O Lied! O Lied! Gij helpt de smert wanneer de rampen raken, gij kunt, o Lied, de wonde in 't hert, de wonde in 't hert vermaken! o Lied, o Lied! Gij laaft den dorst, gij bluscht het brandend blaken, gij kunt, o Lied, de drooge borst en 't wee daarvan doen staken. o Lied! o Lied, het zwijgend nat dat leekt nu langs mijn kaken, gij kunt het, en uw kunst is dat, gij kunt het honing maken... o Lied! o Lied!
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• F. Agsteribbe • H. Beekhuis • A. Bervoets • A. Bervoets • P. De Puysseleyr • P. De Puysseleyr • J. Duclos • J. Goedertier • R. RobberechtAbout the headline (FAQ)
View text with all available footnotesSpelling changes used by Bervoets: drooge -> droge
Spelling changes used by De Vocht: smert -> smart ; de wonde in 't hert -> de wond in 't hart
Spelling changes used by De Puysseleyr: drooge -> droge, honing -> honig
Spelling changes used by Goedertier: daarvan -> dervan ; leekt -> lekt
Spelling changes used by Robberecht: o Lied ! -> oh lied ! ; honing -> honig
Text Authorship:
- by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), no title, written 1860 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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O Lied, o Lied, Du hilfst dem Schmerz, Will Jammer mich verschmachten; Du kannst, o Lied, das wunde Herz, Das wunde Herz mir sachten. O Lied, o Lied, Du labst den Durst, Du stillst die fahlen Gluten; Du kannst, o Lied, die dürre Brust Und all ihr Weh ermuten. O Lied, o Lied, Das bittre Naß Der stummgeweinten Zähren, Du kannst's -- und deine Kunst ist das -- Du kannst's in Honig kehren. O Lied, o Lied!
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Rudolf Alexander Schröder, Gesammelte Werke in Fünf Bänden, Erster Band, Die Gedichte, Berlin und Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1952, page 660.
Text Authorship:
- by Rudolf Alexander Schröder (1878 - 1962), "O Lied", appears in Gedichte, in Die Übersetzungen, in Aus dem Niederländischen [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Dutch (Nederlands) by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), no title, written 1860
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