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

o Priester, Vorst, Propheet gekoren
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
o Priester, Vorst, Propheet gekoren,
in Jesu-Christi Kerk herboren,
des werelds hoop, Gods afgezant;
hoe dikwijls zal 't gedacht van dezen
uw' schoonsten dag u sterkend wezen,
op uwen weg naar 't Vaderland!
 
Men zal u haten, immers, tergen;
men zal uwe eere en faam verbergen;
men zal u vangen, spannen, slaan;
toch gij zijt Priester, 't zout der aarde,
en, of me u lijf noch led en spaarde,
'tu es sacerdos,' dat blijft staan!
 
'Tu es sacerdos,' dat is heden
tot in der eeuwen eeuwigheden
u als een teeken ingeprent;
u als een schild van God gegeven,
met Zijnen naam daarop geschreven:
wee, of hem gij of iemand schendt!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), no title, written 1885 [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 Jules Van Nuffel (1883 - 1953), "Eerste Mislied" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2013-06-16
Line count: 18
Word count: 110

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