'Koe-koe', de Leye omtrent is alles, allenthenen, belegwerkt en bezomerblomd: en 't aarderijk verdwenen. 'Koe-koe,' de groene wee, zoo verre ik kan bespichten, liep overal de zonne, met heur zelvergeld, bezichten. 'Koe-koe,' de koekoetblom, vermenigd in de meie, zie 'k varen heen en weêr, alom, en zwaaien lijk een Leye. 'Koe-koe,' de Leye langs, en kan ik onderscheiden of 't baren zijn of blommen, die mijn' zwervende ooge leiden. 'Koe-koe,' de koekoet roept herhaaldemaal, daartusschen, nen boom entwaar bezittende, in de verre verre busschen.
Text Authorship:
- by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), "Koe-koe", written 1895 [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), "Koe-Koe", 1943 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Rudolf Alexander Schröder (1878 - 1962) , "Kuck-Kuck", appears in Gedichte, in Die Übersetzungen, in Aus dem Niederländischen ; composed by Christian Lahusen.
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"Kuck-Kuck", die Leye lang Ist alles in der Runden Beteppicht und besommerblumt Unds Erdereich verschwunden. "Kuck-Kuck", auf grüner Weid, So fern ich's kann erpassen, Hat überall der Sonnenschein Sein Silbergeld gelassen. "Kuck-Kuck", die Kuckucksblum, Vielmannigfalt im Maien, Ich seh sie fahren hin und her Und schwenken wie die Leye. "Kuck-Kuck", die Leye lang Ich kann's nicht unterscheiden, Sind's Wellen oder Blumen, die Mein schweifend Auge leiten? "Kuck-Kuck", der Kuckuck ruft In einem fort dazwischen; Sitzt wohl auf einem Wipfel in Den fernen, fernen Büschen.
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Confirmed with Rudolf Alexander Schröder, Gesammelte Werke in Fünf Bänden, Erster Band, Die Gedichte, Berlin und Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1952, page 640.
Text Authorship:
- by Rudolf Alexander Schröder (1878 - 1962), "Kuck-Kuck", appears in Gedichte, in Die Übersetzungen, in Aus dem Niederländischen [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Dutch (Nederlands) by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), "Koe-koe", written 1895
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Christian Lahusen (1886 - 1975), "Kuckuck, die Leye lang ist alles in der Runde" [ women's chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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