[Hei da]1, lieve dreupel water,
zijt gij helder toch en schoon,
in uw hemelsch [lichtgeschater]2
en uw diamanten kroon!
Rood en blauw en [groen en geluw]3,
peersch en purperwendigheid
siert, in onderling gespeel, uw
[pinkelende]4 uitwendigheid!
[Hei da]1, [heldere]5 lichtkrystalle,
diamanten waterding,
moet [ge op de]6 aarde nedervallen
uit is 't met uw flonkering!
Neen en daalt niet, och en daalt niet,
aardsche grond is al te vuil,
houdt u ver van hier, en valt niet:
houdt u in den hemel schuil.

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¹ Cohen: "Heida"
² Cohen: "lichtgeschitter"
³ Cohen: "groen en blauw"
⁴ Cohen: "pinklende"
⁵ Cohen: "heldre"
⁶ Cohen: "g' op d'"

Text Authorship:

• by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), "Hei da lieve dreupel water", written 1859 [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 M. J. Cohen , "Hei da lieve dreupel water" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Theo Dejoncker (1894 - 1964), "Hei da lieve dreupel water" [ voice and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Theo Dejoncker (1894 - 1964), "Hei da lieve dreupel water" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Willem De Latin (1876 - 1942), "Hei da lieve dreupel water", 1907 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-09-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 82