De La Rey, слова знаменитой песни на Африкаанс.


Op 'n berg in die nag
lê ons in die donker en wag
in die modder en bloed lê ek koud,
streepsak en reën kleef teen my

en my huis en my plaas tot kole verbrand sodat hulle ons kan vang,
maar daai vlamme en vuur brand nou diep, diep binne my.

De La Rey, De La Rey sal jy die Boere kom lei?
De La Rey, De La Rey
Generaal, generaal soos een man, sal ons om jou val.
Generaal De La Rey.

Oor die Kakies wat lag,
'n handjie van ons teen 'n hele groot mag
en die kranse lê hier teen ons rug,
hulle dink dis verby.

Maar die hart van 'n Boer lê dieper en wyer, hulle gaan dit nog sien.
Op 'n perd kom hy aan, die Leeu van die Wes Transvaal.

De La Rey, De La Rey sal jy die Boere kom lei?
De La Rey, De La Rey
Generaal, generaal soos een man, sal ons om jou val.
Generaal De La Rey.

Want my vrou en my kind lê in 'n kamp en vergaan,
en die Kakies se murg loop oor 'n nasie wat weer op sal staan.

De La Rey, De La Rey sal jy die Boere kom lei?
De La Rey, De La Rey
Generaal, generaal soos een man, sal ons om jou val.
Generaal De La Rey.



Translation:

On a mountain in the night

we lie in the darkness and wait

In the mud and blood

I lie cold,

grain bag and rain cling to me.

And my house and my farm,

burned to ashes

so that they could catch us

But those flames and that fire

burn now deep, deep within me.



De la Rey, De la Rey,

will you come to lead the Boers?

De la Rey, De la Rey

General, General, as one man

we'll fall in around you

General De la Rey



And the Khakis (Brits) that laugh

-- [just] a handfull of us

against their whole great might --

With the cliffs to our backs,

they think it's all over [with us]

But the heart of the Boer lies deeper and wider,

that they'll still find [out]

At a gallop he comes,

the Lion of the West Transvaal



De la Rey, De la Rey,

will you come to lead the Boers?

De la Rey, De la Rey

General, General, as one man

we'll fall in around you

General De la Rey

De la Rey, De la Rey,

will you come to lead the Boers?

De la Rey, De la Rey

General, General, as one man

we'll fall in around you

General De la Rey



Because my wife and my child,

lie in a Hell-camp* and perish

And the Khakis' vengence **

is poured over

a nation that will rise up again



De la Rey, De la Rey,

will you come to lead the Boers?

De la Rey, De la Rey

General, General, as one man

we'll fall in around you

General De la Rey

De la Rey, De la Rey,

will you come for the Boers?

[We're ready ...]



* Concentration camp

** Perhaps this could be translated as "And the Khakis vent their spleen on a nation

that will rise once again."

Translation by Deirdre Fields