Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux - Pt. 2 - Laurika Rauch traduction en anglais

Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux - Pt. 2

My oom se motor is ′n ou masjien
Hy maak dit vol met dieselien
En hy sing in die strate as hy ons kom sien
My oom is oud en ek is skaars dertien

My oom drink koffie en my tannie tee
Ek vra oor die reën en hy sê ja-nee
En hy drink soet koffie met sy een oog toe
En hy praat weer oor die drie van Mannetjies Roux

O stuur ons net so 'n bietjie reën
My oom het ′n tenk vol dieselien
En seën my pa en seën my ma
En my oom op sy plaas in Afrika

Maar my oom het gesukkel op die plaas
Want die son was te warm en die reën te skaars
En die man van die bank het net sy kop geskud
Want my oom, ja my oom was te diep in die skuld

My oom se motor is 'n ou masjien
Hy maak dit vol met dieselien
En hy ry na die lande in die oggenddou
Die lande vaal en sy oë grou

O stuur ons net so 'n bietjie reën
My oom het ′n tenk vol dieselien
En seën my pa en seën my ma
En my oom op sy plaas in Afrika

En as jy in die oggend in die lande stap
Hoor jy nog sy motor met sy klak-klak-klak
Maar my oom, ja my oom se oë′s nou albei toe
In sy brief stuur hy groete aan Mannetjies Roux

O stuur ons net so 'n bietjie reën
My oom het ′n tenk vol dieselien
En seën my pa en seën my ma
En my oom op sy plaas in Afrika

Give My Regards to Mannetjies Roux - Pt. 2

My uncle's motor is an old machine
He fills it with diesel
And he sings in the streets when he comes to see us
My uncle is old and I am barely thirteen

My uncle drinks coffee and my aunt tea
I ask about the rain and he says yes-no
And he drinks sweet coffee with one eye closed
And he talks again about the three of Mannetjies Roux

Oh, send us just a little bit of rain
My uncle has a tank full of diesel
And bless my father and bless my mother
And my uncle on his farm in Africa

But my uncle struggled on the farm
Because the sun was too hot and the rain too scarce
And the man from the bank just shook his head
For my uncle, yes my uncle was too deep in debt

My uncle's motor is an old machine
He fills it with diesel
And he drives to the fields in the morning dew
The fields are barren and his eyes are gray

Oh, send us just a little bit of rain
My uncle has a tank full of diesel
And bless my father and bless my mother
And my uncle on his farm in Africa

And if you walk in the fields in the morning
You can still hear his motor with its clack-clack-clack
But my uncle, yes my uncle's eyes are now both closed
In his letter he sends his regards to Mannetjies Roux

Oh, send us just a little bit of rain
My uncle has a tank full of diesel
And bless my father and bless my mother
And my uncle on his farm in Africa