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by Tu Fu (712 - 770)
Translation by Gaston Burssens (1896 - 1965)

Met het zwarte vaandel en mijn hond
Language: Dutch (Nederlands)  after the Chinese (中文) 
Lauweren mogen thans kransen rond mijn hoofd.
O werd het vuur van mijn open wonde gedoofd!

Met het zwarte vaandel en mijn hond
Trek ik langs de met lijken bezaaide grond.

Ik toon hem het dode gebroed,
Als je honger hebt vreet hun vlees,
Als je dorst hebt zuip hun bloed.

Maar zijn blik is als met een wazig floers omwonden.
Hij likt en stilt mijn gapende wonde.

Ik trek met het zwarte vaandel en mijn hond
de nieuwe dag tegemoet
langs de met lijken bezaaide grond.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Gaston Burssens (1896 - 1965) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Chinese (中文) by Tu Fu (712 - 770) [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 Nini Bulterys (1929 - 1989), "Met het zwarte vaandel en mijn hond" [ voice and piano ], from De Yadefluit. Liederen, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2025-06-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 87

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