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by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899)

Wat hangt gij daar te praten
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
Wat hangt gij daar te praten
aan die blomme, o bruine bie;
waarop, waaruit, waarover
ik u ronken hoore en zie?
Gij zijt er met uw'neuze en
met uw' tonge al ingegaan;
gij het eraan geroken
en van alles aan gedaan,
daarom, daarin, daarover,
op uw' vlerken alle twee:
ik wonder hoe die blomme u
laat geworden, zoo ter lee!
Och, ware ik in heur' plaatse, ik
hiet u varen, en ik sloot
zoo seffens al dat werk, al
dat geruchte uit mijnen schoot,
en 'k...: "Rap, uit mijnen weg en
uit [mijn]1 zunne, dat ik zie:
[houdt]2 op, en laat mij werken,
of ik strale u!" zei de bie.

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•   H. Beekhuis 

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Spelling changes used by Watelet: hoore -> hoor; ingegaan -> in gegaan

1 Beekhuis: "mijne"
2 Beekhuis: "houd"

Text Authorship:

  • by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), "Wat hangt gij daar te praten" [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 Hanna Beekhuis (1889 - 1980), "De bruine bie", 1949 [ soprano, violoncello and piano ], from Drie liederen, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Wies Pée (1911 - 1990), "Wat hangt gij daar te praten", 1949 [ voice, string quartet, and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Paul Steegmans (b. 1957), "Debie", 1993 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jos Watelet (1881 - 1951), "Wat hangt gij daar te praten …" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-09-20
Line count: 20
Word count: 112

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