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

Het leven is een' krijgsbanier
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
Het leven is [een']1 krijgsbanier,
     [door]2 goede en kwade dagen,
gescheurd, gevlekt, ontvallen schier,
     kloekmoedig voorwaards dragen.

Men tuimelt wel, en wonden krijgt
     men dikwijls, dichte en diepe...
't en vlucht geen weerbaar man, die [wijgt]3,
     of hem de dood beliepe!

Het leven is... geen vrede alhier,
     geen wapenstilstand vragen:
het leven is de Kruisbanier
     tot in Gods handen dragen!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   M. De Backer •   L. De Vocht 

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Spelling changes used by De Vocht: voorwaards -> voorwaarts ; dichte -> dicht
Spelling changes used by De Backer: voorwaards -> voorwaarts ; tuimelt -> tuimel ; wijgt -> wijkt
Spelling changes used by Mengelberg: voorwaards -> voorwaarts
Spelling changes by Röntgen: goede -> goed' ; voorwaards -> voorwaarts

1 De Vocht: " 'n "
2 De Backer: "met"
3 Röntgen: "strijdt"

Text Authorship:

  • by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), "Het leven is een' krijgsbanier", written 1892 [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 Marcel De Backer (1924 - 2006), "Het leven is een krijgsbanier" [ 2-part women's chorus or 2-part men's chorus with piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Lodewijk De Vocht (1887 - 1977), "Het leven is 'n krijgsbanier" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Maxé Elisabeth Gerlings , "Het Leven" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by (Kurt) Rudolf Mengelberg (1892 - 1959), "Het leven", 1939 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ivo Oscar Mortelmans (1901 - 1984), "Het leven is een krijgsbanier", 1954 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Julius Röntgen (1855 - 1932) and by Gerrit De Marrez Oyens , "Het leven is een krijgsbanier" [ women's chorus or men's chorus a cappella ], note: the melody is by Röntgen [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Julius Röntgen (1855 - 1932), "Het leven " [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Julius Röntgen (1855 - 1932), "Gezang 118 a" [ voice, unaccompanied ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jo Van Eetvelde , "Het leven", 1960 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johan Weegenhuise (b. 1910), "Het leven is een' krijgsbanier", 1942, rev. 1979 [ voice and piano ], from Acht liederen, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-10-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 64

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