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by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899)

Twee horsen
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
Ze stappen hun' bellen al klinken,
de vrome twee horsen te gaar;
ze zwoegen, ze zweten; en blinken
doet 't blonde gelijm van hun haar.

Ze stappen, ze stenen, ze stijven
de stringen; en 't ronde gareel,
het spant op hun' spannende lijven:
de voerman beweegt ze aan een zeel.

De wagen komt achter. De rossen,
gelaten in 't lastig geluid
der schokkende, bokkende bossen,
gaan, stille en gestadig, vooruit.

Geen zwepe en behoort er te zinken,
geen snoer en genaakt er één haar;
zoo stappen, hun' bellen al klinken,
de vrome twee horsen, te gaâr.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   M. De Backer •   F. Dooms •   R. Herberigs 

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Note: Spelling changes used by De Backer: zoo -> zo
Spelling changes used by Herberigs: gaar -> gaâr ; ze zweeten -> ze zweten


Text Authorship:

  • by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), "Twee horsen", written 1896 [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 Marcel De Backer (1924 - 2006), "Twee horsen" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by (Julianus Marie) August De Boeck (1865 - 1937), "Twee horsen ", 1937 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Frans Dooms , "Twee horsen", 1980 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Robert Herberigs (1886 - 1974), "Twee horsen", 1943 [ voice and piano ], from Zes liederen op tekst van Guido Gezelle, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johannes Zwijsen , "Twee horsen ", 1949 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-09-14
Line count: 16
Word count: 104

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