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

Wederwijven
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
Hoe wijsterwaster vliegt de lucht
  vol witte en lange stressen
van wolken, die ontvlochten zijn
  lijk haar van tooveressen.

't Zijn wederwijven, boos en fel,
  die, kwaad van hande en vinger,
malkanderen te keere gaan
  en vechten slag om slinger.

De wind zit in 'k weet niet welk
  geweste, 't buischt en 't bommelt
alhier, aldaar een zwepe los,
  die deur de wolken schommelt.

Zij stuiven heinde en verre, en van
  malkaar gescheurd, in stressen
van wijsterwaster vechtende, en
  verwaaide tooveressen.

Note: there is a footnote from published edition for line 1, word 2: "Door elkander".


Text Authorship:

  • by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), "Wederwijven" [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 Robert Herberigs (1886 - 1974), "Wederwijven" [ voice and piano ], from Zes liederen op tekst van Guido Gezelle, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-10-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 81

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