O Maria, lofweerde maagd,
geen een' zoo schoone, daar dag op daagt,
en wierd er ooit geboren:
ende, 'n waart gij, eene, geboren ooit,
zoo lagen alomme, wij al verstrooid,
ellendigen, en verloren.

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In Aerts' setting, the spelling has been modernized:
een' -> één;
zoo -> zo
schoone -> schone
eene -> ene

Text Authorship:

• by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), "Maria", written 1896 [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 Peter Aerts (1912 - 1996), "O, Maria, lofweerde Maagd", 1954 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-08-20
Line count: 6
Word count: 33