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by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899)

Zonnewende
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
Een blomken heb ik staan, nabij
  me, in de oude boekenzale,
dat altijd, naar den dag toe, keert
  zijn' blaârkes, altemale;
het wenden mag ik zus of zoo,
dat ik begere volgt het noo,
en 't zoekt, weerom naar mij gericht,
nog altijd liever 't zonnelicht!
 
Och, ware ik als dat blomken is,
  in al mijn doen en laten,
mijn zorgen, mijn bekommernis,
  in huis en achter straten:
't zij wat men doet of niet en doet,
't zij wat ik immer lijden moet,
naar u, met herte en ziel, gericht,
o alverzettend zonnelicht!
 
't Is duister nu en zwaar, te mets,
  omtrent mij: oude kwalen
en nieuwe, doen, van zielgekwets,
  mij moe zijn, menigmalen,
tot dat, o God, naar U gewend,
mijn' duisterheid den dag erkent,
en ziende U, met mijne oogen dicht,
ik asem hale, in 't zonnelicht.

Text Authorship:

  • by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), "Zonnewende", 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 Marius Adrianus Brandts-Buys (1840 - 1911), "Zonnewende" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Henriette Jacoba van Heukelom-van den Brandeler (1884 - 1985), "Zonnewende" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Azer Moenaert (1893 - 1977), "Zonnewende", 1934 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jozef Moorkens (1882 - 1973), "Zonnewende", 1908 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alphons Vranken , "Zonnewende" [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-08-23
Line count: 24
Word count: 140

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