O Schoone roozenmond,
en buiten alle grenzen
van lieflijkheid, die, eerst
ontloken, op mij lacht,
uw leven is te broos
en moet, och arme, slenzen
eer morgen hier is. Op!
herleeft in mijn gedacht!
 
Daar zult ge, vrij en blij,
van verwen onbedorven,
weérspiegeld in den grond
van mijn geheugen staan,
en leven: zij uw' stam,
uw' wortel, al, gestorven;
zij de ongestuime wind
gaan spelen met uw' blaân!

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Spelling change used by Verhelst: lieflijkheid -> lijflijkheid

Text Authorship:

• by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), "Roozenmond", written 1878-96? [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 Willem Andries , "Roozenmond" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Robert Herberigs (1886 - 1974), "Roozemond", 1943 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by J. H. Van Geyt , "Roozenmond" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Frans Verhelst , "Roozenmond" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Vic Nees.
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