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

Twee horsen
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
Ze stappen hun' bellen [al]1 klinken,
de vrome twee horsen te gaar;
ze zwoegen, [ze zweten; en blinken]2
doet 't blonde gelijm van hun haar.

Ze stappen, ze stenen, ze stijven
de stringen; en 't ronde gareel,
het spant op hun' spannende lijven:
de voerman beweegt [ze aan]3 een zeel.

De wagen komt achter. De rossen,
gelaten in 't lastig geluid
der schokkende, bokkende bossen,
gaan, [stille en gestadig]4, vooruit.

Geen [zwepe en behoort]5 er te zinken,
geen snoer en genaakt er één haar;
zoo stappen, hun' bellen al [klinken]6,
de vrome twee horsen, te gaâr.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   M. De Backer •   F. Dooms •   R. Herberigs 

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Note: Spelling changes used by De Backer: zoo -> zo
Spelling changes used by Herberigs: gaar -> gaâr ; ze zweeten -> ze zweten

1 Herberigs: "aan"
2 De Backer: "ze zweten, ze blinken"
3 Dooms: "z'aan"
4 De Backer: "stil en gestadig"; Dooms: "stille gestadig"
5 De Backer: "zweep en behoort"; Dooms: "zwepe behoort"
6 De Backer: "blinken"

Text Authorship:

  • by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), "Twee horsen", 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 Marcel De Backer (1924 - 2006), "Twee horsen" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by (Julianus Marie) August De Boeck (1865 - 1937), "Twee horsen ", 1937 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Frans Dooms , "Twee horsen", 1980 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Robert Herberigs (1886 - 1974), "Twee horsen", 1943 [ voice and piano ], from Zes liederen op tekst van Guido Gezelle, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johannes Zwijsen , "Twee horsen ", 1949 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-09-14
Line count: 16
Word count: 104

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