May rain | If you want to be big and strong

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by Jan Pieter Heije (1809 - 1876)

Translation © by Wanda Peters

Meiregen

Language: Dutch (Nederlands)

Our translations: ENG

Wie graag sterk wil zijn en groot,
  Groeijen wil ter degen,
Loop' maar met zijn hoofdje bloot 
  In den zoelen regen!
Wees niet angstig voor een spat,
  Frisch er in gesprongen,
Vrees niet voor een' drop of wat, 
  Dreumes van een' jongen!
 
Zie de blommetjes eens staan,
  Hoe ze 't buitje drinken!
Kijk toch eens hoe op de blaân
  Al die druppels blinken!
In dat lekkre, zoele nat
  Ligt des Hemels zegen,
Daarom, dreumes! rep je wat,
  Loop 'reis in den regen!

Confirmed with J. P. Heije, Kinderliederen, Kind- Boek- Leeszaal, O. L. B. 'S-Gravenhage, page 14.

Modernized spelling would change "Mei-regen" to "Meiregen", "Groeijen" to "Groeien"; "den zoelen" to "de zoele"; "ter degen" to "terdege"; "Firsch" to "Fris"; "blommetjes" to "bloemetjes"; "zegen" to "zege", and " 'reis in den" to " 'r eens in de"

Text Authorship:

by Jan Pieter Heije (1809 - 1876), "Mei-regen", appears in Kinderliederen [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 Johannes (Josephus Hermanus) Verhulst (1816 - 1891), "Meiregen", op. 39 (Kindertoonen) no. 8 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Wanda Peters) , "May rain", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2015-02-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 82

May rain

Language: English after the Dutch (Nederlands)

If you want to be big and strong,
If you want to grow tall,
Walk bare-headed
in the gentle rain.
Don’t be frightened of a splash,
Jump in!
Don’t let a few drops scare you,
little one.
 
Look at the flowers,
How they drink the shower!
And see how on the leaves
The raindrops glisten.
In that delicious, spring rain
Lie the blessings of Heaven,
So hurry up now, little mite,
Take a walk in the rain!

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a text in Dutch (Nederlands) by Jan Pieter Heije (1809 - 1876), "Mei-regen", appears in Kinderliederen
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This text was added to the website: 2015-04-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 77