Текст и перевод песни Don Gibson - If I Can Stay Away Long Enough
If I Can Stay Away Long Enough
If I Can Stay Away Long Enough
Tragies
karakters:
Tragedy
Characters:
Druppeltjie
en
Abel
kan
as
tragiese
karakters
beskou
word.
Droplet
and
Abel
can
be
considered
tragic
characters.
Druppeltjie
is
'n
kind
van
die
weemoed
omdat
hy
gebore
is
uit
'n
buite
egtelike
verhouding
tussen
Waterwyser
du
Pissani
en
KênsTillie.
Droplet
is
a
child
of
sorrow
because
he
was
born
out
of
an
extramarital
affair
between
Waterwyser
du
Pissani
and
KênsTillie.
Waterwyser,
reeds
'n
getroude
man,
was
volgens
die
Moolmans,
'n
swerwer
wat
nooit
grond
sou
besit
nie,
en
dus
nie
aanvaarbaar
vir
die
Moolmans
is
nie.
Waterwyser,
already
a
married
man,
was,
according
to
the
Moolmans,
a
wanderer
who
would
never
own
land,
and
therefore
not
acceptable
to
the
Moolmans.
Druppeltjie
se
ma,
KênsTillie,
was
vanaf
geboorte
kêns.
Droplet's
mother,
KênsTillie,
was
a
child
of
mixed
ancestry.
En
dus
is
Druppeltjie
verwerp
vanwee
sy
bedenklike
bloed.
And
so
Droplet
is
rejected
because
of
his
dubious
blood.
Sy
oupa,
Abel,
het
hom
nooit
aangesien
nie.
His
grandfather,
Abel,
never
looked
at
him.
Hy't
sy
oupa
gevrees
en
Druppeltjie
het
altyd
weggekruip
as
sy
Abel
nader
gekom
het.
He
feared
his
grandfather,
and
Droplet
always
hid
when
Abel
approached
him.
Sy
ouma,
Ella,
het
ook
nooit
haar
hande
op
haar
kleinkind
gelee
nie,
maar
kinderoppassers
aangestel,
wat
moes
omsien
as
Tillie
weggedwaal
het.
His
grandmother,
Ella,
also
never
laid
her
hands
on
her
grandson,
but
hired
nannies
to
look
after
him
when
Tillie
wandered
off.
Druppeltjie
het
die
derde
oog
besit,
wat
kontak
met
die
voorvadergeeste
moontlik
gemaak.
Droplet
possessed
the
third
eye,
which
made
contact
with
the
ancestral
spirits
possible.
Na
sy
geboorte
was
daar
vir
sewe
maande
konstant
'n
druppeltjie
op
sy
linker
wang.
As
'n
mens
dit
afgevee
het,
het
dit
weer
verskyn.
Volgens
die
mense
was
dit
'n
teken
van
weemoed.
After
his
birth,
there
was
a
constant
droplet
on
his
left
cheek
for
seven
months.
If
one
wiped
it
away,
it
would
reappear.
According
to
people,
it
was
a
sign
of
sorrow.
Hy't
ook
'n
besonder
aanvoeling
vir
water
gehad,
nes
sy
pa
wat
'n
waterdwaler
was.
He
also
had
a
special
feeling
for
water,
like
his
father
who
was
a
water
dowser.
Verder
is
Druppeltjie
op
'n
baie
hartseer
wyse
dood,
in
'n
boorgat
waar
hy
deur
sy
oupa
die
genadeskoot
gegee
was.
Furthermore,
Droplet
died
in
a
very
sad
way,
in
a
borehole
where
his
grandfather
gave
him
the
mercy
shot.
Druppeltjie
word
die
sondebok
vir
'n
hele
stam
se
sonde
en
skuld.
Droplet
becomes
the
scapegoat
for
an
entire
tribe's
sin
and
guilt.
Abel
Moolman
kam
beskou
word
as
'n
tragiese
karakter,
omdat
hy
die
swaarste
moes
dra
aan
die
Moolman
naam.
Abel
Moolman
can
be
considered
a
tragic
character
because
he
had
to
bear
the
heaviest
burden
of
the
Moolman
name.
Hy
het
in
sy
studeerkamer
gevoel
hoe
die
voorgeslagte,
StamAbel
en
OuAbel,
hom
aankla,
omdat
Toorberg
omder
hom
uitgedroog
het.
Die
boormasjien
het
tydelike
verligting
gebring
van
die
swaar
verantwoordelikheid.
Ongelukkig
kon
die
boormasjien
nooit
daarin
slaag
om
water
op
die
plaas
op
te
spoor
nie.
He
felt
in
his
study
how
the
ancestors,
StamAbel
and
OuAbel,
accused
him
because
Toorberg
had
dried
out
under
him.
The
drilling
machine
brought
temporary
relief
from
the
heavy
responsibility.
Unfortunately,
the
drilling
machine
was
never
able
to
locate
water
on
the
farm.
Verder
is
Abel
se
verhouding
met
sy
vrou,
Ella,
maar
stug.
Furthermore,
Abel's
relationship
with
his
wife,
Ella,
is
but
strained.
Vir
al
die
kere
For
all
times
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Авторы: benny martin, don gibson
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