by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899)
Weet gij waar de wind geboren
Language: Dutch (Nederlands)
Weet gij waar de wind geboren, waar de dauw geboren is? Numquid nosti semitas nubium? Weet gij kunstig op te sporen wat hierbij, hierboven is? Weet gij wat de sterren zijn, en wat de zon, de mane? Wat in de bergen, in de mijnen ligt, en in de zee bevat? Weet gij iets klaar uit te leggen van al 't geen me' u vragen kan? Antwoordt dan en wilt mij zeggen: Dichten... wat is dichten dan?
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Text Authorship:
- by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), no title, written 1860 [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 Frank Agsteribbe (b. 1968), no title [ voice, violin, cello, contrabass, and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Peter Noël Cabus (1923 - 2000), "Nunquit nosti semiat nubium?", 1956 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Koen Dejonghe (b. 1957), "Weet gij waar de wind geboren", 1993 [ women's chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
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