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by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899)
Translation © by Christine D'Haen (1923 - 2009)

Gij badt op enen berg alleen
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
Gij badt op enen berg alleen,
en... Jesu, ik en vind er geen
waar 'k hoog genoeg kan klimmen
om U alleen te vinden:
de wereld wil mij achterna,
alwaar ik ga
of sta
of ooit mijn ogen sla;
en arm als ik en is er geen,
geen een,
die nood hebbe en niet klagen kan;
die honger, en niet vragen kan;
die pijne, en niet gewagen kan
hoe [zeer]1 het doet!
O, [leer mij, armen]2 dwaas, hoe dat ik bidden moet!

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Spelling changes used by Broddin: oogen -> ogen
Spelling changes used by Van Crombruggen: alleen -> alleene; leert -> leer Spelling changes used by Van Neste: al waar -> alwaar; pijne -> pijn
Spelling change used by Van Rennes: de wereld wilt -> de wereld wil

1 Nieland, Van Rennes: "wee"
2 Bijvanck: "leert mij, arme"

Text Authorship:

  • by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), "Gij badt op enen berg alleen"

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This text was added to the website: 2008-09-19
Line count: 15
Word count: 84

You prayed upon a mount
 (Sung text for setting by V. Nees)
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Language: English  after the Dutch (Nederlands) 
You prayed upon a mount alone
 [ ... ]
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Composition:

    Set to music by Vic Nees (b. 1936), "You prayed upon a mount", 1976 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Seven madrigals, no. 2

Text Authorship:

  • by Christine D'Haen (1923 - 2009), copyright ©

Based on:

  • a text in Dutch (Nederlands) by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), "Gij badt op enen berg alleen"
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This text was added to the website: 2014-04-18
Line count: 15
Word count: 85

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