Paroles et traduction Steve Hofmeyr - Kinders Van Die Wind

Kinders Van Die Wind

Ek ken 'n ou, ou liedjie
Van lewenswel en wee
Van lank-vergane skepe in
Die kelders van die see

Die woorde is vergete
En tog, die deuntjie draal
Soos vaag-bekende grepies in
'N Baie ou verhaal

Van swerwers sonder rigting
Van soekers wat nooit vind
En eindelik was almal maar
Net kinders van die wind

Gesigte, drome, name
Is deur die wind verwaai
En waarheen daardie woorde is
Sou net 'n kind kon raai

Swerwers sonder rigting
Soekers wat nooit vind
En eindelik was almal maar
Net kinders van die wind

Children of the Wind

I know an old, old song
Of joys and woes of life
Of long-gone sailing ships in
The cellars of the deep

The words are long forgotten
And yet, the melody lingers
Like half-remembered fragments in
A very ancient tale

Of wanderers without direction
Of seekers never finding
And in the end, they all were only
Just children of the wind

Faces, dreams, and names
Were carried by the wind
And where those words have gone
Only a child could guess

Wanderers without direction
Seekers never finding
And in the end, they all were only
Just children of the wind