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by Herman Gorter (1864 - 1927)

Gij staat zoo heel, heel stil
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
Gij staat zoo heel, heel stil
met uwe handen, ik wil
u zeggen een zoo lief wat,
maar 'k weet niet wat.
 
Uw schoudertjes zijn zoo mooi,
om u is lichtgedooi,
warm, warm, warm - stil omhangen
van warmte, ik doe verlangen.
 
Uw oogen zijn zoo blauw
als klaar water - ik wou
dat ik eens even u kon zijn,
maar 't kan niet, ik blijf van mijn.
 
En ik weet niet wat 't is wat
ik u zeggen wil- 't was toch wat.

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Confirmed with Herman Gorter, Verzen (ed. Enno Endt). Uitgeverij Ambo / Athenaeum - Polak & Van Gennep, Baarn / Amsterdam 1987 (3e druk) p. 35


Text Authorship:

  • by Herman Gorter (1864 - 1927), no title, appears in Verzen [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 Korstiaan Stougie (1908 - 1988), "Gij staat zo heel, heel stil", copyright © 1972 [  voice and piano ], from Minneliedjes, no. 4, Amsterdam: Donemus [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2023-04-13
Line count: 14
Word count: 82

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