I Got A Name

Like the pine trees linin' the windin' road
I've got a name, I've got a name
Like the singin' bird and the croakin' toad
I've got a name, I've got a name
And I carry it with me like my daddy did
But I'm livin' the dream that he kept hid
Movin' me down the highway
Rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

Like the north wind whistlin' down the sky
I've got a song, I've got a song
Like the whippoorwill and the baby's cry
I've got a song, I've got a song
And I carry it with me and I sing it loud
If it gets me nowhere, I'll go there proud
Movin' me down the highway
Rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

And I'm gonna go there free
Like the fool I am and I'll always be
I've got a dream, I've got a dream
They can change their minds but they can't change me
I've got a dream, I've got a dream
Oh, I know I could share it if you want me to
If you're going my way, I'll go with you
Movin' me down the highway
Rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

Jim Croce

(met dank aan G. die mij deze tekst ooit toestuurde)

Canon in D

Chanson d'automne



Chanson d'automne

Les sanglots longs
Des violons
De l'automne
Bercent mon coeur
D'une langueur
Monotone.

Tout suffocant
Et blême, quand
Sonne l'heure,
Je me souviens
Des jours anciens
Et je pleure;

Et je m'en vais
Au vent mauvais
Qui m'emporte
Deçà, delà
Pareil à la
Feuille morte.

Paul Verlaine (1844-1896)

Tears, Idle Tears




Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean,
Tears from the depth of some divine despair
Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes,
In looking on the happy autumn-fields,
And thinking of the days that are no more.

Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail,
That brings our friends up from the underworld,
Sad as the last which reddens over one
That sinks with all we love below the verge;
So sad, so fresh, the days that are no more.

Ah, sad and strange as in dark summer dawns
The earliest pipe of half-awakened birds
To dying ears, when unto dying eyes
The casement slowly grows a glimmering square;
So sad, so strange, the days that are no more.

Dear as remembered kisses after death,
And sweet as those by hopeless fancy feigned
On lips that are for others; deep as love,
Deep as first love, and wild with all regret;
O Death in Life, the days that are no more!

Lord Alfred Tennyson

Herbsttag



Herbsttag

Herr: es ist Zeit. Der Sommer war sehr groß.
Leg deinen Schatten auf die Sonnenuhren,
und auf den Fluren laß die Winde los.

Befiehl den letzten Früchten voll zu sein;
gieb ihnen noch zwei südlichere Tage,
dränge sie zur Vollendung hin und jage
die letzte Süße in den schweren Wein.

Wer jetzt kein Haus hat, baut sich keines mehr.
Wer jetzt allein ist, wird es lange bleiben,
wird wachen, lesen, lange Briefe schreiben
und wird in den Alleen hin und her
unruhig wandern, wenn die Blätter treiben.

Rainer Maria Rilke

It’s Ok

Love is only meant for some
I’m the rock
The shoulder you can cry on
I keep the walls from falling down
I keep the walls from falling down
I keep the walls from falling down

I’ll play it straight
While you laugh and drink and party all night long
I’ll designate myself
To be the driver who takes you home
I keep the walls from falling down
I keep the walls from falling down

You can be pretty and tragic
I’ll try to keep the walls from falling down
You can be beautiful and fabulous
I’ll try to keep the walls from falling down
I can’t reach the pain you feel
But I’ll try to keep the walls from falling down
If you can hold on
Lose your fear
I’ll try to keep the walls from falling down
Falling down
Falling down
Where is your saint
To let you know you’re not alone
To bring you peace
Help me be your friend your confidante
And keep the walls from falling down
Keep the walls from falling down
Keep the walls from falling down

Tracy Chapman

God soecken



Diogenes met een ontstekene lantaren
Socht menschen op de marct daer duysenden vergaren.
Die schimper had wat rechts: maer siet hoe menich sot
Nu by den hellen dach gaet tastende na God:
Niet bruykende sijn woort, om sekerlijck te treden,
Maer de beroockte slons van menschelijcke reden
Die hem verwerret in een doolhof sonder ent,
Soo dat van duysenden hem qualijck een en kent.

Jacobus Revius in Over-Ysselsche Sangen en Dichten, Amsterdam MCMXXX p 11

You are my Sunshine



You Are My Sunshine

The other night, dear
As I lay sleeping
I dreamed I held you in my arms.
When I awoke, dear
I was mistaken
And I hung my head and cried;

CHORUS:
You are my sunshine
My only sunshine
You make me happy
When skies are grey
You'll never know dear
How much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away.
......


Words and Music by
Jimmy Davis and Charles Mitchell

En de materie, altijd weer de materie



'Het is me of ik steeds duidelijker ga zien in welke gapende afgronden de scheppende krachten van de mens en zijn levensvreugden verdwijnen. Het zijn gaten, die alles opslokken en die gaten zitten in het eigen gemoed. Elke dag heeeft genoeg aan zijn eigen kwaad. En: de mens lijdt nog het meest, door 't lijden dat hij vreest. En de materie, altijd weer de materie. die alle geest tòt zich trekt, inplaats van omgekeerd.'

E.H.

Hard times, whiskey, love, mother, God.....

Country music used to represent horses, railroads, land,
judgement, family, hard times, whiskey, courtship,
marriage, adultery, separatism, murder, war, prison,
rambling, damnation, home, salvation, death, pride,
rebellion, patriotism, larceny, determination, tragedy,
rowdiness, heartbreak, love, mother and God.

Johnny Cash
26 februari 1932-12 september 2003

Musikalischen Opfer




J. S. Bach: Canon per tonus

All we know about Love

That love is all there is
Is all we know of Love;
It is enough, the freight should be
Proportioned to the groove.

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

NOT A BREATH OF WILD AIR

Opstaan, zich haasten naar de inane daden -
Slapen, daar 't leven morgen herbegint -
Zichzelf altijd - en waarvoor? - te verraden -
Hunkeren naar voorgoed te zijn bemind -.
Wees stil. Wat wacht aan 't eind van alle paden?
De abstracte leegte en de volstrekte wind.

J.C.Bloem

Grazige weiden




De HEERE is mijn Herder, mij zal niets ontbreken.
Hij doet mij nederliggen in grazige weiden; Hij voert mij zachtjes aan zeer stille wateren.
Hij verkwikt mijn ziel; Hij leidt mij in het spoor der gerechtigheid, om Zijns Naams wil.
Al ging ik ook in een dal der schaduw des doods, ik zou geen kwaad vrezen, want Gij zijt met mij; Uw stok en Uw staf, die vertroosten mij.

P23

Candles

The days of our future stand in front of us
like a row of little lit candles --
golden, warm, and lively little candles.

The days past remain behind us,
a mournful line of extinguished candles;
the ones nearest are still smoking,
cold candles, melted, and bent.

I do not want to look at them; their form saddens me,
and it saddens me to recall their first light.
I look ahead at my lit candles.

I do not want to turn back, lest I see and shudder
at how fast the dark line lengthens,
at how fast the extinguished candles multiply.

Constantine P. Cavafy (1899) vert. Rae Dalven

'Ook al bezat ik honderden tongen en honderden monden,
een ijzeren stem, dan nog zou ik alle soorten van gekken,
alle vormen van dwaasheid niet één voor één kunnen noemen'

Desiderius Erasmus, in De lof der Zotheid in de vertaling van Harm-Jan van Dam, Amsterdam 2001

Let it be

Let It Be

When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be
And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right it front of me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be

And when the broken hearted people
Living in the world agree
There will be an answer
Let it be
For though they may be parted there is
still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer
Let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
yeah, there will be an answer
Let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be

And when the night is cloudy
There is still a light that shines on me
Shine until tomorrow
Let it be
I wake up to the sound of music
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
There will be an answer
Let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
There will be an answer
Let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be

The Beatles(Lennon/McCartney)