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by Charles Polydore de Mont (1857 - 1931)
Translation Singable translation by Frank Valentin Van der Stucken (1858 - 1929)

Onmerkbaar
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
Onmerkbaar, als op rozestruiken, 
de tere knopjes opengaan
of 's avonds zich de kelkjes luiken
die tussen 't hoge meigras staan;

Onmerkbaar, als, heel hoog daarboven,
de sterren gaan hun stille gang,
of als het fruit in zonnige hoven
en blosjes op een kinderwang,

Zo kwam dees liefde, als, na het duister 
van langen winter, helder en klaar
de zon heel d'aarde baadt in haar luister.
Wij wisten't niet en zij was daar!

Text Authorship:

  • by Charles Polydore de Mont (1857 - 1931) [author's text not yet checked 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 Frank Valentin Van der Stucken (1858 - 1929), "Onmerkbaar", op. 31 (Vier liederen naar Pol de Mont = Vier Lieder von Pol de Mont) no. 1, published 1904 [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Frank Valentin Van der Stucken (1858 - 1929) ; composed by Frank Valentin Van der Stucken.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English [singable] (J. A. Homan) , "Love's dawn"


Researcher for this page: Hanne-Joost Peeters

This text was added to the website: 2009-02-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 73

So heimlich
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Dutch (Nederlands) 
So heimlich wie die Blümlein spriessen
und ihre Düfte sanft verwehn,
wie abends sich die Kelchlein schliessen,
die still im hohen Grase stehn.

So heimlich wie die Sterne schweben
am blauen, ew'gen Himmelszeit,
wie Kinderwangen zart erröten
und Früchte reifen auf dem Feld,

so kam die Liebe, wie die Sonne
nach langem Winter, sehnsuchtstrunken,
die ganze Erde badet in Wonne.
Wir wussten's nich, und sie war da.

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation by Frank Valentin Van der Stucken (1858 - 1929) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Dutch (Nederlands) by Charles Polydore de Mont (1857 - 1931)
    • Go to the text page.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Frank Valentin Van der Stucken (1858 - 1929), "So heimlich", op. 31 (Vier liederen naar Pol de Mont = Vier Lieder von Pol de Mont) no. 1, published 1904 [ voice and piano ], also set in Dutch (Nederlands) [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Hanne-Joost Peeters

This text was added to the website: 2009-02-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 67

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