Exi a me, Domine!

Gaat van mij - o bittere woorden! -
gaat van mij, o Jesu want
alle zonden mij bekoorden
en geen een die 'k wederstand!
Gaat van mij, ik ben onweerdig
dat ik u nog dierbaar zij:
gaat van mij, o Heer, en veerdigt
uwe straffende hand op mij!

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Spelling changes used by Röntgen: gaat -> ga; veerdigt -> veerdig

Text Authorship:

• by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), "Gaat van mij" [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 Lionel Blomme (1897 - 1984), "Gaat van mij", 1954 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Lodewijk Mortelmans (1868 - 1952), "Gaat van mij", 1913 [ baritone and orchestra or voice and piano ], also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
• by Johannes Röntgen (1898 - 1969), "Ga van mij" [ voice, women's chorus, and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Joseph Ryelandt (1870 - 1965), "Gaat van mij", op. 34 no. 2 (1901) [ medium voice and piano ], from Zielzuchten, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in English, a translation by Mary Ellis Opdycke ; composed by Lodewijk Mortelmans.
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This text was added to the website: 2008-09-20
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Word count: 51