Paroles et traduction Andries Bezuidenhout - Om Burgersdorp Te Skilder

Om Burgersdorp Te Skilder

Selfs die landskap hier lyk streng en droog
Stapelwolke afsydig, hang yl en hoog
Calvinistiese kerk die spilpunt waarom
Dorpshuis, bankkluis en kasregister saamdrom

Voel jy, voel jy, voel jy hoe dwaal Piet Klopper se gees
Wonder jy, wonder jy, wonder jy
Wat die engel uit haar marmerboek lees

Soms word iets staangemaak wat beur na bo
Apollo-lig of kerktoring wat uitkyk oor die Karoo
Als ander hier rond lê horisontaal
Die teerpad, die koppies, selfs 'n telefoonpaal

Voel jy, voel jy, voel jy hoe dwaal Piet Klopper se gees
Wonder jy, wonder jy, wonder jy
Wat die engel uit haar marmerboek lees

Staandak van sink het brakdak vervang
Klinkersteenwinkels wat na klante verlang
Sommige stop en maak 'n skildery
Maar die meeste ander mense ry net verby

Voel jy, voel jy, voel jy hoe dwaal Piet Klopper se gees
Wonder jy, wonder jy, wonder jy
Wat die engel uit haar marmerboek lees

Painting Burgersdorp

Even the landscape here seems strict and dry
Cumulus clouds aloof, hang thin and high
Calvinist church the hub around which
Townhouse, safe-deposit box and cash register cluster

Do you feel, do you feel, do you feel Piet Klopper's spirit wandering
Do you wonder, do you wonder, do you wonder
What the angel reads from her book of marble

Occasionally something is erected which reaches upwards
Apollo light or church tower that looks out over the Karoo
Everything else here lies horizontal
The tarred road, the koppies, even a telegraph pole

Do you feel, do you feel, do you feel Piet Klopper's spirit wandering
Do you wonder, do you wonder, do you wonder
What the angel reads from her book of marble

Corrugated iron roofs have replaced the thatched ones
Brick-built stores that yearn for customers
Some stop and make a painting
But most other people just drive past

Do you feel, do you feel, do you feel Piet Klopper's spirit wandering
Do you wonder, do you wonder, do you wonder
What the angel reads from her book of marble