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by Jan Jacob Slauerhoff (1898 - 1936)

Het einde
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
Vroeger toen 'k woonde diep in 't land,
Vrat mij een onstilbaar wee;
Zoals een gier de lever, want
Ik wist: geen streek geeft mij bestand,
En 'k zocht het ver op zee.

Maar nu ik ver gevaren heb
En lag op den oceaan alleen,
Waar zelfs Da Cunha en Sint-Heleen
Niet boren door de kimmen heen,
Voel ik het trekken als een eb

Naar 't verre, vaste, bruine land...
Nu weet ik: nergens vind ik vree,
Op aarde niet en niet op zee,
Pas aan die laatste smalle ree
Van hout in zand.

Text Authorship:

  • by Jan Jacob Slauerhoff (1898 - 1936), "Het einde" [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 Wim Franken (b. 1922), "Het einde", 1959, from Volkswijze, no. 5. [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-09-13
Line count: 15
Word count: 94

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