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by Jacques Fabrice Herman Perk (1859 - 1881)

Sluimer
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
Stil! - Duizend-oogig spiegelt zich in 't meir
De nacht, en laat haar bleeken luchter beven,
Die honderd sneeuwen sluieren doet zweven
Om 't, rond de diepte rijend, rotsenheir.

En Sluimer daalt, op vlinder-wieken, neer,
Met wuivend rijs, waaraan de druppen beven,
Die, dauwend, droom en zoet vergeten geven,
En zweeft, in schaduw, peinzend heen en weêr.

En in mijn dolend hulkje, dat er glijdt
Langs 't kabblend zilver, zet hij zich; ik zie
Hem teeder-blikkend over mij gebogen.

Hij lacht mij aan, ontplooit de wieken wijd . . .
Ik hoor een sluimerende melodie,
En weet niet, wat mij lood-zwaar viel op de oogen . . . .

Text Authorship:

  • by Jacques Fabrice Herman Perk (1859 - 1881), "Sluimer", appears in Gedichten, in Mathilde. Een sonnettenkrans in vier boeken, in Boek IV [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 Henriëtte Jacoba Van Heukelom-Van den Brandeler (see Henriette Jacoba van Heukelom-van den Brandeler (1884 - 1985)), "Sluimer", 1907, published 1908 [ voice and piano ], from Liederen, Middelburg : Noske [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johannes Hendrik van Wijngaarden , "Sluimer" [ voice and piano ], from Vijf liederen, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Henri Zagwijn (1878 - 1954), "Sluimer" [ voice and piano ], from Zangen der Nacht, no. 4, Amsterdam : De Nieuwe Muziekhandel [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), [adaptation] ; composed by Oscar van Hemel.
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Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 108

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