Paroles et traduction Andries Bezuidenhout - Waarheen Vandaan

Waarheen Vandaan

Wie't nou tyd vir reguit ry
Wie't nou tyd vir mik
Wie't nou tyd vir nadink
Om te weeg of te wik
Daar's ʼn kode in die wolke
Raaisels in die see
ʼn Antwoord wat weier om ʼn vraag te gee

Waarheen gaan ons en waar kom ons vandaan
Wat is dit waaraan ons dan so swaar dra

Ek bring ʼn boodskap van die gode
Maar niemand wil hoor nie
Iemand moet weet
Maar niemand wil sê nie
Water uit ʼn klip, vuur in die lug
Vlerke is vir sleep en voete is vir vlug

Waarheen gaan ons en waar kom ons vandaan
Wat is dit waaraan ons dan so swaar dra

Van my pa het ek ʼn atlas gekry
En van my ma ʼn kompas
Albei het iewers agtergebly
In ʼn trommel of ʼn kas

Waarheen gaan ons en waar kom ons vandaan
Wat is dit waaraan ons dan so swaar dra
Al aan die een kant en die ander kant ook maar
Kortpad of langpad, wanneer kom ons aan
Waarheen gaan ons en waar kom ons vandaan
Wat is dit waaraan ons dan so swaar dra

Where To From

Who now has time for straight roads
Who now has time to aim
Who now has time to think
To weigh or to ponder
There's a code in the clouds
Riddles in the sea
An answer that refuses to give a question

Where are we going and where do we come from
What is this that we carry so heavily

I bring a message from the gods
But nobody wants to hear
Someone must know
But nobody wants to say
Water from a stone, fire in the air
Wings are for dragging and feet are for flying

Where are we going, where do we come from
What is this that we carry so heavily

From my father I received an atlas
And from my mother a compass
Both have remained somewhere
In a drum or a cupboard

Where are we going, where do we come from
What is this that we carry so heavily
Halfway on one side and the other side as well
Short path or long path, when will we arrive
Where are we going, where do we come from
What is this that we carry so heavily