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by Jacques Fabrice Herman Perk (1859 - 1881)

Zij sluimert
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
Our translations:  ENG
Zij rust in 't malsche mos, en houdt gebogen
Dien arm, dien mos en lokken beide streelen, -
Een sprei van groene schaduw, zacht bewogen,
Daalt uit de zilverloovers der abeelen;

Zij ademt zuchten, en zij lacht, als togen
Er droomen door heur ziel, die vroolijk spelen;
O, zoete hoop! Straks opent zij heure oogen,
Straks zal de hemel nieuwe heemlen telen:

Slaap zacht! Ik zie den donkren nacht genaken,
Dat gij Uw oog voor eeuwig houdt geloken, -
Dan sluimert gij, maar kunt niet meer ontwaken:

Dan zal de zode, die gij dekt, ú dekken,
Dan zal geen zonnestraal uw lippen strooken,
Geen lied van `t woud u uit dien sluimer wekken. -

Text Authorship:

  • by Jacques Fabrice Herman Perk (1859 - 1881), from "Mathilde, een Sonnettenkrans in vier Boeken", XXIII.  [author's text not yet checked 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 Emiel Constant De Ridder (1880 - 1957), "Zij sluimert" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alphons Diepenbrock (1862 - 1921), "Zij sluimert", 1900, published 1905, orchestrated 1903 [ voice and piano ], from Vier sonetten, no. 4, 's Gravenhage: Noske [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Henri Zagwijn (1878 - 1954), "Zij sluimert" [ voice and piano ], from Dichterleven, no. 1, Amsterdam : De Nieuwe Muziekhandel [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Rianne Stam) , "She slumbers", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 111

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