Hommage an Van Veldeke

Heinric van Veldeke was a poet who started his career in the Hasselt-Maastricht area; later he moved to Thüringen in Germany. The song is a collection of reflections at the statue of Van Veldeke in Hasselt.

 
Stil, had oech stil,
Van Veldeke ès an 't schrèève
De iêste gediechskes èn het Nederlands
Ssst... 't zèn gediechskes dee mutte blèève!
Kiek mar goêd, het ès oêr iêndjigste kans.
Stil, had oech stil, het ès an 't gebeere...
De muze ès bè Hendrik op veziët
Dje ziët hem diechte èn geeren en kleere

Koemp dj'obbe Rèddelberg bè volle moan
Blèf dan ins effekes bè Van Veldeke stoan
Zèt oech doa ins vèèf meniëte dâl
Bè den iêste serieuze poeet van ôs tâl.
Want as de moan zoe tèsse z'n oêge blienk
- Da meug dje ech ni ratére! -
Da ziët dje, da hiëj an diechte dienk
En dan, joa dan meug dj'hem ni dérangere!

Stil, had oech stil,
Van Veldeke ès an 't schrèève
De iêste gediechskes èn 't Nederlands
Ssst... 't zèn gediechskes dee mutte blèève!
Kiek mar goêd, het ès oêr iêndjigste kans.
Stil, had oech stil, het ès an 't gebeere...
De muze ès bè Hendrik op veziët
Dje ziët hem diechte èn geeren en kleere:
Het wiërd hiêl zeker e liëfdesliêd



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Song from the musical "Hasselt op ne Pjeedestal", staged in november-december 1988, Music: Guido Joris, Text: Boudewijn Knevels, track 9 on the CD-recording published by the "Koninklijk Hasselts Operettengezelschap" in 1988, text quoted from the booklet that came with the CD.


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