Coenie De Villiers — Kleintyd Verby song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Kleintyd Verby" by Coenie De Villiers.

Lyrics

Koejawels ruik na Sondae toe ek klein was
En uit die boom se mik gereik het na die son
Maar nou, nou dat die boom nie meer dra nie
Het ek bitter-amandelsmaak leer ken
(KOOR)
Maar soms kom haal die perdewa my nog 'n keer
En ek proe die donker moerbeibloed en ek voel die seer
Van die rowe op my knieë
Wat net 'n botterboom kan gee
Granate langs die grensdraad in die najaar
So helder soos die toekoms van 'n kind
Maar dan vervaag die rooi en vloei die kleure
Tot 'n grysheid wat stom is en blind
(TUSSENSPEL)
Kopersamowar en geelhoutgrein
Kanferfoelielaning en die pyn
Van wonder waar die kronkel-kronkels lei
En of 'n langer lewe so akuut sal bly
(KOOR)
(Herhaal KOOR)

Lyrics translation

Guavas smell to Sundays when I was small
And from the tree's crotch gereik to the sun
But now, now that the tree no longer wears
I bitter-amandelsmaak know
(CHORUS)
But sometimes fetch the entrance my yet another time
And I taste the dark moerbeibloed and I feel the hurt
Of the scabs on my knees
Which is just a botterboom can give
Grenades along the grensdraad in the fall
As bright as the future of a child
But then to fade the red and flow the colors
To a greyness that is dumb and blind
(INTERLUDE)
Kopersamowar and geelhoutgrein
Kanferfoelielaning and the pain
Of wonder where the winding-coils lead
And or a longer life so acutely will remain
(CHORUS)
(Repeat CHORUS)