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"Du hast" is the title of a song by the German heavy metal group Rammstein. The title is commonly interpreted as "You Hate", but is really a long play on words: du hast means "you have", while du hasst, which is pronounced the same, means "you hate".

The pun is illustrated by a comparison of the German version, a literal English translation, and the band's non-literal English version of the song.

German lyrics	Literal English translation	The band's non-literal English version

Du	You	You
Du hast	You have	You hate
Du hast mich	You have me	You hate me
Du hast mich gefragt	You have asked me	You hate me to say
Du hast mich gefragt und ich hab nichts gesagt	You have asked me and I have said nothing	You hate me to say and I did not obey

Willst du bis der Tod euch scheidet	Will you until death does you part	Will you until death does sever
Treu ihr sein für alle Tagen	Be faithful to her for all days	Be upright to her forever

Nein	No	Never

Willst du bis zum Tod, der scheide	Will you until death which would separate*	Will you 'til death be her rider
Sie lieben auch in schlechten Tagen	Love her also in bad days	Her lover too, to stay inside her

Nein	No	Never

(*) Tod, der scheide (without capital and with a comma) means death which would separate, whereas Tod der Scheide (with a capital S and without comma) means death of the vagina.

The whole song is a play on German wedding vows (Wollt Ihr einander lieben und achten und die Treue halten bis dass der Tod euch scheide? - Do you want to love and respect each other and to remain faithful, until death separates you?). Instead of answering with "Ja," the singer says "Nein," finally answering the question he said "nothing" to in the beginning.

"Du hast" was part of the soundtrack for the 1999 feature film The Matrix. It is from the album Sehnsucht.

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