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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
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 111
She lounges on the soft moss, and holds curved that arm, that both moss and locks caress, - A cover of green shade, gently moving, descends from the poplars' silvery foliage; She breathes sighs, and laughs, as if dreams coursed through her soul, playing cheerfully; O, sweet hope! Soon she will open her eyes, soon heaven will give rise to new heavens: Sleep well! I see the dark night emerging, when thou shalt keep thine eyes forever closed, - Then thou shalt slumber, but canst not wake again: Then will the turf, that thou now coverst, cover thee, then no ray of sunlight will caress thy lips, no song of the forest wake thee from thy slumbers. -
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Based on:
- a text in Dutch (Nederlands) by Jacques Fabrice Herman Perk (1859 - 1881), from "Mathilde, een Sonnettenkrans in vier Boeken", XXIII.
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 115