Текст и перевод песни Andries Bezuidenhout - Tussen Hogsback en Keiskammahoek

Tussen Hogsback en Keiskammahoek

Draai af dorp-uit by Craig en Lana se kroeg
Die pad is lank, vat padkos, ry vroeg
Daar agter Tim en Ilze se plek versteek
'N Mensgemaakte loch en ʼn biblioteek
Eers plantasies dan inheemse woud
Kaapse papegaai en ʼn Piet-my-vrou
'N Misbank lig die son loer in
In die vallei daar onder het die dag begin

Ek en jy wat rigting soek
Op die pad tussen Hogsback en Keiskammahoek
Net ek en jy ʼn grondpad en klowe
Lewers tussen Hogsback en Qobo Qobo
Lewers tussen Hogsback en Keiskammahoek
Lewers tussen Hogsback en Qobo Qobo

Spitsrondawels met skelturkoois mure
Aalwynheinings met grasdakskure
Beeste wat in spikkels teen die heuwels beur
As jy swartwattels uitkap groei geelhout weer
Izincuka het eens hier geskuil
Soms kan jy hulle nog in die klowe hoor huil
Bo die gesuis van sonbesies hier
Of die stil geruis van die Wolwerivier

Dis net ek en jy wat rigting soek
Op die pad tussen Hogsback en Keiskammahoek
Net ek en jy ʼn grondpad en klowe
Lewers tussen Hogsback en Qobo Qobo
Lewers tussen Hogsback en Keiskammahoek
Lewers tussen Hogsback en Qobo Qobo

Gedink ons kan afpak gedink ons kan bly
Maar mense soos ons ry net verby
Gedink hier's ʼn hawe waar ons kan vasmeer
Maar mense soos ons ry maar net deur

Dis net ek en jy wat rigting soek
Op die pad tussen Hogsback en Keiskammahoek
Net ek en jy ʼn grondpad en klowe
Lewers tussen Hogsback en Qobo Qobo
Lewers tussen Hogsback en Keiskammahoek
Lewers tussen Hogsback en Qobo Qobo

Between Hogsback and Keiskammahoek

Turn off at the town exit at Craig and Lana's tavern
The road is long, pack food, leave early
Hidden behind Tim and Ilze's place
An artificial lake and a library
First plantations then indigenous forest
Cape parrot and a Knysna woodpecker
A fog bank rises as the sun peeps in
In the valley below the day has begun

You and I who are searching for direction
On the road between Hogsback and Keiskammahoek
Just you and I a dirt road and ravines
Somewhere between Hogsback and Qobo Qobo
Somewhere between Hogsback and Keiskammahoek
Somewhere between Hogsback and Qobo Qobo

Conical rondavels with wattle and daub walls
Aloe fences with thatched roof shelters
Cattle grazing in speckles against the slopes
When you fell black wattles yellowwood grows again
Izincuka once took refuge here
Sometimes you can still hear them crying in the ravines
Above the whispering of sunbirds here
Or the soft murmur of the Wolwerivier

It's just you and I who are searching for direction
On the road between Hogsback and Keiskammahoek
Just you and I a dirt road and ravines
Somewhere between Hogsback and Qobo Qobo
Somewhere between Hogsback and Keiskammahoek
Somewhere between Hogsback and Qobo Qobo

Thought we could settle down thought we could stay
But people like us just pass by
Thought here was a haven where we could anchor
But people like us just drive on through

It's just you and I who are searching for direction
On the road between Hogsback and Keiskammahoek
Just you and I a dirt road and ravines
Somewhere between Hogsback and Qobo Qobo
Somewhere between Hogsback and Keiskammahoek
Somewhere between Hogsback and Qobo Qobo