As Ek Eendag Oud Is - Laurika Rauch translation in English

As Ek Eendag Oud Is

As ek eendag oud is en my lewe herleef
Sou ek terugdink aan tye wat aan môre vaskleef?
Die minute en ure′s in 'n oogwink verby
Elke glimlag en traan is kosbaar vir my

En as ek sou kon teruggaan wat sou ek wou hê?
Wat sou ek verander wat sou ek wou sê?
Sou die wysheid my uitput of op hande kon dra?
Sou ek antwoorde kry - op die vrae wat ek vra

Want vandag is die môre waaroor gister bekommer
Elke uur word die dromers al stommer en stommer
Die minute en ure′s in 'n oogwink verby
Elke glimlag en traan is kosbaar vir my

En as ek eendag oud is wil ek kan onthou
Die pyn en die lyding, die liefde die nou
Die lewe se paadjies, waar hul ook mag draai
By kleuterskool maatjies, wie sou kon raai

En as dit dan ook tyd word om my kop neer te lê
Sou ek graag wou weet daar's niks meer te sê
Sou die wysheid my uitput of op hande kon dra?
Sou ek antwoorde kry – op die vrae wat ek vra

Want vandag is die môre waaroor gister bekommer
Elke uur word die dromers al stommer en stommer
Die minute en ure′s in ′n oogwink verby
Elke glimlag en traan is kosbaar vir my
Sou die wysheid my uitput of op hande kon dra?
Sou ek antwoorde kry op die vrae wat ek vra

As ek eendag oud is
As ek eendag oud is
As ek eendag oud is
As ek regtig oud is!

When I'm Old

When I'm old, and I look back on my life
Will I think about the moments that stick to the night?
The minutes and hours, gone in the blink of an eye
Every smile and tear is precious to me

And if I could go back, what would I have?
What would I change, what would I have said?
Would wisdom exhaust me or carry me in its hands?
Would I find the answers to the questions I ask?

Because today is the tomorrow that yesterday worried about
Every hour the dreamers get dumber and dumber
The minutes and hours, gone in the blink of an eye
Every smile and tear is precious to me

And when I'm old, I want to remember
The pain and the suffering, the love and the now
The paths of life, wherever they may lead
At kindergarten, my friends, who could have guessed

And if it's time for me to lay down my head
I would like to know that there's nothing more to say
Would wisdom exhaust me or carry me in its hands?
Would I find the answers to the questions I ask?

Because today is the tomorrow that yesterday worried about
Every hour the dreamers get dumber and dumber
The minutes and hours, gone in a blink of an eye
Every smile and tear is precious to me
Would wisdom exhaust me or carry me in its hands?
Would I find the answers to the questions I ask?

When I'm old
When I'm old
When I'm old
When I'm really old!