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by Joannes Reddingius (1873 - 1944)

De komende dag
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
Wanneer het Licht in ied're menschenwoning
brengt heiliging van daden en gedachten,
dan zal het zijn of weer vertrouwden lachten,
daar de een in de' ander stil herkent een koning.

Dit is van heiligst streven de belooning,
goed, goed te zijn , en lijden te verzachten,
en op te wekken ' t binnen - vuur van krachten ,
die wat wij willen zetten om tot honing.

Laat ons dus werken, werken staêg als bijen,
en in den arbeid heerlijk ons verblijen ,
en diep onszelven aan elkander wijen.

Dan zal geen menschkind langer zijn verlaten,
dan straalt zielsadel af van de gelaten
van Liefde's kind'ren, die niet langer haten.

Confirmed with Joannes Reddingius, Licht; nieuwe gedichten, Hilversum 1923; Note: no publisher mentioned


Text Authorship:

  • by Joannes Reddingius (1873 - 1944), "De komende dag", appears in Licht. Nieuwe gedichten [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 Gerardus Olivier Koop (1885 - 1967), "De komende dag" [ mixed chorus ], Amsterdam : De Nieuwe Muziekhandel [sung text not yet checked]

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

This text was added to the website: 2023-04-27
Line count: 14
Word count: 108

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