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by Joannes Reddingius (1873 - 1944)

Erica
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
Paars op de heide waar het loont te rusten ,
bloeit erica, die heerlijk ging ontluiken ,
wat is ' t een weelde om er in weg te duiken
en ver te staren naar de kimme-kusten .

Hoe golven-heen die kleine wilde struiken,
die gloeien zacht en die mijn weemoed susten,
zoodat ik denkend aan de geestbewusten ,
weer werken kon en werken werd me ontluiken .

Ver blinken blond als duinen heuvelrijen,
en dichtbij zijn de wegjes, zijn de dalen ,
en om en om dat gloeiend bloesempralen ,

Dat tooverspel van geven en verblijen.
Van mooie wond'ren aldoor zij verhalen
in ' t tooverland van vlinders en van bijen .

Confirmed with Joannes Reddingius , Licht nieuwe gedichten, Hilversum 1923 p.78


Text Authorship:

  • by Joannes Reddingius (1873 - 1944), "Erica", appears in Licht. Nieuwe gedichten [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 Marinus de Jong (1891 - 1984), "Erica", op. 162 no. 9 (1976) [ mixed chorus ], from 10 bos- en heide-zangen, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-05-13
Line count: 14
Word count: 112

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