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

Arm huisgezin
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
Onder 't duister dak gedoken,
  strooi en vodden altegaar,
heel onttodderd, half gebroken,
  staat des werkmans woonsteê daar.
 
't Kaafgat, omme- en scheefgetrokken,
  vallen gaat; en daar, deureen,
liggen afgerolde brokken
  bruingebrand al, gruis en steen.
 
't Dak beneden, deur de wanden,
  glazenloos, van latte en leem,
zie 'k getelde turven branden,
  doodsch, in 't deerlijk huisgeheem.
 
Open ligt het, aller oogen;
  't waait erdeure en 't sneeuwt erin;
's zomers zal me' er hitte in doogen,
  's winters koude. - Arm huisgezin!

Text Authorship:

  • by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), "Arm huisgezin", 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 Robert Herberigs (1886 - 1974), "Arm huisgezin" [voice and piano] [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-10-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 82

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