Paroles et traduction Johannes Kerkorrel - Die Sirkusdier

Die Sirkusdier

Ek is hier, ek is hier, ek is hier
Die algemene sirkusdier
Ek sing in elke dorp en stad
Elke gehug, elke skou, elke nuwe expo

Ja en ek het veel talent ontvang
Want ek kan soos 'n engelkie sing
Maar my vlerke het gesmelt
Toe ek te hoog wou vlieg
En vir my straf moet ek live deur Suid Afrika dans

En sing tot die kamer verdwyn
Tot die saal en die mense vervaag
Tot ek vergeet hoe lank die pad is
Wat daar buite op my wag
Tot ek myself 'n oomblig vermaai

Ja ek gooi my pêrels voor almal in die grag
Ek haal my beste nommer uit
Ek haal nog eens die hoë noot
Maar my hart is nie meer op my mou nie
Want die swyne het dit gister vetrap

Maar soms, ontvang ek blomme
Word ek gekus deur die dorp se blondiene
In die televisie ateljee
Roep die gaste my naam
In 'n speletjies program
Is ek 'n item in 'n vraag
Vir 50 randjies wat's my naam

Ja my dienste word orals verlang
In elke dorp waar die mense die hof nar verlang
Soms word ek verag
En soms toe gejuig
Die kritisie is verplig om my altyd met iets te lig te vind

Ek bly nooit vir te lank
Want môre word ek elders verwag
Nog 'n hotel, nog 'n bed
Nog 'n kamer met ontbyt
Nog 'n teater waar die mense
Weer lag vir my nuutste grap

Ek sing tot die kamer verdwyn
Tot die saal en die mense vervaag
Tot ek weet hoe lank die pad is
Wat daar buite op my wag
Tot ek myself 'n oomblig behaag
Tot ek myself net iets minder haat ja
Tot ek myself en die mense behaag

Ja en ek sien hoe hulle lag
As ek gly en ek val
Maar ek troos my daaraan
Elkeen het vir 'n kaartjie betaal

Ja ek troos my daaraan
Elke hond kry sy dag
En ook ek kan myne verwag
Ook ek kan myne verwag
Ja en ook ek kan myne verwag

The Circus Animal

I am here, I am here, I am here
The humble circus animal
I sing in every town and city
Every village, every show, every new expo

Yes, and I have received much talent
For I can sing like an angel
But my wings have melted
When I tried to fly too high
And for my punishment, I must dance live through South Africa

And sing until the room disappears
Until the hall and the people fade away
Until I forget how long the road is
What lies outside waiting for me
Until I give myself a belly button piercing

Yes, I throw my pearls before everyone in the ditch
I take out my best number
I take out the high note once more
But my heart is no longer on my sleeve
For the pigs trampled on it yesterday

But sometimes, I receive flowers
I get kissed by the town's blondes
In the television studio
The guests call out my name
In a game show
I am an item in a question
For 50 rand, what is my name

Yes, my services are in demand everywhere
In every town where the people long for the court jester
Sometimes I am despised
And sometimes I am cheered
The critics are forced to find something uplifting in me

I never stay for too long
For tomorrow I am expected elsewhere
Another hotel, another bed
Another room with breakfast
Another theater where the people
Laugh again at my latest joke

I sing until the room disappears
Until the hall and the people fade away
Until I know how long the road is
What lies outside waiting for me
Until I give myself a belly button piercing, yes
Until I hate myself just a little bit less, yes
Until I please myself and the people

Yes, and I see how they laugh
When I slip and I fall
But I take comfort in the fact
That everyone paid for a ticket

Yes, I take comfort in the fact
That every dog has his day
And I too can expect mine
I too can expect mine
Yes, and I too can expect mine