Alle vogels vliegen over 't land voorbij. Alle wolken tiegen over zee, voorbij, voorbij. Eeuwig zijn alleen de berg Ting- ling! en die er uit gekropen is, de dwerg Li-tai-pe als hij bezopen is.
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Text Authorship:
- by Gaston Burssens (1896 - 1965) [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 Nini Bulterys (1929 - 1989), "Eeuwig" [ voice and piano ], from De Yadefluit. Liederen, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2025-06-09
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