Hoe lief is 't, op nen loovertak,
langs ongehoord te vooren
en ongezien, in 't looverdak,
den [nachtegaal]1 te hooren,
die, vindende al zijn vooizen uit,
komt al de vogelchooren,
met zijn betooverend, overluid
en lief en lang geturelutuit,
verduisteren en [versmooren]2!

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¹ Zagwijn: "nachtergaal"
² Zagwijn: "versmooren,/ zijn lief geturelureluretuit!/ Hoe lief is 't, op nen loovertak,/ langs ongehoord te vooren/ en ongezien, in 't looverdak,/ den nachtergaal te hooren."

Text Authorship:

• by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), written 1850-80 [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 Jean-Paul Byloo (b. 1949), "Hoe lief is 't op 'n lovertak" [ women's chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by M. C. C. Reynvaan , "Hoe lief is 't, op nen loovertak", published 1907 [ voice and piano ], from Zeven liederen, no. 2, Amsterdam : Alsbach [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Paul Steegmans (b. 1957), "Nachtegaal" [ four-part mixed chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Henri Zagwijn (1878 - 1954), "De Nachtergaal" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-09-02
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