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by Charles Polydore de Mont (1857 - 1931)

Wat zijt gij frisch, o meiën‑ lucht!
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
Wat zijt gij frisch, o meiën- lucht!...
 
Koelende winden fluisteren...
Vogelen reppen de wiek, tot de vlucht,
de wateren preevlen, 't strandriet zucht!...
En de boomen? -... De boomen luisteren!
 
Vol pracht en schoonheid staan zij daar,
de kruin van 't wordend licht reeds klaar,
den knoestigen sta
half in den smoor verborgen;
en - stil, gansch tam en stille, zwijgen
èn tak èn blad, èn groene twijgen,
wen de eerste roode zonnevlam,
bloeddruipend, komt door 't lover zijgen...
 
Gaat zachtjes, wandelaars... voet voor voet...
Stoort Godes stilte niet... en doet
geen blad, geen enkelen stroohalm kraken.
Ziet rond u.. Blijft aanbiddend staan:
Als outers, ziet! de heuvels blaken,
oranje en blauw: de morgenddienst vangt aan...
Stil! Alles... stil...! -
Gij, dauw, zijp neder
van rank en blaân;
groengouden gerst, wieg weg en weder;
gij, vink, stijg uit een zee van graan,
en sla uw lied, van kwalen vrij en zorgen!
 
En ziet! van dauw omkleed, de blanke berken staan
en hooren... 't ‘worden’ van den morgen.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Pol de Mont, Lentesotternijen, Ad. Hoste, Gent 1881 p.82


Text Authorship:

  • by Charles Polydore de Mont (1857 - 1931), "Uchtendhymne", appears in Lentesotternijen, in Eerste krans. ‘Dag in de lente’, no. 12 [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 Peter Aerts (1912 - 1996), "Uchtend hymne" [ mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Willem De Latin (1876 - 1942), "Uchtendhymne", 1897 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Florimond van Duyse (1843 - 1910), "Meienuchtend" [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Marie van Essen , "Uchtendhymne", published 1923 [ women's chorus ], Amsterdam : Alsbach [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Israel Jacques Olman (1883 - 1968), "Uchtendhymne" [ voice and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Theodoor Petrus van Wamel (1870 - 1958), "Uchtend-hymne" [ men's chorus ], 's-Hertogenbosch : Henri Mosmans [sung text not yet checked]
  • by J. Wijnand Balke , "Uchtendhymne" [ mixed chorus ], Baarn : Wijnand Balke [sung text not yet checked]
  • by G.C. Wilmink , "Uchtendhymne" [ men's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-05-04
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Word count: 164

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