[De eerde]1 doomt, de biezen leken
     van den vroegen morgenbrand,
die, in 't oosten opgesteken,
     bijt in 't baardig weideland.
Grauw is 't over nacht gevrozen;
     over [dag]2, van 's morgens vroeg,
viert en vonkt het zonneblozen
     fel, maar nog niet fel genoeg,
om het koele graf te ontsluiten,
     waarin 't zaad geborgen ligt,
wachtende, om opnieuw te spruiten,
     lente, naar uw zonnelicht.

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¹ Schuyten: "d'Eerde"
² Celis: "da"

Text Authorship:

• by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), "De eerde doomt", appears in Tijdkrans [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 Frits Celis (b. 1929), "Lente I", op. 53a no. 3 (1995) [ soprano and string quartet ], from Tijdkrans I, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Willem Schuyten , "d'Eerde doomt" [ voice, unaccompanied ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Henri Zagwijn (1878 - 1954), "De eerde doomt", subtitle: "Lentemaand III" [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Karl Preis.
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