Die Stout Kat - Laurika Rauch traduction en anglais

Die Stout Kat

Ons kat was gister drie jaar oud
En oom Servaas beweer
Dis oud genoeg om kattekwaad
Nou eenmaal af te leer
Nou eenmaal af te leer

En tog, dit spyt my om te sê
Ons kat is regtig stout
En traak nie as ′n mens hom knor
Oor een of ander fout
Oor een of ander fout

Herhaalde male sê ons hom
Jy moenie muisies moor
Nog minder mossies maar verniet
Die stouterd wil nie hoor
Die stouterd wil nie hoor

Ons het al oom Servaas gevra
Mismoedig wat te maak
Hy skud sy kop en sê dit is
Nogal 'n lastige saak
Nogal ′n lastige saak

Ons weet dit is, ons moet maar nou
Van vooraf weer probeer
Om in sy vierde jaar ons kat
Van kleins af weer te leer
Van kleins af weer te leer

Dan sal hy later, ag ek weet,
Dit sal bra moeilik gaan
Nie meer geniepsig met sy klou
'N Klein swak muisie slaan
'N Klein swak muisie slaan

Nie meer loop skuil soek in die gras
Om voëltjies te bekruip
En as hy nie wil hoor nie
Sal ons oompie hom versuip

The Naughty Cat

Our cat was three years old yesterday
And Uncle Servaas claims
That is old enough to learn
To stop being naughty once and for all
Once and for all

And yet, I'm sorry to say
Our cat is really naughty
And doesn't care when you scold him
About one mistake or another
One mistake or another

Repeatedly we tell him
You mustn't kill mice
Even less sparrows, but in vain
The rascal won't listen
The rascal won't listen

We've already asked Uncle Servaas
Discouraged about what to do
He shakes his head and says it is
Quite a difficult matter
Quite a difficult matter

We know it is, we must now
Try again from the beginning
To teach our cat in his fourth year
From a young age again
From a young age again

Then he will later, oh I know,
It will be very difficult
No longer sly with his claw
To strike a small weak mouse
A small weak mouse

No longer sneak into the grass
To stalk little birds
And if he doesn't want to listen
Our uncle will drown him