. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
[Updated 16th Dec 2012]
(Poem no. 50 out of 54, located pg. 130 of ‘Messer’, 2010 print.)
Disclaimer: Poem copyrighted to Till Lindemann. This post does not include photos/illustrations of said poem from 'Messer'. The original German text is also not included. This is only a interpretive translation and accuracy is not guaranteed.
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