Paroles et traduction Laurika Rauch - Blou Kafee

Blou Kafee

Onthou jy nog die blou kafee
By Mosselbaai se strand
Waar 'n mens die wye see
Kon vashou in jou hand

Smiddae het ons ver gaan stap
En op die wye strand
Ons name in die sand geskryf
As talisman en pand

En saans was daar 'n ou klavier
(Ant Gerty het gespeel)
En ons kon dans en ons kon sing
En ons kon ons verbeel

En ons kon ons verbeel my ding
En doen net wat ons wou
Mooi wense wens en drome droom
En lugkastele bou

Haai haai die witborskraai
Hiervandaan na watter baai
Het watter wind om watter draai
Ons kaalvoetspore weggewaai

Die geel klavier was vals my ding
Maar dit was nie te sê nie
Ons het heelnag deur gewals my ding
Ge-two-step en gewals
Al verder van die blou kafee
Af weg tot langs die donker see
Al verder weg al verder weg
Al verder weg mmm...

Die blou kafee was als my ding
Al was die wysies vals
Jou mond was teen my hals my ding
Die lewe was 'n wals

Wat het geword van daardie twee
Die geel klavier die blou kafee
Van jou en my van my en jou
En Mosselbaai se silwer see

Haai haai die witborskraai
Hiervandaan na watter baai
Het watter wind om watter draai
Ons kaalvoetspore weggewaai
Ek weet net soms as ek verlang
Na niks in die besonder
Onthou ek weer vir jou en my
En kan ek maar net wonder

Ant Gerty is glo hemel toe
Die geel klavier verkoop
Die tafels en die stoele weg
En die blou kafee gesloop

Haai haai die witborskraai
Hiervandaan na watter baai
Het watter wind om watter draai
Ons kaalvoetspore weggewaai

Blue Cafe

Do you still remember the blue cafe
On Mossel Bay beach
Where one could hold the wide ocean
In their hand

Afternoons we would go for long walks
And on the wide beach
Write our names in the sand
As a talisman and a pledge

And in the evening there was an old piano
(Aunt Gerty played it)
And we could dance and we could sing
And we could imagine

And we could imagine my love
And do just what we wanted
Make beautiful wishes and dream dreams
And build castles in the air

Hey hey the oystercatcher
From here to which bay
Has which wind on which bend
Blown away our barefoot tracks

The yellow piano was out of tune my love
But that did not matter
We waltzed through the whole night my love
Two-stepped and waltzed
Further and further away from the blue cafe
Down away to the edge of the dark sea
Further and further away further and further away
Further and further away mmm...

The blue cafe was everything my love
Even if the tunes were out of tune
Your mouth was on my neck my love
Life was a waltz

What has become of those two
The yellow piano the blue cafe
Of you and me of me and you
And Mossel Bay's silvery sea

Hey hey the oystercatcher
From here to which bay
Has which wind on which bend
Blown away our barefoot tracks
I only know sometimes when I long
For nothing in particular
I remember you and me again
And I can only wonder

Aunt Gerty is supposedly in heaven
The yellow piano sold
The tables and chairs gone
And the blue cafe demolished

Hey hey the oystercatcher
From here to which bay
Has which wind on which bend
Blown away our barefoot tracks