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by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899)

De meiboom vóór
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
De meiboom vóór
de deure staat,
zoo zoet is hij
als honinkraat,
die, lekende uit
de korven, laat
zijn' zoetigheid mij troosten;
de mei is daar,
met gers en groen,
met 't kouten, zoo
de veugels doen,
van nesten en
van eiers broên:
de mei zit in den oosten.
 
De meiboom, vóór
de deure, en is
zoo jong niet meer
als loof en lisch,
ontloken in
de lavenis
der zoete zonnestralen;
de mei is half
voorbij, voortaan,
de bruilofte en
't gedans gedaan,
[het orgel-, 't harpe-
en 't trommelslaan]1
der nuchtere nachtegalen.

De meiboom vóór
de deure is weg,
de vogels zijn,
in hage en heg,
nu neerstig aan
den eierleg;
het groen is al bestoven ...!
Ach, mochte 't mij,
hier onbekend,
eens meie zijn,
die nooit en endt,
de Moeder en
de Maagd omtrent,
die land en lieden loven!

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•   F. Verhelst 

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Spelling changes used by Verhelst: daar -> daar'; zoo -> zo

1 Verhelst: "het orgel 't harpe/ en trommelslaan"

Text Authorship:

  • by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), "De meiboom", written 1896 [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 Willem Andries , "De meiboom" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Marcel De Backer (1924 - 2006), "De meiboom " [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Arthur Meulemans (1884 - 1966), "De mei is daar" [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Renaat Veremans (1894 - 1969), "De meiboom vóór de deure staat", 1951 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Frans Verhelst , "De meiboom" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by J. Zegerman , "De meiboom " [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), [adaptation] ; composed by Hermann Meulemans.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-08-21
Line count: 42
Word count: 142

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