Lofzang op het water | Vloeiend uit de hemel

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by Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)

Translation © by Lidy van Noordenburg

Hymn to the Waters

Language: English after the Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्)

Our translations: DUT

Flowing from the firmament
Forth to the ocean,
Healing all in earth and air,
never halting.

Indra, Lord of Heav’n, formed their courses
Indra’s mighty laws can never be broken.

Cleansing waters flow ye on,
hasten and help us.
Lo, in the waters, dwelleth One,
Knower of all on earth and sea.
Whose dread command no man may shun,
Varuna, sovran Lord is He.

Onward ye waters onward
Cleansing waters flow ye on,
Hasten and help us.
Dance in the bright beams of the sun.
Cleansing waters flow ye on,
Obey the ruler of the sky
Who dug the path for you to run.

Flowing from the firmament
Forth to the ocean,
Healing all in earth and air,
never halting.

Indra, Lord of Heav’n, formed their courses
Indra’s mighty laws can never be broken.

Cleansing waters flow ye on,
hasten and help us.

Text Authorship:

by Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) by Bible or other Sacred Texts [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934), "Hymn to the Waters", op. 26 no. 8, H 99 no. 2 (1908-1912) [ chorus and piano ], from Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, no. 8, London: Stainer & Bell [sung text checked 1 time]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , "Lofzang op het water", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Lidy van Noordenburg

This text was added to the website: 2023-06-09
Line count: 27
Word count: 143

Lofzang op het water

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the English

Vloeiend uit de hemel
Recht naar de oceaan
Alles in aarde en lucht helend,
onophoudelijk.

Indra, Hemelse Heer, vormde hun stromen
Indra's machtige wetten kunnen nooit gebroken worden.

Zuiverend water vloei voort
haast je en help ons
Want, in het water, woont Hij
Alwetende van aarde en zee
Wiens gevreesd bevel niemand mag negeren
Varuna, is de oppermachtige God

Voort water vloei voort
Zuiverend water vloei voort
Haast je en help ons.
Dans in de heldere zonnestralen
Zuiverend water vloei voort
Gehoorzaam de hemelse heerser
Die jouw loop heeft gegraven.

Vloeiend uit de hemel
Recht naar de oceaan
Alles in aarde en lucht helend,
onophoudelijk

Indra, Hemelse Heer, vormde hun stromen
Indra's machtige wetten kunnen nooit gebroken worden.

Zuiverend water vloei voort
haast je en help ons

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in English by Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
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Based on:

a text in Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) by Bible or other Sacred Texts [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2023-06-09
Line count: 27
Word count: 127