Aan wijden weg in open land, waar veel wegen samen komen, zit een gesluierde vrouw aan de kant, - 't hoofd op de knieën - onder wat boomen. .... Voorbijgangers schromen..... Ieder die langs haar ging sprak slechts in fluistering. ... Jaargetijden komen... vergaan... verglijden... Zij is het Leed, dat tijd vergeet. Geen kent haar aangezicht tot één haar sluier licht... Zoolang zal zij wachten en droomen in den mist onder zwaat'lende boomen.
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Confirmed with Marie Cremers, Weerlichten. Maastricht : Boosten & Stols, 1925, p.105
Text Authorship:
- by Maria Elizabeth Cremers (1874 - 1960), "De Gesluierde" [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 Andrée Marie Clémence Bonhomme (1905 - 1982), "De gesluierde", op. 17 (1927) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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