Coenie De Villiers — Die Jagtog song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Die Jagtog" by Coenie De Villiers.
Lyrics
My pa was 'n jagter
Hy was 'n man van staal
Daar was krag in elke spier
Hy kon die rigting van 'n dier
Soos 'n Nimrod op die wind bepaal
Soos die jagter van ouds het hy die spoor gesny
En sekuur deur die veld
Soos 'n Ariese held
Het my pa op die spoor gebly
Om Afrikaner te wees
'n Boer uit een stuk
Was die wil van Bo —
So het Pa geglo — dit was meer as net blote geluk
(koor)
Moenie vrees nie my seun
Jy kom jou vel te na
Jy is Boer in murg en been —
Wat meer kan jy vra
Ons het eendag gaan jag
Net ek en my pa
Met die geweer teen sy skouer
Was hy wyser, was hy ouer
Hy was méér as wat 'n seun kon vra
So skuins ná drie
Het hy 'n blesbok gekwes
Ons het die bloedspoor gesny
Langs die heuwels verby
En later het ons noord, noord-wes
Ons gewonde prooi gevolg tot diep in die bos
Waar die laatmiddagson
— soos net die laeveld kon —
Skadu’s tussen bome los
(koor)
Maar skielik was ek bang
Want in my hart het ek geweet
Ons het rigting verloor
Ons was áf van die spoor —
Pa het die pad huis toe vergeet
Ja, skielik was ek bang
Al was dit moeilik om te glo
Dat my pa kon verdwaal
Dat my pa ook kon faal
— maar miskien voel baie kinders tog só
(koor)
Lyrics translation
My father was a hunter
He was a man of steel
There was strength in every muscle
He could the direction of an animal
Like a Nimrod on the wind determine
Like the hunter of old had he the trace cut
And sekuur by the field
As an Aryan hero
My father on the track remained
To Marigold to be
A Farmer from one piece
Was the will from Above —
So Father believed — it was more than just mere luck
(chorus)
Fear not my son
You let your skin to
You are Farmer in marrow and bone —
What more can you ask
We have one day to go hunting
Just me and my dad
With the gun against his shoulder
He Was wiser, he was older
He was more than a son could ask
So tilted after three
He took a blesbuck gekwes
We have the bloedspoor cut
Along the hills is over
And later we have north, north-west
Our wounded prey due to deep in the forest
Where the laatmiddagson
— as only the lowland could —
Shadows between trees loose
(chorus)
But suddenly I was afraid
Because in my heart I knew
We have lost direction
We were áf of the track —
Dad had forgot the way home
Yes, suddenly I was afraid
Though it was hard to believe
That my father could get lost
That my father also could fail
— but perhaps feel many children yet so
(chorus)