Koos du Plessis - Fortuinverteller

[ptwodz]

Beautiful song, thank you!

[coppertop2710]

Final Verse:

The sun rises, it's morning,

All has been made clear:

My lifeline now broken,

My cards strewn around.

I set of as usual,

Seek food and a drink;

For a moment still drugged,

by the devils in my head.

[coppertop2710]

Second verse:

I place my feet atop your cushion,

My head leaning back;

Searching for an answer in the darkness

Spirals of your eyes

Your fingers stroke me gently,

steals the stress from my body;

Your perfume and parched leaves

lets me temporarily float away

[coppertop2710]

Firstly FORTUINVERTELLER translated into English is NOT Gypsie! .. It is FORTUNETELLER.

There are 3 veres and a refrain, i,.e. classis poetic Verse1 > Refrain > Verse 2 > Refrain > Verse 3 > Refrain

First verse: You invite me inside,

Into your darkened caravan;

With the scents of incense

you draw me within.

Could the jingle of jewels,

Grant me a moment of peace;

With the sway of your hips

slowly calming me.

[coppertop2710]

This is a wonderfully beaitiful and deeply moving song... Absolute poetry by the father of Afrikaans music in South Africa. The translation in the video however is not accurate at all and I feel it does him an injustice as it is just plain wrong... I could not let it go, so here follows a proper translation into English. (Cannot comment on the accuracy of the Dutch translation though as first language is Afrikaans, closely followed by English):

[aswnl]

Heel mooi nummer, ook zonder de Nederlandse vertaling goed te volgen.

(In de Nederlandse vertaling voor "palm" beter "handpalm" gebruiken).

Groetjes uit Nederland.

[adri6061]

Die man was 'n digter en 'n profeet.