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On the occasion of Easter
recorded April 16th 2011 in Wijk aan Zee - Studio JP. Mix & mastering Jan-Paul van der Meij
http://www.j-p.nl/
Feliz Páscoa! Happy Easter! Joyeuses Pâques! ¡Felices Pascuas!
Gethsemane
S. Vestdijk
Waakt met mij, éen nacht, éen uur, éen oogwenk,
Opdat ik de plek voel waar gij zijt.
Kunt gij waken, strijdend tegen lijfsdwang,
Kunt ge ook troosten met aanwezigheid.
Zóo zijn goden vaak op ’t eind vereenzaamd,
Menschonwaardig haav’loos en verkild,
Dat zij need’rig smeeken om de bijstand
Van een vriend die ’t zelfde heeft gewild.
En zij gaan ongaarne in de doodsstrijd
Waar geen spiegel zelfs hen gadeslaat,
En zij huiv’ren voor de bleeke nanacht,
Als de haan kraait en de vriend verraadt.
Waakt met mij, éen nacht, éen uur, éen oogwenk,
Slaap is maar een smalle overzij,
En wanneer de slaap u tóch vermeestert,
Breekt uit droomen los, en waakt met mij.
Thanatos aan banden (1948) – Verzamelde gedichten ed. Martin Hartkamp 1971
Wake with me one night, one hour, one moment
So that I can feel the place where you are
Can you wake, fighting against your body
Can you comfort by being here
So are gods, lonely in the end
Unhumanly poor and cold,
That they humbly beg for mercy
From a friend who wanted it the same
And they go reluctant to their death throes
where no mirror even watches over them
And they shiver for the pale late night
When the cock crows and the friend betrays
Wake with me one night, one hour, one moment
Sleep is only a small other side
And if sleep still overcomes you
Break from dreams, and wake with me.
vertaling Dick Vestdijk – april 2011
- 3eilanden
3eilanden at 1.33 on April 17, 2012 18:41
@Piret Luiga: merci! every language has its own musical typicality - there is a theory music came first in evolution after music. Singing Neanderthals is a book which describes this.
- Piret Luiga
Piret Luiga at 1.33 on March 24, 2012 09:06
Dutch is really beautiful here: this song would loose something essential, if sung in any other language.
- KULTUR SMOG
- tvine2000
tvine2000 at 2.37 on November 06, 2011 23:28
I saw the words Gethsemane, i had to listen...it was worth it. Your talented my friend
- 3eilanden
3eilanden at 1.24 on October 28, 2011 09:39
@mrpotatohead007: Thanks! Melody is sort of the hinge to combine the text, rhythm and chords.
- mrpotatohead007
- Michelle Mildiner
- 3eilanden
- papermemory
papermemory at 0.32 on June 15, 2011 20:16
Don´t know what you are saying but loving the vibe. Brightened up my day.
- Cremich
- ZUNI
ZUNI at 1.54 on April 25, 2011 21:29
Happy Easter to you too!! Hope you had a fabby day, this is the best Easter Greeting I got! :)
- *JUNGLE*DOG*
*JUNGLE*DOG* at 3.16 on April 21, 2011 23:06
Blokes, what a great song, brilliant guitar work & feel .

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