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by Paul van Ostaijen (1896 - 1928)

Avond winter straten
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
Witte blinde autoögen
zij schuift stom
                de straat als zij is wit en blind 
                en zij is ver
Haar vele verre lichten verscherpen sneeuw 
de sneeuw verscherpt haar vele verre lichten 
eenzaam en enkelvoudig ding
van heugenis gescheiden           zijn banken
                   banken in sneeuw
Doorzicht der allee
schild scherp wit waarop het zwart hard staat
                   voor wielrijders verboden weg
een rode lucifer ligt
                    hel een vlam tot d'éne sneeuw
Schitteren chemies-industriëel violet en groen
in de winkel-kaats-klaarte
bonbonhulzen

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul van Ostaijen (1896 - 1928), "Avond winter straten" [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 Joost Kleppe , "Avond winter straten", 1989, from Winter, no. 3. [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-07-03
Line count: 17
Word count: 77

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