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Lirieke
My son is almost three
– My seun is amper drie
He used to look just like his dad
– Hy het soos sy pa gelyk
But right now he looks just like me
– Maar op die oomblik lyk hy net soos ek
And as far as I can see, the fruit I bear is sweet
– En sover ek kan sien, is die vrugte wat ek dra soet
But the apple’s rolling real far from the tree
– Maar die appel se rollende regte ver van die boom af
And falling down the hill so full of love and so carefree
– En val af die heuwel so vol liefde en so sorgeloos
I wonder if the world will treat him any better than it treated me
– Ek wonder of die wêreld hom beter sal behandel as wat dit my behandel het
But papa, don’t you preach
– Maar pappa, moenie preek nie
I tried to teach him every day that nothing good is free, but always should be
– Ek het hom elke dag probeer leer dat niks goeds vry is nie, maar altyd moet wees
And with my roots above and all my branches down below
– En met my wortels bo en al my takke onder
Please tell my boy I love him so
– Sê asseblief vir my seun ek is lief vir hom so
Please tell the world I have to grow before I go
– Sê asseblief vir die wêreld dat ek moet groei voordat ek gaan
I just wanted you to know
– Ek wou net hê jy moet weet
That I believe in magic and I believe in sin
– Dat ek glo in magie en ek glo in sonde
I still believe in Heaven, if they’ll never let me in
– Ek glo Nog Steeds In Die Hemel, as hulle my nooit inlaat nie
I started to believe in love the day I met my little twin
– Ek het in liefde begin glo die dag toe ek my klein tweeling ontmoet het
I think I might start tryin’ because I haven’t been
– Ek dink ek kan begin probeer omdat ek nie
My Momma’s getting old
– My Ma word oud
Well, it’s contagious and you’ll catch it like a cold
– Wel, dit is aansteeklik en jy sal dit soos’n verkoue vang
She won’t admit it, but it’s something that I know
– Sy sal dit nie erken nie, maar dit is iets wat ek weet
‘Cause every year that passes for me passes her a hundredfold
– Want elke jaar wat vir my verbygaan, slaag haar honderdvoudig
Back in the day, my dad and I would share a laugh at all of her mistakes
– In die dag het ek en my pa gelag oor al haar foute
But that alliance didn’t save me from her fate
– Maar daardie alliansie het my nie van haar lot gered nie
No, it didn’t, I’m still twenty-eight
– Nee, dit het nie, ek is nog agt-en-twintig
Became a single mom, just crushed under a rake
– Het’n enkelma geword, net onder’n hark verpletter
Of a child growing faster than I think that I can take
– Van’n kind wat vinniger groei as wat ek dink ek kan neem
I love him anyway
– Ek is in elk geval lief vir hom
And I remind myself a time will come when he sees me turn grey
– En ek herinner myself’n tyd sal kom wanneer hy sien my grys word
And realize it’s too late, like I did with my mother
– En besef dit is te laat, soos ek met my ma gedoen het
So now I tell her to her face
– So nou vertel ek haar in haar gesig
With my roots above and all my branches down below
– Met my wortels bo en al my takke onder
Please tell my mom I love her so
– Sê asseblief vir my ma ek is lief vir haar so
Please tell the world I have to grow before I go
– Sê asseblief vir die wêreld dat ek moet groei voordat ek gaan
I just wanted you to know
– Ek wou net hê jy moet weet
That I believe in magic and I still believe in sin
– Dat ek in magie glo en ek nog steeds in sonde glo
I still believe in Heaven, if they’ll never let me in
– Ek glo Nog Steeds In Die Hemel, as hulle my nooit inlaat nie
I started to believe in love the day I met my little twin
– Ek het in liefde begin glo die dag toe ek my klein tweeling ontmoet het
And I might start tryin’ because I haven’t been
– En ek kan begin probeer omdat ek nie
I haven’t been, da-da-da-da
– Ek was nie, da-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da-la-la
– Die Da-da-da-da-la-la
Da-da-da-da-la-la
– Die Da-da-da-da-la-la
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– Die Da-da-da-da-la-la
I love him so
– Ek is so lief vir hom
