Paroles et traduction Spoegwolf - Ek Dink Soos Jy

Ek Dink Soos Jy

EK DINK SOOS JY
Ek dink soos jy en aan die aande toe ons nog
Waker kon bly – dit was koud en nat in die Kaap
So koud was jou voete
Jy't dit op my borskas laat slaap
Hoe rafel die tou waaran my hart soos ʼn klok hang
My kop swaai soos ʼn waaiende hand
Vir jou
Om dit in joune te vat
Nou sê jy dit gaan nog jare vat
Jare?
Hoe oud gaan ons dan wees?

(Teerpad deur Albert van der Merwe)
Ek sit op my eie stukkie teerpad,
Nat van die wolkbreek,
Glad soos die Moederstand.
Iewers in die donker brand 'n
Kers op 'n vensterbank.
Die winternag bly donkerlank.
Jou glimlagte bly kort en vlak
Soos jou vriende hier, sielsvrot en brak.
Ek weet nie meer nie.
In twee geskeur deur die wind
En ek dink nie ons moet
Weer probeer nie, dis al die derde keer
Maar die hemel weet dis
Nog dieselfde seer.
Deur die loop van 'n geweer,
Onderdeur
Middel deur
Sneller nou
Donderweer
Ag fok, loop jy weer?
Ons leer nie meer nie.
Een. Twee. Drie.
Is dit nie nou al die vierde keer nie?

One Day Like You

ONE DAY LIKE YOU
I think like you and on those evenings when we were still awake
It was cold and wet in Cape Town
Your feet were so cold
You put them to sleep on my chest
How the rope unravels to which my heart hangs like a clock
My head sways like a waving hand
For you
To take it into yours
Now you say it will be years
Years?
How old will we be then?

(Tar road by Albert van der Merwe)
I'm sitting on my own piece of tar road,
Wet from the cloudburst,
Smooth as the Motherland.
Somewhere in the dark a
Candle burns on a windowsill.
The winter night stays dark for a long time.
Your smiles remain short and shallow
Like your friends here, soulless and brackish.
I don't know anymore.
Torn in two by the wind
And I don't think we should
Try again, this is the third time
But heaven knows it's
Still the same pain.
Through the barrel of a gun,
Underneath
Through the middle
Faster now
Thunderstorm
Oh fuck, are you leaving again?
We learn no more.
One. Two. Three.
Isn't this the fourth time?