Die Donker - Stellenbosch University Choir

Die Donker (The Dark) Two Afrikaans Songs Arranged by André van der Merwe Die Gang - Christopher Torr (Publisher: Christopher Torr Music) As performed by Laurika Rauch Klein Tambotieboom - Die Heuwels Fantasties Audio recorded at Woordfees on Thursday 12 March 2020 in the Endler, Stellenbosch. Videos recorded 4 - 11 May 2020 at the homes of choristers during lockdown. Sound Engineer: Dr Gerhard Roux Video Production: Regardt Visser Choir Management: US Woordfees - [email protected] English Translation: DIE GANG (The Corridor): In the dark corridor I saw a light, but the flame was delicate and frail. I yearned for springtime on my uncle's farm without electricity. My aunt said, "My child, my child, love and moths are blind." The flame is delicate and frail, and like a thief it can disappear in the night. Deep within the corridor I yearned for something. The wind was singing that spring would bring love. I could hear the day withering - it was only the sun disappearing. And as certain as the earth that turns, a cock would crow again. One evening the night turned to day as the storm erupted with all its force. And I hid in the corridor, because I was afraid of the electricity. KLEIN TAMBOTIEBOOM (a farm in the Limpopo Province of South Africa): When the shadows come to fetch me, and when the good Lord does not look out for me, when the ozone layer perishes and falls into a chandelier of stars, lay my heart to rest in Klein Tambotieboom and scatter my ashes across the Bushveld horizon.