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by Herman Gorter (1864 - 1927)

Zie je ik hou van je
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
Zie je ik hou van je,
ik vin je zoo lief en zoo licht -
je oogen zijn zoo vol licht,
ik hou van je, ik hou van je.
 
En je neus en je mond en je haar
en je oogen en je hals waar
je kraagje zit en je oor
met je haar er voor.
 
Zie je ik wou graag zijn
jou, maar het kan niet zijn,
het licht is om je, je bent
nu toch wat je eenmaal bent.
 
O ja, ik hou van je,
ik hou zoo vrees'lijk van je,
ik wou het heelemaal zeggen -
Maar ik kan het toch niet zeggen.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Herman Gorter, (3e druk)., ed. Enno Endt, 3e druk, Amsterdam : Uitgeverij Ambo / Athenaeum - Polak & Van Gennep, 1987


Text Authorship:

  • by Herman Gorter (1864 - 1927), no title, appears in Verzen [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 Annette Kruisbrink (b. 1958), "Zie je", 2008, copyright © 2013 [ voice and guitar ], Digital Music Print
        Publisher: Ummp Store [external link]  [sung text not yet checked]

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

This text was added to the website: 2026-02-01
Line count: 16
Word count: 104

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