Coenie De Villiers — Solly en Ma song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Solly en Ma" by Coenie De Villiers.
Lyrics
Na pa se dood was ma alleen
(die Karoo in die winter word koud)
Ek was tien daardie jaar en my broer was vier
En my ma was skielik oud
Sy’t rokke gemaak vir die hele distrik
En gewerk tot laat in die nag
En soms as sy opkyk sou 'n mens kon sweer
Dat sy pa op die drumpel verwag
Solly was 'n boerejood
Op reis van plek tot plek
Met knope en lappe sy brood verdien
Dog kwalik sy petrol gedek
En deur die jare het Solly aan ma
Meer as knope en garing verkoop
Haar oë was nou immer op die pad gerig
In haar hart was daar skielik weer hoop
Na ete dan vat hy my ma se hand
En die kinders moes buite bly
Maar selfs na jare se kom en gaan
Bly sy woorde my steeds nog by:
(koor)
Kom ek en jy gaan vye pluk
En ons los die kind om te speel
Die lewe is hard en die bietjie geluk
Wat ons het, my lief, moet ons deel
Want dis rooier as 'n malva
En dis so seker soos die son
Selfs anderkant die liefde
Lê my hart se horison
Die jare het verbygeflits
Die lewe was goed vir ma
Solly het haar weer 'n vrou gemaak
Gehelp om die las te dra
Maar eendag het ons nuus gekry
Van die Buick op 'n draai in die pad
Ma se hart het ineengekrimp
Want die Here het Solly gevat
Ek weet dit was sonde, het my ma gebieg
En die Singer getrap dat hy dreun
Want 'n vrou bly 'n vrou, en Solly was man —
Maar wat sal jy weet, my seun?
En tog onthou ek sy sagte oë
As hy vra of ons buite sou bly
En selfs na jare se kom en gaan
Bly sy woorde my steeds nog by:
(koor)
Lyrics translation
After father's death was mother alone
(the Karoo in the winter to be cold)
I was ten that year and my brother was four
And my mother was suddenly old
She dresses made for the whole district
And worked until late in the night
And sometimes if she looked up would one could swear
That his father on the threshold expected
Solly was a boerejood
Traveling from place to place
With knots and rags his bread to earn
Dog resented his gasoline covered
And through the years have Solly to mom
More than knots and yarn sale
Her eyes were now ever on the road directed
In her heart there was suddenly hope again
After dinner then he sums it up my mother's hand
And the children had to stay outside
But even after years of coming and going
Glad his words to me still at:
(chorus)
I come and you go fig picking
And we loose the child to play
Life is hard and the little bit of luck
What we have, my love, we must part
Because it's redder than a geranium
And that's as sure as the sun
Even beyond the love
Lies my heart's horizon
The years have verbygeflits
Life was good for mom
Solly saw her again a woman made
Helped to carry the load
But one day our news gotten
Of the Buick on a bend in the road
Mom's heart had squirmed
Because the Lord Solly quick-witted
I know it was sin, my mother had me
And the Singer stepped that he was pounding
Because a woman remains a woman, and Solly was man —
But what you will know, my son?
And yet I remember its gentle eyes
If he asks or we outside would remain
And even after years of coming and going
Glad his words to me still at:
(chorus)