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Translation
It's a Country
Give me a moment please, let me tell.
Of a country in which I live, dreams dream, well!
Give me a moment and remember of all those days.
Was just a kid in the Free State on the farm, yes!
Remember those days of watermelon and pot stew
Brandy and Coke the solve the problems.
And auntie Carike (1) who sings on the radio.
And we shout loud for the Bokke (2) to bring the cup back home, yes!
This country, which brings me luck.
It's a country of colours and sound. It's a country of abundance and thanks. It's a country that everyone pursue. It's a country without horizon and it's a country that knows he can. Also puts a home for me.
Give me a moment please, let me tell.
Of a country in which I live, all the dreams that I dream, well!
Give me a chance to explain how it feels to say with pride that I'm Afrikaans and be able to mean it.
To eat a Bunnychow (3) and to do the Madiba (4) jive, the Huisgenoot (5), Stellenbosch, Mannetjie Roux (6).
It's the Cape flats, the captain is gone to Loftus (7).
Oh, open your window wide when you tour through Namaqualand, I feel the wind when my country is calling you.
It's a country of colours and sound. It's a country of abundance and thanks. It's a country that everyone pursue. It's a country without horizon and it's a country that knows he can. Also puts a home for me.
Give me a moment please, let me show you.
Why I still call this crazy country my home.
It's the country of good hope (8) en Tassenberg.
The ghoema (9) in your blood and the blanket over Table Mountain.
And I dreamt of being like David Kramer (10).
And every single Sunday was it time for the Our Father (prayersong).
Please bless this country in which we live and all the other people who, like me, dreams of peace.
And love in abundance like the stars in the Klein Karoo (11).
It's a country of colours and sound. It's a country of abundance and thanks. It's a country that everyone pursue. It's a country without horizon and it's a country that knows he can. Also puts a home for me.
It's a country of colours and sound. It's a country of abundance and thanks. It's a country that everyone pursue. It's a country without horizon and it's a country that knows he can. Also puts a home for me.
Also puts a home for me.
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Submitted by 
Nobilis Lupo on 2016-04-28
Nobilis Lupo on 2016-04-28Added in reply to request by 
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| 1. | in abundance |
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About translator
(1) Refers to Carike Keuzenkamp - Afrikaans singer born in the Netherlands
(2) Springbokke - South Africa's Rugby team
(3) Bread hollowed out and filled usually with meat.
(4) Refers to Nelson Mandela
(5) Huisgenoot is an Afrikaans magazine
(6) Rugby legend
(7) Rugby stadium in Pretoria.
(8 ) Refers to the Cape of Good Hope (Dutch: Kaap de Goede Hoop)
(9) Khoisan word for a drum made out of a barrel
(10) South African Singer
(11) Little Karoo: Region of the Western Cape