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

O, 't ruischen van het ranke riet
 (Sung text for setting by C. Andriessen)
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Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
O! 't ruischen van het ranke riet!
o wist ik toch uw droevig lied!
wanneer de wind voorbij u voert
en buigend uwe halmen roert,
gij buigt, ootmoedig nijgend, neer,
staat op en buigt ootmoedig weêr,
en zingt al buigend 't droevig lied,
dat ik beminne, o ranke riet!

 ... 

Nochtans, o ruischend ranke riet,
uw stem is zo verachtelijk niet!
God schiep den stroom, God schiep uw stam,
God zeide: "Waait!..." en 't windtje kwam,
en 't windtje woei, en wabberde om
uw stam, die op en neder klom!
God luisterde... en uw droevig lied
behaagde God, o ruischend riet!

 ... 

O! 't ruischen van het ranke riet
weergalleme in mijn droevig lied,
en klagend kome 't voor uw voet,
Gij, die ons beiden leven doet!
o Gij, die zelf de kranke taal
bemint van enen rieten staal,
verwerp toch ook mijn klachte niet:
ik! arme, kranke, klagend riet!

Spelling changes used by Algra: klinkend -> klingend
Spelling changes used by Andriessen: windtje -> windje ; weergalleme -> weergalme
Spelling changes used by Brengier: alwaar -> al waar
Spelling changes used by Herberigs: voor -> vóór
Spelling changes used by Röntgen: buigen -> buigend; water -> weder; stafjes -> stapjes; zongt zin
Spelling changes used by Thys: neêr -> neer; weêr -> weer

Composition:

    Set to music by Cornelis Andriessen (1865 - 1947), as Kees Andriessen, "O, 't ruischen van het ranke riet", stanzas 1,4,6 [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), "O! 't ruischen van het ranke riet!", written 1857

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-09-17
Line count: 48
Word count: 299

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