Och hoe schoone vaart gij daar,
helderblanke mane klaar,
hooge boven veld en wee,
zwemmende in een wolkenzee!
 
't Dunkt mij dat gij weet en ziet
al dat u beneên geschiedt;
ai, en wilde of wenschte ik kwaad,
'k wierd benauwd voor uw gelaat.
 
Leedt alwie goedwillig is
door dees wereldwildernis,
en verlicht hem langs de baan
daar ik uw schoon beeld zie staan.
 
Schoon, doch schoonder duizendmaal,
Onbevlekte, is uw gestraal:
Gij, die zonne en sterre en maan
diepe doet in 't donker staan.

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Spelling changes used by Brengier: Leedt -> Leid; schoonder -> schooner
Spelling changes used by Mervillie: helderblanke -> helder blanke ; zwemmende -> zwemmend; beneên -> benêen ; Leedt -> Leidt ; schoonder -> schooner
Spelling changes used by Rettich: helderblanke -> helder blanke

Text Authorship:

• by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), "Tot de mane", written 1873 [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 Luc Bataillie (b. 1958), "Tot de mane", 2018 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ernst Brengier (1873 - 1940), "Tot de Mane" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Theo Dejoncker (1894 - 1964), "Tot de mane " [ voice and piano or orchestra ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Petrus Bernardus De Keyzer , "Tot de mane " [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Peter Lejaeghere (b. 1967), "Tot de mane" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Alfons Mervillie (1856 - 1942), "Tot de Mane" [ voice and piano or harmonium ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Wilhelm Rettich (1892 - 1988), "Tot de Mane", op. 11 no. 11 [ men's chorus a cappella ], from Guido Gezelle Suite: 13 Lieder für Männer-, Frauen-, Knaben- und Gemischten Chor a capella, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Edgar Pierre Joseph Tinel (1854 - 1912), "Och, hoe schoone", op. 34 no. 6 (1885) [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Sechs Marienlieder für Haus und Konzert, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Frank Van Nimwegen (b. 1961), "Tot de mane " [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Johannes Hendricus Petrus Winnubst , "Och hoe schoone", 1911 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-08-23
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Word count: 85