@TomDavid88 It means gun for sure. I'm Flemish (Dutch) and in old dutch means een roer = a small musket. As you might know is that Afrikaans is quite similar to dutch. Probably they just kept the word for all guns.
The word roer is also a loaded one (excuse the pun) as roer is also the verb used to say you stir my heart, jy roer my hart, and also trouble is stiring, daar roer probleme, so not only is it a rifle, but shows how close to the heart it is. It has always been the boer's only defence against death.
The word roer is also a loaded one (excuse the pun) as roer is also the verb used to say you stir my heart, jy roer my hart, so not only is it a rifle, but shows how close to the heart it is. It has always been the boer's only defence against death.
The word roer is also a loaded one (excuse the pun) as roer is also the verb used to say you stir my heart, jy roer my hart, so not only is it a rifle, but shows how close to the heart it is. It has always been the boer's defence.
ek is 'n Boer. My voor-ouers het kaalvoet met osse-waens oor die Drakensberge getrek, in Konsentrasiekampe gesterf, geveg teen die Kakies, die Zulus en enige iemand wat in die pad van MY toekoms sou staan. Deur die Genade van God Almagtig, het hulle onvrugbare grond verwerk en 'n tekort in oorvloed omgeskep. Hulle het paaie gebou skole, hospitale en die ryk hulp-bronne van ons land ontgin. en ons geleer van helde en die wat vandag; sterker as ooit te vore
I have now listen to this several times and yes die trane loop elke keer.........en dit is nou van n ou wat al 23 jaar in die VSA bly...........daar is net een land in my hart en SA dit is wel u
Haai,ek is n trotse boer,maar die vertaling van hierdie liedjie is te direk.n Roer is n "rifle".Kettings om sy taal is "Enslave is language" en "Moeg om te ploeg" is beter vertaal as "never tires from hard work"..Soutpiele die hele wereld vol lees en dink ons is n klomp ouens wat n kak taal het,maar verstaan nie.Direk vertalings van ons taal werk nie. Ek kan dit vertaal as jy wil?Ek het saam met souties groot geword,elke dag baklei..maar ek ken hulle taal.....
Dag Philip, jy kan dit vertaal as jy wil dan sal ek dit verander wanneer ek tyd kry. Ek bly nou al 7 jaar in Engeland ek kan/ wil nogsteeds nie engels praat nie.
@ piet1711 haha dat kan ik nou waarderen ;-) Kom in Nederland wonen ( alle Boere ) julle zijn welkom! Wij gaan Nederland weer schoon maken ( moslims en ander gekleurd uitschot ) om weer rustig in ONS LAND te wonen! Daarna gaan wij Nederlanders saam met die Boere en Vlamingen van SA een nieuwe Oranje-Vrystaat maken!
Ek is ok een van daai mense wat nie graag Engils wil praat nie hahaha! Ek wonder nou net, van waneer af is roer n geweer?? Boer en sy roer sou ek vertaal na hard working farmer, of busy farmer.Roer het klomp betekenisse bv. roer jou gat, roer die koffie....
I visit first time south africa 1989 Johannesburg and next time 1990 cape town and Protoria too and i love that country Now i live finland and snow rain that boer music is nice...
I live in St Louis it has the 3rd highest murder rate in USA at 40 per 100,000 so SA you are not alone with your high rates of murder... that said we dont have outright race motivated murder promoted by our govt... while the ANC is actively promoting race murder with its under-the- radar...
rememeber ANC and allies say
The struggle continues, the revolution alive and so is its methods
The ANC has used race hatred to create a generation of ungovernable people to gain power. Well they have achieved that.. If they are serious about governing effectively they need to bring these out-of-control criminals and murders under control consider the SA murder rate 2007 is 38 per 100,000 while just up the road in Zambia, a much poorer country, the murder rate is 10 per 100,000 why? ANC that is why the ANC is the problem not the Apartheid. That has been gone 15 years
ah man......I'm a Texan I understand, the oly thing is we kicked thier asses, and if it comes to that agin for ya"ll call us we'll come and help, we must stand together
On a very personal note. being in the bush hunting with Afrikaner friends are some of my most poignant memories. I know Afrikaners are much criticized by the world but I have to tell you once an Afrikaner becomes your friend he will go to hell for you and with you. There is no finer friendship. Wheres the biltong? Boers you are not alone despite what the ANC thinks. FYI I am British (Welsh) those who know SA history will understand
Anyone who thinks Afrikaners are out of the game in SA are delusional. it took a half million British troops to bring the tiny Boer republics to heel... by small I mean a mere 40,000 armed Boers faced off 500,000 British empire troops with courage and valor. ANC should reflect on this. A tough resilient people slow to anger but once roused a formidable force to be reckoned with. they will bring economic wealth and order, the order SA so desperately needs after the ANC decade long party.
Exactly. Having Boers/Afrikaners in the government just makes sense, seeing as they were the ones who ran the country for 80 years beforehand. Having whites in the government is not and should not be seen as a defeat for South Africa, it's simply utilizing loyal citizens who have the skills for the job. Should apartheid come back? Of course not, but to deny the educated and qualified Afrikaners an place in the government is simply foolish and frankly racist. They can do good for their home
Well Ufelcher. To get a better context of what happened you must first consider the fact that the Boers have not been in power since 1902 when their republics were conquered because those who ran the macro State of South Africa during the 20th cent were the Afrikaners most of whom are of course not of Boer descent as they were mainly descended from the Cape Dutch who were formed in the Western Cape when the Boers were developing on the Cape frontier.
Ek vra nie vir n verskooning nie, net n oordentlike vertaling. enigste rede daarvoor is dat ek moeg is vir snot kop engelsmannetjies wat dink dit is snaaks om grappe oor afrikaaners se intelek te maak oor hoe ons mense die taal praat en uitspreuk, veral wanner hulle nie afrikaans kan praat nie en n afrikaner engels moet praat vir hulle gerief, dis n klap in die gesig.
Ek woon nou al 6 jaar in Engeland en wier om hulle taal meer te praat as wat ek absoluut moet. Ek is nie hier omdat ek hier wil wees nie, maar vir my vrou en kinders se veiligheid en omdat my kinders (volgens my) nie 'n toekoms in SA het nie, nie tot nadat hulle ten minste klaar is met universiteit nie. Ek verstaan Afrikaans, my vriende verstaan Afrikaans, waarom dan met 'n vreemde taal meng ? Dit is maar hoe ek voel.
Ja, ek sien nou hoe jy na dit kyk, en kan definitief sien hoe jy so voel, ek woon in Texas, en verstaan engels en afrikaans so goed soos enige iemand, my vrou is texan en sy leer afrikaans so bietjies bietjies, ek persoonlik het n punt gemaak om engels so goed moontlik te kan praat en skryf, afrikaans gan en sal my taal bly, maar n taal is maar vir komunikasie, my hart is boer, en dit is wat saak maak vir my.
Ricardo my friend. It is DANGEROUS. Like any city in the world there are crimes, but in SA most entail use of violence and in more than half someone's life ends. There is NO regard for the law. Prisons are ALL over populated, and not like in your country where prisons are closed down. Criminals, should they ever get caught have a "royal"life in prison, TV, 3 meals a day, drugs, booze and most importantly, a place to sleep. I am now Ex South African. Living in a safe place (Dubai)
the old boers would be ashamed at how willingly their descendants bend over and grab their ankles for the anc. they willingly surrender their land, property, treasure and daughters to the kaffirs. a song or two does not give them a spine
@ufelcher They have more spine than any Argie-you pussys could not defeat the Brits despite outnumbering them 3:1 in all the battles in `82-one of the shortest wars in history lol.
As you maybe don'ty know there is a videoclip to this song, where the peaceful cooperation beetwen Boers and "Kaffirs" ist shown... So mayby just shut up?
I don't want to be pessimistic, but Zimbabwe to-day, South Africa tomorrow. It seems that every government in the continent is a kleptocracy. The ANC doesn't govern in the interest of even the people who vote ANC, never mind the whole community.
Thanks. I always liked this song but now that I have read the translation I like it even more. This is like a struggle song as others have noted as well.
Ya, at 3:05 the word "gewehr" (well, that's the German at least, which is all I know), is used, which LITERALLY must mean "gun."
Tom David
Minneapolis
TomDavid88 7 months ago in playlist SA
I don't speak Afrikaans, but "roer" here seems to mean not "gun" but "determination" or even "stubborness." Right?
Tom David
Minneapolis
TomDavid88 7 months ago in playlist SA
@TomDavid88 It means gun for sure. I'm Flemish (Dutch) and in old dutch means een roer = a small musket. As you might know is that Afrikaans is quite similar to dutch. Probably they just kept the word for all guns.
ceniel007 6 months ago
@TomDavid88 where there are boers stubbornness follows closely
jurimeyer 3 weeks ago
anyone know where i can download this song from?
mike22486 11 months ago
Mooi liedje. Wees trots Afrikaners. Afrikaner = klasse.
volksturm1933 1 year ago
The word roer is also a loaded one (excuse the pun) as roer is also the verb used to say you stir my heart, jy roer my hart, and also trouble is stiring, daar roer probleme, so not only is it a rifle, but shows how close to the heart it is. It has always been the boer's only defence against death.
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The word roer is also a loaded one (excuse the pun) as roer is also the verb used to say you stir my heart, jy roer my hart, so not only is it a rifle, but shows how close to the heart it is. It has always been the boer's only defence against death.
poepflater 1 year ago
The word roer is also a loaded one (excuse the pun) as roer is also the verb used to say you stir my heart, jy roer my hart, so not only is it a rifle, but shows how close to the heart it is. It has always been the boer's defence.
poepflater 1 year ago
Very beautiful song.
¿Can you paste the original lyrics in afrikaans, please?
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ek is 'n Boer. My voor-ouers het kaalvoet met osse-waens oor die Drakensberge getrek, in Konsentrasiekampe gesterf, geveg teen die Kakies, die Zulus en enige iemand wat in die pad van MY toekoms sou staan. Deur die Genade van God Almagtig, het hulle onvrugbare grond verwerk en 'n tekort in oorvloed omgeskep. Hulle het paaie gebou skole, hospitale en die ryk hulp-bronne van ons land ontgin. en ons geleer van helde en die wat vandag; sterker as ooit te vore
TheRippersa 1 year ago
@NomendeiNL Sorry, I don't speak NAZI.
aronchai 1 year ago
Ai ... hierdie lied bly maar altyde lekker op die oor
GunnarSA72 1 year ago
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Boers=Nazis
aronchai 1 year ago
I have now listen to this several times and yes die trane loop elke keer.........en dit is nou van n ou wat al 23 jaar in die VSA bly...........daar is net een land in my hart en SA dit is wel u
Conyersfarm 1 year ago
ouens julle stry oor kak alles het een betekenis "rifle", "gun" is dieselfde ding! ons mag maar skiet!, al is dit n kettie!
TheVossie23 2 years ago
Haai,ek is n trotse boer,maar die vertaling van hierdie liedjie is te direk.n Roer is n "rifle".Kettings om sy taal is "Enslave is language" en "Moeg om te ploeg" is beter vertaal as "never tires from hard work"..Soutpiele die hele wereld vol lees en dink ons is n klomp ouens wat n kak taal het,maar verstaan nie.Direk vertalings van ons taal werk nie. Ek kan dit vertaal as jy wil?Ek het saam met souties groot geword,elke dag baklei..maar ek ken hulle taal.....
Cheers
Philip
BothaBoeta 2 years ago 2
Dag Philip, jy kan dit vertaal as jy wil dan sal ek dit verander wanneer ek tyd kry. Ek bly nou al 7 jaar in Engeland ek kan/ wil nogsteeds nie engels praat nie.
piet1711 2 years ago 2
Thanks for posting this great song about a great folk.
All the best
Infokemp
infokemp 2 years ago
@ piet1711 haha dat kan ik nou waarderen ;-) Kom in Nederland wonen ( alle Boere ) julle zijn welkom! Wij gaan Nederland weer schoon maken ( moslims en ander gekleurd uitschot ) om weer rustig in ONS LAND te wonen! Daarna gaan wij Nederlanders saam met die Boere en Vlamingen van SA een nieuwe Oranje-Vrystaat maken!
Eendragt maakt magt!
HollandseWillem 2 years ago 2
@piet1711 LOL
HailToTheSkunk 1 year ago
@piet1711
"Ek bly nou al 7 jaar in Engeland ek kan/ wil nogsteeds nie engels praat nie"
Uitstekend ;]
WSWarthog 1 year ago
Ek is ok een van daai mense wat nie graag Engils wil praat nie hahaha! Ek wonder nou net, van waneer af is roer n geweer?? Boer en sy roer sou ek vertaal na hard working farmer, of busy farmer.Roer het klomp betekenisse bv. roer jou gat, roer die koffie....
francois081 5 months ago
@francois081 In old flemish slang means Iemand zijn hart roeren also to hit (stir?) somebody 's heart. + read below.
ceniel007 4 months ago
I visit first time south africa 1989 Johannesburg and next time 1990 cape town and Protoria too and i love that country Now i live finland and snow rain that boer music is nice...
hitandheal 2 years ago 2
Is een roer ni een soort zweep om beeste mee voort te drijve? (en geen geweer dus)
Yannick20 2 years ago
Nee, 'n roer is 'n geweer.
intelligencesoftware 2 years ago
Beautiful song! Thanks for the translation. I want to learn Afrikaans! I hope there is a future for SA!
grooteschuur62 2 years ago
Wow it sounds just like dutch! This is so cool, i can totally understand it without the subtitles!
MrsGoDutch 2 years ago 4
I hope the Boers hold out long enough for the blacks to all die of AIDS. Then they can have their country back.
Flemtar 2 years ago 6
I live in St Louis it has the 3rd highest murder rate in USA at 40 per 100,000 so SA you are not alone with your high rates of murder... that said we dont have outright race motivated murder promoted by our govt... while the ANC is actively promoting race murder with its under-the- radar...
rememeber ANC and allies say
The struggle continues, the revolution alive and so is its methods
this war is not over
MartinIDavies 2 years ago 8
The ANC has used race hatred to create a generation of ungovernable people to gain power. Well they have achieved that.. If they are serious about governing effectively they need to bring these out-of-control criminals and murders under control consider the SA murder rate 2007 is 38 per 100,000 while just up the road in Zambia, a much poorer country, the murder rate is 10 per 100,000 why? ANC that is why the ANC is the problem not the Apartheid. That has been gone 15 years
MartinIDavies 2 years ago 6
ah man......I'm a Texan I understand, the oly thing is we kicked thier asses, and if it comes to that agin for ya"ll call us we'll come and help, we must stand together
kavukiland 2 years ago 4
Not bad!
bianca485 2 years ago
On a very personal note. being in the bush hunting with Afrikaner friends are some of my most poignant memories. I know Afrikaners are much criticized by the world but I have to tell you once an Afrikaner becomes your friend he will go to hell for you and with you. There is no finer friendship. Wheres the biltong? Boers you are not alone despite what the ANC thinks. FYI I am British (Welsh) those who know SA history will understand
MartinIDavies 2 years ago 4
Anyone who thinks Afrikaners are out of the game in SA are delusional. it took a half million British troops to bring the tiny Boer republics to heel... by small I mean a mere 40,000 armed Boers faced off 500,000 British empire troops with courage and valor. ANC should reflect on this. A tough resilient people slow to anger but once roused a formidable force to be reckoned with. they will bring economic wealth and order, the order SA so desperately needs after the ANC decade long party.
MartinIDavies 2 years ago 5
Exactly. Having Boers/Afrikaners in the government just makes sense, seeing as they were the ones who ran the country for 80 years beforehand. Having whites in the government is not and should not be seen as a defeat for South Africa, it's simply utilizing loyal citizens who have the skills for the job. Should apartheid come back? Of course not, but to deny the educated and qualified Afrikaners an place in the government is simply foolish and frankly racist. They can do good for their home
asmodeon 2 years ago 3
asmodeon... very well said..
MartinIDavies 2 years ago 2
STEUN AAN DE AWB !!
Vanuit Utreg/Nederland.
dutchstijl 2 years ago 3
Danke! I really enjoyed your array of pictures of our nation's past!
SterlingUliso 2 years ago
thanks for the translation. good song. such a great people.
33op 2 years ago 2
lekker-well done Piet!
xdr8390 2 years ago
APARTHEID NU
Groetjes uit Vlaanderen !
Leven DIETSLAND
deknots 2 years ago 3
jullie zijn altijd welkom, vlamingen. Samen staan we sterk :), samen met onze broeders uit Suid Afrika
grunneger89 2 years ago 4
And i'm proud of it.
piet1711 2 years ago
Well Ufelcher. To get a better context of what happened you must first consider the fact that the Boers have not been in power since 1902 when their republics were conquered because those who ran the macro State of South Africa during the 20th cent were the Afrikaners most of whom are of course not of Boer descent as they were mainly descended from the Cape Dutch who were formed in the Western Cape when the Boers were developing on the Cape frontier.
Pinard7 3 years ago
Die AFrikaaners is 'n groot mense en hulle sterke sal ewigeheid onthou word.
Ek is braziliaans en ek voel 'n Boer. Boer is a filosofie van die lewe!!!
Ek het van die rolprende gehou.
hbread 3 years ago 3
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berejorrie 3 years ago
Ek is 'n Boer en Afrikaans. Ek het die lied vertaal omdat iemand my gevra het daarvoor. Ek maak nie verskoning vir my swak Engels nie.
piet1711 2 years ago
Ek vra nie vir n verskooning nie, net n oordentlike vertaling. enigste rede daarvoor is dat ek moeg is vir snot kop engelsmannetjies wat dink dit is snaaks om grappe oor afrikaaners se intelek te maak oor hoe ons mense die taal praat en uitspreuk, veral wanner hulle nie afrikaans kan praat nie en n afrikaner engels moet praat vir hulle gerief, dis n klap in die gesig.
berejorrie 2 years ago 2
Ek sien jou punt.
Ek woon nou al 6 jaar in Engeland en wier om hulle taal meer te praat as wat ek absoluut moet. Ek is nie hier omdat ek hier wil wees nie, maar vir my vrou en kinders se veiligheid en omdat my kinders (volgens my) nie 'n toekoms in SA het nie, nie tot nadat hulle ten minste klaar is met universiteit nie. Ek verstaan Afrikaans, my vriende verstaan Afrikaans, waarom dan met 'n vreemde taal meng ? Dit is maar hoe ek voel.
piet1711 2 years ago
Ja, ek sien nou hoe jy na dit kyk, en kan definitief sien hoe jy so voel, ek woon in Texas, en verstaan engels en afrikaans so goed soos enige iemand, my vrou is texan en sy leer afrikaans so bietjies bietjies, ek persoonlik het n punt gemaak om engels so goed moontlik te kan praat en skryf, afrikaans gan en sal my taal bly, maar n taal is maar vir komunikasie, my hart is boer, en dit is wat saak maak vir my.
berejorrie 2 years ago 3
Dit is goed om dit te hoor. Ek wil nog jou deel van die wereld besoek. Ek was November in Atlanta en Tennessee. Ek het dit vreeslik geniet daar.
piet1711 2 years ago
is Zuid Afrika ECHT zo gevaarlijk?
Het lijkt mij een van de mooiste landen van de wereld
But is really every corner dangerous in SA or are there also some cities that are safer than others?
Ricardothe1337 2 years ago
Ricardo my friend. It is DANGEROUS. Like any city in the world there are crimes, but in SA most entail use of violence and in more than half someone's life ends. There is NO regard for the law. Prisons are ALL over populated, and not like in your country where prisons are closed down. Criminals, should they ever get caught have a "royal"life in prison, TV, 3 meals a day, drugs, booze and most importantly, a place to sleep. I am now Ex South African. Living in a safe place (Dubai)
gavinvanhoof75 2 years ago 3
the cities here are very dangerous, smaller towns are safer but don't go walking in the night, thats just asking for trouble
leeuloop3690 2 years ago
ons praat engels vir die wereld baie shitlanguage it is anyway
Ricardothe1337 2 years ago
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WHAT??? You should be embracing the future...you swine!
apacpaco 3 years ago
Dis 'n bietjie jammerlik dat veel boere wakker moet slaap in SA. Miskien kom die insig as die ekonomie dieselfde is as in Zimbabwe.
hamsinder 3 years ago
the old boers would be ashamed at how willingly their descendants bend over and grab their ankles for the anc. they willingly surrender their land, property, treasure and daughters to the kaffirs. a song or two does not give them a spine
ufelcher 3 years ago 17
@ufelcher They have more spine than any Argie-you pussys could not defeat the Brits despite outnumbering them 3:1 in all the battles in `82-one of the shortest wars in history lol.
xdr8390 1 year ago
@ufelcher
As you maybe don'ty know there is a videoclip to this song, where the peaceful cooperation beetwen Boers and "Kaffirs" ist shown... So mayby just shut up?
Westerner86 9 months ago
@Westerner86 cooperation as a thief and his robber or more correct a bull and his butcher
cvillecrusader 6 months ago
May God protect the Boers as their Government goes from bad to worse.
Liberty681968 3 years ago 18
I don't want to be pessimistic, but Zimbabwe to-day, South Africa tomorrow. It seems that every government in the continent is a kleptocracy. The ANC doesn't govern in the interest of even the people who vote ANC, never mind the whole community.
bairen2002 3 years ago 2
@Liberty681968 they are too weak and cowardly to protect themselves
ufelcher 1 year ago
Dankie!God bless Boers!Respect.
ulryk77 3 years ago 7
The Boers are such a beautiful people. I extremely doubt it'll happen, but they deserve their own country again after all they've been through.
Snesgamer 3 years ago 4
i think a White African state should be carved out of Northern Transvaal and Southern Zimbabwe for the establishment of a white homeland...
usa1964girl 3 years ago 9
absolutely
salamanderjood 3 years ago
God bless you Boers. You are the hope of white people the world over.
Liberty681968 3 years ago
Dankie vir die Vid. Ek liefhê dit lied.
swissnor 3 years ago
AWB! Op weg naar die Boerenstaat!
SturmUndDrang13 3 years ago 2
Not only the blax steal from their peers, they managed to steal a country built by whites!!!!
neluboieru 3 years ago 6
Los sy grond! jy spiel met a bomb sy fus!
CH127 4 years ago 4
Thanks. I always liked this song but now that I have read the translation I like it even more. This is like a struggle song as others have noted as well.
Pinard7 4 years ago 5
I agree!
Hansie0Slim 4 years ago 2
100% BOER!!!
Lekker Broo!!
CH127 4 years ago 2
zdx#/
CH127 4 years ago
My Pleasure.
piet1711 4 years ago
Thank you very much, Piet, for posting the text in English of this great song.
It sounds almost like a Boer hymn...
When you have time, you could also put it in Afrikaans (in the 'About this Video' box), so we can learn to sing it. Dank U, and greetings from Brazil!
jolweiss 4 years ago 3
Done that.
piet1711 4 years ago
Thanks again!
jolweiss 4 years ago