Henri Frans de Ziel (15 January 1916 – 3 February 1975), working under the pen name of Trefossa, was a neoromantic writer in Dutch and Sranan Tongo from Suriname.

[3] Trefossa wrote primarily about the beauty of his native country, Suriname, especially as a source of peace to the restless mind.

He influenced many writers in Suriname, including Corly Verlooghen, Eugène Rellum, Johanna Schouten-Elsenhout and Michaël Slory, but the depth and subtlety of his verse remain almost unique.

[4] Trefossa was annoyed about the negative nuance in the National Anthem at time, and started to transform the second stanza into a positive message.

until I manage to keep, to carry your image in my soul solanga y' n'e bari f' prisir' ofu pen na ini mi sten.