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data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-20.png" data-orig-size="526,797" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="image" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-20.png?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-20.png?w=500" width="526" height="797" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-20.png?w=526" alt="" class="wp-image-19749" style="width:205px;height:auto" /></figure> Foto’s van FB geleen: Koms ons lees! <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img data-attachment-id="19751" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2024/08/15/afrikaans-14-augustus/image-34/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-21.png" data-orig-size="462,744" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="image" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-21.png?w=462" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-21.png?w=462" width="462" height="744" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-21.png?w=462" alt="" class="wp-image-19751" style="width:219px;height:auto" /></figure> Dit was weer die ‘verjaardag‘ van Afrikaans – 14 Augustus. Ek het die inskrywing gister feitlik klaar gehad en net te besig gewees met te veel ander dinge om dit te publiseer – daarom een dag later as gewoonlik. Ons taal bly die moooiste taal om te praat, stories en gedigte te skryf en sommer nog meer ander dinge ook. As jy in die soek boksie vir ‘Afrikaans’ soek, sal jy al die inskrywings vind wat ek oor Afrikaans gemaak het en verder af in die inskrywing, sal jy die link kry oor die GRA-inskrywing van 2008. Vir ‘n hele paar jaar het ek ook my eie Afrikaanse gedigte geskryf op 14 Augustus om ons mooi taal te herdenk, maar tyd het my ingehaal met allerlei takies waarmee ek besig is. Dalk weer oor ‘n paar dae of oor sowat 2 weke as tyd of werk nie ‘n faktor is nie. Ek het so bietjie rondgekrap en gelees ook Afrikaanse kinderboeke op FB – iets wat my na aan die hart le sedert ek begin skoolhou het en verantwoordelik was vir die aankope van die skoolbiblioteek by elke skool waar ek skoolgehou het – waar dit tans ook die geval vir die afgelope tien jaar. Ek het gekyk na titels wat my aandag getrek het – en wat dalk ook daardie ouderdom kind se aandag sou trek. Hierdie twee in die inskrywing is 2 van ‘n hele paar wat my interesseer. ‘Weg’ klink so naby aan die werklikheid as mens dink wat deesdae gebeur – mense gaan met vakansie en skielik moet jy lees dat hulle ‘weg‘ is! Sommer net weg. Soms wonder ek of hulle gekies het om net ‘weg’ te raak vir ‘n rede – dalk is dinge tuis nie aangenaam nie of is daar ‘n ander rede. Dan weer, as hulle gevind word is jy saam bly dat hulle gevind is. Selfs die voorblad ontwerp het my aandag getrek – dit lyk heeltemal anders as die normale voorblaaie en dit gee so bietjie van ‘n leidraad wat die jonger leser dalk mag trek. Die meerkat boek het my aandag getrek vir die feit oordat dit meerkat-karakters is, een van my gunsteling diertjies. Nie net die karakters nie, maar die titel is ook interessant en maak jou nuuskierig oor die drie koninkryke en wat dit mag wees. Vir ‘n onverklaarbare rede het dit my herinner aan ‘n boek wat ek lank gelede gelees het: The Kin – deur Peter Dickinson. Klik asseblief hier <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/afrikaans-14-augustus-1875/"> om die inskrywing te lees oor die GRA 2008 </a> en op die bladsy oor my eie gedigte kan jy ook sommige lees of in die soekboksie met die term ‘Afrikaans’ al die ander vind met die gedigte. My idees om jou kind lief te maak vir lees/boeke: <ol class="wp-block-list"> <li>Moenie jou kind forseer om te lees nie, maar maak seker daar is ‘n verskeidenheid van boeke beskikbaar oor ‘n verskeidenheid van onderwerpe – op jou kind se leesvlak. </li> <li>Moenie jou kind sakgeld betaal (!) net om hulle te kry om te lees nie – ja, jy sal verbaas wees, dit is wat een kind my eendag vertel het!</li> <li>Begin vroeg – van baba dae – maak seker dat jy van daardie ouderdom alreeds jou kind aan boeke blootstel. Onthou, ‘n pasgebore baba kan slegs van wit en swart onderskei vir ‘n kort tydperk. Daar is boekies beskikbaar wat slegs wit/swart is vir babas.</li> <li>Jy as ouer moet saam met jou kind lees – lees vir die kind ook stories – maak dit lekker.</li> <li>Luister na jou kind se lees en prys gedurigdeur. Hoe meer jy dit doen, hoe meer sal jou kind wil lees.</li> <li>Laat jou kind boeke kies as jy boeke koop en lei jou kind om goeie keuses te maak, maar koop darem ook so nou en dan ‘n boek wat hulle self kies, al is dit nie die beste boek in die winkel nie – jou kind sal dit waarskynlik ook later erken.</li> <li>As jou kind lees haat, begin by prente boeke of spotprent reekse – (cartoon).</li> <li>Indien jou kind besig is om te lees, moenie jou kind stop en ‘n werkie gee nie!- </li> <li>Indien jy jou ‘wenke’ wil deel – voel gerus so om dit in die kommentaarboksie te laat.</li> </ol> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2024/08/15/afrikaans-14-augustus/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Afrikaans 14 Augustus">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-19325 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-poems category-afrikaans-poetry category-afrikaanse-gedigte category-afrikaanse-taal-2 category-dung-beetle category-gedigte tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaanse-gedigte tag-gedigte tag-miskruiers" id="post-19325"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2021/08/14/n-komplimentere-kaartjie/" rel="bookmark">‘n Komplimentêre Kaartjie</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-poems/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-poetry/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="category tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaanse-taal-2/" rel="category tag">Afrikaanse taal</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/dung-beetle/" rel="category tag">Dung beetle</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte/" rel="category tag">gedigte</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/miskruiers/" rel="tag">Miskruiers</a> on 14/08/2021| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2021/08/14/n-komplimentere-kaartjie/#comments">15 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img data-attachment-id="19327" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/miskruier1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/miskruier1.jpg" data-orig-size="1600,640" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="miskruier1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/miskruier1.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/miskruier1.jpg?w=500" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/miskruier1.jpg?w=1600" alt="" class="wp-image-19327" width="314" height="126" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/miskruier1.jpg?w=314 314w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/miskruier1.jpg?w=628 628w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/miskruier1.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px" /><figcaption>Miskruiers </figcaption></figure> Ek was om en by 12-13 jaar oud toe ek eendag (weer) in die veld en in die rantjies rondgeloop het. In een voetpaadjie het ‘n miskruier – in ‘isolasie’ – my aandag getrek. Ek het besluit om die gediertetjie te volg en te kyk waarheen sy misbolletjie hom neem! Na ‘n vreeslike lang gewag en observasie – het ek opgegee, want sy roete was net te lank en dit was ‘n warm Desember! Tuis gekom, het ek in die Kennis-boeke gaan meer lees. Ek het vir ‘n paar dae gewonder oor my onderwerp hierdie jaar en hier is my bydrae tot die Afrikaanse taal vir 14 Augustus, Afrikaanse Taaldag! <pre class="wp-block-verse">'n Komplimentêre Kaartjie In die snikhete van die twaalfuurson - in skommellende isolasie - beweeg hy ritsellend, ritmies. Ongevraagd dog stemloos, soos 'n baldadige lakei, beskou ek die vasberade, onverskillige kruidjie-roer-my-nie-miskruier! Met sy ongeballanseerde dans verower hy heuwel na heuwel onder die koeltes van die blou wolklose hemel. En ek: onverwags, met belaglike kreune, het die aftog geblaas, welwetend dat als, in die snikhete son en onder die koeltes van die blou hemel, in my glimmende geheue geanker is! 14-8-21 21:30 Nikita</pre> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img data-attachment-id="19329" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/addo_miskruier/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/addo_miskruier.jpg" data-orig-size="1024,889" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="addo_miskruier" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/addo_miskruier.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/addo_miskruier.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/addo_miskruier.jpg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-19329" width="458" height="397" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/addo_miskruier.jpg?w=458 458w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/addo_miskruier.jpg?w=916 916w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/addo_miskruier.jpg?w=600 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/addo_miskruier.jpg?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px" /><figcaption>Miskruiers in die Addo Olifant Park Foto: Mariska Spoormaker News24.com </figcaption></figure> Die kritiek bedreigde vlerklose Addo- miskruier is ’n onmisbare skakel in die Addo-park se gesonde ekologie, maar word ongelukkig nog in hope doodgery wanneer besoekers oor onder meer olifantmis in die pad ry. Lees die artikel op News24. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2021/08/14/n-komplimentere-kaartjie/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to ‘n Komplimentêre Kaartjie">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-19286 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-art category-europe category-geskiedenis category-history tag-alan-turing tag-erasmus-of-rotterdam tag-erasmus-programme tag-europe tag-thomas-more tag-uitruilstudente" id="post-19286"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2021/08/04/erasmus-en-leer/" rel="bookmark">Erasmus en Leer</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/art/" rel="category tag">Art</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/europe/" rel="category tag">Europe</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/geskiedenis/" rel="category tag">geskiedenis</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/history/" rel="category tag">History</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/alan-turing/" rel="tag">Alan Turing</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/erasmus-of-rotterdam/" rel="tag">Erasmus of Rotterdam</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/erasmus-programme/" rel="tag">Erasmus programme</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/europe/" rel="tag">Europe</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/thomas-more/" rel="tag">Thomas More</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/uitruilstudente/" rel="tag">Uitruilstudente</a> on 04/08/2021| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2021/08/04/erasmus-en-leer/#comments">2 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img data-attachment-id="19287" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/erasmus/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/erasmus.jpg" data-orig-size="680,657" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="erasmus" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/erasmus.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/erasmus.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/erasmus.jpg?w=680" alt="" class="wp-image-19287" width="447" height="432" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/erasmus.jpg?w=447 447w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/erasmus.jpg?w=600 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/erasmus.jpg 680w" sizes="(max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px" /></figure> Studente van sekere lande in Europa is regtig meer bevoorreg dan meeste ander studente reg oor die wêreld. Dit is deur danke aan ‘n filosoof van Nederland: Erasmus. In die skildery hierbo kan jy hom sien waar hy die Koningshuis in 1499 besoek en ‘n boek oorhandig aan die kinders van die Konings-gesin. Die Erasmus-program is in 1987 gestig en dis ‘n uitruil skema vir studente vanaf hul tweede jaar op Universiteit. Dit het die lande ingesluit: België, Duitsland, Griekeland, Frankryk, Ierland, Italië, Nederland, Portugal, Spanje en die UK. Na Brexit, het die UK besluit om nie meer deel te neem aan die uitruilskema nie, maar het die UK ‘n nuwe skema in plek geplaas: Die Turing skema – wat na Alan Turing vernoem is. Die ‘Erasmus’ is ‘n akroniem vir: EuRopean Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students – buiten dat dit na die Nederlandse filosoof vernoem is. Ek wonder skielik of Suid-Afrika nog die uitruilskema het? Universiteite het ook ‘n skema gehad – ek hoop dit is nog aktief en in gebruik? Die volgende is van die ‘Explore Parliament’ link -sien die link hierby. Above image: Erasmus of Rotterdam visiting the children of Henry VII at Eltham Palace in 1499 and presenting Prince Henry (the future Henry VIII) with a written tribute. Detail of oil painting in the East Corridor of the Palace of Westminster, London. In this remarkable painting by Frank Cadogen Cowper, the lady in the background dressed like a nun is surely Lady Margaret Beaufort, the pious mother of Henry VII. The babe in arms is one of the younger siblings who died in infancy. The Prince of Wales is not shown since he had his own household at Ludlow. According to <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.explore-parliament.net/nssMovies/01/0164/0164_.htm" target="_blank">Explore-Parliament</a>: The painting shows the interior of the medieval palace of Greenwich: a man in black kneels before three small children in gorgeous apparel. Behind him and to the right, a tall man stands in profile, leaning on a stick. The story is a charming one, and it is true. Erasmus of Rotterdam was the most famous scholar of his day. In 1499 he was visiting England. He was in Greenwich one day with his young friend Thomas More, who made him an intriguing invitation. I prithee, bear me company to a certain great house nigh to here. There thou shalt find friends, who have a great desire to see thee. – Thomas More. The house turned out to be the royal palace, and the ‘friends’ were the royal children. One of them was the future Henry VIII, who was eight years of age at the time. The infant prince promptly demanded that the great scholar should write them a poem – which he did. <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="19290" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/erasmus-and-thomas-moore/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/erasmus-and-thomas-moore.jpg" data-orig-size="1134,360" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="erasmus-and-thomas-moore" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/erasmus-and-thomas-moore.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/erasmus-and-thomas-moore.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" width="1134" height="360" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/erasmus-and-thomas-moore.jpg?w=1134" alt="" class="wp-image-19290" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/erasmus-and-thomas-moore.jpg 1134w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/erasmus-and-thomas-moore.jpg?w=600 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/erasmus-and-thomas-moore.jpg?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1134px) 100vw, 1134px" /><figcaption>(Left to right) Erasmus, the Royal children: Princess Margaret, Princess Mary and Prince Henry and far right: The King leans forward, carefully observing the reactions of his children with Thomas More to his left. </figcaption></figure> Wikipedia: Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. He also served Henry VIII as Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to May 1532. He wrote Utopia, published in 1516, which describes the political system of an imaginary island state. More opposed the Protestant Reformation and was against the theology of Martin Luther, Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin and William Tyndale. More also opposed Henry VIII’s separation from the Catholic Church, refusing to acknowledge Henry as supreme head of the Church of England and the annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. After refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy, he was convicted of treason and executed. On his execution, he was reported to have said: “I die the King’s good servant, and God’s first”. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2021/08/04/erasmus-en-leer/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Erasmus en Leer">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-19084 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-begaafde-kind category-hoogsbegaafde-leerder category-onderrig category-skole-in-engeland category-skool category-talentvolle-leerder tag-afrikaans tag-hoogbegaafde-leerder tag-skool tag-skoolhou" id="post-19084"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2021/03/09/die-hoogbegaafde-en-talentvolle-leerder/" rel="bookmark">Die Hoogbegaafde en talentvolle leerder</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/begaafde-kind/" rel="category tag">Begaafde kind</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/hoogsbegaafde-leerder/" rel="category tag">Hoogsbegaafde leerder</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/onderrig/" rel="category tag">Onderrig</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/skole-in-engeland/" rel="category tag">skole in Engeland</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/skool/" rel="category tag">skool</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/talentvolle-leerder/" rel="category tag">Talentvolle leerder</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/hoogbegaafde-leerder/" rel="tag">Hoogbegaafde leerder</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/skool/" rel="tag">skool</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/skoolhou/" rel="tag">skoolhou</a> on 09/03/2021| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2021/03/09/die-hoogbegaafde-en-talentvolle-leerder/#comments">31 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img data-attachment-id="19099" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/think-3/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/think-3.jpg" data-orig-size="720,720" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="think-3" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/think-3.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/think-3.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-19099" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/think-3.jpg?w=720" alt="" width="267" height="267" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/think-3.jpg?w=267 267w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/think-3.jpg?w=534 534w" sizes="(max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img data-attachment-id="19101" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/image-1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/image-1.png" data-orig-size="546,412" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="image-1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/image-1.png?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/image-1.png?w=500" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-19101" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/image-1.png?w=546" alt="" width="275" height="207" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/image-1.png?w=275 275w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/image-1.png 546w" sizes="(max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px" /> <figcaption>Elke leerder moet ‘n gelyke geleentheid gegee word.</figcaption> </figure> <h4>Christavanstaden.com het my ‘n geruime tyd gelede gevra om iets te skryf oor die Begaafde leerder. Ek skryf graag daaroor gesien vanaf my oogpunt en ek glo en mag dalk gestenig word uit verskeie oorde. Ek het 34 jaar Onderwys ervaring en twee jaar daarvan is in twee Britse Hoërskole waar ek ‘Computing’ onderrig het. [Lees laer af oor die Britse stelsel rakende die Begaafde en Talentvolle kind]. Ek het veertien jaar Onderwys ervaring in Suid-Afrika waarvan 9 jaar daarvan in Junior Primêr is and spesifiek met graad 3 en die res Gr4-Gr7. Die res van die 34 jaar is in laerskole in die UK, waarvan 10 by die laerskool is waar ek op die oomblik 10 jariges onderrig. Ek het ervaring in die onderrig van 7-11 jariges in die Britse stelsel, maar meestel in die groepe 9-10 wat Jaar 4 en Jaar 5 is – soortgelyk aan Graad 4 en Graad 5 in Suid-Afrika.</h4> <h4>Ek het ‘n persoonlike siening oor die hoogsbegaafde leerders wat ek dink nie baie mense met my deel nie. Ek sal verduidelik en dan vra ek dat jy die gedeelte van die Britse stelsel ook lees, want dit het ook ‘n aandeel in my siening wat meer begin verander het. Hoe langer ek hier in Engeland skoolhou, hoe meer negatief neig ek om te wees oor hierdie ‘hoogbegaarde’ stelsel. (Lees asseblief kappies en deeltekens in met sekere woorde – indien jy nie omgee nie. My sleutelbord wil nie lekker saamspeel nie! – Ek hoop ook nie die inskrywing lees soos ‘n ‘essay’ nie.)</h4> <h4>Van my eerste dag van skoolhou, het ek geglo dat die Onderwyser moet absoluut alles gee vir elke liewe kind wat voor jou in die klas sit – op elke vlak. Daar moet onder geen omstandighede ‘n uitsondering gemaak word van sekere kinders wat meer weet as ander of sekere kinders wat beter presteer in sekere areas as ander. Vir my moes almal op ‘n gelyke speelveld wees en van daar af werk ek met elke kind. Geen kind kan met ‘n ander kind vergelyk word – omdat almal op verskillende maniere leer. Die Onderwyser kan die leerinhou vir die kind voorhou en hoop dat dit reg geinterpreteer sal word, maar gou-gou sal hy agterkom dat sekere kinders dit op ‘n ander manier interpreteer of dat sekere kinders meer hulp as ander nodig het om dit beter te verstaan of dit moet meer in detail verduidelik word. Elkeen dink anders of interpreteer ‘n konsep/leerinhoud anders. Dus, die Onderwyser moet gereed wees om meer te verduidelik waar nodig – selfs vir die hoogbegaafde kind – of die hoogbegaafde onderpresteerder. Dit meen, jy moet die kinders in kou klas baie goed ken en weet wat elke kind se potensiaal is en hoe om te werk te gaan om dit vir elke kind moontlik te maak om sukses te behaal in elke les wat onderrig word. Die Onderwyser moet met ander woorde ‘ingryp’ waar dinge bietjie ‘verkeerd’ gaan vir die leerder en seker maak dat die leerinhoud duidelik is.</h4> <h4>Nou moet ek dit duidelik maak dat ek hier van die ‘gemiddelde’ kind praat. Die Onderwyser sal kinders in sy klas he wat so ver agter is as die res van die klas as gevolg van verskeie redes en faktore. Ek noem slegs een of twee. Sommige ouers trek gereeld rond van plek tot plek – elke paar weke of maande. Die leerder het nooit geleentheid om leerinhoud sy eie te maak nie en dus gaan daar ‘gaps’ wees in die leer van hierdie groep. Die tweede groep: hierdie leerders is bitter min teenwoordig by die skool/in die klas. Ons het lank terug na hulle verwys as die wat ‘stokkiesdraai’. Daar is geen rede waarom hulle nie in die klas kan wees nie, maar ek moet darem by se, dat baie van sulke leerders wat wel stokkiesdraai, doen dit as gevolg van ‘n lae selfbeeld of keer op keer se mislukkings in die klas. Die ander groep stokkiesdraaiers is die wat net bloot-weg stout is en kattekwaad wil aanvang. Ek sluit nie hierdie groepe in wanneer ek praat van onderpresteerders of begaafdes nie, want hulle sal in die groep geplaas word wat ‘onderpresteer’ – of selfs geklassifiseer kan word as die ‘hoogbegaafde onderpresteerders’ deur skole.</h4> <h4>Die Onderwyser se beplanning moet as sodanig wees dat hy elke kind se potensiaal moet kan identifiseer en op daardie kind rig hy sy doelstellings en doelwitte. Met ander woorde, hy moet baie duidelik sy beplanning differensieer in die sin dat die kind wat onderpresteer of gewoonlik meer hulp nodig het, baie vinnig op dieselfde vlak gebring kan word waar hy behoort te wees – vir sy ouderdomsgroep. Die kind wat meer kennis het as sommige ander in jou klas, sal dan ook baat vind by die gedifferensieeerde beplanning want die Onderwyser sal outomaties ook aan die kind aandag gee wat reeds meer kennis het en daaraan dink hy hoe hy daardie kind gaan stimuleer en in sy/haar behoeftes voorsien – nie dat hy noodwendig meer werk vir die kind sal gee nie, maar dalk die werk van so ‘n aard beplan dat daar ‘n dieper studie gemaak kan word in plaas net oppervlakkige (ekstra) werk voorberei. Ek het bv vir ‘n kind verdere navorsing laat doen oor ‘n onderwerp wat die ek sou onderrig – met die hoofpunte wat die kind moes navors – iets wat ‘n uitdaging was vir die kind. Die kind het die navorsing met die klas gedeel – en ek het aangevul waar nodig.</h4> <h4> Ek voel ook dat kinders die keuse gegee moet word om die area van navorsing te kies want dit sal ‘n aansporing wees om navorsing te wil doen omdat dit die belangstellingsveld is. Die Onderwyser sal die kind begelei in so ‘n mate hy (die kind) nie sal afdwaal van die onderwerp van studie af nie. Kinders kan in groepe navorsing doen waar elke kind ‘n sekere deel navors – en dis waar die onderpresteerder ook ‘n deel kry om na te vors en daar kan ‘n groepleier wees wat die inligting versamel. Groepwerk is nie my gunsteling nie, want daar is altyd die leerders/kinders wat harder werk as ander, maar dit kan ook suksesvol aangewend word indien die beplanning en leiding reg geskied.</h4> <h4>Die kind wat onderpresteer moet nie gesien word as ‘n kind wat glad nie potensiaal het en dan slegs oppervlakkige werk vir die kind voorberei nie. Elke kind moet voel dat die Onderwyser meer van hom/haar verwag of ho-e verwagting koester. Sodra die kind agterkom dat hy (die Onderwyser) meer verwag en ho-e verwagtings koester, sal die leerder gemotiveerd wees en ook voel dat die Onderwyser ‘n ho-e dunk van hom/haar het – die kind sal dus voel dat hy ‘raakgesien’ word en dat hy/sy iets ‘werd’ is en nie net ‘n ‘iemand’ is nie. Dan kry jy ook die kind wat suksesvol is, maar op soek is na bevestiging van die Onderwyser. Die kind is eintlik bang vir mislukking voel hy mag nie foute maak nie. Hierdie leerder sien homself as ‘n perfeksionis. Somtyds is so ‘n leerder bang vir die onbekende en vermy uitdagings en het ‘n vrees vir mislukking. So ‘n kind wil nie graag iets ekstra doen nie. So ‘n leerder het iemand nodig om na te volg, iemand wat risiko’s neem en nie bang is vir mislukking nie. Dan kry jy ook die leerder wat suksesvol is, ook hoogbegaafdes en wil nie graag uitstaan in die groep nie. Sommige sal met opset onderpresteer om in te pas by hul maats – dit gaan oor die sosiale inskakeling. Dit hoef nie noodwendig juis die hoogbegaafde leerder te wees wat dit ‘moedswillig’ doen, slegs om in te pas of om nie maats te verloor nie, maar selfs die gemiddelde kind ook. [sien die video on die einde van die inskrywing].</h4> <h4>Dan is daar ook die groep wat geklassifiseer word as kinders met ADHD, ASD, OCD, ens. of leerders wat disleksies is, dyspraxia het en nog meer. Sommige van hierdie kinders voel soms ‘dom’ en voel hulle kan nie die taak bemeester nie. Hulle voel ook dat hulle dikwels voortdurend onderskat word. Die probleem is dat baie keer word die probleem raakgesien, maar nie die begaafdheid nie. So ‘n kind, omdat hy juis vindingryk is, het baie hanteringsmeganismes ontwikkel om sodoende struikelblokke te kan vermy en later word die probleem geidentifiseer. Hierdie kind het ook aandag nodig van die Onderwyser in die sin van ‘raaksien’ en prys. </h4> <h4>Sommige ouers sal somtyds na vore kom en vir die Onderwyser kom vertel hoeveel werk die kind by die huis meester en baie trots op die kind voel en wil daarmee ‘voorgee’ dat die kind ‘begaafd’ is – omdat die kind soveel werk doen! Nee, dit is nie ‘n begaafde kind nie, maar ‘n ouer wat net bloot druk op ‘n kind uitoefen om meer werk te doen. Die begaafde kind is die kind wat op sy eie werk ‘wil’ doen, ook dan werk doen en nog meer op sy eie wil leer. Die kind het nie iemand nodig om te motiveer om werk te doen nie, maar sal uit sy eie die werk doen. Die tipe kinders wil ook sekere dinge vir hulself leer – dinge waarin hulle belangstel.</h4> <h4>Elke kind het ‘n sekere vlak waarop hy funksioneer en alleenlik die Onderwyser kan daardie vlak bepaal en die leerder motiveer om beter te presteer. Indien die Onderwyser besluit dat die kind in elk geval ‘n onderpresteerder is en altyd sal bly is die gevaar daar dat die Onderwyser se verwagtinge projekteer word op daardie kind en sal daardie kind nie beter doen nie, want die kind besef dat die Onderwyser verwag nie veel meer van hom/haar nie. Dus, jy moet baie duidelik ho-e verwagtinge koester van elke liewe kind en dit uitspel vir die kind. Die kind/leerder moet weet dat die Onderwyser het daardie sekere verwagtinge en dat dit van hom/haar verwag sal word om te presteer – met die hulp of ekstra hulp wat deurentyd verleen sal word.</h4> <h4>Kinders moet gedurig gemotiveer word en die Onderwyser moet die kind laat voel dat hy sukses kan behaal en ook help om suksesvol te wees met take en sodanig die vertrouensverhouding daar stel vir hierdie kind om meer te wil waag en risikos te neem. Dit sal aanlyding gee tot die bou van ‘n selfbeeld, selfbeeld verbeter en vertroue in homself/haarself in te boesem. Sodra die kind voel dat sy Onderwyser in hom/haar glo, sal/behoort vordering plaasvind. Ek kan meer uitbrei op Landman se leer-ken-word essensies maar glo nie dit gaan hier nodig wees nie. My punt is: Ek het dit oor en oor gesien – dat elke kind ‘n gawe of ‘n talent het. Die Onderwyser het daardie verantwoodelikheid om dit in die kind raak te sien en te ontwikkel. Dit is so dat baie kinders minder talente het as ander, dit is hoe ons geskape is, ons kan niks verander nie, maar as jy die kind inspireer en aanmoedig en die geleenthede skep, sal kinders agterkom hoeveel meer hulle kan doen en wil doen.</h4> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/tabel-uk.png"><img data-attachment-id="19131" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2021/03/09/die-hoogbegaafde-en-talentvolle-leerder/tabel-uk/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/tabel-uk.png" data-orig-size="600,315" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Tabel UK" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/tabel-uk.png?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/tabel-uk.png?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-19131" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/tabel-uk.png?w=500" alt="" width="500" height="263" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/tabel-uk.png?w=500 500w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/tabel-uk.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a> ‘n Tabel volgens die UK se perspektief Die situasie in Engeland: Sedert 1997 tot 2010 was daar al verskeie benaminge vir die begaafde en talentvolle leerders. 1997 is dit G&T genoem – Gifted and Talented. 2002-2007 was dit WAGTY genoem en 2007-2010 GFBT en die akroniem: YGTP is ook gebruik – Young Gifted and Talented Programme en toe is dit altesaam alles ontbind. Daarna is die term: ‘More Able’ gebruik. Vir Onderwysers in die klaskamers is gese om ten minste 5% van jou kinders in die klas te identifiseer as G&T. Dit is waarmee ek ‘n gruwelooslike probleem het! Onderwysers het meeste van die tyd geen idee – en slegs bolangse lyding gekry van hoe hulle kinders kan identifiseer. Ek wou elke keer na die hemel skreeu as daar vir ons name gevra is. Die probleem: Jy het baie keer nie in jou klas daardie kind(ers) nie en nou is jy verplig om ‘n paar name voor te stoot! Jy het dalk baie, baie oulike kinders of kinders wat redelike slim is of kinders wat nogal baie weet, maar jy weet dat hierdie kinders beslis nie in daardie kategorie-e pas nie, maar nou ja, name wil hulle he, so name gee jy net om ‘hulle’ te plesier. Dis verkeerd! Dis slegs om boksies af te tik en Ofsted gelukkig te hou. Ek het kinders gekry wat van die vorige jaargroep na my gekom het en waar die vorige Onderwyser kinders geklassifiseer het as G&T en dan is daar weer van my verwag om die betrokke kind(ers) se naam weer op die lys te plaas! Nee, dis totaal verkeerd. Ek het daarteen geskop. My woord was gelukkig aanvaar. Ek wil teen die mure uitklim oor G&T in hierdie land. Daar word ook gekyk na kinders wat uitblink in sekere areas soos bv. Sosiale – leierskap, Liggaamsoefening, akademies bv Wiskunde, Engels en Wetenskap en dan in die kreatiewe areas: musiek, drama, kuns, ens. My dogter was geklassifiseer as G&T toe sy 16 was en sy was uiters gefrustreerd daarmee. Sy kon, ten spyte van haar een Europese taal (Frans), nog een neem – Spaans. Sy – en die ander in die skool – is vir baie ekstra dinge in die skool voorgestoot en alhoewel sy dit nie wou doen nie, was sy verplig om dit te doen! Sy het die onregverdigheid raakgesien en geweet daar was ander klasmaats wat sy wou he dat hulle die voorreg ook moes kry om sekere geleenthede te he en dit het net nie gebeur nie. Dit was van daardie spesifieke groep kinders verwag om alles te doen wat daar vir hulle gese is, slegs deur sekere persone wat ‘in beheer’ is van die G&T en hulle wou vir die Inspekteurs bewys lewer – gedurende ‘n inspeksie – wat hulle vir die betrokke kinders doen! Dit is nog ‘n rede waarom ek teen hierdie programme is en voel ek dat daar gelyke geleenthede vir almal geskep moet word. Sommige ander kinders kon daardie ekstra taal aangeleer het of ‘n ekstra musiek instrument leer bespeel het. My dogter het vioollesse gekry, wat ons baie waardeer het want sy het wonderlik presteer en verder gegaan met haar viool – maar die klavierlesse kon vir ‘n ander kind gegee word! Waarom groepe kinders identifiseer en alles net vir daardie kinders reserveer?! <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/gifted-and-talented.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="19139" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2021/03/09/die-hoogbegaafde-en-talentvolle-leerder/gifted-and-talented/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/gifted-and-talented.jpg" data-orig-size="1029,731" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="gifted and talented" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/gifted-and-talented.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/gifted-and-talented.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-19139" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/gifted-and-talented.jpg?w=500" alt="" width="500" height="355" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/gifted-and-talented.jpg?w=500 500w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/gifted-and-talented.jpg?w=1000 1000w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/gifted-and-talented.jpg?w=600 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/gifted-and-talented.jpg?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a> <h4>Suid-Afrika groepeer ‘begaafdheid’ in verskillende domeine: intellektuele kreatiewe artistieke leierskap akademiese</h4> <h4>Die VSA se top punte om begaafde leerders uit te ken: By die kategorisering en identifisering van begaafde kinders, word beweer dat sodanige kinders gewoonlik: ‘n IK-syfer betref gewoonlik deel uit van die boonste 3 – 5% van skoolpopulasie; – presteer goed in een of meer skool- of buitekurrikulêre vakke soos sterrekunde, rekenaarwetenskap, meganika, ens.; – is uiters weetgierig en kan deur hoëdenkvlak-aktiwiteite probleemoplossend te werk gaan en abstraheer maklik; – kan vinnig memoriseer en leer maklik en vinnig; – leer vinnig lees, lees baie en geniet dit; – beskik oor ’n groot woordeskat en kan vir lang tye konsentreer; – kan verbande raaksien en daarvolgens veralgemeen en is verbeeldingry; – is oorspronklik en kom met unieke, nuwe gedagtes na vore; – openbaar leierskap en besit die vermoë om goeie menseverhoudings te stig; – openbaar talente in kuns, musiek, skryfkuns, drama en dans en openbaar ‘n besondere redenaarsvermoë; – stel hoë eise en doelwitte, is selfkrities en selfanilities – vra na die dieper sin en betekenis van dinge; is sensitief en het ‘n goeie humorsin; – hou van ouer kinders – slaap min; – beoefen verskeie stokperdjies, geniet ingewikkelde speletjies en stel belang in wêreldprobleme.</h4> <h4>Begaafde onderprestering — volgens die VSA se stelsel. Begaafde onderprestering dui op die wanverhouding tussen aangebore potensialiteite en gelewerde prestasies. Hierdie begaafde kinders gaan oënskynlik gebuk onder die las van ’n gebrek aan korrelasie tussen hul chronologiese en verstandsouderdom omdat hul geesgenote heelwat ouer as hulself is en daar uiters moeilik in die gewone skoolsituasie in hul besondere onderwysbehoeftes voorsien kan word. Die oorsake vir onderprestering kan moontlik aan van die volgende faktore gekoppel word: – hulle handhaaf swak famiJie relasies — met hulle ouers en ander gesinslede — en reken dat hulle nie onvoorwaardelik aanvaar word nie. Dit kan die konsentrasie- en leervermoë beïnvloed en tot emosionele ontwrigting lei; – hulle heg gewoonlik nie veel waarde aan eerlikheid en getrouheid nie en sal dus ook nie sodanig ingestel wees ten opsigte van huiswerk of eksamenvoorbereiding nie; dit kan tot swak akademiese resultate lei; – hulle het nie goeie studiegewoontes en -houdings nie. Diesulkes sukkel daarom om met hulle onderwysers oor die weg te kom en werkopdragte te voltooi; – hulle word groot in een-ouer-gesinne waar hulle emosionele en selfs materiële ongeborgenheid ervaar en waardeur hul prestasies negatief beïnvloed word; – werklose ouers oefen uit die aard van die saak ’n ooreenstemmende invloed uit.</h4> <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/okBV9d2bsmA?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2021/03/09/die-hoogbegaafde-en-talentvolle-leerder/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Die Hoogbegaafde en talentvolle leerder">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-19107 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-fotos category-photos tag-173981 tag-afrikaans tag-fotos tag-lockdown tag-lockdown-england tag-photos" id="post-19107"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2021/03/06/grendel-dagboek/" rel="bookmark">Grendel Dagboek</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/fotos/" rel="category tag">foto's</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/photos/" rel="category tag">photos</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/2021/" rel="tag">2021</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/fotos/" rel="tag">foto's</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/lockdown/" rel="tag">Lockdown</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/lockdown-england/" rel="tag">Lockdown England</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/photos/" rel="tag">photos</a> on 06/03/2021| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2021/03/06/grendel-dagboek/#comments">12 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="19118" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/grendel-dagboek-2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/grendel-dagboek-2.jpg" data-orig-size="3901,1017" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="grendel-dagboek-2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/grendel-dagboek-2.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/grendel-dagboek-2.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="521" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/grendel-dagboek-2.jpg?w=2000" alt="" class="wp-image-19118" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/grendel-dagboek-2.jpg?w=2000 2000w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/grendel-dagboek-2.jpg?w=600 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/grendel-dagboek-2.jpg?w=1306 1306w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/grendel-dagboek-2.jpg?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px" /><figcaption>Lockdown V3 – January 2021 – March 2021</figcaption></figure> </div></div> English Readers – these are just random photos taken during the lockdown. <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="19124" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/image-4/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/image-4.png" data-orig-size="764,823" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="image-4" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/image-4.png?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/image-4.png?w=500" loading="lazy" width="764" height="823" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/image-4.png?w=764" alt="" class="wp-image-19124" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/image-4.png 764w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/image-4.png?w=557 557w" sizes="(max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px" /></figure> Hierdie foto’s was almal geneem gedurende die ‘grendel’-tyd hierbo genoem. Op my daaglikse stappie deur die klein plekkie waar ons woon (village), het ek altyd my foon by my gehad en was dit vinnig om gou-gou net te ‘kliek’ as dit nodig was. Ek is lief vir my groot bome en as ‘n boom my aandag trek, dan moet ek dit afneem, soos jy hier kan sien. Selde was dit nodig om in te gaan skooltoe en dan was daar op baie plekke die nodige padwerke. <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img data-attachment-id="19121" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/image-2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/image-2.png" data-orig-size="734,801" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="image-2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/image-2.png?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/image-2.png?w=500" loading="lazy" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/image-2.png?w=734" alt="" class="wp-image-19121" width="334" height="364" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/image-2.png?w=334 334w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/image-2.png?w=668 668w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/image-2.png?w=550 550w" sizes="(max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px" /></figure> My twee rekenaarskerms is ‘n duidelike bewys van die aanlyn skoolhou – byna drie keer per dag moes ek my skerm deel met die groep en dan was dit gerieflik om die groep, wat as ‘n gallery op jou skerm opkom, oor te skuif na my tweede skerm – dit was ook dan maklik om almal in die oog te hou – veral daardie wat so nou en dan hul kameras wou afskakel of net plat wou neerval op die bed! Dit was gewoonlik in die eerste groep die geval en hulle was die wat heelwat vroe-er moes opstaan vir hul sessie. Op ‘n stadium het ons te veel piesangs gehad en was dit gou om piesang-muffins te maak. Ek het sommer die resep van ‘n piesanbrood gebruik om die muffins te maak. Hulle was heerlik. <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="19110" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/grendel-dagboek-1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/grendel-dagboek-1.jpg" data-orig-size="3649,1341" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="grendel-dagboek-1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/grendel-dagboek-1.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/grendel-dagboek-1.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="734" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/grendel-dagboek-1.jpg?w=2000" alt="" class="wp-image-19110" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/grendel-dagboek-1.jpg?w=2000 2000w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/grendel-dagboek-1.jpg?w=1997 1997w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/grendel-dagboek-1.jpg?w=600 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/grendel-dagboek-1.jpg?w=1306 1306w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/grendel-dagboek-1.jpg?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px" /><figcaption>Lockdown V3 – January 2021 – March 2021</figcaption></figure> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2021/03/06/grendel-dagboek/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Grendel Dagboek">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-19073 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-art category-poems category-school category-skool tag-afrikaans tag-art tag-poems tag-school tag-skool tag-skooldinge tag-sommer-net tag-zoom-aanlyn-leer" id="post-19073"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2021/03/03/klaar-met-zoom-skool/" rel="bookmark">Klaar met Zoom skool</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/art/" rel="category tag">Art</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poems/" rel="category tag">poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/school/" rel="category tag">school</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/skool/" rel="category tag">skool</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/art/" rel="tag">Art</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poems/" rel="tag">poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/school/" rel="tag">school</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/skool/" rel="tag">skool</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/skooldinge/" rel="tag">Skooldinge</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/sommer-net/" rel="tag">Sommer net</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/zoom-aanlyn-leer/" rel="tag">Zoom aanlyn leer</a> on 03/03/2021| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2021/03/03/klaar-met-zoom-skool/#comments">6 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="19074" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/art-poem/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/art-poem.png" data-orig-size="977,1084" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="art-poem" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/art-poem.png?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/art-poem.png?w=500" loading="lazy" width="977" height="1084" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/art-poem.png?w=977" alt="" class="wp-image-19074" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/art-poem.png 977w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/art-poem.png?w=541 541w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/art-poem.png?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 977px) 100vw, 977px" /><figcaption>Poem by: John Keats – Ode to a Nightingale </figcaption></figure> Zoom school is finished! Die 8ste Januarie het ons met aanlyn skool begin en vandag – 3 Maart – was die laaste dag – en ek dink ek het ‘n drankie nodig – soos die gedig hierbo se! Dit was harde werk, al die beplanning moes oorgedoen word sodat ons deur Zoom dit kon onderrig en die kinders dit tuis kon doen met die hulp van ouers – na die Onderwyser se aandeel afgehandel is. Dit was ‘n heeltemal ander manier van ‘doen’ en aanpassings moes gemaak word – waarmee Onderwysers baie goed is. Baie keer – byna daagliks, moet jy aanpassings maak, want sommer uit die bloute kan heelwat dinge in die skool gebeur en jy moet op jou tone kan dink en gereed wees vir daardie aanpassings. Dus, jy moet buigbaar wees en dit kan hanteer as jy vinnig dinge moet verander, vir welke rede ookal. Die vertaling van die gedeelte van die gedig in plein Engels: I wish I had some vintage wine that has been stored for years deep in the belly of the earth, wine that tastes of flowers and the countryside, of dancing, folk singing, and happy sunshine! Ek is nie ‘n wyndrinker nie – daarmee bedoel ek dat dit nie deel is van my daaglikse lewe nie, maar ek is eerder ‘n een-keer-‘n-jaar-glasie-persoon. Rooiwyn is my gunsteling – ek kry hoofpyn van witwyn of sjampanje. Die Karlienblom is my groot gunsteling blom! Ek het so bietjie rondgespeel met die waterverf – iets wat ek nog nooit regtig aangepak het nie – eerder iets wat ek die kinders leer en dis iets wat hulle moet doen – hierdie keer het ek self probeer. Ek het net rondgespeel om die verf en papier te toets, veral die kwaliteit van die verf en wat dit op die tipe papier doen om te weet of ek ander verf moes koop – en ook dalk ander tipe waterverf papier. Ek het dit nogal geniet en dink dat verf met waterverf nogal ‘n lekker tydverdryf kan wees en baie makliker as olieverf is. Ek hou daarvan dat jy ‘n fout ken ‘fix’ met die waterverf. Ek het eenkeer olieverf op ‘n klein doek probeer, dit het nogal uitgekom soos die video wat ek gevolg het, maar dit was uiters moeilik om met die olieverf te werk – veral as jy dit nie voorheen gebruik het nie. Ek dink nie ek sal dit weer probeer nie, terwyl die waterverf iets is wat ek beslis weer wil probeer. Ek hoop jy het my pampoen raakgesien! <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2021/03/03/klaar-met-zoom-skool/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Klaar met Zoom skool">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-18536 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-poems category-afrikaans-poems-afrikaanse-taal category-afrikaans-poetry category-afrikaanse-gedigte category-afrikaanse-taal-2 category-gedagtes category-gedigte category-nature tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaans-poems tag-afrikaanse-gedigte tag-english-poems tag-gedigte tag-nature-poems tag-natuur tag-natuur-gedigte tag-poems-about-a-forest tag-poetry tag-robin-hood tag-sherwood-forest" id="post-18536"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2020/08/27/die-voetpad-na-die-boom/" rel="bookmark">Die voetpad na die boom – Poem: The footpath to the tree</a></h2> Posted in <a 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href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/robin-hood/" rel="tag">Robin Hood</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/sherwood-forest/" rel="tag">Sherwood Forest</a> on 27/08/2020| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2020/08/27/die-voetpad-na-die-boom/#comments">14 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img data-attachment-id="18538" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/img_24381/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_24381.jpg" data-orig-size="1632,1224" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 6","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1597757830","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.15","iso":"32","shutter_speed":"0.0066666666666667","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_24381" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_24381.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_24381.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" width="1632" height="1224" class="wp-image-18538" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_24381.jpg?w=1632" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_24381.jpg 1632w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_24381.jpg?w=600 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_24381.jpg?w=1306 1306w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_24381.jpg?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1632px) 100vw, 1632px" /> Die ‘Mayor Oak’ boom in Sherwood Forest <img data-attachment-id="18543" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/img_2465/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_2465.jpg" data-orig-size="1224,1632" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 6","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1597759303","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.15","iso":"32","shutter_speed":"0.0048543689320388","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_2465" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_2465.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_2465.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-18543" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_2465.jpg?w=1224" alt="" width="373" height="497" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_2465.jpg?w=373 373w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_2465.jpg?w=746 746w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_2465.jpg?w=450 450w" sizes="(max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px" /> <img data-attachment-id="18571" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/sherwood-forest-knobbelrige-boom/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sherwood-forest-knobbelrige-boom.jpg" data-orig-size="510,680" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="sherwood-forest-knobbelrige-boom" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sherwood-forest-knobbelrige-boom.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sherwood-forest-knobbelrige-boom.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-18571" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sherwood-forest-knobbelrige-boom.jpg?w=510" alt="" width="345" height="460" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sherwood-forest-knobbelrige-boom.jpg?w=345 345w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sherwood-forest-knobbelrige-boom.jpg 510w" sizes="(max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px" /> <img data-attachment-id="18542" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/img_2501/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_2501.jpg" data-orig-size="1632,1224" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 6","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1597760489","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.15","iso":"32","shutter_speed":"0.0012642225031606","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_2501" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_2501.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_2501.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-18542" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_2501.jpg?w=1632" alt="" width="333" height="250" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_2501.jpg?w=333 333w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_2501.jpg?w=666 666w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_2501.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px" /> <h5>My poem about this forest. My annual contribution to the Afrikaans language. I have translated it for you too.</h5> <h5>Die voetpad na die boom</h5> <h5>Die voetpad na die boom is nog steeds bedek – half versteek.</h5> <h5>Gure weer en aanhoudende reen oor die jare het die toegang onomkeerbaar versper.</h5> <h5>Daar was eens ‘n voetpad wat deur die woud na die boom gelei het.</h5> <h5>Voorheen was die area boomryk, lowerryk.</h5> <h5>Koeltesoekers het passievol al die bome vereer –</h5> <h5>snoesig soos ‘n lappieskombers het hul ingekruip</h5> <h5>onder die wydverspreide skadu-kolle.</h5> <h5>Selfs laventel-pers heide is met deernis aangeplant</h5> <h5>wat net deur enkeling opgemerk word.</h5> <h5>Baie molle het op hul reis onlangs kom vlerksleep –</h5> <h5>waarvan al die molshope getuig.</h5> <h5>Daar was eens ‘n voetpad deur die woud.</h5> <h5>As jy die soomlose woud binnestap,</h5> <h5>veral laat, in die laat somer –</h5> <h5>wanneer die skarlaken-son laag sit</h5> <h5>en die laat-middag woud-wind om jou fluit</h5> <h5>en die eekhorinkie speels sy den binnegaan,</h5> <h5>dan hoor jy die dowwe getrippel van perdehoewe in die verte</h5> <h5>terwyl die mis ‘n dun wolk-laag begin vorm al om die</h5> <h5>karbonkelrige boomstamme en welig-groeiende gras</h5> <h5>en bedek stadig die eens voetpad wat deur die woud gekronkel het.</h5> ~~Nikita – 26-8-2020 <h5>English translation</h5> <h5>The footpath to the tree</h5> <h5>The footpath to the tree is still covered – half hidden.</h5> <h5>Severe weather and persistent rain over the years have irreversibly blocked access.</h5> <h5>There was once a footpath that led through the forest to the tree.</h5> <h5>Previously, the area was tree-rich, leafy.</h5> <h5>Cooling seekers passionately honored all the trees –</h5> <h5>cuddly as a rag blanket crept in</h5> <h5>among the widespread shadow spots.</h5> <h5>Even lavender-purple heather was planted with compassion</h5> <h5>which is noticed only by the individual.</h5> <h5>Many moles have recently come to wing on their journey –</h5> <h5>of which all the molehills testify.</h5> <h5>There was once a footpath through the forest.</h5> <h5>As you walk into the seamless forest,</h5> <h5>especially late, in late summer –</h5> <h5>when the scarlet sun sets low</h5> <h5>and the late-afternoon forest wind around you whistle</h5> <h5>and the squirrel playfully enters his den,</h5> <h5>then you hear the faint tripping of horseshoes in the distance</h5> <h5>while the mist begins to form a thin layer of clouds all around the</h5> <h5>carbonaceous tree trunks and lush-growing grass</h5> <h5>and slowly cover the once footpath that wound through the forest.</h5> <h5>Nikita – 26-8-2020</h5> <img data-attachment-id="18573" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/sherwood-forest-ruigtes/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sherwood-forest-ruigtes.jpg" data-orig-size="680,510" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="sherwood-forest-ruigtes" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sherwood-forest-ruigtes.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sherwood-forest-ruigtes.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" width="680" height="510" class="wp-image-18573" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sherwood-forest-ruigtes.jpg?w=680" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sherwood-forest-ruigtes.jpg 680w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sherwood-forest-ruigtes.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px" /> Hierdie gedig het ek geskryf as my bydrae tot Afrikaans en om 14 Augustus, Afrikaans-dag te ‘vier’. Elke jaar probeer ek om my bydrae te maak rondom hierdie datum. Ons het so bietjie in Sherwood Forest gaan rondstap om veral die baie bekende boom waar Robin Hood en sy ‘manne’ vergader het. Die Major Oak – het ongelukkig gedurende die ‘lockdown’ bietjie deurgeloop deurdat vandaliste dele van die boom probeer vernietig het. Die boom is nou afgesper en word dit al vir baie jare gestut om die boom te beskerm – soos jy in die foto kan sien.Dit was eers in die jare ’50 toe mense besef het dat die boom bewaar moet word en is enige persoon verbied om in die boom te klim en klouter – soos dit gereeld die gewoonte was. As jy die kans kry en jy is in die omgewing van Nottingham, maak gerus ‘n draai by die woud. Dan is daar ook die Robin Hood Kasteel in Nottingham wat jy kan besoek en dit is baie beslis die moeite werd – maak net seker jy besoek die grotte ook. Sien die foto.  <img data-attachment-id="18568" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/nottingham-grotte/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/nottingham-grotte.jpg" data-orig-size="613,498" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="nottingham-grotte" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/nottingham-grotte.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/nottingham-grotte.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" width="613" height="498" class="wp-image-18568" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/nottingham-grotte.jpg?w=613" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/nottingham-grotte.jpg 613w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/nottingham-grotte.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px" /> You can go on a cave tour when visiting the Robin Hood Castle in Nottingham.  English Readers: This is a poem I’ve written after my visit to Sherwood Forest. 14th August is also Afrikaans Language Day. This is my contribution to the Afrikaans Language, the most beautiful language in the world.  <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2020/08/27/die-voetpad-na-die-boom/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Die voetpad na die boom – Poem: The footpath to the tree">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-17810 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-poems-afrikaanse-taal category-afrikaanse-gedigte category-afrikaanse-taal-2 category-gedigte category-gedigte-oor-seisoene tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaanse-gedigte tag-afrikaanse-taal tag-gedigte-oor-seisoene" id="post-17810"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2019/11/22/herfs-in-november/" rel="bookmark">Herfs in November</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaanse-taal-2/afrikaans-poems-afrikaanse-taal/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="category tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaanse-taal-2/" rel="category tag">Afrikaanse taal</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte/" rel="category tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte-oor-seisoene/" rel="category tag">gedigte oor Seisoene</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-taal/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse Taal</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte-oor-seisoene/" rel="tag">gedigte oor Seisoene</a> on 22/11/2019| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2019/11/22/herfs-in-november/#comments">5 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <h4><img data-attachment-id="17812" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2019/11/22/herfs-in-november/herfsblare/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/herfsblare.jpg" data-orig-size="1024,571" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="herfsblare" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/herfsblare.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/herfsblare.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone wp-image-17812" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/herfsblare.jpg" alt="herfsblare" width="542" height="302" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/herfsblare.jpg?w=542&h=302 542w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/herfsblare.jpg?w=600&h=335 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/herfsblare.jpg?w=768&h=428 768w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/herfsblare.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px" /></h4> <h4>English Readers: my poem about Autumn in November. In the Southern Hemisphere, Autumn is not in November, but in March/April.</h4> <h4>Hierdie gedig is my jaarlikse bydrae tot Afrikaans, wat ek tot dusver 14 Augustus probeer doen het – wanneer dit Taaldag. Ek’s so bietjie laat daarmee hierdie jaar, maar liewer laat as nooit. </h4> <h4>Herfs in November</h4> <h4>Herfs in November – in die Noorde – is soos roomys in die winter. Dit pas nie.</h4> <h4>Jy loop rond in stofverwaaide strate Onverskillig kyk jy rond na ‘n mengelmoes van kleure Bondels hare waai rond in die wind En om hoeke van geboue fluit ‘n skerp windjie Beelde van veranderinge flits om jou verby Verslawend staar jy na bloedrooi papawers En jy onthou: dis November maand!</h4> <h4>Soms onthou jy ook van die fyn blomme en die spruit wat iewers voort bly kabbel in die berge waar die bobbejane geel perskes vreet Dan dink jy aan die bloekombome en vinke in die lusernland Vae gedagtes van die kleigat drentel in jou geheue En jy strompel geduldig verder oor verkleurde blare En wonder oor die liedjies van die lente.</h4> <h4>Versperde donker wolke hang laag in die skemeraand Dikgeweefde herinneringe van die aandkrieke wat hul betowerende liedjies op vioolnote sing sink en omvou onmiddellik jou gedagtes. In die agterkamers van jou geheue onthou jy die rooskleurige grassade wat buig in die wind en skielik hoor jy die swaeltjies se twitter terwyl hulle die lang, moeilike vlug terug huistoe neem. ©Nikita 22-11-2019 19:10</h4> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2019/11/22/herfs-in-november/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Herfs in November">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-17388 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-geskiedenis category-afrikaans-history category-afrikaanse-taal-2 tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaans-geskiedenis tag-afrikaans-history tag-geskiedenis-afrikaans tag-history-of-afrikaans" id="post-17388"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2018/07/31/afrikaans-explained/" rel="bookmark">Afrikaans explained</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-geskiedenis/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans geskiedenis</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-history/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans History</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaanse-taal-2/" rel="category tag">Afrikaanse taal</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-geskiedenis/" rel="tag">Afrikaans geskiedenis</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-history/" rel="tag">Afrikaans History</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/geskiedenis-afrikaans/" rel="tag">Geskiedenis Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/history-of-afrikaans/" rel="tag">history of Afrikaans</a> on 31/07/2018| <a 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src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans-explained.jpg" alt="Afrikaans explained" width="798" height="414" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans-explained.jpg 798w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans-explained.jpg?w=600&h=311 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans-explained.jpg?w=768&h=398 768w" sizes="(max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px" /> Stats from the video <img data-attachment-id="17390" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2018/07/31/afrikaans-explained/afrikaans_opressed/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans_opressed.jpg" data-orig-size="984,587" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Afrikaans_opressed" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans_opressed.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans_opressed.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17390" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans_opressed.jpg" alt="Afrikaans_opressed" width="984" height="587" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans_opressed.jpg 984w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans_opressed.jpg?w=600&h=358 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans_opressed.jpg?w=768&h=458 768w" sizes="(max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px" /> Afrikaans language oppressed by the British. <img data-attachment-id="17391" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2018/07/31/afrikaans-explained/afrikaans-muslims/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans-muslims.jpg" data-orig-size="1433,975" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Afrikaans muslims" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans-muslims.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans-muslims.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17391" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans-muslims.jpg" alt="Afrikaans muslims" width="1433" height="975" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans-muslims.jpg 1433w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans-muslims.jpg?w=600&h=408 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans-muslims.jpg?w=1306&h=889 1306w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans-muslims.jpg?w=768&h=523 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1433px) 100vw, 1433px" /> Some news for you! <img data-attachment-id="17392" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2018/07/31/afrikaans-explained/afrikaans11/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans11.jpg" data-orig-size="312,257" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Afrikaans11" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans11.jpg?w=312" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans11.jpg?w=312" loading="lazy" class="alignnone wp-image-17392" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans11.jpg" alt="Afrikaans11" width="223" height="184" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans11.jpg?w=223&h=184 223w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans11.jpg 312w" sizes="(max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px" /> Love this! <img data-attachment-id="17396" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2018/07/31/afrikaans-explained/afrikaans-vlag/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans-vlag.jpg" data-orig-size="815,428" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Afrikaans vlag" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans-vlag.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans-vlag.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17396" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans-vlag.jpg" alt="Afrikaans vlag" width="815" height="428" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans-vlag.jpg 815w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans-vlag.jpg?w=600&h=315 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/afrikaans-vlag.jpg?w=768&h=403 768w" sizes="(max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px" /> <iframe class="youtube-player" width="430" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uI49IqDCgg8?version=3&rel=0&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> Enjoy this video. Afrikaans is so (almost) Dutch. <iframe class="youtube-player" width="430" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zztbaP2waRA?version=3&rel=0&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> <h4>In this video: If you don’t understand Afrikaans- this is a lady who doesn’t understand this ‘made-up’ language the guy in the car is speaking. Then, she realises he’s Afrikaans too. Her language is Afrikaans (and she’s not white!).</h4> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2018/07/31/afrikaans-explained/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Afrikaans explained">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-16402 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-chess tag-afrikaans tag-south-africa tag-suid-afrika" id="post-16402"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/praat-afrikaans-speak-afrikaans/" rel="bookmark">Praat Afrikaans! Speak Afrikaans!</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/chess/" rel="category tag">Chess</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a> on 07/03/2016| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/praat-afrikaans-speak-afrikaans/#comments">4 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <h3><iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zztbaP2waRA?version=3&rel=0&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> This is precious. This male person pretends to speak a foreign language and the lady doesn’t understand him. She keeps on trying to figure out what he wants. So she asks him to speak Afrikaans – or… okay, I won’t repeat her words at the end… Afrikaans speaking people will really love this video. In South Africa, there’s more than 6 million people speaking Afrikaans – and they are from difference races. </h3> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/praat-afrikaans-speak-afrikaans/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Praat Afrikaans! Speak Afrikaans!">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-16009 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaanse-gedigte category-chess-games category-gedigte category-poems category-poetry tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaans-poems tag-afrikaans-poetry tag-chess-games tag-gedigte tag-poetry" id="post-16009"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2015/08/14/my-siel-op-haelwit-wolke/" rel="bookmark">My siel op haelwit wolke</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="category tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/chess-games/" rel="category tag">chess games</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte/" rel="category tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poems/" rel="category tag">poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poetry/" rel="category tag">Poetry</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-poems/" rel="tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-poetry/" rel="tag">Afrikaans poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess-games/" rel="tag">chess games</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poetry/" rel="tag">Poetry</a> on 14/08/2015| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2015/08/14/my-siel-op-haelwit-wolke/#comments">6 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sa.png"><img data-attachment-id="16011" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2015/08/14/my-siel-op-haelwit-wolke/sa/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sa.png" data-orig-size="527,408" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="sa" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sa.png?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sa.png?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-16011" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sa.png?w=250" alt="sa" width="250" height="194" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sa.png?w=250 250w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sa.png?w=500 500w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></a> <h4>This is one of my own poems. It is a cento. A cento is a poem written using other author’s lines or passages. This ‘cento’ though has been written using my own poems. The poems I used are all from my Afrikaans poems. I do write English too, but as I said before, it’s just playing with words. I don’t try to be professional. I decided a few years ago to do my ‘bit’ for Afrikaans on the 14th August every year. Unfortunately, it didn’t happen last year and I couldn’t let another year go by without having one on this day! This is the history behind the 14th August.</h4> <blockquote> <h5>The Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners (Afrikaans for “Society of Real Afrikaners”) was formed on 14 August 1875 in the town of Paarl by a group of Afrikaans speakers from the current Western Cape region. From 15 January 1876 the society published a journal in Afrikaans called Die Afrikaanse Patriot (“The Afrikaans Patriot”) as well as a number of books, including grammars, dictionaries, religious material and histories. Die Afrikaanse Patriot was succeeded in 1905 by today’s Paarl newspaper. You can read more about this Society <a style="color:#008000;" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genootskap_van_Regte_Afrikaners" target="_blank"> on this link </a> on the site of Wikipedia.</h5> </blockquote> <h4>If you are Afrikaans, I hope you enjoy these couple of lines.</h4> <h4><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/seagold.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="16010" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2015/08/14/my-siel-op-haelwit-wolke/seagold/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/seagold.jpg" data-orig-size="260,383" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="seagold-" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/seagold.jpg?w=260" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/seagold.jpg?w=260" loading="lazy" class="alignleft wp-image-16010 size-medium" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/seagold.jpg?w=170" alt="seagold-" width="170" height="250" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/seagold.jpg?w=170 170w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/seagold.jpg 260w" sizes="(max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px" /></a></h4> <h4>My siel op haelwit wolke</h4> <h4>In gietende reën sypel my gedagtes: eindloos! Ek stuur vir jou die goud van sondeurdrenkte landskappe in die galery van my stille gemoed. My opgevoude gedagtes steek vas en onderhou my geheue wat onvermydelik verstrengel is en soos gister vind jy my siel op haelwit wolke; my gedagtes wentel om die aura van my taal en rol ragfyn ligstraaltjies voor my uit: wat die tuimelende bergstilte laat rol oor die dansende blou waters na die holtes van my gedagtes.</h4> ==Nikita 14/08/2015 <h5><iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZcX6gtl5WmE?version=3&rel=0&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> Mantovani is one of my real big favourites. On this video you’ll find a whole library of his music to keep you company. I hope you enjoy!</h5> If you are a regular reader of my blog, you would know that I do play chess myself too. I’ve blogged quite a few chess games in the past. This is one of my most recent chess games on chess.com Time is little to play rated chess games and I was tricked into this game, but managed to escape the worst. Rated games involve more concentration and I tend to play friendlies just for fun and I feel I can ‘escape’ or shut down from normal work and enjoy the game. <h5><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/chesscom.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="16019" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2015/08/14/my-siel-op-haelwit-wolke/chesscom/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/chesscom.jpg" data-orig-size="367,367" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="chesscom" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/chesscom.jpg?w=367" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/chesscom.jpg?w=367" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-16019" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/chesscom.jpg?w=250" alt="chesscom" width="250" height="250" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/chesscom.jpg?w=250 250w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/chesscom.jpg 367w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></a> I like how I managed to checkmate my opponent, though he was very close to checkmate me! I played white in this game – not my favourite colour, as I discovered I play better games when I play black. If you are interested, please click <a href="http://www.lutanho.net/pgn/ltpgnboard.html?Init=&ApplyPgnMoveText=1. e4 e5 2. h3 Bc5 3. Nf3 Qf6 4. d3 d6 5. Bg5 Qg6 6. Bh4 Nc6 7. a3 Nge7 8. Bxe7 Nxe7 9. Nc3 Bb6 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. c3 O-O 12. Ng3 f5 13. Qd2 f4 14. Ne2 Na5 15. Qc2 Be6 16. c4 c5 17. Nc1 Nc6 18. Kd1 Nd4 19. Qd2 Qh5 20. Be2 Qg6 21. g4 h5 22. Nh2 hxg4 23. Bxg4 a5 24. a4 f3 25. Qe1 Bd8 26. Rg1 Bh4 27. Bxe6+ Qxe6 28. Rg4 Bf6 29. Na2 Nb3 30. Rb1 Kf7 31. Nxf3 Nd4 32. Nxd4 Qd7 33. Nf5 g6 34. Ne3 Qxa4+ 35. Kc1 Qxa2 36. Nd5 Rh8 37. Qh1 Qb3 38. Kd2 Bh4 39. Rg2 Rh5 40. Qd1 Qa2 41. Kc2 Bg5 42. Qg4 a4 43. Qd7+ Kf8 44. Qxb7 Ra7 45. Qb5 Rhh7 46. Rxg5 Rhb7 47. Qc6 Qb3+ 48. Kc1 Qxd3 49. Qxd6+ Kg8 50. Rxg6+ Kf7 51. Rf6+ Kg7 52. Qf8+ Kh7 53. Rh6++ &SetBGColor=EFE2D8&SetBorder=1&eval=AddText(%22<|td> <td> <div style=\'height:360px;overflow:auto\'>Chess game vs Silent Genius <|B> %22+GetHTMLMoveText(0,0,1))" target="_blank"> here </a> to play through the game. If you are a chess player yourself, please feel free to leave a comment and Dan, if you read here, you might want to analyse my game…hehe.</h5> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2015/08/14/my-siel-op-haelwit-wolke/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to My siel op haelwit wolke">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-15137 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-boer-war category-boer-war-1988-1902 category-boer-war-women category-boere-oorlog category-boere-oorlog-gedigte-2 category-british-war-1899-1902 category-concentration-camps category-history-south-africa-1899-1902 category-poetry tag-afrikaans tag-boer-war tag-boere-oorlog tag-concentration-camps tag-gedigte tag-poetry" id="post-15137"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/the-camp/" rel="bookmark">The Camp</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/boer-war/" rel="category tag">Boer War</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/boer-war-1988-1902/" rel="category tag">Boer War 1988-1902</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/boer-war-women/" rel="category tag">Boer War Women</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/boere-oorlog/" rel="category tag">Boere-oorlog</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/boere-oorlog-gedigte-2/" rel="category tag">Boere-oorlog gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/british-war-1899-1902/" rel="category tag">British War 1899-1902</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/concentration-camps/" rel="category tag">concentration camps</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/history-south-africa-1899-1902/" rel="category tag">History South Africa 1899-1902</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poetry/" rel="category tag">Poetry</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/boer-war/" rel="tag">Boer War</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/boere-oorlog/" rel="tag">Boere-oorlog</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/concentration-camps/" rel="tag">concentration camps</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poetry/" rel="tag">Poetry</a> on 22/08/2013| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/the-camp/#comments">6 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/boerwar_concentration_camps.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="15138" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/the-camp/boerwar_concentration_camps/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/boerwar_concentration_camps.jpg" data-orig-size="534,418" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="boerwar_concentration_camps" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/boerwar_concentration_camps.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/boerwar_concentration_camps.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-15138" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/boerwar_concentration_camps.jpg?w=500" alt="boerwar_concentration_camps" width="500" height="391" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/boerwar_concentration_camps.jpg?w=500 500w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/boerwar_concentration_camps.jpg 534w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a> Picture from FB: Mother with her dead child – Boer War: Concentration camps. I was so shocked when I saw this picture. How this mother must have felt and the poor little kids. This is what went through my mind: The camp White tents like white ant hills. Strange, awkward stenches fill the war-torn air Weak, though proud, with no disinfectant Sitting around in poverty: deprived! Waiting for food. Waiting for water. Humiliation. Disgrace. Filth. Dead bodies carried along white rows They don’t care, they don’t think! They can’t think. They just kill! The pain inside: it cuts deep, very deep. No sound. No breath. No life. No words. No food. Only thoughts. Only thoughts. Only Blue vitriol. Children crying, children dying Hunger screams, hunger wails Endless waiting. Timeless prayers. Shock. Horror. Pain. Forgotten lives. Panic. Fright. Terror. God! My child is dead! Footsteps. No words. Empty arms. Eyes watching. Not my child! Patience because: ‘Another seepkissie will arrive soon.’ Silence. Nikita 22/8/2013 <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/the-camp/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to The Camp">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-15063 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaanse-taal-2 category-gedigte category-vigs tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaanse-gedigte-oor-vigs tag-afrikaanse-taal tag-gedigte tag-hiv tag-vigs" id="post-15063"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/n-lewe-verkort/" rel="bookmark">‘n Lewe verkort</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaanse-taal-2/" rel="category tag">Afrikaanse taal</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte/" rel="category tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/vigs/" rel="category tag">Vigs</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-gedigte-oor-vigs/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse gedigte oor vigs</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-taal/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse Taal</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/hiv/" rel="tag">HIV</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/vigs/" rel="tag">Vigs</a> on 18/08/2013| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/n-lewe-verkort/#comments">6 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/vigs.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="15066" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/n-lewe-verkort/sony-dsc-66/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/vigs.jpg" data-orig-size="283,189" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"8","credit":"","camera":"DSLR-A200","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1376783304","copyright":"","focal_length":"20","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"SONY DSC"}" data-image-title="SONY DSC" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/vigs.jpg?w=283" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/vigs.jpg?w=283" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-15066" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/vigs.jpg" alt="SONY DSC" width="283" height="189" /></a> image:kerkbode.co.za ‘n Lewe verkort Die beklemmende gedagte: onbewustelik ‘n verbintenis stigmatisering, diskriminered, wraaksugtig, miskennend onbeskermd… ‘n Lewe verkort In die binneste van jou siel: jou fisieke, jou psige vasgevang – die vrees vasgeknoop – die woede Ingelaat en toegelaat, onbeplan, ongenaakbaar grusaam en gruwelooslik deurboor dit jou vlees. Sirkelend alom jou siel: geregtigheid, regverdigheid melaatsheid en dilemmas lugleegtes van pleidooie. Slagoffer van die dood. ++Nikita++ 18/8/2013 Nadat ‘n blogleser, Azile, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/my-vuurtjie/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> op hierdie link </a> ‘n versoek gerig het in die kommentaarboksie, het ek ‘gehoor’ gegee. Sy het gevra vir ‘n gedig oor ‘Vigs’, in Afriaans. Wel, soos almal teen hierdie tyd weet – dat ek nie ‘n professionele digter is nie, en ek wou my ook nie laat afsit deur Amanda Lourens <a target="_blank" rel="noopener">‘n ‘ doktor‘ – sien die link na die paragraaf</a>. Ek die geskribbel maak vir jou sin. Dus, as jy iemand soos Amanda is – of kenner van Afrikaans – lees asseblief met ‘ander‘ ogies na hierdie ‘geskribbel’. Vir die doktors wil ek graag sê: Spandeer jul etenstye deur Opperman se Groot Verseboek en Verswêreld te lees. Ek persoonlik dink daar is ‘n paar ‘moderne‘ byvoegings in Verswêreld wat ek nie dink daar behoort te wees nie – my opinie. ‘n Ander vraag: Hoe word ‘n Eugene Marais prys toegeken aan ‘n digter wat sy taal meng, dan nog ook erg onsmaaklike Afrikaanse woorde in sy gedigte inwerk? Wat sou Marais daarvan gedink het? En, moenie na my kom met die verskoning van: dis modern. <sug, watter tipe beoordeelaars het ons in Afrikaans vandag? Red Afrikaans….iemand, asseblief> <blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="2tTlpc4tlg"><a href="https://versindaba.co.za/2013/01/22/amanda-lourens-daardie-dekselse-papierknippie/">Amanda Lourens. Daardie dekselse papierknippie</a></blockquote> <iframe class="wp-embedded-content" sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" style="position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);" title="“Amanda Lourens. Daardie dekselse papierknippie” — Versindaba" src="https://versindaba.co.za/2013/01/22/amanda-lourens-daardie-dekselse-papierknippie/embed/#?secret=ZHPbvnDEsn#?secret=2tTlpc4tlg" data-secret="2tTlpc4tlg" width="500" height="282" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> Ook aan Amanda Lourens: Waarom, as die internet gedigte op ‘social media’ so erg vir jou is, waarom doen jy nie iets daaraan om Onderwysers beter opgelei te kry in die onderrig van hoe om gedigte te skryf! Ek was in ‘n baie goeie laer- en ho-erskool en sal met trots my eie kinders daarheen kon stuur, maar die gebrekkige leiding wat Onderwysers gehad het om kinders gedigte te laat skryf. Selfs met my eie opleiding as Onderwyser kan ek daarvan getuig. Toe, maak dit jou passie, Amanda! Nie om ander af te breek wat ‘probeer’ nie! <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/n-lewe-verkort/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to ‘n Lewe verkort">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-14655 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-beiteltjie category-gedigte category-np-van-wyk-louw category-south-africa tag-afrikaans-gedigte tag-beiteltjie tag-geweld tag-np-van-wyk-louw tag-south-africa tag-suid-afrika" id="post-14655"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2013/02/18/die-beiteltjie-the-little-chisel/" rel="bookmark">Die beiteltjie – The Little Chisel</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/beiteltjie/" rel="category tag">Beiteltjie</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte/" rel="category tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/np-van-wyk-louw/" rel="category tag">NP van Wyk-Louw</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-gedigte/" rel="tag">Afrikaans gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/beiteltjie/" rel="tag">Beiteltjie</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/geweld/" rel="tag">geweld</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/np-van-wyk-louw/" rel="tag">NP van Wyk-Louw</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a> on 18/02/2013| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2013/02/18/die-beiteltjie-the-little-chisel/#comments">2 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> Die Beiteltjie Ek kry ’n klein klein beiteltjie, ek tik hom en hy klink; toe slyp ek en ek slyp hom totdat hy klink en blink. Ek sit ’n klippie op ’n rots: – mens moet jou vergewis: ’n beitel moet kan klip breek as hy ’n beitel is – ek slaat hom met my beiteltjie en dié was sterk genoeg: daar spring die klippie stukkend so skoon soos langs ’n voeg: toe, onder my tien vingers bars die grys rots middeldeur en langs my voete voel ek die sagte aarde skeur, die donker naat loop deur my land en kloof hom wortel toe – só moet ’n beitel slaan wat beitel is, of hoé? Dan, met twee goue afgronde val die planeet aan twee en oor die kranse, kokend, verdwyn die vlak groen see …from the day I see the night far beyond opening up within a crack that from my chisel runs through to the stars en op die dag sien ek die nag daar anderkant gaan oop met ’n bars wat van my beitel af dwarsdeur die sterre loop Klik die link vir <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/npvwyk_louw.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NP van Wyk Louw</a> huldeblyk-dokument. Van Wyk Louw – one of the most distinguised Afrikaans poets– I agree with Breyten Breytenbach. ‘The chisel, a metaphor for the poetic word – splits a stone, then the rock under the stone, then the earth beneath the rock, then the poet’s country, then the planet, until… …from the day I see the night far beyond opening up within a crack that from my chisel runs through to the stars [Breytenbach] Lees <a href="http://www.oulitnet.co.za/onderwys/bes_9911.asp#beiteltjie" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> HIER </a> ‘n breedvoerige verduidelik oor Die Beiteltjie op Oulitnet. ‘n Pragtige gedig – In die dokument verskyn heelwat feite en inligting oor van Wyk Louw. Ek het ook Cecile Cilliers se artikel raakgelees op die internet en kan met haar en van Wyk Louw saamstem met: ‘n Donker naat loop deur my land. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/b85f486352d8411f8c8d6afb2762989f.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="14659" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2013/02/18/die-beiteltjie-the-little-chisel/b85f486352d8411f8c8d6afb2762989f/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/b85f486352d8411f8c8d6afb2762989f.jpg" data-orig-size="100,139" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="b85f486352d8411f8c8d6afb2762989f" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/b85f486352d8411f8c8d6afb2762989f.jpg?w=100" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/b85f486352d8411f8c8d6afb2762989f.jpg?w=100" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-14659" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/b85f486352d8411f8c8d6afb2762989f.jpg" alt="b85f486352d8411f8c8d6afb2762989f" width="100" height="139" /></a> Verward deur die donker naat van ons geweld 2013-02-18 22:52 Cecile Cilliers <blockquote>Die donker naat loop deur my land / en kloof hom wortel toe – Dít is die eerste twee versreëls van die vierde strofe van N.P. van Wyk Louw se “Die Beiteltjie”, waarskynlik een van die bekendste gedigte in die Afrikaanse letterkunde. Dit word vertel, of miskien het hy dit self in Rondom eie werk vertel, dat die gedig volledig een Kaapse oggend na hom gekom het. Hy was te voet op pad universiteit toe, toe die woorde plotseling in sy kop verskyn. Agter sy lessenaar het hy dit heel en in sy geheel neergeskryf. Die eenvoud van die gedig ten spyt, laat hy hom nie maklik verklaar nie. Die beiteltjie dui glo op die woord en die mag van taal – meer as wat dit vir die swaard moontlik is, kan dit wêrelde verander. Maar die gevare wat taal inhou, bly nie uit nie. Daardie versreël, die eerste reël van die rubriek, bly die hele week in my kop dreun: die donker naat loop deur my land… Ek raak stram om te lag, staan verward, verneder en gedeprimeer deur die donker naat van geweld wat deur my land loop, en wat besig is om gesinne, families, gemeenskappe, uit mekaar te ruk. Is dít wat van ons geword het? Amalie bel uit Amerika: Mamma, wat gaan aan? Op elke voorblad, The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, USA TODAY, word die gewelddadigheid van Suid-Afrika uitgebasuin. In 1994 nog die liefling van die wêreld, 20 jaar later opnuut die muishond. Natuurlik is daar ’n yslike hap leedvermaak. Net soos ons leedvermakerig vertel het van die bloeddorstige skietery in die VSA, van die verskrikking van die busverkragting in Indië. Maar met of sonder die veroordelende woorde van die buitelandse verslaggewers – tot van Fidji het hulle glo gekom – het dit tyd geword dat ons lank en eerlik en ondersoekend na onsself en na ons gemeenskappe kyk. Sonder die gewone skindernuus. Want elkeen het ’n eiertjie te lê, ’n stuiwer in die armbeurs te gooi, of dit nou die dood an Anene of van Reeva is, ons práát daaroor. Ons praat ja, blý praat, maar wat dóén ons? Hoeveel sulke berigte, hoeveel sulke stories kan ’n volk se psige verduur voordat dit gewoon aan die werklikheid onttrek? Of erger nog, mettertyd alles gewoond word, hoe grusaam ook al? Is ons dan nie bereid om verantwoordelikheid vir ons land te aanvaar nie? Tydens die apartheidsjare is daar groepe gevorm – Vroue vir Vrede, Kontak, Black Sash, Vroue vir Geregtigheid – wat daadwerklik vir ’n nuwe, beter Suid-Afrika gewerk het. Moet dit nie maar weer gebeur nie? Kán dit weer gebeur? Soms vrees ek geweld het in ons bloed kom sit, eie geword aan ons mense en ons land. En dit kloof hom wortel toe. In die wit nag bid ek saam met Dawid: Laat my weer blydskap en vreugde belewe…</blockquote> beeld.com/Rubrieke/CecileCilliers/Verward-deur-die-donker-naat-van-ons-geweld-20130218 <h4>Hier is ‘n Engelse vertaling deur Uys Krige en Jack Cope van “Die Beiteltjie.”</h4> <h4> THE LITTLE CHISEL</h4> <h4>Here in my hands a small cold-chisel, I tap it and it rings; and I hone it and I stone it until its bright edge sings.</h4> <h4>I prop a pebble on a rock; – you’ve got to get this clear: a chisel that’s a real cold-chisel can crack a boulder sheer –</h4> <h4>I slam it with my chisel edge, its toughness is a gift: straight the pebble flies apart as clean as on a rift:</h4> <h4>next, under my ten fingers split, the granite rock divides, below my feet I start to feel the softened earth subside,</h4> <h4>and dark the seam runs through my land and cleaves it to the core – so a chisel cuts that truly is a chisel, or what’s it for?</h4> <h4>Then with two gold-red chasms the planet falls in two and down the rockfalls boiling, drains the ocean flat and blue</h4> <h4>and in the day I see the night below me open far with a crack that from my chisel blow runs to the furthest star</h4> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2013/02/18/die-beiteltjie-the-little-chisel/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Die beiteltjie – The Little Chisel">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-14641 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-boemelaar category-gedigte tag-afrikaans tag-boemelaar tag-gedigte tag-kort-verhaal" id="post-14641"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2013/02/18/my-binneste-word-stil/" rel="bookmark">My binneste word stil</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/boemelaar/" rel="category tag">Boemelaar</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte/" rel="category tag">gedigte</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/boemelaar/" rel="tag">Boemelaar</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/kort-verhaal/" rel="tag">kort verhaal</a> on 18/02/2013| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2013/02/18/my-binneste-word-stil/#comments">1 Comment »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boemelaar.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="14639" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/boemelaar/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boemelaar.jpg" data-orig-size="4288,3216" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.9","credit":"","camera":"KODAK EASYSHARE Camera, C1530","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1335435416","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.7","iso":"64","shutter_speed":"0.025","title":""}" data-image-title="boemelaar" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boemelaar.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boemelaar.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-14639" alt="boemelaar" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boemelaar.jpg" width="500" height="375" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boemelaar.jpg?w=500&h=375 500w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boemelaar.jpg?w=1000&h=750 1000w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boemelaar.jpg?w=600&h=450 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boemelaar.jpg?w=768&h=576 768w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a> anzelgerber.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/boemelaar-n-storie-wat-ek-net-moes-oorvertel Ek het vanoggend weer bewus geraak van ‘n 2007-inskrywing, nadat ek gesien het dat die inskrywing ‘n hele paar ‘besoekers’ gehad het. Dis ‘n gedig wat ek in die vroeë tagtigs geskryf het na aanleiding van ‘n kort verhaal wat in een van die plaaslike tydskrifte gepubliseer was. My prentjie by die inskrywing het ‘verlore’ geraak en met ‘n google-soektog, het ek hierdie verhaal gekry en daar en dan besluit dit moet ook ‘n ‘gedig’ kry. Hier is ‘n nog ‘n gedig by die verhaal wat ek so pas gevind het. Ek hoop jy hou daarvan. Lees eers die verhaal – dis nogal ‘n storie wat jou ‘vang’. Ek het dit geniet. ‘n Vreemde slenter langsaam verby hare in toutjies en slierte opgerol moeë plooie, oë op skrefies teen die skerp sonstrale stadig krap-krap hy my gedagtegang rond. Herkenbare momente, oomblikke van draai en wag opflikkerende name en tasbare gevoelens met onbeantwoorde sugte – vir later. Momentum, metaal, glas en splinters bewegende kreune, die oë van vervloeë sirenes, histerie, skerper en slegter oë wat vervaag, verdwyn in die niet my binneste word stil… [nikita-18/2/2013] <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2013/02/18/my-binneste-word-stil/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to My binneste word stil">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-14456 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-poems category-n-p-van-wyk-louw category-straatfluitjie category-winter tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaanse-gedigte tag-n-p-van-wyk-louw tag-seasons tag-straatfluitjie tag-winter tag-winter-gedig" id="post-14456"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2012/12/23/straatfluitjie/" rel="bookmark">Straatfluitjie</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-poems/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/n-p-van-wyk-louw/" rel="category tag">N P van Wyk Louw</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/straatfluitjie/" rel="category tag">Straatfluitjie</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/winter/" rel="category tag">Winter</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/n-p-van-wyk-louw/" rel="tag">N P van Wyk Louw</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/seasons/" rel="tag">seasons</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/straatfluitjie/" rel="tag">Straatfluitjie</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/winter/" rel="tag">Winter</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/winter-gedig/" rel="tag">Winter gedig</a> on 23/12/2012| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2012/12/23/straatfluitjie/#comments">7 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/winter-1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="14459" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2012/12/23/straatfluitjie/winter-1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/winter-1.jpg" data-orig-size="900,706" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="winter (1)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/winter-1.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/winter-1.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-14459" alt="winter (1)" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/winter-1.jpg?w=700" width="500" height="349" /></a> Picture: ecopreneurist.com “I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says “Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass This entry is basically meant to be in Afrikaans – only. What you see in this picture, is what almost hit me in my face about two weeks ago. I was travelling on a road and when driving round a bend, this popped up in my face. Barrels of numbness washed over me, as I watched in awe and admiration, wishing I could sit on a bench and just enjoy the scene for hours without end. Everything was just so… white! I then realised that Winter is also ‘special’. Winter Nou lê die aarde nagtelang en week in die donker stil genade van die reën, en skemer huise en takke daeliks bleek deur die wit mistigheid en suising heen. Dis alles ryk en rustig van die swaar geheime wasdom wat sy paaie vind deur warm aarde na elke skeut en blaar, en ver en naby alles duister bind in vog en vrugbaarheid en groot verlange; tot ons ’n helder middag skielik sien die gras blink, en die jong graan teen die hange, en weet dat alle rus die lewe dien: hoe kon ek dink dat somer ryker is as hierdie groei se stil geheimenis? -N P van Wyk Louw Winter is koud. Winter is naar en ongenaakbaar, maar dan is daar ook ‘n misterieuse ‘stilte’ rondom Winter. Winter laat my soms dink aan ‘n gesprek wat jy met jouself het. Winter laat my dink, beplan – of soms herbeplan. Ek dink Winter probeer iets doen, maar is nie seker hoe om dit te doen nie, daarom verkies hy om in ‘stilte’ dinge te doen. Hy bekruip jou en ‘pynig’ jou met sy koue. Winter is soos ‘n ‘boelie’ wat mooi is, so mooi dat jy hom vergewe dat hy jou ‘boelie’. Geniet die Winter – as jy in ‘n land is waar dit nou Winter is! Geniet die sonskyn waar jy nou Somer het! Geniet die liedjie van Johan van der Watt: Straatfluitjie wat so bietjie ‘warmte’ gee met sy pragtige stem. <iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F30527030&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=false&color=false&show_user=false&show_reposts=false"></iframe> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2012/12/23/straatfluitjie/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Straatfluitjie">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-14106 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-farm category-herinneringe category-memories category-plaas category-plaaslewe tag-afrikaans tag-herinneringe tag-memories tag-plaas tag-plaasdiere tag-plaaslewe" id="post-14106"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2012/08/03/plaas-blues/" rel="bookmark">Plaas-blues</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/farm/" rel="category tag">farm</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/herinneringe/" rel="category tag">herinneringe</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/memories/" rel="category tag">memories</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/plaas/" rel="category tag">plaas</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/plaaslewe/" rel="category tag">Plaaslewe</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/herinneringe/" rel="tag">herinneringe</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/memories/" rel="tag">memories</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/plaas/" rel="tag">plaas</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/plaasdiere/" rel="tag">plaasdiere</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/plaaslewe/" rel="tag">Plaaslewe</a> on 03/08/2012| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2012/08/03/plaas-blues/#comments">5 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/eendeopdam.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="14116" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2012/08/03/plaas-blues/eendeopdam/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/eendeopdam.jpg" data-orig-size="451,449" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="eendeopdam" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/eendeopdam.jpg?w=451" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/eendeopdam.jpg?w=451" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-14116" title="eendeopdam" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/eendeopdam.jpg?w=250" alt="" width="250" height="248" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/eendeopdam.jpg?w=250 250w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/eendeopdam.jpg 451w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></a> English readers: please slide down for a short version – Hierdie foto was jaaa-re gelede geneem, ek dink ek was 15-16 gewees het. Ek het ‘n ou kodak-kamera gehad – wat ek gekry het vir ‘n staptoer in die Drakensberge. [Die inskrywing daaroor is iewers op my blog.] Daar het my voorliefde vir fotografie begin – later was ‘n beter kamera -‘n Chinon – as geskenk deur ‘n boyfriend vir my gegee, maar ongelukkig was tyd vir ‘n fotografiekursus bitter min op daardie stadium- as gevolg van studies. Terug by die plaas: Iemand het nou die dag gevra dat meer plaasstories vertel moet word. As jy op ‘n plaas groot geword het, sal jy weet dat dit net onmoontlik is om los te trek en blah! daar’s alles soos ‘n bord kos wat opgedien word. Daar’s net heeltemal te veel en daar is ‘n sekere ‘iets’ wat jou gedagtegang prikkel en jy dan weer iets spesifieks onthou – iets wat miskien beter in jou geheue ingeprent is as meeste ander dinge wat in die normale gang van sake op ‘n plaas gebeur. Ek was besig om deur ritse en ritse foto’s te gaan – letterlik honderde en die einde is nog niet in sig! – toe ek dié foto van die eende sien. Hoeveel memories hierdie opgebring het, is onbeskryflik. Soveel het deur my gedagtes geflits. Selfs die makoue wat ons gehad het, het by my opgekom. Hoe ek daardie makoue eintlik verpes het, is moeilik om hier te beskryf. Ek was glad nie lief vir hulle nie. Hulle het sommer oral geblerts en ja, selfs as plaaskind kon ek nie hulle blertse verdra nie. As ek reg onthou, het dit gestink! [lol] Tot vandag het ek nie veel respek vir ‘n makou nie. [hehe] Meer spesiaal was die eende! Hulle was vir my móói! En nuuskierig! Hulle het meer persoonlikheid gehad as die makoue. Dit moet seker wees waarom ek ook nie van die makoue gehou het nie. Soggens vroeg, die son was skaars hoog, dan het hierdie groepie eende aangewaggel gekom, van waar hulle geslaap het, mooi netjies in ‘n ry. Terloops, niemand het hulle geleer om in ‘n ry te stap nie, ons diere was nie ‘afgerig’ nie…lol. Sodra eend nr 1 doodstil gestaan het – vir watter rede ookal, het die hele ry gaan doodstil staan! Hulle paadjie het by die plaashuis begin, by die hokke wat sowat 200m vanaf die huis was. Al langs die huis, met die lukwartboom direk langs die huis, het hul gestap, reguit hek toe. Die roete tot by die hek was seker om en by 250m. Sou die hek toe wees, het hulle sommer deur ‘n opening, links van die hek gegaan – wat groot genoeg was – en dan op die kant van die pad afgestap – ‘n verdere 20-30m. Die pad – vir die motors – het direk by ons hek verby gekom, letterlik! Die eende het geweet waar hulle moes oorgaan om by die dam uit te kom, wat amper regoor die hek was. Stadig langs die kant het hulle afgestap, seker gemaak dat almal in die ry was. Dan het die groot oorgaan begin. Wat opvallend was, was dat hulle vir mekaar gewag het om oor die pad te gaan! As eend A anderkant was, het hy/sy stilgestaan tot eend B oorkant was ens. Dit was komieklik-oulik. Met almal oor die pad, het die aanwaggel na die heining-deurgaanpunt begin. Dieselfde storie. Deurgaan en wag. Daarna: reguit dam toe en in die water met ‘n groot geraas. Die hele roete deur was daar deurentyd ‘n gedempte eend-gesels gewees, maar die minuut wat hulle in die water gegaan het, was dit ‘n groot geraas wat onmiddellik weer bedaar het. Vir ure en ure het hulle op die dam rondgeswem, afgeduik vir kos en weer opgewip gekom. Soms op die water gedryf en dit net geniet om rond te kyk. As hulle gelukkig was, het ons hulle bederf met mielies deur dit in die water vir hulle te gooi, wat byna pandemonium veroorskaak het. Doringbome neffens die dam het heerlike koelte voorsien vir tye wat dit bietjie warm geword het. Saans was dit dieselfde ritueel terug huistoe. Hierdie foto het my sommer die blues gegee! Update: Google maps gebruik om die plaas op te spoor! This photo was taken when I was about 15-16 – on the farm where I grew up. We had a variety of farm animals. These ducks were a treat. They were beautiful and curious! This photo brought back many sweet memories from the time on the farm. Early morning, before Father Sun was too high up in the sky, they took the route to the dam. They waited for one another on the other side of the road, as they were crossing the dusty road. It was fun watching them as they were waddling all the way to the dam, even watching them crossing the road was entertaining. They crossed the road, waiting for the next duck before they moved slightly higher up the steep ‘duck’-path to make space for each other, before they all entered the water with a very loud quak quak! This photo gave me the blues! <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/farmg.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="14252" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2012/08/03/plaas-blues/farmg/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/farmg.jpg" data-orig-size="771,424" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="farmg" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/farmg.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/farmg.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-14252" style="border:3px green black;" title="farmg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/farmg.jpg?w=250" alt="" width="250" height="137" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/farmg.jpg?w=250 250w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/farmg.jpg?w=498 498w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></a> This is from Google-maps – see the green arrow – that is the dam [the dark spot] -click the image for a larger view <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/farmg1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="14254" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2012/08/03/plaas-blues/farmg1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/farmg1.jpg" data-orig-size="820,447" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="farmg1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/farmg1.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/farmg1.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-14254" title="farmg1" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/farmg1.jpg?w=250" alt="" width="250" height="136" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/farmg1.jpg?w=250 250w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/farmg1.jpg?w=500 500w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></a> Please click the image for a larger view – On this image I’ve zoomed out – yellow spots where I spent hours in the mountains, blue – water/river – light brown [very light – you can see it when the image is large] lines: small footpaths in the mountains  <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-14106-1" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/33-kentucky-blues.mp3?_=1" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/33-kentucky-blues.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/33-kentucky-blues.mp3</a></audio> Enjoy the song – Kentucky Blues – by Lauren Copley <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2012/08/03/plaas-blues/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Plaas-blues">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-14052 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-gedagtes category-gedigte category-poems category-poetry tag-afrikaans tag-gedigte" id="post-14052"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2012/07/14/opgevoude-gedagtes/" rel="bookmark">Opgevoude gedagtes</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedagtes/" rel="category tag">gedagtes</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte/" rel="category tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poems/" rel="category tag">poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poetry/" rel="category tag">Poetry</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a> on 14/07/2012| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2012/07/14/opgevoude-gedagtes/#comments">17 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_9.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="14053" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2012/07/14/opgevoude-gedagtes/img_9/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_9.jpg" data-orig-size="400,266" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="img_9" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_9.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_9.jpg?w=400" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-14053" title="img_9" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_9.jpg?w=250" alt="" width="250" height="166" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_9.jpg?w=250 250w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_9.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></a> image:weatherphotos.org This is a rough translation of my Afrikaans poem, which I wrote first and James, a blog reader asked then to ‘translate; -so here goes: Folded memories Slowly and quietly, in pouring rain – my mind seeped: endless! in the nuances of silent calls to dust-loaded, plastered and mutilated places. Dusted images commuted by my folded thoughts – that voluntarily escaped a Hillbrow of yesteryear —nikita- Opgevoude herinneringe Traag en stilweg, in gietende reën – sypel my gedagtes: eindloos! in nuanses van stille gesprekke na stofbelaaide, toegepleisterde en verminkte plekke. Afgestofde beelde pendel deur my opgevoude gedagtes – wat onwillekeurig onstnap na ‘n Hillbrow van vervloë –nikita – 14/7/2012 – en ja, ek is die blogeienaar, nie soos iemand op <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2012/03/17/ek-stuur-jou-goud/" target="_blank"> twitter </a> gedink het dat ‘nikita‘ ‘n ander persoon is [nogal ‘n digter wat welbekend is] wie se gedigte hier neergeplak word nie. [lol] Sien die twitter-gesprekke op die link. Hierdie <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/nag-in-hillbrow/" target="_blank"> inskrywing oor Hillbrow </a> was die inspirasie vir hierdie gegriffel. Nadat ek die inskrywing gemaak het, moes ek net iets in die vorm van wat hier is, skryf. Miskien eerder die paar woorde in plaas van die inskrywing! Hoe ookal, dis die gedagtes wat ek van ontslae wou raak, sodat ‘n ander reis onderneem kon word. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2012/07/14/opgevoude-gedagtes/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Opgevoude gedagtes">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-13643 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-poems category-gedigte tag-afrikaans tag-gedigte tag-poems" id="post-13643"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2012/03/17/ek-stuur-jou-goud/" rel="bookmark">Ek stuur jou goud</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-poems/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte/" rel="category tag">gedigte</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poems/" rel="tag">poems</a> on 17/03/2012| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2012/03/17/ek-stuur-jou-goud/#comments">7 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/goud.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="13647" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2012/03/17/ek-stuur-jou-goud/goud/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/goud.jpg" data-orig-size="259,194" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="goud" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/goud.jpg?w=259" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/goud.jpg?w=259" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-13647" title="goud" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/goud.jpg" alt="" width="259" height="194"/></a> If you read my blog regularly, you will know that I do write my own poems from time to time. Here’s another – but in Afrikaans. Ek stuur jou die goud oor die dansende blou waters nie die koue hartelose soort, maar die goud van ‘n herfsblaar malend oor ‘n golwende terras wat ‘n helder skynsel nalaat: kontrasterend teen die skemer Ek stuur jou die goud van ‘n vertroueling met die warmte: warmte van ‘n spinnende vlam van vuur wat jou alkant omsingel en dié van ‘n liefdevolle glimlag wat jou las sal verlig en jou plesier sal verskaf Ek stuur vir jou die goud van ‘n laatmiddag sonsondergang langdurig en langsamerhand die warmligte aanraking van die strale wat jou deurboor: laag vir laag tot in jou siel Ek stuur jou die goud van goue vonkelende wense en geluk alhoewel ek nie fisies daar is, maar my gedagtes wel, wat nooit verwelk: my gedagtes, altyd aan jou sy! Ek stuur vir jou die goud! –Nikita 19:00 17/03/2012 <img data-attachment-id="18550" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/goue-koring-are/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/goue-koring-are.jpg" data-orig-size="720,540" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="goue-koring-are" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/goue-koring-are.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/goue-koring-are.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" width="720" height="540" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/goue-koring-are.jpg?w=720" alt="" class="wp-image-18550" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/goue-koring-are.jpg 720w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/goue-koring-are.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px"/> Carol Burnett: Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/goud_twitter.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="14055" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2012/03/17/ek-stuur-jou-goud/goud_twitter/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/goud_twitter.jpg" data-orig-size="515,83" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="goud_twitter" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/goud_twitter.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/goud_twitter.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-14055" title="goud_twitter" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/goud_twitter.jpg?w=250" alt="" width="250" height="40" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/goud_twitter.jpg?w=250 250w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/goud_twitter.jpg?w=496 496w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"/></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/goud_twitter1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="14056" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2012/03/17/ek-stuur-jou-goud/goud_twitter1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/goud_twitter1.jpg" data-orig-size="517,84" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="goud_twitter1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/goud_twitter1.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/goud_twitter1.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-14056" title="goud_twitter1" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/goud_twitter1.jpg?w=250" alt="" width="250" height="40" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/goud_twitter1.jpg?w=246 246w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/goud_twitter1.jpg?w=492 492w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"/></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/goud_twitter2.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="14057" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2012/03/17/ek-stuur-jou-goud/goud_twitter2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/goud_twitter2.jpg" data-orig-size="510,213" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="goud_twitter2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/goud_twitter2.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/goud_twitter2.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-14057" title="goud_twitter2" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/goud_twitter2.jpg?w=250" alt="" width="250" height="104" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/goud_twitter2.jpg?w=250 250w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/goud_twitter2.jpg?w=498 498w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"/></a> A blogreader thought this poem was written by Annesu de Vos and she had replied to Kim’s tweets. Wow, great to see what Annesu thought about a poem I’ve written. I don’t see myself as a poet or professional, but I’m still impressed with her comments. Ek is bly om te sien dat sommige mense, soos die link hier onder,  my gedigte geniet en erkenning gee daaraan. Nie soos sommige ander mense op die internet wat dink dis okay om ander se gedigte te kopieer en geen erkenning te gee nie. <a href="https://radio-eendrag.page.tl/Gedigte.htm" rel="nofollow">https://radio-eendrag.page.tl/Gedigte.htm</a> Update 2020 <iframe class="youtube-player" width="430" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9UVjjcOUJLE?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> Funny how videos from youtube channels disappear after a few years. Why do people upload it in the first place, just to delete it later. I had to find another link of this video. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2012/03/17/ek-stuur-jou-goud/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Ek stuur jou goud">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-13420 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-bob-fitts category-christmas category-kersfees category-kersfeeswense category-merry-christmas tag-afrikaans-for-merry-christmas tag-afrikaanse-kersfeeswense tag-bob-fitts tag-christmas tag-kersfees" id="post-13420"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/hierdie-kind/" rel="bookmark">Hierdie Kind</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/bob-fitts/" rel="category tag">Bob Fitts</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/christmas/" rel="category tag">Christmas</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/kersfees/" rel="category tag">Kersfees</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/kersfeeswense/" rel="category tag">Kersfeeswense</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/merry-christmas/" rel="category tag">Merry Christmas</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-for-merry-christmas/" rel="tag">Afrikaans for Merry Christmas</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-kersfeeswense/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse Kersfeeswense</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/bob-fitts/" rel="tag">Bob Fitts</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/christmas/" rel="tag">Christmas</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/kersfees/" rel="tag">Kersfees</a> on 24/12/2011| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/hierdie-kind/#comments">17 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/w24bQ58S_F0?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/kersfees1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="14448" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/hierdie-kind/kersfees1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/kersfees1.jpg" data-orig-size="549,382" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Kersfees1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/kersfees1.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/kersfees1.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-14448" alt="Kersfees1" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/kersfees1.jpg" width="300" height="147" /></a> Image:Click <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/mareeclarkson/works/6078350-gese-nde-kersfees" target="_blank">HERE </a>to view the beautiful image on Redbubble. <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HExTPHiuIIU?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> This is the very first Afrikaans Christmas song – composed in the Southern Hemisphere! ‘SomersKersfees’ – [Summer Christmas] as sung by the Vienna Boys’ Choir 2012- To all blog readers: GESEëNDE KERSFEES!! – Merry Christmas and have a happy New Year! 2012 update: I have a couple of people who searched the past few days for the ‘Afrikaans for Merry Christmas’ and found my blog via their search engine terms. So, I’ve thought to add more Afrikaans to this entry. Kersgroete aan almal! Gelukkige Kersfees! Geseënde Kersfees en Voorspoedige Nuwe Jaar! Seasons Greetings to all! Merry Christmas! Enjoy this video of my 2008 entry and the song by John Lennon. <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-13420-2" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/john-lennon-so-this-is-christmas.mp3?_=2" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/john-lennon-so-this-is-christmas.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/john-lennon-so-this-is-christmas.mp3</a></audio> <iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='500' height='375' src='https://video.wordpress.com/embed/A1JWJxmX?hd=0&autoPlay=0&permalink=1&loop=0&preloadContent=metadata&muted=0&playsinline=0&controls=1&cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write' ></iframe><script src='https://v0.wordpress.com/js/next/videopress-iframe.js?m=1725245713'></script> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/kers.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="13421" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/hierdie-kind/kers/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/kers.jpg" data-orig-size="170,324" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="kers" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/kers.jpg?w=170" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/kers.jpg?w=170" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-13421" title="kers" alt="" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/kers.jpg?w=157" width="157" height="300" 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data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/kersfees.jpg?w=447" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-13424" title="Kersfees" alt="" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/kersfees.jpg?w=300" width="300" height="215" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/kersfees.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/kersfees.jpg 447w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ecard.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="13428" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/hierdie-kind/ecard/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ecard.jpg" data-orig-size="488,351" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="ecard" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ecard.jpg?w=488" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ecard.jpg?w=488" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-13428" title="ecard" alt="" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ecard.jpg?w=300" width="300" height="215" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ecard.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ecard.jpg 488w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Thank you to Dan, my old chess friend from the USA, for this beautiful e-card he’s sent me via greetingcards [2011] <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/merrychristmas1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="14446" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/hierdie-kind/merrychristmas1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/merrychristmas1.jpg" data-orig-size="532,405" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="merrychristmas1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/merrychristmas1.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/merrychristmas1.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-14446" alt="merrychristmas1" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/merrychristmas1.jpg" width="300" height="180" /></a> Thank you to Dan, once again, for his 2012 e-card sent via Greetings123 <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/norrbux0.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="13464" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/hierdie-kind/norrbux0/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/norrbux0.jpg" data-orig-size="442,190" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="norrbux0" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/norrbux0.jpg?w=442" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/norrbux0.jpg?w=442" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-13464" title="norrbux0" alt="" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/norrbux0.jpg?w=300" width="300" height="128" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/norrbux0.jpg?w=298 298w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/norrbux0.jpg 442w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/norrbu.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="13463" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/hierdie-kind/norrbu/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/norrbu.jpg" data-orig-size="619,433" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="norrbu" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/norrbu.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/norrbu.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-13463" title="norrbu" alt="" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/norrbu.jpg?w=300" width="300" height="209" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/norrbu.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/norrbu.jpg?w=598 598w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Thank you to my blog-friend:<a href="http://norrbu.wordpress.com" target="_blank"> Norrbu </a> for this beautiful card he’s sent me with a very special message! We’ve been blog-friends for about 4 years now. -2011 <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EdFvI6Y8wVY?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> I had the priviledge to see Bob Fitts live in South Africa. I loved this song of him. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/hierdie-kind/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Hierdie Kind">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-13380 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaanse-musiek tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaanse-musiek" id="post-13380"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/saterdagaand-herinneringe/" rel="bookmark">Saterdagaand herinneringe</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaanse-musiek/" rel="category tag">Afrikaanse musiek</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-musiek/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse musiek</a> on 03/12/2011| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/saterdagaand-herinneringe/#comments">20 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/namibia_goanikontes-oasis.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="13398" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/saterdagaand-herinneringe/namibia_goanikontes-oasis/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/namibia_goanikontes-oasis.jpg" data-orig-size="511,415" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Namibia_Goanikontes Oasis" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/namibia_goanikontes-oasis.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/namibia_goanikontes-oasis.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-13398" title="Namibia_Goanikontes Oasis" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/namibia_goanikontes-oasis.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="243" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/namibia_goanikontes-oasis.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/namibia_goanikontes-oasis.jpg 511w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Namibia: Goanikontes Oasis – Foto – deur my nig op FB! Ek is gek oor windpompe – eintlik enige iets wat ‘plaas’ is. Ek is oorspronklik ‘vanaf die plaas’ en heg ek groot waarde aan dinge wat my aan die plaas-dae herinner. Ek [dis my persoonlike opinie!] glo dat mense wat op ‘n plaas groot geword het, kyk op ander maniere na dinge/lewe – dit is ook my persoonlike ervaring! Jy waardeer dinge op maniere wat ander mense soms nie verstaan of moeilik vind om te verstaan. Dit laat my ook dink aan Langenhoven se gesegde: slegs as jy met kerslig groot geword het, weet jy wat liefde is. Natuurlik bedoel hy liefde in die ‘ander’ sin van die woord. Ons almal weet wat ‘normale’ liefde is. Ek het vandag so bietjie op FB weer gaan inloer en daar kry ek vir Johan van der Watt waar hy so pas Sypaadjiemense op sy FB bladsy geplaas het. – sien my Afrikaanse digters bladsy vir sy liedjie: Sypaadjie mense [ook ‘n inskrywing iewers op my blog, waarop hy afgekom het!] Hy was die kunsonderwyser by my Hoërskool en ook in St8 my Voogonderwyser. Hy is ook ‘n spotprent-tekenaar en baie van sy spotprente verskyn in die Beeld – en verseker ander koerante ook. Ek is toevallig ook op ‘Soundcloud‘ geregistreer en kry toe sy ander baie mooi liedjies wat ek hier plaas. Windpompliedjie het my ook dadelik getrek – hoe dan anders! Die twee foto’s in die inskrywing is van ‘n niggie van my wat graag rondtoer wanneer sy die geleentheid kry. Ek weet sy sal nie omgee dat ek die foto’s by haar ‘geleen’ het nie. Die onderste foto het ek so bietjie ‘gesny’ om te fokus op dit wat ek wou hê. Op Johann se profiel was daar ook ander sangers waarna ek geluister het en die laaste liedjie is ook ‘n liedjie wat my aandag getrek het. Geniet dit saam met my! <iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fjohann-11%2Fwindpompliedjie&width=false&height=false&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=false&color=false&show_user=false&show_reposts=false"></iframe> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/knysna.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="13399" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/saterdagaand-herinneringe/knysna-2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/knysna.jpg" data-orig-size="368,227" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Knysna" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/knysna.jpg?w=368" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/knysna.jpg?w=368" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-13399" title="Knysna" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/knysna.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="185" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/knysna.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/knysna.jpg 368w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Knysna-omgewing – B&B – foto: ook ‘n foto van my nig op FB. <iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fjohann-11%2F1-my-moreland&width=false&height=false&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=false&color=false&show_user=false&show_reposts=false"></iframe> Johann met My Môreland <iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F28858222&width=false&height=false&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=false&color=false&show_user=false&show_reposts=false"></iframe> Die liedjie is deur Emile Minnie: Sandkasteel <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/saterdagaand-herinneringe/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Saterdagaand herinneringe">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-13201 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-boeke category-chess tag-afrikaans tag-kinder-stories tag-storie-oor-katte" id="post-13201"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/eendag-was-daar/" rel="bookmark">Eendag was daar</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/boeke/" rel="category tag">boeke</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/chess/" rel="category tag">Chess</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/kinder-stories/" rel="tag">Kinder stories</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/storie-oor-katte/" rel="tag">storie oor katte</a> on 18/08/2011| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/eendag-was-daar/#comments">11 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a 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srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/katte2.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/katte2.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/katte3.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="13206" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/eendag-was-daar/katte3/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/katte3.jpg" data-orig-size="630,480" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="katte3" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/katte3.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/katte3.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-13206" title="katte3" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/katte3.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="228" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/katte3.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/katte3.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Eendag was daar drie baie gelukkige katte wat met Juffrou Mollie Smit gewoon het. Op ‘n dag was gryskat bitter ongelukkig. Al die glans was uit sy oë en hy het baie droewig en trietsig gevoel. Selfs die spin in sy keel het stom geword. Die swartkat en gemmerkat het baie bekommerd geraak en gewonder wat hulle kon doen om gryskat weer gelukkig te kry. Juffrou Smit het ‘n sonkol op haar bed gehad wat net skielik verdwyn het! Gryskat het daarvan gehou om in die sonkol te gaan lê. Dadelik het swartkat en gemmerkat begin om die sonkol te soek. Hulle het die huis behoorlik omgekeer, terwyl Juffrou Mollie uit was om inkopies te gaan doen. Kaste se laaie is oopgetrek, tafeldoeke is afgetrek, boekrakke is omgekeer, alles het inmekaar getuimel. Selfs ‘n glasvoël en porseleinbeeldjie van ‘n meisie het afgeval en bo-op ‘n hoop boeke op die mat beland. Hulle het later kombuistoe verskuif en daar gaan soek. Die kombuisgordyntjies was deurskynend en daardeur kon hul sien dat daar niks daaragter was nie. Later was hulle in Juffrou Mollie se slaapkamer en daar het hulle ook ‘verwoesting’ aangerig soos hul gesoek het. Toe sien hul die houtkis, waarin die nuwe teestel gepak was, reg voor die venster! Hulle het die kis bespring en probeer trek en later dit reggekry dat die kis kantel en begin val. Met ‘n gemiaau en ‘n geblaas het hul rondgespring soos hul geskrik het. Toe, met steeds verskrikte oë, sien gryskat Juffrou Mollie se bed raak! Op haar bed het die goue sonkol verskyn! Toe Juffrou Mollie tuiskom, was sy minder beindruk met al die gemors in die huis, maar besef waaroor als gegaan het. Sy het besef dat sy onnosel was om die kas voor die venster te skuif en sodoende die sonkol van gryskat te ontneem! – Die boek is een van my talle Afrikaanse kinderboeke wat ek het. Jenny Seed se boeke kan enige tyd gelees word, dit sal altyd ‘n wenner wees. Die illustrasies in die boek is ook puik, reg op die vlak van die kind wat maak dat die boek ‘n kinderboekwenner is. Ek was getag deur <a href="http://toortsie.wordpress.com/2011/08/17/tannie-tossel-se-blokstorie/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Toortsie </a> om ‘n ‘storie’ te skryf. Wel, baie stories kan ek skryf en het ek al geskryf. Al daardie stories is sommer net kort kinderstories – wat ons almal ken – geen rêrige waarheid skuil daaragter nie en dis meer oor die verbeelding van die klein kinderkind en om dit te prikkel. My storie gaan eintlik oor iets wat rêrig is. Dit bestaan en alle Suid-Afrikaners is daarby betrokke. Of jy in die land woon of nie. Jy is deel daarvan. Jy kan nooit jouself losmaak daarvan nie en al probeer jy, of al sê jy dat jy nie meer deel is nie, jy bluf jouself. My storie is ook ‘n gryskatstorie. My storie is ook oor ‘n sonkol wat weggeraak het. Almal is huidiglik besig om hierdie sonkol te soek, ek inkluis. Ons krap die plek erger om as wat gemmerkat en swartkat dit gedoen het. Ander katte krap dit nog meer om as onsself, maar ons is almal opsoek na daardie goue sonkol wat al so lank weg is. Wie gaan die son vir ons kry? Die son moet gekry word, anders gaan dinge baie skeef loop vir almal. Almal maak alarm. Almal hardloop rond en soek. Waar is die son? Waarom word hy nie gekry nie? Dit raak net moeiliker om hom te kry. Die verwoesting en hartseer net erger. Dit moet stop! Miskien moet die verwoesting gebeur sodat die son gevind kan word. O toggie! Ons bly positief, hoop, glo en vertrou. Kan die aan bewind nie dink hoe Juffrou Mollie gedink het – hoe onnosel hulle is en wat hulle eintlik aan almal aandoen nie? Met verstarde o-e sit ek en kyk hoe almal spartel en spook om die son te kry! Ai tog, waarom kan almal nie saamwerk en die son kry nie? Waarom moet almal skewe draaie om mekaar hardloop en so die son mis? <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/eendag-was-daar/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Eendag was daar">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-13165 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaanse-gedigte category-boeke category-books category-flights category-meerkatte category-stories tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaanse-gedigte tag-boeke tag-books tag-diere-gedigte tag-gedigte-vir-kinders tag-kinderboeke tag-kuier tag-meerkat-mail tag-meerkatte tag-stories" id="post-13165"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/die-meerkat/" rel="bookmark">Die Meerkat</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="category tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/boeke/" rel="category tag">boeke</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/books/" rel="category tag">books</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/flights/" rel="category tag">flights</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/meerkatte/" rel="category tag">Meerkatte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/stories/" rel="category tag">stories</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/boeke/" rel="tag">boeke</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/books/" rel="tag">books</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/diere-gedigte/" rel="tag">diere gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte-vir-kinders/" rel="tag">gedigte vir kinders</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/kinderboeke/" rel="tag">kinderboeke</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/kuier/" rel="tag">kuier</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/meerkat-mail/" rel="tag">Meerkat Mail</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/meerkatte/" rel="tag">Meerkatte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/stories/" rel="tag">stories</a> on 03/08/2011| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/die-meerkat/#comments">9 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06341.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="13168" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/die-meerkat/sony-dsc-23/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06341.jpg" data-orig-size="380,240" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"5.6","credit":"","camera":"DSLR-A200","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1312370890","copyright":"","focal_length":"30","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"SONY DSC"}" data-image-title="SONY DSC" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06341.jpg?w=380" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06341.jpg?w=380" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-13168" title="SONY DSC" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06341.jpg" alt="" width="311" height="200" /></a> Ek het die boek vandag raakgeloop. Dis die mees oulikste kinderboek boek wat ek lanklaas gesien het. Die tou – wat lyk soos rêrige tou – is deel van die boekomslag. Jy kry die idee dat dit ‘n regte stukkie tou is wat om die boek gebind is as jy op ‘n afstand daarna kyk. Meerkatte is een van my gunsteling Afrika-diere…My gunsteling voël is die Tarentaal. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06340.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="13169" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/die-meerkat/sony-dsc-24/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06340.jpg" data-orig-size="676,498" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"6.3","credit":"","camera":"DSLR-A200","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1312370881","copyright":"","focal_length":"30","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"SONY DSC"}" data-image-title="SONY DSC" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06340.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06340.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-13169" title="SONY DSC" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06340.jpg" alt="" width="310" height="247" /></a> Voorin is allerlei humoristiese sê-goetjies en interessanthede oor die Meerkat-familie, o.a. hulle motto: Stay Safe, Stay Together. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06342.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="13176" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/die-meerkat/sony-dsc-28/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06342.jpg" data-orig-size="617,447" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"6.3","credit":"","camera":"DSLR-A200","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1312372800","copyright":"","focal_length":"35","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"SONY DSC"}" data-image-title="SONY DSC" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06342.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06342.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-13176" title="SONY DSC" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06342.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="217" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06342.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06342.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Sunny Meerkat decided to find the perfect place to stay – and then sent postcards home about his travels and experiences. The Meerkat motto is: Stay Safe, Stay Together. [and sleep together!] Click photos for a larger view, especially the photo following the next photo, so you can read the message. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06338.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="13170" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/die-meerkat/sony-dsc-25/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06338.jpg" data-orig-size="344,243" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"6.3","credit":"","camera":"DSLR-A200","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1312370820","copyright":"","focal_length":"30","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"SONY DSC"}" data-image-title="SONY DSC" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06338.jpg?w=344" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06338.jpg?w=344" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-13170" title="SONY DSC" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06338.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="211" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06338.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06338.jpg 344w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Binne in die boek is verskeie poskaarte wat deur die Meerkat – wat besluit het om te travel om die perfekte plek te soek om te bly, huistoe gestuur is. Hier kan jy een so ‘n poskaart sien. Die volgende foto is die agterkant met die boodskap. Klik die foto sodat jy die boodskap kan lees. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06337.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="13171" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/die-meerkat/sony-dsc-26/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06337.jpg" data-orig-size="898,483" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"5.6","credit":"","camera":"DSLR-A200","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1312370806","copyright":"","focal_length":"30","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"SONY DSC"}" data-image-title="SONY DSC" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06337.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06337.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-13171" title="SONY DSC" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06337.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="161" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06337.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06337.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06339.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="13172" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/die-meerkat/sony-dsc-27/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06339.jpg" data-orig-size="974,513" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"5.6","credit":"","camera":"DSLR-A200","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1312370863","copyright":"","focal_length":"30","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"SONY DSC"}" data-image-title="SONY DSC" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06339.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06339.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-13172" title="SONY DSC" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06339.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="158" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06339.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dsc06339.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Die einde van die storie. Soort van ‘n foto-album. Sunny Meerkat het besluit om terug te keer huistoe – slegs na ‘n week! ‘n Baie oulike idee van die skryfster, Emily Gravett. Ek kyk graag Meerkat Manor, dit word nou weer op Channel 5 uitgesaai, episode 2 was gister en jy kan die video’s op hul webbladsy kry tot ‘n maand nadat dit uitgesaai is. Wel, terwyl ek heerlik kuier, onthou die Meerkat motto: Stay Safe, Stay Together! [and sleep together!] Ek sal nou nie soos Sunny Meerkat kan belowe dat ek gaan ‘skryf’ nie, dus, hou die blink kant bo en moenie vergeet: 14 Augustus is Afrikaans-dag nie! Die dag waarop die GRA gestig is. [14/8/1875] O ja, Vrouedag is 9 Augustus. Hierdie volgende gedig het ek op laerskool geleer [moes!] en ek kon nie die hele gedig onthou nie. Baie dankie aan Koos van Rensburg wat die gedig vir my op die blog in ‘n boodskap kom plaas het! Die Meerkat Die Meerkat deur C.F. Hofmeyer Spitse snoetjies, donker ogies stertjie lank en kaal lange naels, skerp soos naalde en ‘n jassie vaal. In die moreson se strale in die oggenddou, penorent sien jy die meerkat, sy kinders en sy vrou. Spoedig loop hul heen en weertjies knibbel hier en daar, grawe gou lekker uintjies: oggendmaal is klaar Sonder sorge is hul lewe in die ope lug, tot daar kom die wrede honde – Ja! dan moet hul vlug. DIE MEERKAT Regop sit die meerkat teen die bult, sy koppie roerloos, fyn gesny en slim met die ogies soos vonke daarin; hy staar na die verdorde velde en die slingerloop van die paaie en hou die bosse dop van waar die dood gou kan bespring. Maar niks lewe of roer in die rondte en die somerson is `n bol vlammende vuur wat ver en wyd die berge laat tril in die hitte Dan roer hy sy kop en die omgewing, verras en ontwaak, vloei na die lewe na wat daar beweeg het, en verstol dan weer gou in die doodsheid. En waarom hy ook moet lewe, die rooimeerkat met penregop lyf, dit weet niemand – hy, nog die lang ketting lewe lank voor hom. Nou spring die omgewing in aandag; geluid het gekom oor die stilte, `n gulsige hond met hangende tong het verskyn en sy woeste geblaf, val luid teen die lug en eggo die klowe dan in. `n Paar draaie, vervolger en vervolgde die verskroeide aarde oor, dat die pote dreun en gehyg van `n asem gulsig bly gaan. Dan net `n fyn, angstige skreeu en die meerkat ril nog `n keer en sterwe met sy tandjies wit na die sonlig daarbo. Die hond gaan dan snuffelend verder en daar hoog kras `n kraai – was hy nodig – die meerkat – en wie van ons sal dit raai? CM van den Heever <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/sa_.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="13166" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/die-meerkat/sa_/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/sa_.jpg" data-orig-size="206,113" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="SA_-" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/sa_.jpg?w=206" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/sa_.jpg?w=206" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-13166" title="SA_-" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/sa_.jpg" alt="" width="206" height="113" /></a> Ek is uiteindelik oppad, ongelukkig slegs vir ‘n baie kort tydjie. Gelukkig kon ek die tydjie afknyp om weer bietjie in Suid-Afrika te gaan kuier, anders sou nog ‘n jaar verby gegaan het sonder dat ek die familie gesien het. Hierdie liedjie is baie mooi – met veral die mooi tonele uit SA. Halala Afrika Toe die wêreld hier nog jong was en die horison wyd en oop Was dit groen hier in die halfrond, suid van die ewenaar En in die skemer as die son sak en die beeste huis toe loop Klink die roepstem van die vroue oor die heuwels van die land: Halala, ewig is ons Afrika. Tula tula mtanami, tula tula sanaboni, tula tula mtanami, Ubab uzobuya sihlale naye, ubab uzobuya sihlale sonke, Hmmm-Hmmm Toe kom die skepe uit die weste, wit seile oor die see Om te vra vir koos en water en te bly vir so veel meer. En die land wat een tyd oop was, die land het ons verruil Vir die ghetto’s van die stede is ons koperdraad gegee. Halala, ewig is ons Afrika Halala, sasiphila, kamnandi, halala, mayibuye Afrika Tula tula mtanami, tula tula sanaboni, tula tula mtanami, Ubab uzobuya sihlale naye, ubab uzobuya sihlale sonke, Hmmm-Hmmm Daar was rykdom in die maag van ons moeder Afrika Diamante en ook steenkool, goud, edel metaal En die mense word die slawe hier want die mense word betaal Om te tonnel in die aarde elke greintjie uit te haal En die groot en oop grasvlaktes span dit toe met doringdraad En van die olifant tot die gemsbok al die diere moes kom buig Voor die mag van die grootwildjagter voor die mag van sy groot geweer Totdat net die stilte oorbly, totdat net die stilte heers. Halala, ewig is ons Afrika. Halala, sasiphila, kamnandi, halala, mayibuye Afrika Sasidjapolutjoloythina Halala, sasiphila, kamnandi, halala, mayibuye Afrika Source: southafrica.com/forums/language/5041-zulu-translation-request.html Krediet vir foto met Tafelberg: Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uEyr4xxYox4?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/die-meerkat/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Die Meerkat">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-12877 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-songs category-afrikaners category-arthur-conan-doyle tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaans-songs tag-afrikaners tag-arthur-conan-doyle tag-ons-sal-dit-oorleef tag-protes-liedere tag-protest-songs tag-south-africa tag-steve-hofmeyr tag-suid-afrika" id="post-12877"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/ex-unitate-vires-2/" rel="bookmark">ex-unitate-vires</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-songs/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans songs</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaners/" rel="category tag">Afrikaners</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/arthur-conan-doyle/" rel="category tag">Arthur Conan Doyle</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-songs/" rel="tag">Afrikaans songs</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaners/" rel="tag">Afrikaners</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/arthur-conan-doyle/" rel="tag">Arthur Conan Doyle</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/ons-sal-dit-oorleef/" rel="tag">Ons sal dit oorleef</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/protes-liedere/" rel="tag">protes liedere</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/protest-songs/" rel="tag">Protest songs</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/steve-hofmeyr/" rel="tag">Steve Hofmeyr</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a> on 14/05/2011| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/ex-unitate-vires-2/#comments">14 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/afrikaans_2.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12879" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/ex-unitate-vires-2/afrikaans_2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/afrikaans_2.jpg" data-orig-size="610,348" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Afrikaans_2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/afrikaans_2.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/afrikaans_2.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12879" title="Afrikaans_2" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/afrikaans_2.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="171" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/afrikaans_2.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/afrikaans_2.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> This entry is more about a new Afrikaans song by Steve Hofmeyr – he sings in English too, and if you like the voice of Neil Diamond, then you will surely like his music too. Anyway, this new Afrikaans song is a protest song and I was reading on the link, in this post, about protest songs. Afrikaans is a young language and since the start Afrikaans struggled to survive. The British settled in South Africa in 1820 and then after the South African-British War – Boer War – Afrikaans was also ‘banned’. In primary schools, if you dared to speak your mother tongue [Afrikaans], you got a board around your neck stated ‘Donkey’ on it. At the moment, Afrikaners [not Africans] again, have to fight to survive. Not just to survive as a human race, but also the language as such. Farmers get murdered on a weekly basis [don’t forget the murders in the towns and cities too.] The world is IGNORANT! Goethe said, “There is nothing more frightening than active ignorance.” I’ve found the lyrics to the song and also some English words to it [to part of it], but you will get the ‘message’. ‘Apartheid’ was nothing comparing to what happens now in our beautiful country. And if you really think you know everything about Apartheid, then I think you know just a tiny drop in the ocean of what it really was. Being in the UK now for long enough to know what they ‘know’ about ‘Apartheid’, is enough to tell me that they believed anything that was dished up to them as ‘Apartheid’. We all know what the ANC tried to achieve with their ‘campaigns’ and with a world full of narrow-minded people, they achieved what they wanted including the toi-toi on Trafalgar Square in the 1980’s and their sad sing-songs in America. Also, I think some of us know WHY things happened as it happened – like the Zimbabwean-ordeal – and it is just a matter of ‘time’ and South Africa will be there too – then those ‘waiting’ will ‘close in’.[and I’m not referring here to ‘those’ as the Afrikaners]. During the Boer War the British found it hard to win the war… we are a nation made up from different nations. We will fight and stand up again. Ex Unitate Vires= Unity is Strength <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/exunitatevires.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12903" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/ex-unitate-vires-2/exunitatevires/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/exunitatevires.jpg" data-orig-size="200,155" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="exunitatevires" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/exunitatevires.jpg?w=200" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/exunitatevires.jpg?w=200" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-12903" title="exunitatevires" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/exunitatevires.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="155" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/coat_of_arms_of_south_africa.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12904" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/ex-unitate-vires-2/coat_of_arms_of_south_africa/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/coat_of_arms_of_south_africa.jpg" data-orig-size="202,227" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Coat_of_Arms_of_South_Africa" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/coat_of_arms_of_south_africa.jpg?w=202" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/coat_of_arms_of_south_africa.jpg?w=202" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-12904" title="Coat_of_Arms_of_South_Africa" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/coat_of_arms_of_south_africa.jpg" alt="" width="202" height="227" /></a> Read more about us here: <blockquote>THE BOER NATIONS</blockquote> Take a community of Dutchmen of the type of those who defended themselves for fifty years against all the power of Spain at a time when Spain was the greatest power in the world. Intermix with them a strain of those inflexible French Huguenots who gave up home and fortune and left their country for ever at the time of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The product must obviously be one of the most rugged, virile, unconquerable races ever seen upon earth. Take this formidable people and train them for seven generations in constant warfare against savage men and ferocious beasts, in circumstances under which no weakling could survive, place them so that they acquire exceptional skill with weapons and in horsemanship, give them a country which is eminently suited to the tactics of the huntsman, the marksman, and the rider. Then, finally, put a finer temper upon their military qualities by a dour fatalistic Old Testament religion and an ardent and consuming patriotism. Combine all these qualities and all these impulses in one individual, and you have the modern Boer — the most formidable antagonist who ever crossed the path of Imperial Britain. Our military history has largely consisted in our conflicts with France, but Napoleon and all his veterans have never treated us so roughly as these hard-bitten farmers with their ancient theology and their inconveniently modern rifles. —Arthur Conan Doyle Click <a href="http://www.online-literature.com/doyle/boer_war/1/" target="_blank"> THIS link </a> to read the entire article by Arthur Conan Doyle. Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), Scottish author and creator of the oft-quoted detective-hero Sherlock Holmes wrote The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1891) On <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/07/12/great-grandad/" target="_blank"> THIS LINK </a> link, – on my blog – I said in 2007 that I hope we as a nation will – again – rise and stand together one day. Eventhough we are scattered all over the planet at the moment, I do look forward to that day when things will ‘come together’ for all of us. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/steve_1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12886" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/ex-unitate-vires-2/steve_1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/steve_1.jpg" data-orig-size="642,361" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Steve_1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/steve_1.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/steve_1.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12886" title="Steve_1" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/steve_1.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="168" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/steve_1.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/steve_1.jpg?w=598 598w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <blockquote>What is protest music? In April 1966, Bob Dylan arrived in Stockholm as part of his controversial “electric” world tour, and a local interviewer asked him why he was no longer writing and performing protest songs. Dylan, irritated and more than a little out of it, objected to the question’s premise and called one of his new rock ’n’ roll compositions the very height of protest music: “Very, very protesty. And, uh, one of the protestiest of all things I ever protested against in my protest years.”</blockquote> Please click <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/01/books/review/book-review-33-revolutions-per-minute-by-dorian-lynskey.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1" target="_blank"> HERE </a> to read the entire article. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/afrikaans_1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12880" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/ex-unitate-vires-2/afrikaans_1-2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/afrikaans_1.jpg" data-orig-size="536,329" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Afrikaans_1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/afrikaans_1.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/afrikaans_1.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12880" title="Afrikaans_1" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/afrikaans_1.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="184" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/afrikaans_1.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/afrikaans_1.jpg 536w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Ons Sal Dit Orleef Ons sal dit oorleef – Steve Hofmeyr “Daar’s ‘n land en ‘n volk in een taal gedoop Met gebede en buskruit en bloed gekoop Wat weer en weer van sy knie af moet streef Ons sal dit oorleef… Uit die kake van oormag deur die vuur op ons werf Staan die engele by ons vroue en die kinders wat sterf Elke grafsteen een standbeeld vir die wat bly leef Ons sal dit oorleef… My hart klop toktokkie waar hy breek vir my volk Voor die kakie kanon of die k****r se dolk Dit maak nie meer saak nie waar ons ons begeef Ons sal dit oorleef… Ek lig my oë tot die berge op Waar sal my hulp tog vandaan kan kom Ag my God jou woorde lê deur my geweef Ons sal dit oorleef… Ek staan vandag op jou plaas ou vriend Daar hang stof oor die stilte sovêr ek kan sien Maar die geeste van gister sal more herleef Ons sal dit oorleef <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/za.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12887" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/ex-unitate-vires-2/za/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/za.jpg" data-orig-size="186,120" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="ZA" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/za.jpg?w=186" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/za.jpg?w=186" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-12887" title="ZA" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/za.jpg" alt="" width="186" height="120" /></a> Some of the words in English. My heart beats toktokkie where it breaks for my people against the English (Khaki) canons or the Kaffir’s dagger It matters none where we now are heading We will survive this ordeal … I raise my eyes to the mountains ask where will my help arrive from? Oh my Lord your words are woven within me… We will survive this ordeal… English lyrics: whatishappeninginsouthafrica.blogspot <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/theo_steve.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12908" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/ex-unitate-vires-2/theo_steve/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/theo_steve.jpg" data-orig-size="496,245" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="theo_steve" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/theo_steve.jpg?w=496" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/theo_steve.jpg?w=496" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12908" title="theo_steve" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/theo_steve.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="148" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/theo_steve.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/theo_steve.jpg 496w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Conversation between Theodore A… and Steve on Twitter [you might want to click the image for a clear view] <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uVJHjXKvLCY?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/ex-unitate-vires-2/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to ex-unitate-vires">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-12619 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-adam-small category-afrikaans category-afrikaanse-gedigte category-fanus-rautenbach tag-adam-small tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaanse-gedigte tag-die-here-het-gaskommel tag-fanus-rautenbach tag-gedigte" id="post-12619"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/01/29/nag-oom-fanus-en-dankie/" rel="bookmark">Nag oom Fanus en DANKIE!</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/adam-small/" rel="category tag">Adam Small</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="category tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/fanus-rautenbach/" rel="category tag">Fanus Rautenbach</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/adam-small/" rel="tag">Adam Small</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/die-here-het-gaskommel/" rel="tag">Die Here het gaskommel</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/fanus-rautenbach/" rel="tag">Fanus Rautenbach</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a> on 29/01/2011| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/01/29/nag-oom-fanus-en-dankie/#comments">10 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/fanus-rautenbach.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12620" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/01/29/nag-oom-fanus-en-dankie/fanus-rautenbach/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/fanus-rautenbach.jpg" data-orig-size="196,243" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="fanus-rautenbach" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/fanus-rautenbach.jpg?w=196" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/fanus-rautenbach.jpg?w=196" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-12620" title="fanus-rautenbach" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/fanus-rautenbach.jpg" alt="" width="196" height="243" /></a> …vir die trane wat ek nou kon stort. Vir die wat gedigte op my blog soek deur Adam Small: Hier is een. Op die bladsy oor: Afrikaanse digters en gedigte sal jy nog kry. Die Here het gaskommel Lat die wêreld ma’ praat pêllie los en vas ’n sigaretjie en ’n kannetjie Oem Tas en dis allright pêllie dis allright ons kannie worry nie ’n sigaretjie en ’n kannetjie Oem Tas en ’n lekker meid en lekker anner dinge oe! lat die wêreld ma’ praat pêllie los en vas wat daarvan wat daarvan wat maak dit saak soes die Engelsman sê it cuts no ice die Here het gaskommel en die dice het verkeerd gaval vi’ ons daai’s maar al so lat hulle ma’ sê skollie pêllie nevermind daar’s mos kinners van Gam en daar’s kinners van Kain so dis allright pêllie dis allright ons moenie worry nie –Adam Small <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/01/29/nag-oom-fanus-en-dankie/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Nag oom Fanus en DANKIE!">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-12490 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaanse-liedere category-skipskop category-sonja-herholdt tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaans-songs tag-building-styles-in-south-africa tag-skipskop tag-sonja-herholdt" id="post-12490"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/skipskop/" rel="bookmark">Skipskop</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaanse-liedere/" rel="category tag">Afrikaanse liedere</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/skipskop/" rel="category tag">Skipskop</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/sonja-herholdt/" rel="category tag">Sonja Herholdt</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-songs/" rel="tag">Afrikaans songs</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/building-styles-in-south-africa/" rel="tag">building styles in South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/skipskop/" rel="tag">Skipskop</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/sonja-herholdt/" rel="tag">Sonja Herholdt</a> on 19/12/2010| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/skipskop/#comments">21 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <iframe class="youtube-player" width="430" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/etItKcZH-Ls?version=3&rel=0&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/skipskop_beach.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12497" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/skipskop/skipskop_beach/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/skipskop_beach.jpg" data-orig-size="315,214" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Skipskop_beach" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/skipskop_beach.jpg?w=315" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/skipskop_beach.jpg?w=315" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12497" title="Skipskop_beach" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/skipskop_beach.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="203" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/skipskop_beach.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/skipskop_beach.jpg 315w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Photo:capestay.co.za/skipskop <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ARuogoIWDCw?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> <h4>Pak op, pak op, sit jou goedjies op jou kop Môre gaan ons weg, ver van die weg Skipskop, Skipskop, wanneer hou die dinge op swaarkry lê nog voor, die blou berge oor.</h4> <h4>Overberg se mens, is ek gebore. Op die plek Skipskop, nes my pa en sy pa ook. Hier deur die duine, loop ons spore Hier op die beach, hier langs die see is ek getoë</h4> <h4>Maar wat ken ek anders, as die blou dam se branders en die wolke en winde wat hier waai Verkoop jou bootjie, pak op jou goedjies en sê maar so long, Skipskop, Skipskop sê goodbye.</h4> <h4>Die linkerhand, of die regterhand watse kant lê die plek, misverstand asseblief meneer, ag sê tog weer is dít die pad wat ons moet môre vat ´n stukkie lê hier, en ´n stukkie lê daar die stukkies van my lewe, hulle lê baie deurmekaar tel op vir shorty, en tel op vir pop, gaan haal vir Apie en hou daai kindjie dop.</h4> <h4>Maar wat ken ek anders as die blou dam se branders die wolke en die winde wat hier waai Pak op jou goedjies, verkoop jou bootjie en sê vir so long, Skipskop, skipskop sê goodbye</h4> <h4>Maar wat ken ek anders as die blou dam se branders die wolke en die winde wat hier waai Verkoop jou bootjie, pak op jou goedjies en sê vir so long, Skipskop, skipskop sê goodbye</h4> <h4>so long, Skipskop, skipskop sê goodbye</h4> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/skipskop.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12493" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/skipskop/skipskop-2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/skipskop.jpg" data-orig-size="526,389" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Skipskop" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/skipskop.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/skipskop.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12493" title="Skipskop" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/skipskop.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="221" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/skipskop.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/skipskop.jpg 526w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/skipskop__.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12499" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/skipskop/skipskop__/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/skipskop__.jpg" data-orig-size="478,379" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Skipskop__" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/skipskop__.jpg?w=478" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/skipskop__.jpg?w=478" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12499" title="Skipskop__" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/skipskop__.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="237" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/skipskop__.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/skipskop__.jpg 478w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Deserted house at Skipskop. <blockquote> <h4>Baie dankie aan Eelt vir hierdie bydrae wat hy vir my in die kommentaarboksie gelos het. Die link van die nuusberig is ook aan die einde van die berig. Volgens Eelt het Dana Snyman in een van sy boeke die geskiedenis van Skipskop opgeteken.</h4> </blockquote> <blockquote> Vrydag 10 Desember 2004 bl. 16 Beeld Johannesburg Finaal Hoofartikel Bladsy Beeld-Deurloop </blockquote> <h4>Die vredige skildery lieg, mevrou, haal hom af Dana Snyman Ek wil met jou gesels oor daardie skildery teen jou sitkamermuur, mevrou – daardie een van die vissershuisies op Waenhuiskrans. Ja, ja, die een wat net bokant die nuwe Serengeti-bank hang, links van die Claerhout: op die agtergrond is die see, met die huisie op die voorgrond, ‘n gesellige rokie kronkelend by die skoorsteen uit, ‘n wasgoeddraad vol helderkleurige rokke en broeke langs dit, en ‘n slapende hond of twee hoendertjies voor die deur. So vredig.</h4> <h4>Nie dat jy die enigste een is wat só ‘n skildery van Waenhuiskrans se vissershuisies het nie, mevrou. Daardie skilderye hang geil in hierdie land se sitkamers, want oral is mense, met of sonder kunstalent, wat tog so graag daardie huisies skilder.</h4> <h4>Al daardie skilderye lieg, mevrou. Ek het die laaste twee dae tussen daardie huisies in Kassiesbaai op Waenhuiskrans rondgestap en, glo my, dis glad nie soos op daardie skildery van jou nie. Ja, daar hang klere oor die wasgoeddrade langs daardie huisies, maar baie van daardie klere is oud en verbleik, mevrou. Party hemde het gate in, party broeke is gelap.</h4> <h4>En, ja, voor ta’ Anna Benzien se huisie lê ‘n hond, so ‘n bejaarde pavement special, maar hy lê ook maar net omdat hy nie meer behoorlik kan stap nie, mevrou. Miskien is dit rumatiek of kanker of sommer net die ouderdom, maar daar is nie ‘n veearts op Waenhuiskrans nie. </h4> <h4>Buitendien, mevrou, ta’ Anna het nie geld vir veeartse nie.</h4> <h4>Hierdie Kersfees, mevrou, gaan antie Anna en haar kinders en al die kleinkinders daardie twee hoendertjies op jou skildery opeet, want ta’ Anna oorleef op ‘n staatspensioen, mevrou, en op Waenhuiskrans is nie werk vir haar kinders nie.</h4> <h4>Jimmy, haar oudste, trôl nog soms op die skuite, maar die vis loop nie meer soos van ouds nie, mevrou. Die groot skuite met hul beernette het al die vis kom vat, mevrou, sodat ek en jy lekker in restaurants kan eet. Dis ook vreemd, mevrou, langs baie van daardie huisies staan gedaan ou motors, tog verskyn dit nooit op daardie skilderye wat in jul sitkamers hang nie. Is dit omdat ‘n gekrôkte Nissan Laurel of ‘n Austin Apache sonder wiele nie esteties genoeg vir die sensitiewe kunstenaarsiel is nie?</h4> <h4>Voor oom Bob Dyers se huisie lê ook ‘n groot, pienk teddiebeer in die stof, mevrou, en by die deur staan twee leë brandewynbottels, en teen die voorhuismuur hang ‘n gehekelde Onse Vader – goed wat uiteraard ook nie op daardie skilderye van julle verskyn nie, mevrou.</h4> <h4>Oom Bob sê nie eintlik veel nie, mevrou. Hy is mos maar stil sedert hy die beroerte-aanval in April gehad het. Oom Hennerik Grandfield, wat nes oom Bob ‘n visserman was toe daar nog vis was, praat wel, mevrou. Hy vertel hoe hy en sy mense in 1984 deur PW Botha se regering aangesê is om pad te gee van Skipskop af.</h4> <h4>Skipskop was ook so ‘n fraai vissersdorpie nes Waenhuiskrans, mevrou. Maar toe besluit PW-hulle mos daar moet ‘n missieltoetsbaan gebou word, en toe moet oom Hennerik-hulle maar oppak en trek, die duine oor, Waenhuiskrans toe.</h4> <h4>Nou sit oom Hennerik in daardie fraai vissershuisie teen jou sitkamermuur, mevrou.</h4> <h5>Haal daardie skildery af, mevrou. Bêre hom. Steek hom weg. Want jy het meer geld vir hom betaal as wat oom Hennerik tans in ‘n jaar verdien, mevrou. <a href="http://152.111.1.88/argief/berigte/beeld/2004/12/10/B1/16/01.html" rel="nofollow">http://152.111.1.88/argief/berigte/beeld/2004/12/10/B1/16/01.html</a></h5> <div class="embed-youtube"><iframe title="Sonja Herholdt - SKIPSKOP" width="500" height="375" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/etItKcZH-Ls?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img data-attachment-id="18579" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/skipskop-padaanwysing/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/skipskop-padaanwysing.jpg" data-orig-size="872,576" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="skipskop-padaanwysing" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/skipskop-padaanwysing.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/skipskop-padaanwysing.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/skipskop-padaanwysing.jpg?w=872" alt="" class="wp-image-18579" width="426" height="281" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/skipskop-padaanwysing.jpg?w=426 426w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/skipskop-padaanwysing.jpg?w=852 852w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/skipskop-padaanwysing.jpg?w=600 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/skipskop-padaanwysing.jpg?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="18581" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/skipskop-strand-1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/skipskop-strand-1.jpg" data-orig-size="807,595" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="skipskop-strand-1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/skipskop-strand-1.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/skipskop-strand-1.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" width="807" height="595" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/skipskop-strand-1.jpg?w=807" alt="" class="wp-image-18581" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/skipskop-strand-1.jpg 807w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/skipskop-strand-1.jpg?w=600 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/skipskop-strand-1.jpg?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px" /><figcaption>Skipskop se strand – foto: Facebook</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="18583" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/skipskop-strand-4/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/skipskop-strand-4.jpg" data-orig-size="640,379" 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class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="18584" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/skipskop-skildery-1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/skipskop-skildery-1.jpg" data-orig-size="960,772" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="skipskop-skildery-1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/skipskop-skildery-1.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/skipskop-skildery-1.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" width="960" height="772" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/skipskop-skildery-1.jpg?w=960" alt="" class="wp-image-18584" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/skipskop-skildery-1.jpg 960w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/skipskop-skildery-1.jpg?w=600 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/skipskop-skildery-1.jpg?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px" /><figcaption>Facebook</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="18586" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/skipskop-huis-1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/skipskop-huis-1.jpg" data-orig-size="720,482" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="skipskop-huis-1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/skipskop-huis-1.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/skipskop-huis-1.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" width="720" height="482" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/skipskop-huis-1.jpg?w=720" alt="" class="wp-image-18586" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/skipskop-huis-1.jpg 720w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/skipskop-huis-1.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px" /><figcaption>Skipskop huisie – foto: facebook</figcaption></figure> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/skipskop/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Skipskop">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-12474 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-music category-afrikaans-songs category-christmas category-south-africa tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaans-songs tag-afrikaanse-kersliedere tag-christmas tag-south-africa" id="post-12474"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/do-they-know/" rel="bookmark">Do they know?</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-music/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans music</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-songs/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans songs</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/christmas/" rel="category tag">Christmas</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-songs/" rel="tag">Afrikaans songs</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-kersliedere/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse Kersliedere</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/christmas/" rel="tag">Christmas</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a> on 19/12/2010| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/do-they-know/#comments">8 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/christmas_cake.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12475" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/do-they-know/christmas_cake/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/christmas_cake.jpg" data-orig-size="208,226" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Christmas_cake" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/christmas_cake.jpg?w=208" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/christmas_cake.jpg?w=208" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-12475" title="Christmas_cake" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/christmas_cake.jpg" alt="" width="208" height="226" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dsc02771a.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12476" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/do-they-know/sony-dsc-20/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dsc02771a.jpg" data-orig-size="1162,778" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"5.6","credit":"","camera":"DSLR-A200","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1292693175","copyright":"","focal_length":"70","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.1","title":"SONY DSC"}" data-image-title="SONY DSC" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dsc02771a.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dsc02771a.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12476" title="SONY DSC" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dsc02771a.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="200" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dsc02771a.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dsc02771a.jpg?w=597 597w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dsc02771a.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> This photo was taken yesterday about 4pm The first Afrikaans Christmas song written in South Africa – about a Summer Christmas – and I’ve found a youtube video about it. It’s beautiful, the boys singing in this choir reminded me of the Drakensberg Boys Choir of years ago – beautiful singing. The translation of the song was found on the site of: openlanguages.net Somerkersfees <div id="c476-default"> [1] Welkom o stille nag van vrede, Onder die suiderkruis, Wyl stemme uit die verlede Oor sterrevelde ruis. [2] Hoor jy hoe sag die klokke beier in eeue-oue taal. Kyk, selfs die nagtelike swye vertel die ou verhaal. [3] Voel jy ook nou Sy warm liefde As ons die dag gedenk, Toe Hy sy Seun aan ons gegee het – Ons grootste Kersgeskenk. KOOR Kersfees kom, Kersfees kom – Gee aan God die eer. Skenk ons ‘n helder Somerkersfees In hierdie land, o Heer. English-version </div>  <div id="col6"></div> <div id="c477-default"> [1] Enter in quiet peace filled night beneath the Southern Cross Lend now your ear this starlit night, to whispers from the past. [2] Do you hear how softly the bells are chiming, in ancient dialect Even the evening’s starry silence, on prescious history reflects. [3] Can you also feel the warmth of His love, as we celebrate the day God loved us so much He sent his son, no other gift as great. CHORUS Christmas nears, Christmas nears Bow before the King Grant by Your grace in this great land A bright summer’s Christmas Lord. </div>  <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HExTPHiuIIU?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> This next video is for everyone reading here and I do hope your Christmas will be a wonderful Christmas. I want you also to think about South Africans and pray for my country and its people, you can see photos of how <a href="http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2010/12/potgieter-family-massacre-suspects_14.html" target="_blank">black kids are being trained how to kill/execute </a>whites- and best of all, the WORLD is turning a BLIND eye. If it was whites killing blacks, it would be DIFFERENT story, but who cares, it’s blacks killing whites, even a three year old girl! I won’t go into the detail how she was killed as you won’t believe it. Read the link to know what is REALLY going on in South Africa. The British screwed up big time – with Zimbabwe and they screwed up ONCE again – not just the British, but America too – this time. And …oh please, don’t come to me with your Apartheid excuses, as Apartheid was nothing like this and has nothing to do with this – 1994 is …er…how many years ago? Using Apartheid as an excuse also shows how uninformed you actually are about South Africa and its past – as that’s the only thing most people know about – well, actually those who know something about South Africa – apart from lions and rhinos roaming the streets/cities of our country – like some people think. So, I would suggest to read the link if that was going to be your excuse too. These people are demon possessed and they do not know about God and the love of God and Jesus. They need your prayers too and they need people to spread the love of God, so they can stop with their killings. If you are interested in more reading, follow the link on my sidebar – with the photo of Anthony LoBaido – to read more. <iframe width="500" height="392.94117647059" src="https://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/xg6xov" style="border:0;" allowfullscreen></iframe> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/do-they-know/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Do they know?">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-12354 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans tag-afrikaans tag-heidi" id="post-12354"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/heidi-herinneringe/" rel="bookmark">Heidi-herinneringe</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/heidi/" rel="tag">Heidi</a> on 11/11/2010| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/heidi-herinneringe/#comments">2 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <iframe width="500" height="392.94117647059" src="https://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/xdb3l6" style="border:0;" allowfullscreen></iframe> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/heidi-herinneringe/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Heidi-herinneringe">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-12327 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-music category-afrikaans-songs category-art category-kuns category-south-african-sunset tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaans-songs tag-art tag-kuns tag-sonsondergang tag-sonvanger tag-south-african-sunset tag-sunsets" id="post-12327"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/sonvanger-suncatcher/" rel="bookmark">Sonvanger – Suncatcher</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-music/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans music</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-songs/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans songs</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/art/" rel="category tag">Art</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/kuns/" rel="category tag">Kuns</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-african-sunset/" rel="category tag">South African sunset</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-songs/" rel="tag">Afrikaans songs</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/art/" rel="tag">Art</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/kuns/" rel="tag">Kuns</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/sonsondergang/" rel="tag">sonsondergang</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/sonvanger/" rel="tag">Sonvanger</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-sunset/" rel="tag">South African sunset</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/sunsets/" rel="tag">sunsets</a> on 29/10/2010| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/sonvanger-suncatcher/#comments">6 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sonvanger.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12328" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/sonvanger-suncatcher/sonvanger-2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sonvanger.jpg" data-orig-size="500,375" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="sonvanger" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sonvanger.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sonvanger.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12328" title="sonvanger" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sonvanger.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sonvanger.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sonvanger.jpg 500w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> image:woes.co.za South African sunsets [African sunsets in general] are the most beautiful sunsets I’ve ever seen. This next song’s title is Suncatcher – translated as it is an Afrikaans song – Sonvanger. –one of the most beautiful Afrikaans songs. I translated the song in 2008 – see lyrics at the bottom of this post – and Laurika Rauch [female singer in the video – also a household name in SA] was quite impressed with my translation, therefore I’m happy to post it here for you – <iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='500' height='375' src='https://video.wordpress.com/embed/c34C4Ary?hd=0&autoPlay=0&permalink=1&loop=0&preloadContent=metadata&muted=0&playsinline=0&controls=1&cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write' ></iframe><script src='https://v0.wordpress.com/js/next/videopress-iframe.js?m=1725245713'></script> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sonvanger_1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12337" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/sonvanger-suncatcher/sonvanger_1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sonvanger_1.jpg" data-orig-size="150,112" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="sonvanger_1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sonvanger_1.jpg?w=150" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sonvanger_1.jpg?w=150" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-12337" title="sonvanger_1" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sonvanger_1.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="112" /></a> Suncatcher See if you could catch me the sun There’s a room in the house where it can be hung It’s dark by the window in the middle of the day Do you remember how brightly the room could laugh? See if you could bring me the sun There’s a song in the corridors the sun can sing Coz it’s quiet in the corners, this cold season Can you see what the wind and rain do to me? Chorus S-u-ncatcher! I ask you, please, let it shine for me again S-u-ncatcher! Let me understand How a summer disappear like that in the nothingness And let it shine See if you could get me the sun There’s a home in my heart where the sun can live See if you could steal me the sun There’s a place in the garden where the sun can play Chorus S-u-ncatcher! I ask you please, let it shine for me again S-u-ncatcher! Let me understand How a summer could disappear like that in the nothingness And let it shine Bring some light for the meanders on my road And a handful of rays for the darkness in my heart ~~~ Nikita…2008 <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sonvanger_art.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12334" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/sonvanger-suncatcher/sonvanger_art/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sonvanger_art.jpg" data-orig-size="440,534" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="sonvanger_art" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sonvanger_art.jpg?w=440" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sonvanger_art.jpg?w=440" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12334" title="sonvanger_art" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sonvanger_art.jpg?w=247" alt="" width="247" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sonvanger_art.jpg?w=247 247w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sonvanger_art.jpg 440w" sizes="(max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px" /></a> This piece of art is called Die Sonvanger by Edward Baird – the picasaweb-link is at the bottom of the image – click for a larger view. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sonvanger_2.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12339" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/sonvanger-suncatcher/sonvanger_2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sonvanger_2.jpg" data-orig-size="490,398" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="sonvanger_2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sonvanger_2.jpg?w=490" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sonvanger_2.jpg?w=490" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12339" title="sonvanger_2" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sonvanger_2.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="243" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sonvanger_2.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sonvanger_2.jpg 490w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Ansie-Ans from devianart says her dad took this pic of her in Cape Town. A very beautiful picture! <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/sonvanger-suncatcher/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Sonvanger – Suncatcher">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-12145 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-14-augustus-1875 category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-music category-afrikaans-poems category-afrikaans-poems-afrikaanse-taal category-afrikaans-songs category-afrikaanse-digters category-afrikaanse-gedigte category-afrikaanse-taal-2 category-louis-leipoldt tag-14-august-1875 tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaans-poems tag-afrikaanse-digters tag-afrikaanse-gedigte tag-die-beste tag-gedigte tag-louis-leipoldt" id="post-12145"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/08/13/somer-en-son-en-saffier-vir-my/" rel="bookmark">Somer en son en saffier vir my!</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/14-augustus-1875/" rel="category tag">14 Augustus 1875</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-music/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans music</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-poems/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaanse-taal-2/afrikaans-poems-afrikaanse-taal/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-songs/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans songs</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaanse-digters/" rel="category tag">Afrikaanse digters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="category tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaanse-taal-2/" rel="category tag">Afrikaanse taal</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/louis-leipoldt/" rel="category tag">Louis Leipoldt</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/14-august-1875/" rel="tag">14 August 1875</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-poems/" rel="tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-digters/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse digters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/die-beste/" rel="tag">Die Beste</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/louis-leipoldt/" rel="tag">Louis Leipoldt</a> on 13/08/2010| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/08/13/somer-en-son-en-saffier-vir-my/#comments">4 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/afrikaans1.png" alt="" width="449" height="310" /> <h5>LEES HIER!</h5> <h5>Jan 2015 –Indien jy beplan om my eie gedigte te ‘leen’ vir jou Facebook bladsy of jou privaat blog of website, kan jy asseblief so vriendelik wees om my daaroor in te lig. Ek vind dat van my gedigte op internet bladsye verskyn met sekere politieke oorwegings waarmee ek nie saamstem nie en ek is nie geniee daarmee dat my gedigte op bladsye soos daardie verskyn nie! Ek sal dit waardeer indien jy my versoek sal respekteer.</h5> Tomorrow, 14th August, is an important day in the history of Afrikaans. On the 14th August 1875, an organisation was founded to promote Afrikaans as a language. The language Afrikaans has its roots in seventeenth century Dutch but it has been influenced by many languages including: English, Malay, German, Portuguese, French and some African languages. Some of the first written work in Afrikaans was done using the Arabic alphabet in the work Bayaan-ud-djyn written by Abu Bakr. Apart from this development and minor writings in so-called Cape Dutch Afrikaans acted mainly as a spoken language for people living in the Cape and Dutch was used as the formal and written language. Afrikaans is a language spoken by many people of different races and ethnic groups throughout Southern Africa. I have decided to contribute something every year on this day [ or as near as possible to this date] to the celebration of Afrikaans as a beautiful language spoken by beautiful people. This first poem is my contribution and the second a poem from one of our famous poets. Both poems’ titles are Die Beste which means The Best. Then you can read my 2008-contribution: Afrikaans and the last poem is my 2009-contribution. The Afrikaans song’s title is Sypaadjie Mense [you can read the translation on the given link at the 3rd poem where you can listen to the song and follow the words in English.] –Sidewalk People. Afrikaans readers: the poem at the bottom is my contribution of last year. When I was at Primary School, we always had to learn poems and from Die Beste I had to know the first two stanzas by heart when I was 11 years of age. I must say I don’t regret it! You can see photos of the Afrikaans Language Monument – the only language monument in the world! – and an explanation/meaning of the monument. Die Beste Afrikaans: Ek is aan jou verknog Jy is vir my ‘n sieraad Jou wingerdstokke groei welig in my opgeploegde land Jy is besprinkeld met onbeskaamde liefde en jy bring voort troetelkinders Jou sprekers strek van die Ooste na die Weste en jy bly verreweg Die Beste! 5/1/2010-21:30 Nikita The Best Afrikaans I’m attached and devoted to you! To me you are a wreath Your grapevines flourish In my ploughed land You’ve been irrigated with Impudent love You bear cuddly-children Your speakers stretch From the East to the West And by far: You’re the BEST -(c) Translated: 16/2/2012 Nikita – 20:00 [Translated for friends to understand the Afrikaans poem!] <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-12145-3" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/johan-van-der-watt-sypaadjie_mense.mp3?_=3" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/johan-van-der-watt-sypaadjie_mense.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/johan-van-der-watt-sypaadjie_mense.mp3</a></audio> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/lusern.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12150" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/08/13/somer-en-son-en-saffier-vir-my/lusern/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/lusern.jpg" data-orig-size="844,513" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4.72","credit":"","camera":"KODAK EASYSHARE CX4230 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1009881900","copyright":"","focal_length":"16.61","iso":"720","shutter_speed":"0.004235","title":""}" data-image-title="Lusern" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/lusern.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/lusern.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12150" title="Lusern" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/lusern.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="182" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/lusern.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/lusern.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Image: farms-for-sale.co.za Die Beste Geil lusern in die laagste landjie; Geil groen blare en blomme blou; Aalwyn rooi op die voorste randjie, Rooi soos bloed teen die rotse grou; Somer en son en saffier daarbowe; Ruik van die keurbos rondgesprei; Kort klein skadu’s oor die klowe; Somer en son en saffier vir my! Wonder van kleure uitgesprei – Wat is daar meer deur die dood te rowe? Somer en son en saffier vir my! Hoog oor die water skommel die vinkies, Vol van die vreug van die somerdag; Bly die gekwetter van bruin tinktinkies; Blyer die son wat goudgeel lag. Algar wat lewe, algar tevrede, Hoog op die heuwel en laag op die vlei; So was dit gister, en so is dit hede – Somer en son en saffier vir my! Heer, wat die hemel oor my sprei, Dit is my eerste en laaste bede: “Somer en son en saffier vir my!” Het jy ’n vrind wat jou hand kan vashou? Vrinde vergaan en faal in nood! Het jy ’n vyand, jou grootste las nou? Vyande, vrinde gaan algar dood! Wat’s dit vir my as die gras vergrys word? Somer sal kom met sy groen daarby; Wat as in winter die water ys word? Somer en son en saffier sal bly. Boetie, ek vra jou, wat sê jy? Wat’s dit vir ons as die gras vergrys word? Somer en son en saffier sal bly. Roem van mense, rykdomme, pragte – Alles vergaan soos die mis op die vlei: Sterre wat skiet in pikdonker nagte, Het langer lewe as roem kan kry. Boetie, as ons nou ’n keus moet wae, Hier op die wêreld, wat vra jy? Roemryke lewe en lengte van dae? Somer en son en saffier vir my! Boetie, as jy nou jou keus kan kry, Wat is die wens wat jou hart sal wae? – Somer en son en saffier vir my! C. Louis Leipoldt (1880-1947) <h5>Het jy die boodskap bo-aan die bladsy gelees?</h5> Afrikaans Die taal wat ek liefhet Afrikaans Die taal wat ek praat Afrikaans Die taal waarin ek dink Afrikaans Die taal waarin ek droom Afrikaans Die taal van my hart Afrikaans Die taal wat ek koester Vir nou en altyd Afrikaans Jy is myne Afrikaans Jy is nou Afrikaans Jy is besonders Afrikaans Jy is uniek Afrikaans Jy is getrou Afrikaans: My denke My wese My lewe! <div>Nikita – 5/1/2009</div> <div></div> Suid-Afrika: my land Jy’s indrukwekkend, manjifiek jou sondeurdrenkte landskappe weerkaats helder beelde in my siel jou pragtige wonders flikker oneindig lank in die stilte van jou nagrus Mount Aux Sources – so elegant en grasieus verrys jy vanuit die voetheuwels, soos ‘n fakkel by die Spele ets jy lekkende beelde teen die muur van my geheue en voel ek jou hitte gloeiend teen my hart O Blyde! ek fantaseer oor jou magiese kragte wat jy sorgloos en galant in die galery van my stille gemoed stilletjies uitpak terwyl my dawerende applous eggo oor die velde van my gedagtes Moederstad! hoe inskiklik laat jy my telkens hakkel wanneer ek my herinneringe sagkens koester – jou fasades! waar ek jou gambiet betree en gewillig my pionne oorgee En saans voel ek jou fluweelagtige skoonheid van elke sonsondergang stadig neerdaal in my gemoed terwyl ek stadig drink van jou geloofs-fonteine wat borrellend bruis in oorvloed Fragmentaries vier ek feeste ek dans en omhels jou en jy – jy blus my gees telkens met jou magiese heildronke: een-vir-een op ‘n toekoms – wat mag wees! –Nikita –14/8/09 14:00 <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/afrikaans-afrikaans-afrikaans/">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/afrikaans-afrikaans-afrikaans/</a> <blockquote><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.what-to-do-in-cape-town.com/images/afrikaanslanguagemonument1.jpg" alt="" /> The Afrikaans Language Monument (Afrikaans: Afrikaanse Taalmonument) is located on a hill overlooking Paarl. Its outline is visible from a considerable distance. </blockquote> This is the only language monument in the world and was completed in 1975. The design represents the growth and developement of Afrikaans and recognises its roots which is spread over three continents – Africa, Asia and Europe. The three colums on the left that are close together (A) represents the influences of the three Western languages on Afrikaans – Dutch, French and English. The wall on the steps (B) represents the Malayan language and culture. Architect Jan van Wijk was inspired by words of prominent Afrikaans authors N.P. van Wyk Louw and C.J. Langenhoven. The “roof” (C) refers to Van Wyk Louw’s words: “Afrikaans is the language that connects Western Europe and Africa… It forms a bridge between the large, shining West and the magical Africa…” The main column (D) which is 57 m high, represents the growth, evolution and achievement of Afrikaans and was inspired by a quote from Langenhoven: “If we plant a row of poles down this hall now, ten poles, to represent the last ten years, and on each pole we make a mark at a height from the floor corresponding to the relative written use of Afrikaans in the respective year, and we draw a line, from the first here near the floor to the last over there against the loft, then the line would describe a rapidly rising arc…” The last column (E) symbolises the Republic of South Africa which was the birthplace of Afrikaans. On the photo below, the three round shapes symbolises the contribution of the African languages – Xhosa, Zulu and Sotho. <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.what-to-do-in-cape-town.com/images/afrikaanslanguagemonument3.jpg" alt="" /> <a href="http://www.what-to-do-in-cape-town.com/afrikaans-language-monument.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.what-to-do-in-cape-town.com/afrikaans-language-monument.html</a> This song is a mix of Afrikaans and Netherlands. Stef Bos [from Holland] and Amanda Strydom [South Africa] sing the song: Die Taal van my hart– The language of my heart <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/i_xmPD28IA8?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/08/13/somer-en-son-en-saffier-vir-my/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Somer en son en saffier vir my!">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-12118 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaner-women category-afrikaners category-boer-women category-die-vrou category-elisabeth-eybers category-general category-merkwaardige-suid-afrikaanse-vroue category-remarkable-south-african-women 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data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/boer_woman.jpg" data-orig-size="376,487" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="boer_woman" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/boer_woman.jpg?w=376" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/boer_woman.jpg?w=376" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12139" title="boer_woman" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/boer_woman.jpg?w=231" alt="" width="231" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/boer_woman.jpg?w=231 231w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/boer_woman.jpg 376w" sizes="(max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px" /></a> Photo: Mrs Otto Krantz <blockquote> <h3>One of the women who received the Government’s sanction to join a commando was Mrs. Otto Krantz, the wife of a professional hunter. Mrs. Krantz accompanied her husband to Natal at the commencement of hostilities, and remained in the field during almost the entire campaign in that colony. In the battle of Elandslaagte, where some of the hardest hand-to-hand fighting of the war occurred, this Amazon was by the side of her husband in the thick of the engagement, but escaped unscathed. Later she took part in the battles along the Tugela, and when affairs in the Free State appeared to be threatening she was one of the first to go to the scene of action in that part of the country.</h3> Read on <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/16462/16462-h/16462-h.htm"> this link </a> more about the women and the boer war.</blockquote> A people are what its women are. The woman is the conscience of her nation as well as the measure of its values. The moral life of a nation is controlled by the women and by the women can we measure the moral condition of the people. – Postma I have a very famous poem of a very famous South African poet to celebrate Women’s Day in South Africa. “Die Vrou” – in English “The Woman”. She translated some of her works in English/German/Italian/French and Hebrew and won many prizes in South Africa and in the Netherlands. She was born in 1915 and died in 2007 in Amsterdam. Sarah Raal [picture] was one of those strong women during the South African/British War [Boer War] and she fought alongside the Boer Soldiers. You can read this book written by her: <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/the-lady-who-fought.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12140" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/08/08/a-people-are-what-its-women-are/the-lady-who-fought-2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/the-lady-who-fought.jpg" data-orig-size="420,337" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="The Lady who fought" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/the-lady-who-fought.jpg?w=420" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/the-lady-who-fought.jpg?w=420" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12140" title="The Lady who fought" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/the-lady-who-fought.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="240" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/the-lady-who-fought.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/the-lady-who-fought.jpg 420w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Die vrou Somer en herfs en winter trek in wye onafgebroke wisseling deur die land, maar sy bly draer van die lente want liefde het haar verhef bo die getye. Haat en verwoesting plant hul lamfervlae in honderd stede en oral sink die nag; vir háár op wie ook bloed en worsteling wag klink nog die lied van vrede en welbehae. Die uitgeteerde ruiter neig sy sens en aarselend voor die klaarheid van haar blik erken selfs hy sy heerskappy se grens: in haar wat die onsterflikheid bewaak ontkiem die toekoms in die flou getik van lewe wat voorwêreldlik ontwaak. Elisabeth Eybers Tomorrow, 9th August, South Africa celebrate’s Women’s Day. I’ve decided to create a special entry on Women. I have for you photos from family – both sides – dated back just before the 1800’s. I agree with the above quote from Postma. Women are the anchor of a nation and if women are not taking the lead when it comes to morals and values, well, then its <a href="http://pl.treklens.com/gallery/Africa/South_Africa/photo86780.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tjaila-time</a> [like we say in South Africa] for a nation. We as women need to conduct ourselves in a way that our children can look upon us, be proud and so be proud adults too. I’ve come across a very interesting piece of writing and copied part of the article here. The complete article can be read on the given link at the bottom of this entry. <img data-attachment-id="17403" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/08/08/a-people-are-what-its-women-are/mrs-g-botha/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/mrs-g-botha.jpg" data-orig-size="419,565" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Mrs G Botha" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/mrs-g-botha.jpg?w=419" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/mrs-g-botha.jpg?w=419" loading="lazy" class="alignnone wp-image-17403" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/mrs-g-botha.jpg" alt="Mrs G Botha" width="298" height="402" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/mrs-g-botha.jpg?w=298&h=402 298w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/mrs-g-botha.jpg 419w" sizes="(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px" /> Mrs General Botha <img data-attachment-id="17404" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/08/08/a-people-are-what-its-women-are/mrs-g-meyer/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/mrs-g-meyer.jpg" data-orig-size="419,604" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Mrs G Meyer" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/mrs-g-meyer.jpg?w=419" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/mrs-g-meyer.jpg?w=419" loading="lazy" class="alignnone wp-image-17404" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/mrs-g-meyer.jpg" alt="Mrs G Meyer" width="238" height="343" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/mrs-g-meyer.jpg?w=238&h=343 238w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/mrs-g-meyer.jpg 419w" sizes="(max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px" /> Mrs General Meyer <blockquote>British colonization and its positive, beneficial effects dominated nineteenth-century South African historiography written in English. Dutch settlement, as well as the Great Trek and the founding of the Boer republics, was regarded as peripheral to the saga of British settlement and government at the Cape. Works by Noble (1877) and Wilmot and Chase (1869) remained the standard source material on South African history until G. M. Theal began to publish research based more closely on archival material, during the latter part of the century. The writings of Noble and of Wilmot and Chase portrayed Boers settlers outside the Cape Colony as ignorant, illiterate and cruel, as ‘living on the margin of civilisation’, their ‘moral condition … scarcely higher than the Hottentots or slaves who were household companions’.</blockquote> During the last quarter of the century, especially after the mineral discoveries and the Boer victories during the Transvaal War of Independence (1880-1), such criticism began to be countered by an apologist approach to the Boers in both English and Dutch historical writings (the latter emanating from the Netherlands as well as the Boer republics). Historians such as Klok, Van der Loo, and Du Plessis took great pains to paint a positive picture of Boer society, drawing close parallels between the Boers and their exemplary European heritage. In the new historiography Boer women received greater attention. They were described as extremely courageous and, owing to their sufferings in the past, were considered by some writers to be ‘the greatest patriots’. ‘Taking all the sufferings a mothers and daughters during the early days into account, it is indeed no wonder that it is amongst the female sex, especially amongst the older generation, that the greatest patriots are found’. These authors painted a detailed picture of the simple and unassuming Boer lifestyle, which was presented as an overt sign of a classless and egalitarian society. At the same time, their ordered and structured society was emphasised, by way of countering the negative images mentioned above. Van der Loo, in his work De Geschiedenis der Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek aan het Volk, lavished praise on Boer women. Despite their contact with ‘wild barbarians’ and their isolation from civilisation, they remained true to their traditions of ‘virtue, moral sensibility’ political independence and free institutions’. An added dimension was their purported racial superiority and purity. Symbol of her racial purity, the white complexion of the Boer woman – despite exposure to the African wilderness – was highlighted by Lion Cachet, who maintained ‘a Transvaal woman is, for Africa white’ . This feature was likewise stress Klok in his description of Boer women. He also paid attention to their lips, implicitly contrasting them with Negroid features: ‘thin lips, a round chin and a white neck…. Seldom does one see ugly, that is, really ugly women’. In the projects of these men there is a clear convergence between the development of the ideal of the volksmoeder and the rise of Afrikaner nationalism. In 1918 Postma (then retired because of ill-health) was requested by two Afrikaner organizations, the Nasionale Helpmekaar4 and the Kultuurvereniging of Reddersburg, to write a book entitled Die Boervrouw, Moeder van Haar Volk (The Boer Woman, the Mother of her Nation). The timing of this publication was important. It followed on the unveiling of the Vrouemonument, the Rebellion of 1914 and the termination of the First World War. The war was a significant event in the history of Afrikaner nationalism, for it was during this time that secondary industry, in particular labour intensive industries utilising mainly cheap female labour, began to flourish in South Africa. At the same time, a population explosion in the Afrikaner community, coinciding with the impoverishment of the rural areas, resulted in a massive influx of young, mostly unskilled Afrikaner men and women to this labour market in the urban areas. The presence of these unsupervised and unattached young men and women in the cities gave rise to grave concern for their moral safety in state, church and welfare organisations. In this social context, the characteristics of the Boervrouw as enumerated by Postma gained particular relevance for reformers, cultural entrepreneurs and concerned Afrikaners in general. His book was both an articulation of the already established image of the volksmoeder and a glorification of Afrikaner women, aimed at the instruction of Afrikaner youth and young girls in particular. In his writing the volksmoeder ideal was propagated as a role model for a new generation of women. This involved the emulation of characteristics such as a sense of religion, bravery, a love of freedom, the spirit of sacrifice, self-reliance, housewifeliness (huismoederlikheid), nurturance of talents, integrity, virtue and the setting of an exam others. Of particular significance is that Postma extended the prevailing notion of ideal womanhood to include their nurturing of the volk as well. For the first time the Boer woman’s role as mother and central focus of her family was expanded to include the concept of Boer women as mothers of the nation: The motherhood of the Boer woman extends itself to her volk just as it does to her child’ (Postma, 1918 164; translated). To substantiate his argument he cited the demonstration of Afrikaner women at the Union Buildings in 1915, when a delegation marched to Pretoria to protest against the capture imprisonment of General Christiaan de Wet as a rebel. The idea of demonstration had originated with women suitably connected prominent men and thus well qualified to be regarded as mothers of the nation’ – Mrs. Joubert, wife of the famous Boer general, and Elsie Eloff, the daughter of the late President Kruger. Yet the way in which Postman saw the demonstration taking form portrays a revealing disregard for the women’s initiative: ‘In true womanly fashion the call was complied with, without delay, not taking account of expense or trouble. Love called, love obeyed’ . The limitations of Postma’s perception of the women’s action are evident in these words: women did not argue, they did not stop to consider the consequences and they did not calculate the cost or the trouble of their actions. They were motivated irrationally, solely by love. But having disregarded any political significance in the women’s action, Postma weeded to link the moral strength of the Afrikaner people to that its women: ‘A people are what its women are. The woman is the conscience of her nation as well as the measure of its values. The moral life of a nation is controlled by the women, and by the women can we measure the moral condition of the people’ . …. In it many of the characteristics already outlined by Postma emerge: Afrikaner women had a purifying and ennobling influence on their menfolk; they would sacrifice much for their families and were loyal housewives and tender nurses, earnest in prayer, sage in advice, with sat love of freedom and steadfastly anti-British. Stockenstrom maintained adamantly that Voortrekker women were ire of their calling as volksmoeders: ‘The women profoundly realised that they were the mothers of the future Afrikaner nation, and were fully conscious of the fact that their children and grand-children could never develop into a virtuous and glorious nation unless they were absolutely independent and free’. <h3>Click <a style="color:#ff0000;" href="http://www.sahistory.org.za/archive/man-made-women-gender-class-and-ideology-volksmoeder-elsabe-brink"> HERE </a> to read the complete article on the site of SA History Org za.</h3> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/familie_2.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12120" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/08/08/a-people-are-what-its-women-are/familie_2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/familie_2.jpg" data-orig-size="295,433" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="familie_2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/familie_2.jpg?w=295" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/familie_2.jpg?w=295" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12120" title="familie_2" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/familie_2.jpg?w=204" alt="" width="204" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/familie_2.jpg?w=204 204w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/familie_2.jpg 295w" sizes="(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/class_1913.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12131" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/08/08/a-people-are-what-its-women-are/class_1913/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/class_1913.jpg" data-orig-size="500,328" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="class_1913" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/class_1913.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/class_1913.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12131" title="class_1913" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/class_1913.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="196" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/class_1913.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/class_1913.jpg 500w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Photo: A Teacher and her class – 1913, this image is from the same site as the website where you can read about Elizabeth Russel Cameron [next picture]. She was a remarkable lady and her history is a must read! You can read how she obtained the right to vote in a time in South Africa when women were not allowed to vote, but that was not the reason for what she’s done. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/elizabeth_russel_cameron.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12142" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/08/08/a-people-are-what-its-women-are/elizabeth_russel_cameron/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/elizabeth_russel_cameron.jpg" data-orig-size="215,298" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Elizabeth_Russel_Cameron" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/elizabeth_russel_cameron.jpg?w=215" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/elizabeth_russel_cameron.jpg?w=215" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-12142" title="Elizabeth_Russel_Cameron" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/elizabeth_russel_cameron.jpg" alt="" width="215" height="298" /></a> Image:<a href="http://www.mpumalangahappenings.co.za/pilgrimsrest_characters.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.mpumalangahappenings.co.za/pilgrimsrest_characters.htm</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/08/08/a-people-are-what-its-women-are/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to A People are what its women are">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-10910 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-general tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaans-alive-and-well tag-afrikaans-die-taal tag-afrikaans-floreer tag-afrikaans-is-sharp tag-beeld-berig tag-fanus-rautenbach tag-fun tag-how-sharp-is-your-memory tag-how-smart-are-you" id="post-10910"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/afrikaans-jy-is-skerp-afrikaans-you-are-sharp/" rel="bookmark">Afrikaans! Jy is skerp en Lewendig! – Afrikaans! You are sharp and alive!</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/general/" rel="category tag">General</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-alive-and-well/" rel="tag">Afrikaans alive and well</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-die-taal/" rel="tag">Afrikaans die Taal</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-floreer/" rel="tag">Afrikaans floreer</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-is-sharp/" rel="tag">Afrikaans is sharp</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/beeld-berig/" rel="tag">Beeld berig</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/fanus-rautenbach/" rel="tag">Fanus Rautenbach</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/fun/" rel="tag">fun</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/how-sharp-is-your-memory/" rel="tag">how sharp is your memory</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/how-smart-are-you/" rel="tag">how smart are you</a> on 30/11/2009| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/afrikaans-jy-is-skerp-afrikaans-you-are-sharp/#comments">10 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/afrikaans_sharp1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10914" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/afrikaans-jy-is-skerp-afrikaans-you-are-sharp/afrikaans_sharp-2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/afrikaans_sharp1.jpg" data-orig-size="321,235" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Afrikaans_sharp" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/afrikaans_sharp1.jpg?w=321" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/afrikaans_sharp1.jpg?w=321" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10914" title="Afrikaans_sharp" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/afrikaans_sharp1.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="219" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/afrikaans_sharp1.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/afrikaans_sharp1.jpg 321w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> English readers: The second half of this entry is for you. Afrikaans is the most humorous langauge that I know. If there is a joke about something, it’s always out in Afrikaans first. I work amongst English (Britons) for almost ten years now and can honestly say we have in Afrikaans much more fun and jokes to share and we have jokes about almost anything under the sun. Also, we can joke about everything, we see humour in everything around us – maybe that’s why we’ve survived everything in our country thus far…even with all the problems with Escom — Afrikaans readers…on twitter Kasper said a few days ago…daar is ‘n tyd vir Es-kom en Es-gaan – that was funny. Anyway…Fanus Rautenbach is a legend in South Africa when it comes to humour! He said we all must die one day, but some people are dying according to their careers…and I’m not going to translate it, it won’t have the same impact as only in Afrikaans…I’ve read it and tears were running down my cheeks as I was reading…this is well-said and you can only say it in Afrikaans – and enjoy/appreciate it in Afrikaans… Do enjoy the article from Time and then, at the bottom, if you think you are smart…try the smart test…but be warned, I don’t think you are as smart as you think you are…[joke] do try and have fun. Fanus Rautenbach sê: ons moet almal eendag sterwe, maar elkeen sterf volgens sy beroep: Reisigers gaan heen. Jagters gaan bokveld toe. Parlementslede op die groen kussings gaan sag heen. Die melkman en die posman kom om. Kokke steek lepel in die dak. Die horlosiemaker se tyd het aangebreek. Die valskermspringer ontval ons. Die tuinier is van die gras af gemaak. Die melkboer het die emmer geskop. Die begrafnisondernemer sien sy gat. Die dominee het die tydelike met die ewige verwissel. Die ouderling is ontslape. Die koerantman is direk hemel toe. Die skeidsregter het sy laaste asem uitgeblaas. Die dokter se hart het gaan staan. Die elektrisiën se liggie is gedoof. Die koster het die doodsklok hoor lui. Die kleremaker se draad is geknip. Die Springbokrugby-afrigter kom tot rus. Skoonmoeder – die duiwel het haar kom haal <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/afrikaans-is-sharp.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10915" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/afrikaans-jy-is-skerp-afrikaans-you-are-sharp/afrikaans-is-sharp/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/afrikaans-is-sharp.jpg" data-orig-size="299,331" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Afrikaans is sharp" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/afrikaans-is-sharp.jpg?w=299" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/afrikaans-is-sharp.jpg?w=299" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10915" title="Afrikaans is sharp" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/afrikaans-is-sharp.jpg?w=270" alt="" width="270" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/afrikaans-is-sharp.jpg?w=270 270w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/afrikaans-is-sharp.jpg 299w" sizes="(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px" /></a> How Sharp Is Your Memory? Article: Time Snowdon uses a longer version of the following quiz to pick up signs of memory loss. You can use it to test your own memory. If you are concerned about the results, discuss them with your physician. Verbal Fluency How many animals can you name in 60 seconds? Word-list Memory 1. Have a friend read the following 10 words aloud: Leg Cheese Tent Motor Flower Stamp Cup King Forest Menu 2. Try to commit them to memory. 3. Go over the list twice more, each time in a different order. How many can you recall on the third try? Delayed Word Recall Test Wait five minutes. Now how many words can you recall? Word Recognition 1. Ask your friend to write 20 words on separate index cards — the 10 words from the list above mixed in with ten different words 2. Have your friend show you the cards one at a time 3. How many words can you pick out from the original list? Add up your scores. If the total is less than 29, you may have difficulty with short-term memory. Ask your doctor about doing a more thorough exam. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/brainstorming1.gif"><img data-attachment-id="10917" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/afrikaans-jy-is-skerp-afrikaans-you-are-sharp/brainstorming1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/brainstorming1.gif" data-orig-size="306,245" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Brainstorming1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/brainstorming1.gif?w=306" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/brainstorming1.gif?w=306" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10917" title="Brainstorming1" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/brainstorming1.gif?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="240" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/brainstorming1.gif?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/brainstorming1.gif 306w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Image:timtim How <a href="http://mikescomputerinfo.com/inteltest.htm" target="_blank">SMART </a>are you? This is fun…be warned…you might not be as smart as you think![hehe] Bill Gates did this test and he scored 3! Afrikaans is LEWENDIG! Volg die link onderaan die artikel om die volledige artikel te lees. <blockquote>Afrikaanse letterkunde floreer. Afrikaanse koerante is gesond. Televisie kook. In staats- en semi-staatsorganisasies het Afrikaans ’n hoër status as die ander inheemse tale. Belangrikste van alles vir Afrikaans is dat die taal nou ook aanvaarding geniet en gevier word as ’n taal wat op eie bodem ontstaan het. Tog bly die persepsie voortbestaan onder Afrikaners dat hul taal onder beleg is, vandaar die terugveg teen enige vermeende aantasting van die taal. Sommige van die verdedigers van Afrikaans is werklike liefhebbers van die taal, met hul bona fides in plek. Daar is egter ook ’n groot deel van hulle wat gemotiveer word deur eng nasionalisme en, durf ’n mens sê, rassisme. Hulle hunker terug na die Suid-Afrika wat in 1994 gesterf het, ’n Suid-Afrika waarin die Afrikaner die opperwese was. Insoverre ’n mens sommige van die houdings van Afrikaans se verdedigers verwerplik vind, moet jy hul verbetenheid bewonder. As die sprekers van die ander Suid-Afrikaanse tale maar net soveel aandag wou gee aan die beskerming van hul taal as wat Afrikaanssprekendes doen, sou daar min kommer wees oor die ondergang van plaaslike tale. Ongelukkig is dit nie die geval nie. Suid-Afrika se Afrika-taal-sprekers het besluit dat hul tale nie die moeite werd is om te bewaar nie. In die middelklas word ’n geslag jong Suid-Afrikaners groot sonder die vermoë om hul moedertaal te verstaan, want hul ouers het besluit dis nie belangrik nie. Daar word teen ’n hewige tempo aan tale weggekalwe. Ons is op pad na ’n situasie waar inheemse tale slegs deur die werkersklas gepraat word – en hul aspirasies veroorsaak dat ook hulle die middelklas begin napraat. Dit is nie buite die kwessie nie dat Unesco binne die volgende 50 jaar sou kon verslag doen dat verskeie Suid-Afrikaanse tale op die gevaarlys is. Hiervoor moet die regering heelwat van die blaam dra omdat hy slegs lippediens bewys aan taalgelykheid. Terwyl elke politikus graag grootbek is oor die viering van ons diversiteit, word min gedoen om een van die kernaspekte van daardie diversiteit te bewaar – ons tale. Pleks daarvan dat ons Afrikaners veroordeel daarvoor dat hulle trots op hul taal is en daarvoor baklei, behoort die res van Suid-Afrika ’n les daaruit te leer. Afrikaans behoort net soveel aan my as aan ou wit mans. Die ander aand beland ek in een van daai taaierige Suid-Afrikaanse gesprekke waarin ek vertel is dis tyd om ontslae te raak van die swart chip op my skouer. Sekerlik, is ek vertel, is dit 15 jaar ná die einde van apartheid nie nodig om simplistiese frases soos “julle wit mense” in gesprekke te gebruik nie, veral sedert ek tot die middelklas uitgestyg het en niks het om oor te kla nie. Dalk is dit trouens tyd om my beitel uit te haal en aan daardie chip te begin werk. Dit is in dié gesindheid van verantwoordelikheid vir my toekoms neem eerder as om in die verlede te leef dat ek Afrikaanse taalstryders kan vra om dieselfde te doen. Ek het genoeg gehad van hoofsaaklik wit mans wat op en af spring oor “hul” taal wat in die nuwe Suid-Afrika uitgerangeer word – want die meeste Afrikaanssprekendes is en was nog nooit wit nie. Ek is moeg van die tirades wat aan koerante gestuur word en die patetiese gekerm oor “hul” taal wat in dreigende gevaar is om permanent uitgedoof te word, asof die regering ’n beleid van taal-volkslagting verklaar het. As dít die geval was, waarom sien ons dan steeds rye Afrikaanse boeke op die rakke van Exclusive Books, Afrikaanse verjaardagkaartjies by die CNA en die voortgesette groei van Afrikaanse koerante? Waarom bied Johan Stemmet, uitgerus in sy klopse-monderings, steeds Noot vir noot aan – die SAUK se oudste vermaaklikheidsprogram? En waarom saai die openbare uitsaaier elke weekdag ’n sepie genaamd 7de Laan uit as daar dan geen plek vir Afrikaans in die land is nie? Toe ek hoor dat die F.W. de Klerk-stigting ’n debat oor Afrikaans by die Universiteit van Stellenbosch reël sonder om die universiteit se visekanselier te nooi, het ek dit skouerophalend afgemaak. Toe gaan kyk ek op die internet en lees koerante soos Die Burger en webwerwe soos <a href="http://www.litnet.co.za" rel="nofollow">http://www.litnet.co.za</a> om uit te vind hoe die taaldebat verander het. Geen verrassing nie – die debat van tien jaar gelede is die debat van 2010. Hier gaan ons al weer, het ek gedink. Maar ek is ’n eerstetaal-Afrikaanssprekende – my pa se reël was dat ons tuis Afrikaans gepraat het en Engels by die skool geleer het. En ná meer as 20 jaar in ’n Engelse wêreld bestaande uit ’n Engelse universiteit en Engelse werkplekke praat ek steeds Afrikaans. As ek en my 70-jarige ma buite in die son sit met ons oggendkoffie, haal ons in Afrikaans in. As ek een van my Afrikaanssprekende kollegas in die gang raakloop, stop ons om gou in Afrikaans te skinder. Dis ’n natuurlike ding om te doen. En ek vind dat daar in my 40 jaar oue hart steeds ’n passie vir Afrikaans is. Daardie passie ontwaak wanneer ek hoor hoe my vyf jaar oue dogtertjie moeiteloos van “Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika” na “Die Stem” oorslaan. My dogters praat Afrikaans. Hulle gaan na Engelse skole. Hulle is tweetalige kinders wat nog ’n Afrika-taal ook sal aanleer. Maar hoewel Afrikaans oral om my is, kan ek nie dieselfde hittigheid en geesdrif as die taalpatriotte optower nie. Wanneer gaan hulle aanvaar dat, vir baie van ons, hul taalstryd nie gesien kan word sonder ’n politieke konteks uit die verlede nie – ’n konteks wat ons nie deel nie? As die stryders geweet het wat goed is vir hulle, sou hulle hul visier rig op mense soos ek en die baie swart sprekers van “hul” taal, veral in die Wes-Kaap. Moet ons nie deel maak van ’n magstryd oor ’n taal nie; maak ons deel van ’n sirkel van passievolle mense wat nodig het om Afrikaans te praat omdat dit deel is van wie ons is. Vir my dogters het Afrikaans geen magiese kragte nie; dit dra nie ’n geskiedenis wat Voortrekker- en Afrikaner-dapperheid huldig nie. Afrikaans se redding sal kom deur mense soos my dogter en haar kleinsussie, en die talle ander kinders soos hulle. Omdat hulle geen politieke verbintenis het met ’n taal wat so intiem verweef is met die mag van ons voormalige onderdrukkers nie. Vir hulle is dit net nog ’n taal wat hul lewe sal verryk deur die skoon en krag wat gevind kan word in die werk van Hein Willemse, Adam Small, Breyten Breytenbach en Ingrid Jonker. Nie deur rûe styf te maak of deur groot gebare nie en beslis nie deur die geblêr van ou wit mans wat terughunker na vervloë tye nie. <a href="http://www.beeld.com/Content/In-Diepte/1978/63d2a8637fef42818f2a85c75e94c03a/26-01-2010-11-13/Die_taal_n_Blik_van_buite" target="_blank">Afrikaans die Taal</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/afrikaans-alive.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="11404" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/afrikaans-jy-is-skerp-afrikaans-you-are-sharp/afrikaans-alive/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/afrikaans-alive.jpg" data-orig-size="301,225" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Afrikaans alive" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/afrikaans-alive.jpg?w=301" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/afrikaans-alive.jpg?w=301" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-11404" title="Afrikaans alive" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/afrikaans-alive.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/afrikaans-alive.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/afrikaans-alive.jpg 301w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a></blockquote> <div id="geo-post-10910" class="geo geo-post" style="display: none"> 51.633000 -0.550000 </div> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/afrikaans-jy-is-skerp-afrikaans-you-are-sharp/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Afrikaans! 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You are sharp and alive!">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-10759 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-art category-gedigte category-gedigte-vir-kinders category-general tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaanse-gedigte tag-afrikaanse-musiek tag-chicken-art tag-chicken-jokes tag-chicken-music tag-die-miljoener-se-kombuis tag-duncan-dok tag-gedigte tag-hoender-kuns tag-hoender-song tag-i-d-du-plessis tag-liedjies tag-peter-blum tag-south-african-poets tag-verflenterde-kaalvoetklonkie" id="post-10759"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/lekka-lekka-ywe/" rel="bookmark">Lekka Lekka ywe!</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/art/" rel="category tag">Art</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte/" rel="category tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte-vir-kinders/" rel="category tag">gedigte vir kinders</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/general/" rel="category tag">General</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-musiek/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse musiek</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chicken-art/" rel="tag">chicken art</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chicken-jokes/" rel="tag">chicken jokes</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chicken-music/" rel="tag">chicken music</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/die-miljoener-se-kombuis/" rel="tag">Die miljoener se kombuis</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/duncan-dok/" rel="tag">Duncan Dok</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/hoender-kuns/" rel="tag">Hoender kuns</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/hoender-song/" rel="tag">Hoender song</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/i-d-du-plessis/" rel="tag">I D Du Plessis</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/liedjies/" rel="tag">liedjies</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/peter-blum/" rel="tag">Peter Blum</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-poets/" rel="tag">South African Poets</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/verflenterde-kaalvoetklonkie/" rel="tag">Verflenterde Kaalvoetklonkie</a> on 31/10/2009| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/lekka-lekka-ywe/#comments">16 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img data-attachment-id="10772" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/lekka-lekka-ywe/chicken/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chicken.jpg" data-orig-size="400,306" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="chicken" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chicken.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chicken.jpg?w=400" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10772" title="chicken" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chicken.jpg?w=300" alt="chicken" width="300" height="229" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chicken.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chicken.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /> English Readers – enjoy the chicken jokes in this post. This post is mainly Afrikaans. There is an Afrikaans song too – about chickens – sung by a Capetonion. I really enjoy this song and the Afrikaans is typical of the Cape Coloureds. I love their accent and the way they express themselves, it’s very unique and very colourful. I have two Afrikaans poems too. When I was at primary school, we learned many poems by heart and these two are still fresh in my mind as I enjoyed the word-play and the way the poets expressed themselves. You do miss out if you can’t read Afrikaans, as Blum’s poem is rich in humour. <img data-attachment-id="10793" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/lekka-lekka-ywe/chicken_other_side/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chicken_other_side.gif" data-orig-size="279,293" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Chicken_Other_Side" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chicken_other_side.gif?w=279" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chicken_other_side.gif?w=279" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-10793" title="Chicken_Other_Side" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chicken_other_side.gif" alt="Chicken_Other_Side" width="279" height="293" /> So why did the chicken cross the road? Aristotle: To actualize its potential. Julius Caesar: To come, to see, to conquer. Rene Descartes: It had sufficient reason to believe it was dreaming anyway. Dr. Seuss: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes! The chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed, I’ve not been told! Bill Gates: I have just released Chicken XP, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your check book — and Explorer is an inextricable part of the operating system. Plato: For the greater good. Karl Marx: It was a historical inevitability. Nietzsche: Because if you gaze too long across the Road, the Road gazes also across you. Carl Jung: The confluence of events in the cultural gestalt necessitated that individual chickens cross roads at this historical juncture, and therefore synchronicitously brought such occurrences into being. Albert Einstein: Whether the chicken crossed the road or the road crossed the chicken depends upon your frame of reference. David Hume: Out of custom and habit. Mark Twain: The news of its crossing has been greatly exaggerated. William Shakespeare: I don’t know why, but methinks without much ado. William Wordsworth: To have something to recollect in tranquility. Jokes and cartoon: Randyshomestead <blockquote>Peter Emil Julius Blum was born on 4 May 1925 in Trieste, Italy. Blum arrived in South Africa as a child. At this time, he was already able to speak several languages, among others German and Italian. After his studies in Cape Town and Stellenbosch, he took up a position as a librarian in Cape Town.</blockquote> Blum got married in 1955 to Henrietta Cecilia Smit, who was an art teacher.He wrote and published several articles and poems, which were not always uncontroversial. His success as a poet was first affirmed in 1956 when he won the Reina Prinsen Geerligs Prize for his volume Steenbok tot poolsee (the title being a reference to the Tropic of Capricorn and the southern Antarctic Ocean, relating to the geographical location of South and Southern Africa). Source: Wikipedia <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.stellenboschwriters.com/blum.jpg" border="0" alt="" hspace="20" vspace="8" width="150" height="206" align="left" /> Peter Blum – Image: Stellenboschwriters <img data-attachment-id="10773" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/lekka-lekka-ywe/chickenjoke/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chickenjoke.jpg" data-orig-size="265,399" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="chickenjoke" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chickenjoke.jpg?w=265" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chickenjoke.jpg?w=265" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10773" title="chickenjoke" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chickenjoke.jpg?w=199" alt="Chicken Joke " width="199" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chickenjoke.jpg?w=199 199w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chickenjoke.jpg 265w" sizes="(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px" /> <img title="chicken cross road" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chicken-cross-road.jpg?w=300" alt="chicken cross road" width="300" height="115" /> <img data-attachment-id="10774" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/lekka-lekka-ywe/chickenlifecycle/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chickenlifecycle.jpg" data-orig-size="357,480" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="ChickenLifeCycle" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chickenlifecycle.jpg?w=357" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chickenlifecycle.jpg?w=357" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10774" title="ChickenLifeCycle" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chickenlifecycle.jpg?w=223" alt="Chicken Life Cycle - Input Output and Kaput" width="223" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chickenlifecycle.jpg?w=223 223w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chickenlifecycle.jpg 357w" sizes="(max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px" /> <img data-attachment-id="10776" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/lekka-lekka-ywe/chickenhorror/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chickenhorror.jpg" data-orig-size="457,278" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="ChickenHorror" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chickenhorror.jpg?w=457" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chickenhorror.jpg?w=457" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10776" title="ChickenHorror" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chickenhorror.jpg?w=300" alt="Horror Movie - chicken in microwave" width="300" height="182" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chickenhorror.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chickenhorror.jpg 457w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /> Die miljenêr se kombuis ‘n Pellie van my, wa da’ wêk as kok, het my vandag laat inloer innie huis vannie ou miljenêr,sy baas. Kombuis? Jy sou gasê het dis die Duncan-dok! Tsaaina en messegoed tot anie nok, Fridzidêrs volgaprop met piekfyn vleis, Eiers,vrugta en groentes van ‘n soort bok! Toe sê hy, “Ennie kjeller’s die ena kroeg – Whisky en brannewyn ,dzien en muskedil.” Toe sê ek , Wragtie , diè baas is gaseën! Ga’ hy nou patie skop? Daa’s oorganoeg Om twintag ouens ‘n week lank te laat smul. “Nei” , sê hy ,”die baas eet altyd alleen.” Peter Blum <blockquote>DIE DUNCAN VAN DIE DUNCAN-DOK</blockquote> Sir Patrick Duncan het in April 1937 goewerneur-generaal geword. Hy is benoem deur die toenmalige eerste minister, J.B.M. Hertzog. Hoewel hy in Engeland gebore is, het Duncan die grootste gedeelte van sy volwasse lewe in Suid-Afrika deurgebring, waar hy onder meer as minister van binnelandse sake, onderwys en openbare werke en later minister van mynwese gedien het. Na afloop van die Anglo-Boereoorlog, waar hy onder lord Alfred Milner gedien het, het hy ’n tyd lank as prokureur in Johannesburg gewerk. Duncan is op 17 Julie 1943 oorlede. Sy graf is by die Portnet-gebou in die Kaapse hawe en kan deur die publiek besoek word. <a href="http://jv.dieburger.com//Stories/News/19.0.1563301634.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://jv.dieburger.com//Stories/News/19.0.1563301634.aspx</a> Bronne: <a href="http://www.lib.uct.ac.za" rel="nofollow">http://www.lib.uct.ac.za</a>; <a href="http://www.sahistory.org.za" rel="nofollow">http://www.sahistory.org.za</a>. Dankie aan <a href="http://skoor.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/gebrandmerk/#comments" target="_blank">Skoor en Sigeuner</a> vir al die moeite met die vind van hierdie gedig deur Peter Blum. Op hierdie link van Skoor se blog kan julle die gesprekke gaan opvolg…natuurlik was my brein bietjie verroes ook en het ek hierdie twee gedigte op ‘n stadium gemeng! [hehe] Spesiale dankie aan Skoor vir die pragtige Afrikaanse musiek wat sy aangestuur het en vir Sigeuner se massiewe soektog – haar FBI-agente inkluis! – na die gedig. Talle e-posse het tussen my en Sigeneur heen-en-weer gevlieg en tussen haar besige, dolle, gejaagde lewe – met kinders en huiswerk tussen-in, het sy nogtans tyd gemaak om ook Sherlok Houms en haar ondergrondse Mafia agente nader te trek in hierdie soektog![hehe] Dankie Sigeuner! Ek geniet die taal van die Kaapse Kleurlinge en hoe hulle hulself uitdruk – vol humor en ek kan my verluister aan hulle. Geniet die Hoender song van die CD wat Skoor my gestuur het. <img title="chicken0" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chicken0.jpg" alt="Chicken dance" width="168" height="157" /> <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-10759-4" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/03-die-hoender-song.mp3?_=4" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/03-die-hoender-song.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/03-die-hoender-song.mp3</a></audio> Kaalvoet Klonkie – ID du Plessis Verflenterde kaalvoet klonkie Wat groente verkoop in die reën, Met jou lelike skurwe tone En jou lendelam hoepelbeen, Jy kom met jou venterliedjie Deur die mistige Kaapse straat En helder sing jy die woorde Op jou eie koddige maat: Lekka, lekka ywe, Laat die ghantang nadderskywe! Tamaties en ywe vars van die Strand En baie kiri slam by die huis se kant! Jy kom uit die deel van die Kanaldorp Waar die dieners gewapend moet gaan En die weerlig van `n skeermeslem In `n donker hoek neer mag slaan. Miskien kon jy :Bismillah” sê Vanmôre, omdat in die kas Wat dae lank so leeg moet bly, Daar weer `n broodjie was? Of dink jy al aan Nuwejaar As die troepe deur Waalstraat stroom Van die Bo-Kaap na die Onder-Kaap Langs die stomp van die slaweboom? Is dit wat jou so laat bokspring En dans op jou hoepelbeen, Verflenterde kaalvoet klonkie, As jy groente verkoop in die reën? Ek hou van jou vrolike klanke Waarmee jy die winter tart. Sing jy hierdie ligte deuntjie Bo `n somberte in jou hart? En as jy op na die Boereplein Met jou boepens-mandjie gaan, Dan trek jou parmantige liedjie Deur die strate agter jou aan: Lekka, lekka ywe, Laat die ghantang nadderskywe! Tamaties en ywe vars van die Strand En baie kiri slam by die huis se kant! <img data-attachment-id="10789" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/lekka-lekka-ywe/lekka-lekka-ywe-2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/lekka-lekka-ywe.jpg" data-orig-size="477,465" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="lekka lekka ywe" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/lekka-lekka-ywe.jpg?w=477" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/lekka-lekka-ywe.jpg?w=477" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10789" title="lekka lekka ywe" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/lekka-lekka-ywe.jpg?w=300" alt="lekka lekka ywe" width="300" height="292" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/lekka-lekka-ywe.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/lekka-lekka-ywe.jpg 477w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /> Lekka Lekka ywe! <img title="chicken art" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chicken-art.jpg" alt="Chicken Art by Alexis Bester" width="297" height="300" /> Chicken art – by Alexis Bester <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/lekka-lekka-ywe/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Lekka Lekka ywe!">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-10667 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-imagination category-verbeelding tag-afrikaans tag-chess-art tag-fairies tag-imagination tag-in-the-hall-of-the-mountain-king tag-peer-gynt tag-radio-3 tag-trolle tag-trolls tag-verbeelding" id="post-10667"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/dreaming/" rel="bookmark">I like Dreaming</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/imagination/" rel="category tag">imagination</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/verbeelding/" rel="category tag">verbeelding</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess-art/" rel="tag">chess art</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/fairies/" rel="tag">Fairies</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/imagination/" rel="tag">imagination</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/in-the-hall-of-the-mountain-king/" rel="tag">In the Hall of the Mountain King</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/peer-gynt/" rel="tag">Peer Gynt</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/radio-3/" rel="tag">Radio 3</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/trolle/" rel="tag">Trolle</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/trolls/" rel="tag">trolls</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/verbeelding/" rel="tag">verbeelding</a> on 22/10/2009| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/dreaming/#comments">4 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/trolle.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10666" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/dreaming/trolle/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/trolle.jpg" data-orig-size="395,372" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="trolle" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/trolle.jpg?w=395" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/trolle.jpg?w=395" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10666" title="trolle" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/trolle.jpg?w=300" alt="trolle" width="300" height="282" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/trolle.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/trolle.jpg 395w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Hier het drie groen Rotstrolle gesit en vis eet. Een vet, vriendelike trol kon skaars sy balans hou – natuurlik hom ooreet! Natuurlik het hulle ook geweet dat die ysbere daar onder vir hulle wag en daarom het hulle elke keer ‘n ander paadjie gevolg wanneer hulle klaar vis geëet het. [Ek hoop julle kan hul sien sit op hierdie rotse][This is where three green Rock Trolls have had their fish. One chubby, friendly troll could hardly keep his balance. Of course they knew the ice bears were waiting down there for them, therefore, each time they come to have some fish, they follow a different path back home. I hope you can see them sitting on these rocks!] <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/pot-goud.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10668" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/dreaming/pot-goud/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/pot-goud.jpg" data-orig-size="396,372" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="pot goud" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/pot-goud.jpg?w=396" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/pot-goud.jpg?w=396" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10668" title="pot goud" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/pot-goud.jpg?w=300" alt="pot goud" width="300" height="281" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/pot-goud.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/pot-goud.jpg 396w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Die klein dwergkaboutertjies het hier hul pot goud ontvang van die Maankoning en Maankoningin. Die Maankoningin was geklee in ‘n kleed gemaak van die heel beste maanstraaltjies geweef met maanfeëtjie-harpmusiek-klanke uit die kamer van die onderseese Perlemoenfeëtjie en siternote van die Sonfeëtjies.[The little gnomes have received their pot of gold here from the Moon King and Moon Queen. The Moon Queen was dressed in a gown made of the very best woven moon beams and moon fairy harp musical notes from the room of the Mother-of-Pearl-Fairy, from deep down under the sea mixed with cither notes of the Sun Fairies.] <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/maanfeetjies.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10669" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/dreaming/maanfeetjies/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/maanfeetjies.jpg" data-orig-size="385,289" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="maanfeetjies" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/maanfeetjies.jpg?w=385" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/maanfeetjies.jpg?w=385" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10669" title="maanfeetjies" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/maanfeetjies.jpg?w=300" alt="maanfeetjies" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/maanfeetjies.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/maanfeetjies.jpg 385w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Hier het die hoof Maanfeëtjie haar skaakskuif gelaat aan een van die Klawerkoning se hofknapies. Jy kan duidelik die skuif sien – dis uitgegriffel op die rots. Die Bergprins het ook die skuif aangestuur na die Rivierprinses wat dit moes opteken in ‘n maanstraaldagboek waarin al die Maanfeëtjie se skaakskuiwe veilig opgeteken word.[This is the place where the principal Moon Fairy left her chess move for one of the page boys of King Clover. The Mountain Prince also passed on her move to the River Princess whose task it is to keep record of all the chess moves of the Moon Fairy in the moon beam diary.] <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/moon-fairy-david-de-lamare.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10690" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/dreaming/moon-fairy-david-de-lamare/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/moon-fairy-david-de-lamare.jpg" data-orig-size="302,368" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="moon fairy david de lamare" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/moon-fairy-david-de-lamare.jpg?w=302" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/moon-fairy-david-de-lamare.jpg?w=302" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10690" title="moon fairy david de lamare" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/moon-fairy-david-de-lamare.jpg?w=246" alt="moon fairy david de lamare" width="246" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/moon-fairy-david-de-lamare.jpg?w=246 246w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/moon-fairy-david-de-lamare.jpg 302w" sizes="(max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px" /></a> Image: David de la Mare <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/checkmate-art.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10693" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/dreaming/checkmate-art/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/checkmate-art.jpg" data-orig-size="334,398" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="checkmate art" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/checkmate-art.jpg?w=334" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/checkmate-art.jpg?w=334" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10693" title="checkmate art" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/checkmate-art.jpg?w=251" alt="checkmate art" width="251" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/checkmate-art.jpg?w=251 251w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/checkmate-art.jpg 334w" sizes="(max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px" /></a> Image:schaakkunst.nl <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/klim-en-klouter.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10670" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/dreaming/klim-en-klouter/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/klim-en-klouter.jpg" data-orig-size="353,355" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="klim en klouter" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/klim-en-klouter.jpg?w=353" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/klim-en-klouter.jpg?w=353" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10670" title="klim en klouter" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/klim-en-klouter.jpg?w=298" alt="klim en klouter" width="298" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/klim-en-klouter.jpg?w=298 298w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/klim-en-klouter.jpg 353w" sizes="(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px" /></a> Hierdie is die stomp van die klim-en-klouter kaboutertjies. Hulle moes vinnig by die Prinses uitkom om haar teen die trolle te waarsku. Gelukkig was sy veilig in een van die wolke-kamertjies van die wolkepaleis saam met die wolkekabouters. Sy het heerlik gesit en smul aan die lekkerste pienk spookasem wat die wolkekabouters vir haar met die wolke-feë se towerstaffies opgetoor het. [This is the log of the Climbing Gnomes. They had to find the Princess to warn her about the trolls. Fortunately, she was safe in one of the cloud rooms in the Cloud Palace, together with the Cloud Gnomes, busy having the most delicious pink candy floss. The Cloud Gnomes used the magic wand of the Cloud Fairy to do magic. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/moon-fairy.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10691" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/dreaming/moon-fairy/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/moon-fairy.jpg" data-orig-size="318,399" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="moon fairy" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/moon-fairy.jpg?w=318" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/moon-fairy.jpg?w=318" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10691" title="moon fairy" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/moon-fairy.jpg?w=239" alt="moon fairy" width="239" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/moon-fairy.jpg?w=239 239w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/moon-fairy.jpg 318w" sizes="(max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px" /></a> Image: Fairiesworld <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ysbere.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10671" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/dreaming/ysbere/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ysbere.jpg" data-orig-size="389,327" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="ysbere" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ysbere.jpg?w=389" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ysbere.jpg?w=389" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10671" title="ysbere" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ysbere.jpg?w=300" alt="ysbere" width="300" height="252" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ysbere.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ysbere.jpg 389w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Hier het die ysbere gesit en wag vir die trolle om af te kom! Hulle het die paadjie van die trolle baie goed geken en ook geweet dat hulle die raskels is wat hulle visse hoër op in die rivier vang, wat beteken dat hulle laer af niks kry nie! [This is the place where the ice bears live! They know about the trolls, they also know all the paths they’re following. They know the trolls catch all the fish in the upper-river, so there is little left for them.] And <a href="http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=31017" target="_blank">HERE </a>is the complete image! <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/trolls.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10672" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/dreaming/trolls/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/trolls.jpg" data-orig-size="723,443" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="trolls" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/trolls.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/trolls.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10672" title="trolls" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/trolls.jpg?w=300" alt="trolls" width="300" height="183" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/trolls.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/trolls.jpg?w=597 597w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/trolls.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> And here…are the culprits!! If you want to have some big fun, click <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/play/peergynt.shtml" target="_blank">here on the link </a>of Radio 3 to have fun with the trolls and Peer Gynt! <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/peergynt2.png" alt="" width="321" height="318" /> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dream.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10696" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/dreaming/dream/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dream.jpg" data-orig-size="341,500" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="dream" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dream.jpg?w=341" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dream.jpg?w=341" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10696" title="dream" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dream.jpg?w=204" alt="dream" width="204" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dream.jpg?w=204 204w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dream.jpg 341w" sizes="(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px" /></a> Enjoy this song – I like dreaming <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2PMQV7cymBU?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/dreaming/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to I like Dreaming">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-10426 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-poems category-afrikaanse-gedigte category-gedigte category-general category-herfs tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaans-poems tag-autumn tag-autumn-colours tag-autumn-photos tag-gedigte tag-herfs tag-herfs-fotos tag-herfs-gedigte tag-seasons tag-seisoene tag-strauss-music tag-village-swallows" id="post-10426"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/transformasie/" rel="bookmark">Transformasie</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-poems/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="category tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte/" rel="category tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/general/" rel="category tag">General</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/herfs/" rel="category tag">herfs</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-poems/" rel="tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/autumn/" rel="tag">Autumn</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/autumn-colours/" rel="tag">autumn colours</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/autumn-photos/" rel="tag">Autumn photos</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/herfs/" rel="tag">herfs</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/herfs-fotos/" rel="tag">herfs foto's</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/herfs-gedigte/" rel="tag">herfs gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/seasons/" rel="tag">seasons</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/seisoene/" rel="tag">seisoene</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/strauss-music/" rel="tag">Strauss music</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/village-swallows/" rel="tag">Village Swallows</a> on 26/09/2009| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/transformasie/#comments">31 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> Transformasie Herfs het my wêreld stadig binnegesluip omhul in ‘n sluier van rooi en goud Ek snak na my asem by die aanskoue van die transformasie – die wonderlike natuur! Soete doudruppels gly van ‘n grashalmpie met die verbygaan van raserige eende Ek dwaal na die warmte van verlore gedagtes versteek waar stof en tyd dit nie kan vind Die laatmiddag son op my vel, jou lippe wanneer weerstand verkrummel deur jou vingerpunte – Ek weet, nie lank, dan sal Winter se koue winde begin waai maar Herfs se warmte sal my by-bly Met gedagtes aan jou op die koel Herfs-oggend koester ek die warm gedagtes aan jou verewig —Nikita—Aug 2008 Herfs is met ons en dis heerlik om al die wonderlike kleure te aanskou, asook die transformasie wat daarmee gepaardgaan. Ek het verlede jaar my herfs-gedagtes op my “gedigte/poems”-bladsy geplaas en het weer vanmore al die kleure geniet. Dit plaas my weer in ‘n bui net om gedigte te lees en mooi musiek te luister. Autumn has arrived! This is just my autumn-poem in Afrikaans and I enjoy the transformations during Autumn. Enjoy the music of Strauss: Village Swallows. I think all the swallows are by now back in South Africa! I can remember a swallow-family under our roof where I grew up on the farm. 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data-attachment-id="10171" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/08/23/skaak-in-stories-chess-in-fiction/chess-mates/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/chess-mates.jpg" data-orig-size="380,253" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="chess-mates" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/chess-mates.jpg?w=380" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/chess-mates.jpg?w=380" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10171" title="chess-mates" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/chess-mates.jpg?w=300" alt="chess-mates" width="300" height="199" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/chess-mates.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/chess-mates.jpg 380w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/chess-lord-of-the-rings.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10173" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/08/23/skaak-in-stories-chess-in-fiction/chess-lord-of-the-rings/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/chess-lord-of-the-rings.jpg" data-orig-size="774,268" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="chess lord of the rings" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/chess-lord-of-the-rings.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/chess-lord-of-the-rings.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10173" title="chess lord of the rings" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/chess-lord-of-the-rings.jpg?w=300" alt="chess lord of the rings" width="300" height="103" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/chess-lord-of-the-rings.jpg?w=297 297w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/chess-lord-of-the-rings.jpg?w=595 595w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/chess-lord-of-the-rings.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Lord of the Rings chess set <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/chess-winnie-the-pooh.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10174" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/08/23/skaak-in-stories-chess-in-fiction/chess-winnie-the-pooh/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/chess-winnie-the-pooh.jpg" data-orig-size="260,293" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="chess winnie the pooh" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/chess-winnie-the-pooh.jpg?w=260" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/chess-winnie-the-pooh.jpg?w=260" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-10174" title="chess winnie the pooh" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/chess-winnie-the-pooh.jpg?w=133" alt="chess winnie the pooh" width="133" height="150" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/chess-winnie-the-pooh.jpg?w=133 133w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/chess-winnie-the-pooh.jpg 260w" sizes="(max-width: 133px) 100vw, 133px" /></a> Winnie the Pooh-chess set. Sometimes you can get kids into chess if they play with themes-based chess sets. Little ones find it funny. I’ve found a few. These are chess sets with themes based on story book tales and other fictional literature. Please click <a href="http://www.thechessstore.com/category/chess_sets_theme_pieces_only.chess_sets_theme_category_story_book/" target="_blank">here </a>to view more or to order one of these sets. On the left bar – of this link – you can click on ‘themed chess sets’ to view even more. I’ve done an entry about chess in the movies before. On <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/why-do-the-movies-love-chess/" target="_blank">this link </a>you can read my entry about chess in the movies. More than 1700 movies have used chess and it seems to me the movies do love chess! On <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/07/09/alice-in-wonderlands-mysterious-chess-game/" target="_blank">this link </a>you can read about the chess game in “Alice through the looking glass” and also read about Alice in Wonderland..the real Alice too. On my Chess Humour-page, you can see Steve McQueen and Faye Danaway in the famous chess scene from the movie: The Thomas Crown affair, 1968. Martie Preller is an Afrikaans writer. I don’t have to say too much about her as you can only look at all her awards and know that she’s one of South Africa’s brilliant writers of fiction in Afrikaans as well as in English. She has published more than 50 books – the titles are on her website too. She also has written the Balkie-series, a very popular series in South Africa available in English too. She has sent me some scanned images from her books where chess is featured. Her own son is also a chess player. I have for you some extracts from her books and in particular from an English story too. This story hasn’t been published as yet and she’s hoping to find an overseas publisher willing to publish her book. The title of the story is: “The face of Ilev”. Near to the end in this story you read about chess. Please click <a href="http://martiepreller.co.za/index.html" target="_blank">here for Martie Preller’s </a>website. Awards 1994: Silver Sanlam Award for Youth Literature for Anderkantland 1996: ATKV Children’s Book Award for Daar’s ‘n spook in my kas 1996: ATKV Children’s Book Award for Jy en Toetenkat 1996: C.P. Hoogenhout Medal for Anderkantland 1996: Sanlam Award for Youth Literature for In die tyd van die Esob 1998: In die tyd van die Esob is added to the Honours Role of IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) 1999: Runner-up in competition for short fiction (De Kat & Human & Rousseau) 2001: Alba Bouwer Award for Children’s Books for Die Balkieboek 2002: ATKV Children’s Book Award for Die Balkieboek 2003: Tienie Holloway Medal for Babalela and Lisa het ‘n plan 2004: M.E.R Award for Children’s Literature for Ek is Simon 2006: Tienie Holloway Medal for Diep, diep in ‘n donker bos <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/die-hart-van-zeebak.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10166" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/08/23/skaak-in-stories-chess-in-fiction/die-hart-van-zeebak/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/die-hart-van-zeebak.jpg" data-orig-size="85,129" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Die hart van Zeebak" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/die-hart-van-zeebak.jpg?w=85" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/die-hart-van-zeebak.jpg?w=85" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-10166" title="Die hart van Zeebak" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/die-hart-van-zeebak.jpg" alt="Die hart van Zeebak" width="85" height="129" /></a> Die hart van Zeebak I have copied Martie’s quotes as sent to me. Some in Afrikaans, some in English. Please visit her website for more information and her CV in both languages. <blockquote>Hart van Zeebak: Ferdinand en Ben is ‘n tweeling en na ‘n ongeluk is Ben verstandelik gestrem. Ben was die uitblinker en Ferdinand die stiller ou. Na Ben se ongeluk, ignoreer al die maats ens hom natuurlik en skielik is Ferdinand baie belangrik vir almal ens ens. NOU is hy cool. En hy voel ook hy moet “opmaak” vir Ben wat nou niks meer kan doen nie ens. Ferdinand probeer deal deur met sy fiets in die bosveld te gaan ry ipv om soos sy maats na matriek see toe te gaan. Toe beland hy in die dorpie – waar hy skaak speel en leandra hom kom weglok na ‘n ander planeet. Later kom hy weer terug. Praat weer met die ou man ens. Dus gaan dit eintlik oor skaak en die manier van speel en keuses ens. As ‘n beeld van die lewe ens. Bladsy 19 – Die hart van Zeebak “Hy kyk om hom. ‘n Paar tafeltjies met verbleikte rooi-en-wit geruite tafeldoeke. By ‘n tafeltjie in ‘n hoek sit ‘n ou man met ‘n skaakstel klaar uitgepak op ‘n skaakbord voor hom. Die ou man kyk na hom, glimlag en beduie met sy kop na die skaakstel. Hoekom lyk hy so bekend? wonder Ferdinand. -nog skaakverwysings kan op bladsye 96-101 gevind word.</blockquote> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/zeebak-18192.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10157" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/08/23/skaak-in-stories-chess-in-fiction/zeebak-1819/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/zeebak-18192.jpg" data-orig-size="650,546" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"HP Scanjet djf2100","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Zeebak 18,19" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/zeebak-18192.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/zeebak-18192.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10157" title="Zeebak 18,19" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/zeebak-18192.jpg?w=300" alt="Zeebak 18,19" width="300" height="252" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/zeebak-18192.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/zeebak-18192.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/zeebak-2021.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10158" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/08/23/skaak-in-stories-chess-in-fiction/zeebak-2021/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/zeebak-2021.jpg" data-orig-size="642,523" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"HP Scanjet djf2100","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Zeebak 20,21" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/zeebak-2021.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/zeebak-2021.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10158" title="Zeebak 20,21" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/zeebak-2021.jpg?w=300" alt="Zeebak 20,21" width="300" height="244" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/zeebak-2021.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/zeebak-2021.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/zeebak-9495.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10159" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/08/23/skaak-in-stories-chess-in-fiction/zeebak-9495/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/zeebak-9495.jpg" data-orig-size="312,383" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"HP Scanjet djf2100","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Zeebak 95" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/zeebak-9495.jpg?w=312" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/zeebak-9495.jpg?w=312" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10159" title="Zeebak 95" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/zeebak-9495.jpg?w=244" alt="Zeebak 95" width="244" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/zeebak-9495.jpg?w=244 244w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/zeebak-9495.jpg 312w" sizes="(max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px" /></a> These 3 images are scanned images from her Afrikaans story: Die hart van Zeebak. [The heart of Zeebak]- click on the images for a larger view. Summary of Esob in IBBY’s catalogus: “In die tyd van die Esob (In the Time of the Evil) is a science-fiction novel set somewhere in the future after the collapse of civilization. Against the backdrop of a technocratic regime ma¬nipulated by an evil, coldblooded man and his android minions, each of four young people strives to be the win-ner in a competition that tests their physical, mental and survival skills. The main protagonist, Nina, takes the reader with her on an odyssey of shifting realities and transmuting landscapes that test her belief in reality, the meaning of existence and herself. It is a harsh and frustrating journey during which she has to learn to discern good from evil. In a time of unnatural colonization and brainwashing she has to learn the meaning and value of human emotions. The book celebrates the strength and endurance of the human spirit. It is structured in a post modernistic way by means of a multi-layered perspective as three different narrators who may or may not be the same person, narrate the story.” Extract: THE FACE OF ILEV by Martie Preller – a free translation of “In die tyd van die Esob” (In the time of the Esob) by the author * “Bose” is the Afrikaans word for “evil” – I spelled it backwards in the original text. The “Esob” is a character in the story. As I could not use “evil” spelled backwards in English, I used the word “Ilev” as the name of this character. © Martie Preller 2005 We all knew that we were the chosen ones. What we did not know was that that year would be different. Completely different from all previous years. I knew Daniel, Leonard and Matilda well. I knew their weak points. We had lived together for three years. We had lived and learnt. The competition in die Training School was fierce. Only the best came out on top. In the first year, there were forty candidates, the next year only twenty and the final year, there were only ten and of those ten, it was undisputed that Daniel, Leonard, Matilda and I would be chosen. We were the best by far. But the formal announcement had not been made yet. Perhaps I should start my story there: on the day that Zufar and Zandra did the announcement: the day of the fiery red sun. ***** <blockquote>The amphitheatre glowed in the rays of the red sun. Our two pale round moons hung just above the two dark brown pillars of Odgo, one moon on each side of the entrance to the amphitheatre. The invited guests filled all the seats. The uninvited had to watch the ceremony on their screens. The Winners of the previous years sat in the front row. They were wearing their red cloaks over their grey tunic suits This was the day, the long-awaited day. Everyone was quiet. Our people never spoke unless it was necessary. We, the ten of our final year, stood behind the stage waiting for Zufar and Zandra to start the ceremony. We did not speak either, because there was nothing to say. Daniel kept on throwing his cloak back over his shoulder. Leonard looked as if he was listening to a silent voice, his head slightly turned, with a frown on his face. Matilda was fiddling with her cloak’s tassels. The other six were just standing there. They would not exchange their grey cloaks for white ones. And they knew it. The drums started rolling. It started as a soft murmur that grew and grew until it filled the amphitheatre with a sound so loud that it filled your head completely and then the drums waned until everything was quiet again. Zufar’s deep voice boomed through the amphitheatre. He talked in his usual staccato way. He irritated me today. When I was young, he was so impressive. Now he was just Zufar. Then it was Zandra’s turn to speak. Her drawl would not let go of the words as if she wanted to keep them to herself. Her face was half hidden behind a turban that she wore low over her forehead. Zufar and Zandra were reciting the opening words. They too were Winners, long ago and were wearing their red cloaks. The single shrill note of a trumpet called us to the stage. Everybody’s eyes were fixed on us. It was like that every year. Every year everybody already knew who would be chosen, but still they had to hear it officially from Zufar and Zandra. We took up our seats in the front row. The trumpets tore the sky with the song of our people. But it was a song without words. Zufar and Zandra announced our names one by one. Nina. Daniel. Matilda. Leonard. We stepped forward to receive our white cloaks. The silence in the amphitheatre was neutral. I never knew whether they cared or not. Back in our seats, we dropped the grey cloaks and slung our white cloaks around our shoulders. The drums rolled again and then the ceremony was over. Tomorrow would be our final preparation day. ———-end of extract of the story from the start.</blockquote> —-near to the end. “But now I have a problem.” He suddenly sat upright. “ Do you know the game of chess? No, of course you won’t. It dates from our pre-history. But in the game, you have a white queen and a black queen. But the problem is, although I have really enjoyed talking to you, I am now stuck with two blond queens, and the one will have to go, unfortunately. You have no chance against the other Nina. She is the better of you in all aspects, so I choose her. And I decided that Nina and Daniel would take over the city. A new ruler would be introduced. Nina, with Daniel at her side. But of course not, this Daniel.” He smiled. “And Nina would go down in the annals as the Queen who ruled with an iron fist.” He smiled again. “Now isn’t that a fitting description of Android-Nina?” he asked. He was right. I stood no chance against Android-Nina. But I can put my hands around Ilev’s throat and squeeze the life out of him. “And just in case you think you can do something to me, Nina,” he read my thoughts again. “I took precaution. There is a special code that only I know, that must be fed to the Master-Computer every thirty minutes. If that doesn’t happen, the Master-Computer is programmed to destroy the city and all its inhabitants immediately.” <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/balkie.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10161" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/08/23/skaak-in-stories-chess-in-fiction/balkie/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/balkie.jpg" data-orig-size="321,272" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Balkie" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/balkie.jpg?w=321" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/balkie.jpg?w=321" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10161" title="Balkie" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/balkie.jpg?w=300" alt="Balkie" width="300" height="254" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/balkie.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/balkie.jpg 321w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Balkie, a character that features in the Balkie-series written by Martie. This series is available in English and Afrikaans – you can view it on her website. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/babalela.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10162" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/08/23/skaak-in-stories-chess-in-fiction/babalela/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/babalela.jpg" data-orig-size="210,308" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Babalela" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/babalela.jpg?w=210" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/babalela.jpg?w=210" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10162" title="Babalela" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/babalela.jpg?w=204" alt="Babalela" width="204" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/babalela.jpg?w=204 204w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/babalela.jpg 210w" sizes="(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/babalela-kensington.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10183" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/08/23/skaak-in-stories-chess-in-fiction/babalela-kensington/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/babalela-kensington.jpg" data-orig-size="230,385" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Babalela Kensington" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/babalela-kensington.jpg?w=230" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/babalela-kensington.jpg?w=230" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10183" title="Babalela Kensington" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/babalela-kensington.jpg?w=179" alt="Babalela Kensington" width="179" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/babalela-kensington.jpg?w=179 179w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/babalela-kensington.jpg 230w" sizes="(max-width: 179px) 100vw, 179px" /></a> When you click on “Op die Internet” [on the internet] -on Martie’s webpage, you will find an Afrikaans newspaper article about Babalela’s travels in London. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/babalela-andries-maritz.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10195" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/08/23/skaak-in-stories-chess-in-fiction/babalela-andries-maritz/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/babalela-andries-maritz.jpg" data-orig-size="256,320" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="babalela andries maritz" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/babalela-andries-maritz.jpg?w=256" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/babalela-andries-maritz.jpg?w=256" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10195" title="babalela andries maritz" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/babalela-andries-maritz.jpg?w=240" alt="babalela andries maritz" width="240" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/babalela-andries-maritz.jpg?w=240 240w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/babalela-andries-maritz.jpg 256w" sizes="(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px" /></a> Babalela in one of the books as illustrated by andriesmaritz.blogspot.com <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/anim13.gif"><img data-attachment-id="10163" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/08/23/skaak-in-stories-chess-in-fiction/anim13/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/anim13.gif" data-orig-size="100,138" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="anim13" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/anim13.gif?w=100" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/anim13.gif?w=100" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-10163" title="anim13" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/anim13.gif" alt="anim13" width="100" height="138" /></a> <blockquote>If you click on this image, (it is an animated image), you will see the covers of about 7 more books written by Martie. It does take a second or two for the animation to change, so please have patience. Die storie agter die storie van Vandag is nie gister nie</blockquote> Ek het jare gelede begin wonder wat het van die karakters geword wat reeds hulle stories met my gedeel het in bestaande publikasies. Ek was seker hulle is daar êrens (in ’n storie-dimensie?) waar hullle voortgaan met hulle lewens. Ek was reg! Hulle het my weer gekry en het weer ’n stuk van hulle lewens met my gedeel. Hulle het natuurlik net ouer geword, soos ons almal, daarom is hierdie ’n roman vir volwassenes. Die volgende karakters kom weer in Vandag is nie gister nie voor. Al die publikasies is huidig (Augustus, 2009) nog in druk. Nina, Daniël, Matilda en Leonard Nina, Daniël, Matilda en Leonard is die hoofkarakters in In die tyd van die Esob (Tafelberg, 1996). “Die uitsonderlike Afrikaanse jeugboek kan kompeteer met sy Europese en Amerikaanse eweknieë.” Uca Eiselen Dit het in 1996 die Sanlamprys vir Jeuglektuur gewen en is in 1997 opgeneem in die IBBY Ererol (International Board on Books for Young People). Sanlam-prysaanbeveling- op Martie se webbladsy Die woorde in die tweede paragraaf van die gedeelte wat ek aanhaal uit Petra Grütter se Sanlam-prysaanbeveling vir In die tyd van die Esob het soms by my bly spook: “’n Mens wil nie te veel van die boek self verklap nie, want dis ’n werklik uitdagende teks, wat ook van die keurders vereis het om hulle dinkmasjientjies in te stel vir nuutlees. ’n Boek soos die verstel die verwagtinge binne die hele jeugboekletterkunde – dit is baken leeswerk. Wat ’n mens wel kan sê, is dat onvolkomenheid en voorlopigheid ook hier ’n rol speel – want die sentrale karakter, wat ook die wenner word, is ’n onvolkome persoonlikheid, en die getekende skryfster van die boek, wat uiteindelik ook in die teks manifesteer, laat ’n duidelike aanwysing na dat die teks ook nog nie klaar is nie. Dis ’n voorlopige verslag oor ’n buitengewone gebeurtenis, dinamies onvoltooid.” Ek het in 2000 vir ’n groep leerders by Linden Hoërskool in Johannesburg storiemaakklasse gegee. Hulle het ’n jaar of wat vantevore In die tyd van die Esob in die skool behandel en wou by my antwoorde hê, soos byvoorbeeld: Watter Nina het regtig die boek geskryf? Ek het natuurlik nie antwoorde gehad nie. Hoe moet ek weet? Nou het ek vir hulle ’n antwoord, waar hulle ookal nou mag wees – Nina in Vandag is nie gister nie móét nog In die tyd van die Esob skryf . . . Ek weet nog steeds nie presies wat Petra bedoel het daarmee nie, maar dit het gevoel asof daar dalk nog iets moes kom – maar wat? In die tyd van die Esob was definitief “voltooid.” Aanhalings uit In die tyd van die Esob Bladsy 9 Dit het alles gebeur in die tyd van die Esob. Ons het almal geweet wie gekies sou word, maar wat ons nie geweet het nie, was dat daardie jaar anders sou wees, anders as al die vorige jare. Ek het Daniël en Leonard en Matilda geken. Ek het ge¬weet wat hulle swak punte was. Op slot van sake het ons drie jaar lank saam gebly en geleer. Die kompetisie in die leerskool was straf. Net die bestes het bo uitgekom. Na die eerste jaar is die aanvanklike veertig kandidate uitgedun tot twintig, en die laaste jaar was ons net tien. En almal het geweet dat ek, Daniël, Leonard en Matilda die bestes sou wees. Miskien sal dit goed wees om ons storie daar te begin, by die dag toe Zufar en Zandra die aankondiging gedoen het, die dag van die rooison. Bladsy 96 Die skrywer sit haar woordverwerker af en staan stram op. Sy kyk deur die venster. Dis laatmiddag; die reën is verby. “Kom, Leonard. Matilda!” roep sy haar twee steekhaarbrakkies. Hulle kom aangehuppel. Sy sit hulle halsbandjies aan. Sy sluit die voordeur oop. Die hondjies storm uit en trek haar agter hulle aan. Sy lei hulle veilig oor die straat. Die promenade is verlate. Die reën het seker die gebruiklike stappers weggehou Sy stap af totdat sy die branders kan sien breek op die blinkswart rotse. Dan loop sy aan met die breë sement- paadjie. Daar sien sy horn sit. Op hulle bankie. Sy gaan sit langs hom. Hy glimlag. Twee middeljarige mense op ’n bankie langs die see. “Is jou boek klaar?” vra hy. “Amper.” Sy dink aan toe sy jonk was en hoe deurmekaar alles gevoel net. En sy dink aan hoe deurmekaar alles nou nog is. Wysheid en ouderdom loop nie noodwendig hand aan hand nie. “’n Mens sien nie met jou oë nie, maar met jou hart,” sê sy. “Is dit waaroor jou boek gaan?” “Ek wens ek het geweet . . . Miskien,” sê sy na ’n rukkie. “’n Mens sien nie met jou oë nie, maar met jou hart,” herhaal sy. “Ek dink ek het dit êrens gelees.” Sy kyk na die grys wolke wat swaar oor die see hang en wonder of iemand haar ook uitgedink het. Ferdinand Daniël en Ben Ferdinand Daniël en Ben kom albei voor in Die hart van Zeebak (Tafelberg, 2004). Ferdinand is die hoofkarakter wat probeer vrede maak met wat die ongeluk aan Ben gedoen het. Die boek was in 2005 op beide die M-Net-boekprys (kort formaat) en die MER-prys vir kinder- en jeuglektuur se kortlyste. Toe die storie van Vandag is nie gister nie begin bymekaar kom, het ek skielik besef dat Ferdinand se Leandra, op wie hy so verlief was in Die Hart van Zeebak besonder baie soos Nina in In die tyd van die Esob lyk, dus, natuurlik was Daniël se name Ferdinand Daniël en ná sy ervaring op Zeebak, het hy verkies om Daniël genoem te word . . . Resensie van Die Hart van Zeebak in Die Burger: 8 Januarie 2005 deur Mariana Loots Stel jou voor jou stoutste droom word waar. Die een droom wat jy geweet het nie ’n kans het om waar te word nie. Dit is presies wat met Ferdinand Basson gebeur. Bergaf met sy fiets bevind hy hom een laatmiddag skielik op ’n misterieuse dorp, misterieus en stil. Hier daag ’n eksentrieke inwoner hom tot ’n potjie skaak, maar iets trek sy aandag: Wie is die pragtige blonde meisie wat hom bly ontglip? Die Hart van Zeebak is ’n boeiende wetenskap- fiksie-verhaal vir tieners rondom 17 jaar. Die hoofkarakter, Ferdinand, was pas klaar met sy matriek eksamen toe hy deur Leandra, ’n inwoner van Zeebak, na ’n ander dimensie ontvoer word. Maar nie alles is pluis nie. Hoekom is daar so baie dinge wat hom aan sy tweelingbroer, Ben, herinner, voor en ná die ongeluk? En waarheen verdwyn die ou oom en tante by wie hy loseer bedags? Benewens die nagmerries wat Ferdinand teister, bly volg ’n robot hom en ten spyte van al sy vrae, steek Leandra steeds iets vir hom weg. Daar is egter nie tyd om behoorlik oor hierdie dinge te tob nie: iemand moet Nimron en Supremus se bose planne stuit. Die skrywer, Martie Preller, bied hierdie bildungsroman op kenmerkende wyse aan: ’n jong held moet verskeie (werklik en nie-so-werklike) hindernisse oorkom om dit waarvoor hy bestem is te bereik. Die roman staan veral uit vanweë die keurige taalgebruik. Preller skram nie weg van die moderne woordeskat nie, maar boet geensins die ryke tradisie van die Afrikaanse taaljuwele in nie. Die aanbod en verloop van die verhaal herinner aan een van Preller se vorige romans, In die tyd van die Esob (1996) Laasgenoemde speel ook in ’n surrealistiese werklikheid af en soos dit hoort, oorwin die goeie uiteindelik die slegte. Die Hart van Zeebak is ’n opwindende, aksiebelaaide jeugroman wat te midde van alles wat gebeur ook onder die oppervlak kyk. Deur Ferdinand se ervaringe sien lesers hoe om ook dieper dinge te hanteer, selfs al voel dit deel van ’n ander wêreld. Weer eens ’n roman met die Preller-gehaltemerk. Aanhaling uit Die Hart van Zeebak Bladsy 43 “Meneer,” begin hy, “het ons nie vanmiddag skaak gespeel nie?” Die ou man kyk hom uitdrukkingloos aan. “Jong man,” sê hy. “Daar is baie werklikhede. Hierdie is maar een van hulle. Hy glimlag byna onmerkbaar, steek sy hand uit en streel oor die houtmasker. Wat bedoel hy? Baie werklikhede? Ferdinand wil ’n halfmiljoen vrae vra, en tog kan hy nie aan een dink nie. Wat is dit met hom? Dis sy. Dis die flippen alien wat hom so deurmekaar het. Hy is meteens doodmoeg, asof hy van baie, baie ver gekom het. “Ek is nou net op pad bed toe,” sê die ou man. “Kom, laat ek jou wys waar jy kan slaap.” Hy stap na die kombuisdeel van die vertrek en haal ’n dik wit kers uit ’n kas en druk dit in ’n diep erdeblaker op die kas. Hy loop met die kers na die brandende fakkel en kantel die kers in die vlamme om dit aan te steek. Dit voel vir Ferdinand asof die ou man die een of ander ritueel uitvoer. Hy doen alles so stadig en presies. Dan flikker die dik wit kers onafhanklik van die fakkel. Met ’n kopknik na Ferdinand beduie die ou man hy moet hom volg. Ferdinand loop soos ’n slaapwandelaar agter hom aan. Hulle klim op met die wenteltrap, die ou man effens moeisaam – sy een hand sleep oor die reling terwyl die ander die kers dra. Die vlammetjie speel heen en weer soos hulle loop. 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mosaic" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sa-mosaic.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sa-mosaic.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10019" title="SA mosaic" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sa-mosaic.jpg?w=300" alt="SA mosaic" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sa-mosaic.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sa-mosaic.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <h4>You can click on this mosaic for a larger view.</h4> <h4>English readers: This poem in this entry is about South Africa. I dedicated the 14th August 2008 to Afrikaans, the language I love and my mother tongue. This is, in our history, used to be an important day as we celebrated Afrikaans as our language. Afrikaans was forbidden to use by Afrikaans speaking people in the Cape when the English occupied the Cape. A sign/tag was placed around children’s necks in schools saying, “donkey”, if they had dared to speak Afrikaans.</h4> <h4>On 14th August 1875 the GRA was founded. Their task was to promote Afrikaans. They also requested – on the 24th August 1878 – for the Bible to be translated into Afrikaans. </h4> <h4>In this poem I refer to some places and nature. On the link of my 2008-entry, you can see the Afrikaans Language Monument. Good news for Afrikaans too: WordPress and Facebook have gone Afrikaans! If you choose Afrikaans as your language in the settings in WordPress, you will find most terms on your dashboard in Afrikaans. </h4> <h4>Hoogenhout, a famous South African poet, said the following after Afrikaans was forbidden in schools in the early 1920s.</h4> <h4>“English! English! All is English! What you see and hear</h4> <h4>In our schools, in our churches, our Mother tongue is killed”</h4> <h4>Was dit Hoogenhout wat in ‘n gedig gesê het: </h4> <h4>“Engels! Engels! Alles Engels! Engels wat jy sien en hoor; In ons skole, in ons kerke, word ons moedertaal vermoor. Ag, hoe word ons volk verbaster, daartoe werk ons leraars saam. Hollands nog in seek’re skole: is bedrog, ‘n blote naam! Wie hom nie laat anglisere, word geskolde en gesmaad. Tot in Vrystaat en Transvaal al, oweral dieselfde kwaad. ‘Dis vooruitgang’, roep die skreeuwers, ‘dis beskawing wat nou kom! Die wat dit nie wil gelowe, die is ouderwets en dom…’.” </h4> <h4></h4> <h4> I‘ve been to a few countries and many places in the UK. I still think South Africa is the most beautiful country in the world. We have such an abundance of beauty and diversity in nature. We have the greenest canyon in the world- which is also the 3rd largest in the world, we have the highest waterfall in Africa and the 2nd highest in the world, the 3rd longest <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/somewhere-my-love/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tufa waterfall</a>, the deepest mines, the largest zoo, the smallest butterfly, the largest diamond, the second largest amount of windmills on farms (280 000), the largest impact crater on earth, white lions, the largest ostrich population and much more.</h4> <h4>On this link of the <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/drakensberg-mountains-movie-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> The Drakensberg Mountains,</a> you can read about my hiking trip in the Mountain when I was 15. I was on top of Mount Aux Sources, the highest peak of the mountain range in South Africa. The actual highest peak of this mountain range is in Lesotho and the peak is called, Thaba Ntlenyana (which means: beautiful little mountain). “Thaba” means “mountain” – the attributive “yana” means “little”. </h4> <h4>You can see a pic of one of the two chain ladders you have to go on to reach the summit. At the bottom of this post I have included an Afrikaans song by the Art teacher in my Secondary school. He was one of the two teachers on our hiking trip! He sings about “sidewalk people” and I’ve translated it roughly for you to understand. </h4> More interesting facts – from quite a few years ago: *Pretoria has the second largest number of embassies in the world after Washington, D.C. *The University of South Africa – UNISA – is a pioneer of tertiary distance education and is the largest international correspondence university in the world with 250,000 students. *Afrikaans is the youngest official language in the world. *The Singita Private Game Reserve in the Kruger National Park was voted the best hotel in the world by the readers of travel publication, Conde Nast Traveller. *Stellenbosch University was the first university in the world to design and launch a microsatellite. *South Africa houses one of the three largest telescopes in the world at Sutherland in the Karoo. South Africa is the first country to host a Fide rated Chess tournament where players from different countries played their games online! See my entry about the <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/07/14/sa-open/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">South African Open </a>Chess Championships that took place in Cape Town. Read <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/afrikaans-14-augustus-1875/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HERE </a>my post dedicated to Afrikaans only- last year 14th August. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/afrikaanse-patriot.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10069" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/afrikaans-afrikaans-afrikaans/afrikaanse-patriot/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/afrikaanse-patriot.jpg" data-orig-size="172,277" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Afrikaanse Patriot" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/afrikaanse-patriot.jpg?w=172" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/afrikaanse-patriot.jpg?w=172" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-10069" title="Afrikaanse Patriot" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/afrikaanse-patriot.jpg" alt="Afrikaanse Patriot" width="172" height="277" /></a> <h4>This stamp was issued October 1975. It was issued on the Inauguration of the Afrikaans Language Monument and features the 1st edition of the Arikaanse Partiot (January 15, 1876), one of the first newspapers in Afrikaans rather than Dutch. On <a href="http://www.siemonallen.org/project_pages/stamps.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">this link </a>you can see more stamps of South Africa. </h4> <blockquote>Met die stigting van die Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners op 14 Augustus 1875 in die Paarl is ‘n tydvak van georganiseerde stryd om die Afrikaanse taal ingelui. In artikel IX van die Genootskap se bepalings word beoog om ‘n Afrikaanse maandblad uit te gee. Op hierdie dag in 1876 verskyn die eerste uitgawe van die maandblad Die Afrikaanse Patriot, wat die orgaan van die GRA sou wees. C.P. Hoogenhout was die eerste redakteur onder die skuilnaam Oom Lokomotief, wat deur die redakteurs na hom oorgeneem is. In Die Patriot dek die GRA die terreine van hul doelstelling, naamlik die van land, volk en taal. Daarin is leiding gegee ten opsigte van landsake, die Afrikaanse taal, geskiedenis en belangrike nuus. —lees meer op die link!</blockquote> <h4></h4> <h2>LEES HIER!!</h2> <h5>Jan 2015 –Indien jy beplan om my eie gedigte te ‘leen’ vir jou Facebook bladsy of jou privaat blog of website, kan jy asseblief so vriendelik wees om my daaroor in te lig en daarna ook my skryfnaam ‘Nikita’ daarby te publiseer -soos dit by al my eie gedigte hier op my blog is! Dit is ‘n klein en simpel versoek. Ek vind my eie gedigte op heelwat ander websites and dit is vir my aangenaam om te weet dat ander mense my gedigte waardeer, maar daar is kopiereg reëls en ek sal dit waardeer indien jy dit sal respekteer en erkenning gee aan die skrywer van die gedig. Dan — vind ek ook my gedigte op internet bladsye van mense met sekere politieke sieninge en oorweginge waarmee ek nie saamstem nie. Ek het herhaaldelik gevra om my gedigte te verwyder en my versoeke word bloot geignoreer. Dit wys dat daar mense is wat nie ander se werke (eiendom) respekteer nie. Dit is die groot rede waarom ek die boodskap hier plaas.</h5> <h4>Suid-Afrika: my land</h4> <h4>Jy’s indrukwekkend, manjifiek jou sondeurdrenkte landskappe weerkaats helder beelde in my siel jou pragtige wonders flikker oneindig lank in die stilte van jou nagrus</h4> <h4>Mount Aux Sources – so elegant en grasieus verrys jy vanuit die voetheuwels, soos ‘n fakkel by die Spele ets jy lekkende beelde teen die muur van my geheue en voel ek jou hitte gloeiend teen my hart</h4> <h4>O Blyde! ek fantaseer oor jou magiese kragte wat jy sorgloos en galant in die galery van my stille gemoed stilletjies uitpak terwyl my dawerende applous eggo oor die velde van my gedagtes</h4> <h4>Moederstad! hoe inskiklik laat jy my telkens hakkel wanneer ek my herinneringe sagkens koester – jou fasades! waar ek jou gambiet betree en gewillig my pionne oorgee</h4> <h4>En saans voel ek jou fluweelagtige skoonheid van elke sonsondergang stadig neerdaal in my gemoed terwyl ek stadig drink van jou geloofs-fonteine wat borrellend bruis in oorvloed</h4> <h4>Fragmentaries vier ek feeste ek dans en omhels jou en jy – jy blus my gees telkens met jou magiese heildronke: een-vir-een op ‘n toekoms – wat mag wees! –Nikita –14/8/09 14:00</h4> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sidewalk-people.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10080" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/afrikaans-afrikaans-afrikaans/sidewalk-people/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sidewalk-people.jpg" data-orig-size="172,274" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="sidewalk people" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sidewalk-people.jpg?w=172" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sidewalk-people.jpg?w=172" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-10080" title="sidewalk people" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sidewalk-people.jpg?w=94" alt="sidewalk people" width="94" height="150" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sidewalk-people.jpg?w=94 94w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sidewalk-people.jpg 172w" sizes="(max-width: 94px) 100vw, 94px" /></a> Sidewalk People Sidewalk People Sidewalk People Move like shadows in the street past me Sidewalk People Sidewalk People Move faceless past my heart Sidewalk People Sidewalk People Move like shadows in the street past me Sidewalk People Sidewalk People Move faceless past my heart I wish I could look at a photo to see what your world deep inside is like borrow a piece of your dreams I wonder who you are I wish I could understand the language in which you channelled your thoughts I wish I could for a moment share your path of life Sidewalk People Sidewalk People Move like shadows in the street past me Sidewalk People Sidewalk People Move faceless past my heart perhaps it’s best for sure ‘cos if we know all of all the sadness maybe too hard too much the love too beautiful walk past one another I stay I and you stay you a single road leading somewhere I wish I could understand Sidewalk People Sidewalk People Move like shadows in the street past me Sidewalk People Sidewalk People Move faceless past my heart Sidewalk People Sidewalk People Move like shadows in the street past me Sidewalk People Sidewalk People Move faceless past my heart —translated–nikita <img data-attachment-id="17695" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/afrikaans-afrikaans-afrikaans/sypaadjiemense/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sypaadjiemense.jpg" data-orig-size="1449,893" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="sypaadjiemense" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sypaadjiemense.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sypaadjiemense.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone wp-image-17695" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sypaadjiemense.jpg" alt="sypaadjiemense" width="360" height="222" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sypaadjiemense.jpg?w=360&h=222 360w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sypaadjiemense.jpg?w=720&h=444 720w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sypaadjiemense.jpg?w=600&h=370 600w" sizes="(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px" /> image: google Sypaadjie Mense Sypaadjie mense Sypaadjie mense Beweeg soos skimme in die straat verby Sypaadjie mense Sypaadjie mense Beweeg gesigloos voor my hart verby Sypaadjie mense Sypaadjie mense Beweeg soos skimme in die straat verby Sypaadjie mense Sypaadjie mense Beweeg gesigloos voor my hart verby ek wens ek kon ‘n kiekie kyk hoe jou wêreld diep daar binne lyk ‘n stukkie van jou drome leen ek wonder wie jy is ek wens ek kon die taal verstaan waarin jy jou gedagtes baan ek wens ek kon ‘n oomblikkie jou lewenspaadjie deel Sypaadjie mense Sypaadjie mense Beweeg soos skimme in die straat verby Sypaadjie mense Sypaadjie mense Beweeg gesigloos voor my hart verby miskien is dit dalk beter so want as ons iets van almal weet die hartseer dalk te swaar te veel die liefde dalk te mooi stap maar bymekaar verby ek bly ek en jy bly jy ‘n enkelpaadjie iewers heen ek wens ek kon verstaan Sypaadjie mense Sypaadjie mense Beweeg soos skimme in die straat verby Sypaadjie mense Sypaadjie mense Beweeg gesigloos voor my hart verby Sypaadjie mense Sypaadjie mense Beweeg soos skimme in die straat verby Sypaadjie mense Sypaadjie mense Beweeg gesigloos voor my hart verby <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-10020-6" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/johan-van-der-watt-sypaadjie_mense.mp3?_=6" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/johan-van-der-watt-sypaadjie_mense.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/johan-van-der-watt-sypaadjie_mense.mp3</a></audio> Sypaadjie Mense – Johan vd Watt <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-10020-7" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/ek-verlang-na-jou.mp3?_=7" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/ek-verlang-na-jou.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/ek-verlang-na-jou.mp3</a></audio> Sonja Herholdt, Ek verlang na jou. <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-10020-8" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/musiek-herman-holtzhausen-transkaroo.mp3?_=8" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/musiek-herman-holtzhausen-transkaroo.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/musiek-herman-holtzhausen-transkaroo.mp3</a></audio> <h4>Herman Holtzhausen – Transkaroo</h4> <a 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Afrikaans! 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On <a href="http://www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/form/pantoum.htm" target="_blank">this link </a>you can read about Pantoums and the rules and try your own too! I wrote mine about London. Mnr <a href="http://mnrmuller.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/onder-die-roesoranje-net-kombers-van-jou-bed-se-voetenent/" target="_blank">Muller</a> het my “gedaag” om ‘n Pantoen te skryf. Hy het reeds twee op sy blog geplaas en baie goed daarin geslaag om sy gedagtes neer te pen. Jy kan op sy inskrywing ook lees wat ‘n Pantoen is en die reëls vir die skrywe van ‘n Pantoen. Sy tweede pantoen veral is iets wat jy moet lees, kom uit ‘n wêreld van liefde en romanse! hehe…baie goed, mnr muller! Volg die link om syne te lees. Hy was nuuskierig om te weet wat my onderwerp gaan wees en daarmee natuurlik bietjie druk op my geplaas om een te griffel. Ek was verlede week Donderdag en vandag in London, so bietjie gaan ronddrentel, “shopping” gedoen en net bietjie die tyd geniet na die afgelope byna jaar wat ek toe was onder die druk van studies/skool ens. ens. en ek wou myself ook bietjie bederf voordat ek eerskomende Donderdag terug in die tuig is… die keer weer permanent. O ja, ons kook natuurlik uit hier in London die afgelope paar dae! Vandag is die temperatuur 30 grade C! Ek het besluit my onderwerp gaan “London” wees – die stad. Ek het so ‘n klompie foto’s geneem tussen die twee dae, nie te erg aangegaan nie, net so hier en daar. Die eerste drie is sommer vanuit Starbucks geneem! Ek kort ook ‘n nuwe kamera! Dis my volgende bederf en beslis voor einde Julie wanneer ons somervakansie aanbreek. O ja, het ek genoem dat ons verlede week saam met die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale “Pool”-span op die trein gereis het! Hulle was oppad na die Wêreldkampioenskappe in Blackpool. Dit was lekker om met hul te kon gesels en een van die jong latte in die span was vreeslik uit sy vel op die trein. Die knaap moet net volgende keer die musiek uit sy ore haal as hy op die trein praat, want hy het byna die hele trein verskree met sy uitbundigheid om in London te wees – musiek en al in sy ore! Ons het heerlik vir hom gelag. Eers gaan ek die foto’s plaas en dan kan jy na die foto’s kyk en so bietjie jou verbeelding laat “gaan” as jy my geskrywe lees. Jy kan later terugkom vir meer foto’s – wat ek in ‘n nuwe inskrywing sal plaas. Al die foto’s is in Oxfordstraat geneem. <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/p6250018.jpg" alt="P6250018" width="240" height="147" /> <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/p62500201.jpg" alt="P6250020" width="240" height="144" /> <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/p6250017-1.jpg" alt="P6250017" width="240" height="150" /> <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/p6290063.jpg" alt="P6290063" width="240" height="183" /> <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/p6290064.jpg" alt="P6290064" width="240" height="315" /> <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/p6290065.jpg" alt="P6290065" width="240" height="201" /> Grys ou Stad die son brand fel neer op hierdie dag waar dit woel en krioel – van vroeg tot laat leë siele loop onbeduidend met niksseggende gedagtes kruiend staar hul tot êrens in die verlede rond waar dit woel en krioel – van vroeg tot laat oer-stemme eggo helder in my gedagtes kruiend staar hul tot êrens in die verlede rond en messel dit wat is met dit wat was oer-stemme eggo helder in my gedagtes leë siele loop onbeduidend met niksseggende gedagtes en messel dit wat is met dit wat was die son brand fel neer op hierdie dag Nikita-29/6/09 (inderhaas: 14:30) Ek moet dalk bietjie verduidelik: “kruiend” glo ek nie is ‘n Afrikaanse woord nie, ek’s nie seker nie. Ek weet van “kruie” – soos in drentel (behalwe natuurlik kruie wat jy in kos gebruik) en ek het besluit om “kruiend” hier te gebruik. ‘n Nuwe woord? Dan, hierdie gegriffel is oor die ou stad, daarom al die “ou” en “verlede”, die mense wat – hopenlik – die historiese “beleef” – of hul gedagtes wat terugflits wanneer hul die ou geboue/historiese plekke sien/beleef…dan die mense wat doelloos in die strate rondbeweeg…soos maar in enige ander plek. Hoop dit maak als sin! – sien my ander “weergawe”… ek was nie heeltemal gelukkig met die vloei van die eerste een nie. Ek het ook so bietjie raad van mnr muller ter harte geneem! Ek het die straatnaam en name van geboue in Oxfordstraat ingebring. Op die laaste twee foto’s kan jy Niketown sien. onder die grys ou verlede die son brand fel neer op hierdie dag bleek figure drentel onbeduidend met verwaarloosde gedagtes kruiend staar die stad tot êrens in die verle’ oxford woel en krioel – van niketown tot centre point bleek figure drentel onbeduidend met verwaarloosde gedagtes in my gedagtes weerklink oer-oue stemme van lank gele’ oxford woel en krioel – van niketown tot centre point moeiteloos messel ek dit was is met dit wat was in my gedagtes weerklink oer-oue stemme van lank gele’ kruiend staar die stad tot êrens in die verle’ moeiteloos messel ek dit wat is met dit wat was die son brand fel neer op hierdie dag –30/6/09 (12:30) <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/grys-ou-stad/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Grys ou Stad">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-9407 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-poems category-afrikaans-poetry category-afrikaanse-digters category-afrikaanse-gedigte category-afrikaanse-taal-2 category-gedigte category-general tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaans-1916 tag-afrikaanse-digters tag-afrikaanse-gedigte tag-afrikaanse-taal tag-c-louis-leipoldt tag-gedigte tag-huisgenoot-1916" id="post-9407"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/die-sterre-gee-nuwe-krag/" rel="bookmark">Die sterre gee nuwe krag</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-poems/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-poetry/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaanse-digters/" rel="category tag">Afrikaanse digters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="category tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaanse-taal-2/" rel="category tag">Afrikaanse taal</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte/" rel="category tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/general/" rel="category tag">General</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-1916/" rel="tag">Afrikaans 1916</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-digters/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse digters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-taal/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse Taal</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/c-louis-leipoldt/" rel="tag">C Louis Leipoldt</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/huisgenoot-1916/" rel="tag">Huisgenoot 1916</a> on 28/06/2009| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/die-sterre-gee-nuwe-krag/#comments">6 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> Ek het ‘n vorige inskrywing gehad van die 1916-Huisgenoot en drie publikasies daarmee saam. Jy kan die link aan die einde van hierdie inskrywing vind en die publikasies in PDF aflaai. Hierdie gediggies in hierdie inskrywing kom almal van die drie publikasies en ek plaas hulle onveranderd. Hier kan jy vergelyk en sien hoe Afrikaans as taal ontwikkel het. Ek hou veral van die laaste gediggie waar die Boer beskryf is gedurende die oorlog. Diep in ‘t hart Diep in ‘t hart verborgen, Onbewust en stil, Onder smart en zorgen, Woont een heil’ge wil. Wonen moog’likheden, Die geen tijd nog weet, Kracht voor eenwigheden, Leniging voor leed. Dieper zult gij kennen Eens, dit wonder hart, Dat aan leed moet wennen En aan wrede smart. Dieper zult gij graven In uw hartegrond: Bronnen zullen laven Uw versmachte mond. Weet in ‘t nederdalen Vindt ge diep-ontroerd: Wat uit smart en kwalen U tot beter voert. R.v.D. Huweliksgebooie Ek hoor klanke in die toekoms – klanke nes van huwliksklokke Tongelonge- vreug en blijdskap weergalm in die tempelnokke. Mannekrag en vrouweskoonheid word verbind om één te lewe, om één pad van voor- en teenspoed op te gaan en voort te strewe. Als die één sig wil verloen om die ander toe te eie, dan het hul mekaar tot trouwpand- dat dit tot geluk gedije! PIET De Vlam O vlamme, vol mysterieglans In ‘t grillig weven van uw lijnen, O, glanzend sehone lichtekrans. Die duisterheden doet verdwijnen, Vol sproke is uw lichtgetril. Geheimnisvol uw ganse wezen, Waar gij in donk’re nachte, stil En levend komt omhoog gerezen. Ik zag uw zachte, milde gloed In ‘t oude kerkje. ‘t Eeuwig branden Van Gods groot harte deed weer moed M’ in ‘t harte dalen en mijn handen, –Die lang vergeten hadden in symbool Het smeken van het harte weer te geven — Ze vouwden zieh… Mijn ziel ontstool Een bede zich om licht en leven. R.v.D. Op moed verloor se vlak Jij vra mij: Is jij dapper? En hoop jij nog te win, Hoe hoog ook stijg die donker wolk, Hoe klein die kans, die moed hoe min? Jij vra mij: Is jij dapper? En is dit naar jouw sin? Ek antwoord: Nee, nie dapper! Ek is te sleg en swak, Ek weet, die taak is al te groot: Mijn hart is bijna hoop ontbloot. Ek dool op Moed-verloor se vlak, Ek antwoord: Nee, nie dapper: Ek is halfpad mak. Jij vra mij: Glo jij seker, Dat God sal uitkoms gee? Ons het so baje hard geveg En moed en hoop en krag is weg Daar is geen hoop op uitkoms, nee! Jij vra mij: Glo jij seker? Met oë blind van wee? Ek antwoord: Skijn die sterre Vir altijd dag en nag Hoe kan jij ooit die son se skijn Bespeur, als skemerlig verdwijn? Hoe kan jij ooit die daglig wag? Ek antwoord: Man, die sterre, Die gee mij nuwe krag! Ja, ek was op die vlakte Waar mense moed verloor: Daar het ek in mijn siel gebewe Daar baje dinge aangehoor; Maar ek is uit die vlakte En bo sijn skaduws oor. C. Louis Leipoldt Die Verkenner (Naar die Duits van Fritz Lienhard) Daar onder blink ‘n witte lijn: Die vijandstente! Die gewere staan In hopies. Sidderende sonneskijn Hang oor die krans; die windjies kom en gaan En laat die sand oor pad en vlakte stuiwe. Die kop lê doodstil! Net ‘n akkedis, Wat rads en ritslend deur die bossies roer, Soek wildverskrik ‘n skeurtjie om te rus. En dan ‘n perdekop, geblaas, gesnuiwe — ‘n Hoed en Mauser — oor die klippe loer Twee oë– dan weer weg. Dit was ‘n Boer! J.F.W.G. Op <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/from-ye-olde-and-not-so-old/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hierdie link </a>kan jy ou Huisgenote van 1916 in PDF-formaat aflaai en nog meer “vroeë” Afrikaanse gedigte lees wat in die ou Huisgenote verskyn het. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/die-sterre-gee-nuwe-krag/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Die sterre gee nuwe krag">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-9419 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-poems category-afrikaans-poetry category-afrikaanse-digters category-afrikaanse-gedigte category-afrikaanse-taal-2 category-elwe-koning category-erl-king category-gedigte category-goethe category-poetry tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaanse-gedigte tag-afrikaanse-gedigte-vertalings tag-die-elwekoning tag-erl-king tag-erlkonig tag-gedigte tag-goethe tag-poems tag-poetry tag-sj-du-toit tag-translation" id="post-9419"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/the-erl-king/" rel="bookmark">The Erl King – Die Elwekoning</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-poems/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-poetry/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaanse-digters/" rel="category tag">Afrikaanse digters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="category tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaanse-taal-2/" rel="category tag">Afrikaanse taal</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/elwe-koning/" rel="category tag">Elwe Koning</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/erl-king/" rel="category tag">Erl King</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte/" rel="category tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/goethe/" rel="category tag">Goethe</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poetry/" rel="category tag">Poetry</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-gedigte-vertalings/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse gedigte vertalings</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/die-elwekoning/" rel="tag">Die Elwekoning</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/erl-king/" rel="tag">Erl King</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/erlkonig/" rel="tag">Erlkonig</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/goethe/" rel="tag">Goethe</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poems/" rel="tag">poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poetry/" rel="tag">Poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/sj-du-toit/" rel="tag">SJ Du Toit</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/translation/" rel="tag">translation</a> on 25/06/2009| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/the-erl-king/#comments">12 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/elwe.jpg"><img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/elwe.jpg?w=300" alt="elwe" width="300" height="177" /></a> Image: Wikimedia ‘n Blogger het my vandag gevra na “Die Elwekoning”…sien haar boodskap op “my gedigte/poems”-bladsy. Ek kon geen spoor van die gedig, in Afrikaans vertaal, kry nie. Dit was vir my ‘n aangrypende gedig toe ek dit in Engels lees en het ek besluit ek vertaal dit gou vir haar. English readers: I’ve translated this Goethe-poem in Afrikaans for a blog-reader. As a rule I don’t like to translate, only if the poem is really touchy or if it “speaks” to me…almost like this Erl King-poem. On “my poems/gedigte” page you will find a few translations…English to Afrikaans vice versa and a few of my own which I tried. I’m no professional, I have done no particular course in writing poetry, so WYSIWYG…what you see is what you get. Just my own thoughts in words. Die Elwe-Koning Wie ry daar so laat deur die donker, somb’re nag? Dis ‘n vader met sy kind Hy hou die knaap klemmend in sy arm Hy hou hom veilig, hy hou hom warm. “My seun, waarom lyk jy so beangs?” “Sien vader nie die Elwekoning nie? Die Elwekoning met sy kroon en trein?” “My liewe kind, dis mis wat opstoot in die vlakte.” “Kom nou, liewe kind, kom nou saam met my Ek het lekker speletjies om met jou te speel. Lieflike blomme blom op die strand, My moeder het baie kledingstukke van goud.” “My vader, my vader, hoor jy nie die beloftes wat die Elwekoning fluister vir my?” “Wees rustig my kind, bedaar, dis die nagtelike wind se ritseling deur gedroogde blaar’ .” “Wil jy nie saam met my kom, my seun? My dogters sal jou liefderyk versorg, My dogters dans hul nagtelike dans Hul sal jou wieg totdat jy slaap.” “My vader, my vader, sien jy nie daar? Die Elwekoning-dogters in die donker daar?” “My seun, my seun, ek sien duidelik hoe grys die wilgerbome lyk.” “Ek’s lief vir jou, jou skoonheid bekoor my, my seun. En as jy nie gewillig is, dan moet ek jou forseer!” “Nee vader, my vader, hy gryp my arm! Die Elwekoning het my seer gemaak!” Die pa sidder, sy ry is wild In sy arms hou hy die kermende kind Hy kom tuis met ‘n geswoeg en gesweet In sy arms – die lewelose kind. Nikita-25/6/09 Oorspronklike gedig deur Goethe Oeps! Hier het ek so pas die vertaling van SJ du Toit op Litnet opgespoor..waarom kon ek dit nie twee dae terug kry nie? Omdat ek Elwekoning twee woorde gespel het! ..wel, nou kan jy my vertaling vergelyk en natuurlik sien waarom ek nie ‘n digter is nie! hehe Die Elwekoning (Goethe) Wie ry daar so laat deur nag en wind? Dit is ‘n vader met sy kind; Hy druk die knapie so styf in die arm, Hy hou hom veilig, hy koester hom warm. “My seuntjie berg bang sy gesiggie, vir wie?” “Sien Vader die Elwekoning dan nie? Die Elwekoning met mantel en sleep?” “My kind, dit is ‘n newelstreep.” “Kom, kindjielief, kom saam met my! So heerlik speel hul waar ek bly; Veelkleurige blomme groei op die strand, Van goud gaan jou kleed wees uit moeder se hand.”- “My Pappie, is Pappie dan heeltemal doof Vir wat Elwekoning my saggies beloof?” “Bly stil, wees rustig maar, my kind! In dorre blare duisel die wind.”- “Gaan jy, lief seuntjie, met my saam? My dogters ken almal reeds jou naam; My dogters dans voor die nagt’like rei En wieg jou en dans en sing so bly.” – “My Vader, kan Vader dan glad nie gewaar Elwekonig se dogters in die donker kol daar?” “My seuntjie, my seuntjie, ek sien dit heel goed: Die ou-gras skyn geel aan die randjie se voet?” “Jou skoonheid bemin ek, my siel is ontsteld; En as jy nie wil nie, gebruik ek geweld!” “My Pappie, my Pappie, nou vat hy my raak! Elwekoning het my seer gemaak!” Die vader skrik; hy ry soos die wind, En hou in sy arms die kreunende kind, Bereik sy plaas in bange nood; Die kind lê in sy arms dood. Vertaling – SJ du Toit <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/erl-dancers.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="9434" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/the-erl-king/erl-dancers/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/erl-dancers.jpg" data-orig-size="384,234" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="erl dancers" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/erl-dancers.jpg?w=384" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/erl-dancers.jpg?w=384" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-9434" title="erl dancers" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/erl-dancers.jpg?w=300" alt="erl dancers" width="300" height="182" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/erl-dancers.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/erl-dancers.jpg 384w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> The Erl-King WHO rides there so late through the night dark and drear? The father it is, with his infant so dear; He holdeth the boy tightly clasp’d in his arm, He holdeth him safely, he keepeth him warm. “My son, wherefore seek’st thou thy face thus to hide?” “Look, father, the Erl-King is close by our side! Dost see not the Erl-King, with crown and with train?” “My son, ’tis the mist rising over the plain.” “Oh, come, thou dear infant! oh come thou with me! Full many a game I will play there with thee; On my strand, lovely flowers their blossoms unfold, My mother shall grace thee with garments of gold.” “My father, my father, and dost thou not hear The words that the Erl-King now breathes in mine ear?” “Be calm, dearest child, ’tis thy fancy deceives; ‘Tis the sad wind that sighs through the withering leaves.” “Wilt go, then, dear infant, wilt go with me there? My daughters shall tend thee with sisterly care My daughters by night their glad festival keep, They’ll dance thee, and rock thee, and sing thee to sleep.” “My father, my father, and dost thou not see, How the Erl-King his daughters has brought here for me?” “My darling, my darling, I see it aright, ‘Tis the aged grey willows deceiving thy sight.” “I love thee, I’m charm’d by thy beauty, dear boy! And if thou’rt unwilling, then force I’ll employ.” “My father, my father, he seizes me fast, Full sorely the Erl-King has hurt me at last.” The father now gallops, with terror half wild, He grasps in his arms the poor shuddering child; He reaches his courtyard with toil and with dread,– The child in his arms finds he motionless, dead. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/elwekoning.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12016" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/the-erl-king/elwekoning/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/elwekoning.jpg" data-orig-size="301,226" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="elwekoning" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/elwekoning.jpg?w=301" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/elwekoning.jpg?w=301" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-12016" title="elwekoning" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/elwekoning.jpg" alt="" width="301" height="226" /></a> Erlkönig Wer reitet so spät durch Nacht und Wind? Es ist der Vater mit seinem Kind. Er hat den Knaben wohl in dem Arm, Er faßt ihn sicher, er hält ihn warm. Mein Sohn, was birgst du so bang dein Gesicht? Siehst Vater, du den Erlkönig nicht! Den Erlenkönig mit Kron’ und Schweif? Mein Sohn, es ist ein Nebelstreif. Du liebes Kind, komm geh’ mit mir! Gar schöne Spiele, spiel ich mit dir, Manch bunte Blumen sind an dem Strand, Meine Mutter hat manch gülden Gewand. Mein Vater, mein Vater, und hörest du nicht, Was Erlenkönig mir leise verspricht? Sei ruhig, bleibe ruhig, mein Kind, In dürren Blättern säuselt der Wind. Willst feiner Knabe du mit mir geh’n? Meine Töchter sollen dich warten schön, Meine Töchter führen den nächtlichen Reihn Und wiegen und tanzen und singen dich ein. Mein Vater, mein Vater, und siehst du nicht dort Erlkönigs Töchter am düsteren Ort? Mein Sohn, mein Sohn, ich seh’es genau: Es scheinen die alten Weiden so grau. Ich lieb dich, mich reizt deine schöne Gestalt, Und bist du nicht willig, so brauch ich Gewalt! Mein Vater, mein Vater, jetzt faßt er mich an, Erlkönig hat mir ein Leids getan. Dem Vater grauset’s, er reitet geschwind, Er hält in den Armen das ächzende Kind, Erreicht den Hof mit Mühe und Not, In seinen Armen das Kind war tot. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1778) <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/the-erl-king/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to The Erl King – Die Elwekoning">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-8898 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans tag-afrikaans tag-andy-williams tag-gedig tag-love-story" id="post-8898"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/aksioom/" rel="bookmark">Aksioom</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/andy-williams/" rel="tag">Andy Williams</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedig/" rel="tag">gedig</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/love-story/" rel="tag">Love Story</a> on 17/05/2009| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/aksioom/#comments">6 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img alt="" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/loveenchantedandrew.png" width="375" height="350" /> Image: <a href="http://iasos.com/artists/annenberg/sell.html" target="_blank">http://iasos.com/artists/annenberg/sell.html</a> Do yourself a favour and visit the artist’s site to see the complete image. The link will open in a new window. This is an Afrikaans poem I tried to write, you can slide down and listen to Any Williams. Ja, ek sê ‘probeer’ omdat ek nie voel dat ek heeltemal geslaagd was nie, maar gee maar jou opinie – wat dit ookal mag wees. Onthou ook: EK is NIE ‘n professionele digter nie. Ek *probeer* om ‘n paar woorde bymekaar te sit en hoop dit maak sin. As jy ‘n digter is, kyk asb met *ander* oë na hierdie ‘samevoegsel’ van woorde! Geniet Andy Williams se Love Story! Aksioom (stelling wat waar is sonder bewyse) My beleë gedagtes het danig met ‘n pyl die dampkring om ons huiwerig binnegedring Afsydig het jy die die buikgord van jou hart buitengewoon ingetrek en daarmee saam die sfeer om ons vernou Balhorig het ek met woorde jou gebombardeer besimpeld-besluiteloos het jy die dekmantel gelig en stadig begin delf in ‘n argaïese verlede Domastrant en diktatoriaal het jy ondersoekend erken: ‘n dilemma… en aanvaar jy aanspreeklikheid as skipper en red die breukeling Selfversekerd en delikaat het jy my gedagtes omvou lugleegtes doodgelag en doodluiters my hart bedraad. -Nikita-17/5/09 Andy Williams: Love Story <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-8898-9" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/love_story_-_andy_williamsmp3-codes-com.mp3?_=9" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/love_story_-_andy_williamsmp3-codes-com.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/love_story_-_andy_williamsmp3-codes-com.mp3</a></audio> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/aksioom/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Aksioom">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-8165 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-music category-afrikaans-poems category-afrikaanse-gedigte category-mp3-musiek tag-a-rose-has-to-die tag-afrikaans-music tag-afrikaans-poems tag-afrikaanse-gedigte tag-amakeia tag-amatola-mountains tag-audio-files tag-berge tag-dan-fogelberg tag-gedigte tag-katie-melua tag-leader-of-the-band tag-love-songs tag-mp3-music-files tag-music tag-poetry tag-queen tag-roger-whittaker tag-somebody-to-love tag-steve-hofmeyr tag-streets-of-london tag-table-mountain tag-translated-afrikaans-poems 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href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/translated-afrikaans-poems/" rel="tag">translated Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/ver-hiervandaan/" rel="tag">Ver hiervandaan</a> on 28/02/2009| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/a-rose-has-to-die/#comments">11 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/_tablemountain.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="8185" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/a-rose-has-to-die/_tablemountain/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/_tablemountain.jpg" data-orig-size="559,373" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="_tablemountain" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/_tablemountain.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/_tablemountain.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8185" title="_tablemountain" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/_tablemountain.jpg?w=300" alt="_tablemountain" width="300" height="200" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/_tablemountain.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/_tablemountain.jpg 559w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa I was tagged by <a href="http://skoor.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Skoor </a> to post an entry about my favourite music. Well, I’ve done so many entries about music before, especially classical music that I’ve decided to blog a few tracks from my other favourites. I think all the music files in this entry refer to love which is quite important in our lives! Many of my chess-player-friends on Chessworld know that I have a passion for my country/language and therefore the first song is an Afrikaans song. Steve sings it and he’s one of my favourite singers. In <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/love-poems/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">this entry </a>you can also listen to a few love songs which I blogged with a couple of love-poems and you can listen to Steve singing in English! As a poetry-lover, I have also a poem for you to enjoy; music, poetry and love…hmm…you can’t separate it…and I have a movie for you, about SA of course, with some beautiful music…this time, classical music! This first Afrikaans song is a love song and the title says in English ..”Far away from here”…and that’s what I am…far from South Africa…my beloved country! <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/steve.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="8225" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/a-rose-has-to-die/steve/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/steve.jpg" data-orig-size="300,300" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="steve" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/steve.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/steve.jpg?w=300" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8225" title="steve" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/steve.jpg" alt="steve" width="136" height="153" /></a> <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-8165-10" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/03-steve-hofmeyr-ver-hier-vandaan.mp3?_=10" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/03-steve-hofmeyr-ver-hier-vandaan.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/03-steve-hofmeyr-ver-hier-vandaan.mp3</a></audio> Steve Hofmeyr – Ver hier vandaan <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/dan-fogelberg.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="8214" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/a-rose-has-to-die/dan-fogelberg/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/dan-fogelberg.jpg" data-orig-size="280,280" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="dan-fogelberg" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/dan-fogelberg.jpg?w=280" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/dan-fogelberg.jpg?w=280" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8214" title="dan-fogelberg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/dan-fogelberg.jpg" alt="dan-fogelberg" width="135" height="151" /></a> I was introduced to this song by one of my friends when I was a student and I still like this song. <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-8165-11" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/dan-fogelberg-leader-of-the-band.mp3?_=11" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/dan-fogelberg-leader-of-the-band.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/dan-fogelberg-leader-of-the-band.mp3</a></audio> Dan Fogelberg – Leader of the band I was asked by <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/afrikaanse-digters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a blogreader </a>to translate the following poem – which is originally an Afrikaans poem – into English. It’s a poem that will “touch” you. On the link you can read the Afrikaans poem, actually, I don’t think Afrikaans speaking readers will read it as we all know this poem very well! I had to know it by heart when I was at primary. It’s part of our history and I even believe that many other culture groups in South Africa also know the poem. This is a poem written by one of our National Poets, A G Visser and it’s based on the truth. I have a link for you in this post where you can read the history behind the poem. Amakeia A G VISSER- poem translated In the shadow of the mountains bush-sheltered on all sides stands alone the wattle-and-daub hut on the boarder of Kaffircountry. Softly Amakeia hums on the banks of the River Kei till he sleeps, the tender baby of the white pioneer: “Hush now, hush now, hush Little One see how the evening star twinkles No one will hurt you, Little One hush now, even if Mummy isn’t near.” Amakeia had promised when her madam was dying to look after her vulnerable baby till he’s a grown-up boy. Lovingly she cares for the white child till the light of day beams from Amakeia’s friendly-loyal black face. She sees the ominous signs of war: Quick the invasion, home and haven Slaughtered and burnt down Selflessly, death defying with the white child on her back to the Amakeia mountains she’d hastily fled “Hush now, hush now, Pikanini over the mountains the moon rises No one will see us here Tomorrow we’ll go home.” Oh, that the eyes of the scouts had to discover their hiding place! “Save him, he’s so little!” she begs with hands stretched out. Ragingly snarled the wild gang: “Die or give the white child here!” “Over my lifeless body,” replied Amakeia vivaciously. “My promise to my madam, the best I could asked for: Where he goes, Amakeia goes, to care for him.” “Unite in death If in life you can’t be parted. Quick death with her, Maxosas, Let the glinting spears rain down!” In the Amatola valleys Howls only the winter wind through the reeds in the moonlight: “Tula-tula – sleep my child.” Translated: (c) Nikita 9:30 14/2/2009 Please click <a href="http://chessaleeinlondon.blogspot.com/2009/02/hush-now-my-little-baby.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here to read </a> about the history behind the poem. The link will open in a new window. A few years ago, when I taught 11 year old kiddies in SA, I used this next song in a listening skills exercise. About 2 years ago, when I walked the streets of London, this song came to my mind – of course also the lesson I taught! – and I thought by myself…what Roger sings is so true. I’ve never thought that I would one day walk the streets of London and experience what he sings in this song! <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/lady-in-london.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="8201" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/a-rose-has-to-die/lady-in-london/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/lady-in-london.jpg" data-orig-size="344,336" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.6","credit":"","camera":"Canon PowerShot A570 IS","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1191857646","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.8","iso":"160","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":""}" data-image-title="lady-in-london" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/lady-in-london.jpg?w=344" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/lady-in-london.jpg?w=344" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8201" title="lady-in-london" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/lady-in-london.jpg?w=300" alt="lady-in-london" width="300" height="293" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/lady-in-london.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/lady-in-london.jpg 344w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Image: geographyofgrace.com <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-8165-12" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/20-streets-of-london.mp3?_=12" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/20-streets-of-london.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/20-streets-of-london.mp3</a></audio> Roger Whittaker – Streets of London <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/streets-of-london.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="8202" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/a-rose-has-to-die/streets-of-london/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/streets-of-london.jpg" data-orig-size="458,397" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="streets-of-london" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/streets-of-london.jpg?w=458" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/streets-of-london.jpg?w=458" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8202" title="streets-of-london" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/streets-of-london.jpg?w=300" alt="streets-of-london" width="300" height="260" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/streets-of-london.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/streets-of-london.jpg 458w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Image: flickr.com: 2350/2261847707_ce11506ce7 I do like Katie’s music…she’s a lovely artist….do enjoy this song! <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-8165-13" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/katie-melua-the-closest-thing-to-crazy.mp3?_=13" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/katie-melua-the-closest-thing-to-crazy.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/katie-melua-the-closest-thing-to-crazy.mp3</a></audio> Katie Melua – The closest thing to crazy <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/crazy-love1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="8205" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/a-rose-has-to-die/crazy-love1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/crazy-love1.jpg" data-orig-size="500,500" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="crazy-love1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/crazy-love1.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/crazy-love1.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8205" title="crazy-love1" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/crazy-love1.jpg?w=300" alt="crazy-love1" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/crazy-love1.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/crazy-love1.jpg 500w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Image: designbydani.com Dennis East is a South African artist. Enjoy his song…I think this is a ’80’s song. Listen closely to the words! and Queen will always be on my music menu! The last song…For a kiss…is a cute song! Listen and enjoy! <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-8165-14" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/05-a-rose-has-to-die.mp3?_=14" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/05-a-rose-has-to-die.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/05-a-rose-has-to-die.mp3</a></audio> Dennis East – A Rose has to die <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/dying-rose.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="8175" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/a-rose-has-to-die/dying-rose/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/dying-rose.jpg" data-orig-size="500,379" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="dying-rose" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/dying-rose.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/dying-rose.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8175" title="dying-rose" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/dying-rose.jpg?w=300" alt="dying-rose" width="300" height="227" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/dying-rose.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/dying-rose.jpg 500w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Image: farm3.static.flickr.com/2117/2268046339_6ec9b65f42 <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-8165-15" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/somebody-to-love.mp3?_=15" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/somebody-to-love.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/somebody-to-love.mp3</a></audio> Queen – Somebody to love <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/kiss06.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="8183" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/a-rose-has-to-die/kiss06/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/kiss06.jpg" data-orig-size="500,390" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="kiss06" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/kiss06.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/kiss06.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8183" title="kiss06" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/kiss06.jpg?w=300" alt="kiss06" width="200" height="191" /></a> <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-8165-16" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/venice_for_a_kiss.mp3?_=16" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/venice_for_a_kiss.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/venice_for_a_kiss.mp3</a></audio> Venice – For a kiss <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/amatola-mountains1.gif"><img data-attachment-id="8644" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/gedigte-poems/amatola-mountains-2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/amatola-mountains1.gif" data-orig-size="800,497" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Amatola mountains" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/amatola-mountains1.gif?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/amatola-mountains1.gif?w=500" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8644" title="Amatola mountains" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/amatola-mountains1.gif?w=300" alt="Amatola mountains" width="300" height="186" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/amatola-mountains1.gif?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/amatola-mountains1.gif?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> The Amatola mountains in South Africa <iframe width="500" height="392.94117647059" src="https://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x50dgs" style="border:0;" allowfullscreen></iframe> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/a-rose-has-to-die/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to A Rose has to die">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-7762 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-poems category-afrikaans-songs category-afrikaanse-gedigte category-chess category-chess-games category-chess-grandmasters 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Rabin</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/vertaalde-gedigte/" rel="tag">vertaalde gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/wagter-op-die-toring/" rel="tag">Wagter op die Toring</a> on 17/01/2009| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/from-ye-olde-and-not-so-old/#comments">15 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7603" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/from-ye-olde-and-not-so-old/huisgenoot/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot.jpg" data-orig-size="798,486" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="huisgenoot" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="De Huisgenoot " data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-7603" title="huisgenoot" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot.jpg" alt="De Huisgenoot" width="400" height="204" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenootsa.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7604" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/from-ye-olde-and-not-so-old/huisgenootsa/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenootsa.jpg" data-orig-size="508,662" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"HP psc1310","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="huisgenootsa" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="Huisgenoot " data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenootsa.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenootsa.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-7604" title="huisgenootsa" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenootsa.jpg" alt="Huisgenoot" width="300" height="451" /></a> This entry is like scrambled eggs! ..some English..some Afrikaans… some reading…some listening…some chess, some poetry, make your pick and choose what you want to do…and I hope you find something good here….I’m going to explain in short what the magazine is about. This is a South African family magazine, since the 1900’s and I’ve blogged about it before, but want to blog more and focus more on poetry that was published in these issues and about the fashion of the time and whatever you’ll find here…it’s really a mix! The three issues are in this post as PDF files if you want to download it and my other entry is only in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/huisgenoot-1916/" target="_blank">English, </a>if you want to click on the link to read the English-entry posted in 2007. You will find a poem by Goethe.. The Fisherman…translated in Afrikaans in 1915/6 – by someone. The poet’s name was unfortunately not published, only initials, at least it said that the poem was translated from the German-poem. The poems in this entry are written in Afrikaans, but Afrikaans was still busy developing and you will spot the similarities to the Dutch Language in the words/phrases. By looking at these images you can get a pretty good idea of what the fashion of the time was like, the captions with the images will also guide you and you’ve thought that my blog is a chess blog only…hehe..actually, my blog says…anything/everything and chess! But as always, I will try and link something in my entry to chess, if possible! So…here it goes…some extracts of sites – links which you can follow too – that tells us that chess was a game that was enjoyed by South Africans too…from early years on….and for those of you who want to listen so some beautiful Afrikaans music…there’s a song for you to listen to…called..”Korreltjie Sand” – (grain of sand), the poem of Ingrid Jonker…as sung by Chris Chameleon. The following three links are pdf’s which you can download and it’s old Huisgenoot-mags. All the links will open in a new window. These files are quite large, they do take a few seconds to download. Wees geduldig! <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot-julie-1916.pdf" target="_blank">huisgenoot-julie-1916</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot-junie-1916.pdf" target="_blank">huisgenoot-junie-1916</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot-mei-1916.pdf" target="_blank">huisgenoot-mei-1916</a> This <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/love-light-bitterbessie/" target="_blank">link is from my blog</a>where I’ve previously posted in English about Ingrid Jonker with external links you can enjoy. She comitted suicide by walking into the sea. By downloading the pdf-format of the old Huisgenoot issues, you can compare the covers which is interesting to see how much it’s changed. Even the format has changed over the years from a quite larger format to what it is now. At the bottom of this link, – for people who want to do some “listening” only…there are some music files…some music from the good old “past”…I know the South Africans reading here – especially if you’re not “at home” – will appreciate these songs… and if you want to download the songs in a zip folder, go <a href="http://suidafrikamusiek.blogspot.com" target="_blank">to this blog </a>and voila! music-a-la-in-a-jiffy…or is it in a “zip”-py! For English “foreigners” reading here…”Rabbit” was one of South Africa’s rock band of the mid 70’s and they had a big hit…”Charlie”…read about Trevor Rabin…one member of the band…and why he’s now in Hollywood! You can listen to Charlie too…and a few other brilliant songs…all by Saffa-artists. Do enjoy! The first song at the bottom of this post, is an Afrikaans love song though..so go on, play it for your girl friend/boy friend…the title of the song…something like..”Are you still thinking of me”? If you can’t read the following paragraph…it is Afrikaans! Ek het in Sept 2007 ‘n blog-inskrywing gemaak oor die 1916-Huisgenoot en hier sal jy ook die skakel kry na Tukkies waar ek die Huisgenoot-publikasies gekry het. Dit is in PDF-formaat en die skakels sal in ‘n nuwe bladsy oopmaak. Elkeen van die publikasies is sowat 8 MB en neem ‘n paar sekondes om af te laai en oop te maak. Wees maar bietjie geduldig. Daar is nog ‘n paar gediggies vanuit hierdie toeka-se-dae-uitgawes wat ek sal byvoeg met die tyd. Ek hoop julle geniet die musiek hier ook! <blockquote>Chess played in South Africa in the early years: Organised club league chess is over 100 years old in Cape Town. Cape Town chess club, the oldest in South Africa (founded in 1885) together with Woodstock, Tokai and the YMCA club formed a union of clubs in 1907. Each club entered one team in the league at a fee of 1 pound-1-0 per team in the same year. Teams of five competed in the inaugural competition. Cape Town was expected to win and did so but only by one point. In the double round robin they scored 10 match points, Woodstock 9, YMCA 6 and Tokai 0. Cape Town sensationally lost in the opening round to Woodstock, a club barely a year old, and had to field to their strongest possible team for the replay which they won by a single point. Source: <a href="http://chessforall.co.za/wp/rep1_2008.php" target="_blank">Chess for </a>all. The link will open in a new window. Some Chess records …about South Africa… Longest running correspondence chess rivalry. Reinhart Straszacker and Hendrick van Huyssteen, both of South Africa, played their first game of correspondence chess in 1946. They played for over 53 years, until Straszacker died in 1999. They played 112 games, with both men winning 56 games each. Source… <a href="https://www.chess.com/article/view/records-in-chess" rel="nofollow">https://www.chess.com/article/view/records-in-chess</a> The Chessmaster Borislav Kosti toured South Africa in the 1920’s. I’ve lost my original link about him, but found another link…just after his image…and here’s a wiki-link too..<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borislav_Kosti%C4%87" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borislav_Kosti%C4%87</a> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/00/BorislavKostic.JPG" alt="" /></blockquote> Bora (Borislav) Kosti – a Chess Grandmaster of the 1920’s <a href="http://www.chess.vrsac.com/vrsac/BoraKosticE.asp" target="_blank">http://www.chess.vrsac.com/vrsac/BoraKosticE.asp</a> <blockquote>Bora Kostic was born on 24 February 1887 in Vrsac. His first chess steps he started when he was ten, and as early as he was in grammar school he was one of the best chess-players in Vrsac. His biggest competitor from the grammar school days was five years older, Sava Gerdec, who taught him the chess theory. Their fight for the chess reputation was finished when Kostic went to study to Budapest. He finished Oriental trade academy there, but without neglecting chess. His first great chess result was achieved in Budapest 1909, when he won at the tournament of the greatest Hungarian chess amateurs. This victory opened the door of the Vienna chess society to young Kostic, and that was the chess metropolis of that time. In 1911 he achieved sensational victory in the match with the American champion, Frank Marshall. His first real “baptism of fire” Bora Kostic had that same year at the International grand master tournament Karsbad (Karlove Vari). In extraordinarily strong competition he won the title of the international master. Then followed the visit to Nordic countries where he won over the champions of Danmark and Sweden, as well as the very powerful Rudolf Spielmann. In 1913 he moved to the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires where he worked as the chess lecturer at the Military academy. He had been cruising on one Argetine warship across many seas. In Argentina he won in the matches with all their best players, and also the champion of this country, Roland Ilja, 6:0. In 1915 he went to New York and started the chess tour from the east to the west coast. On that famous six-month-long tour, Bora Kostic achieved the world record in the number of played games on simultaneous exhibitions. Out of 3281played games he lost only 112, and made draw in 237. During his stay in America he visited Nikola Tesla, while he was the chess teacher to the famous tenor singer Enrico Caruso.Playing numerous games and tournaments, master tournament of the “Manhattan chess” club being the most famous in 1918, Bora Kostic was ranked immediately after Capablanca on the whole American continent. Especially because their four games played at two tournaments ended draw. That was why their match in 1919 happened, when the genius Capablanca won with the great result. In the same year he returned to Europe and in Hastings took the second place after Capablanca. The next year in Hastings he took the first place with 100% gained points, which nobody repeated during the long tradition of this tournament. Then came important tournament results: Gothenburg 1920 – IV place, Budapest 1921 – III-IV place, Hague 1921 IV-V place. In England he played simultaneous games and blind productions, animating the chess world with enthusiasm. In Yugoslavia of that time the rivalry between dr Milan Vidmar and Bora Kostic was evident. Unfortunately, the match, the result of which should have shown who should have been given the title of the Yugoslav champion, was never organized. Bora Kostic especially liked to travel and see new countries and customs, but also to play at the chess tournaments during those travels. So he organized world chess tour which lasted from 11 November 1923 to 28 May 1926. As he himself said to his friend Kosta Jovanovic immediately before the trip: “I want to see the world, those parts of the world that were only the objects of my imagination. I believe that on that trip there will be a lot of interest for chess. ” That was the mission which brought commercial success of great scale to the world chess. Certain Yugoslav master, demonstrating chess on, so to speak every step, in different countries, talks about his homeland about which many people have never even heard before. First he set off to Australia and New Zealand. Then over South Africa overland to Kenia, where the famous match on the equator was played. Bora Kostic was on the northern hemisphere, and his opponent on the south. His next stop was India, where he was at the end met by maharaja from Patiale (Schandagar), who organized tournaments on the hights of the Himalayas. From there he went to Nepal and on Tibet, and then to the island of Java in Indonesia. From Java he crossed to Sumatra where he played with the chief of the Bataki tribe. From there he moved to the Philipines, and then to Hong Kong and China. From China he moved to the Soviet Union from where his return to Vrsac began. Through Siberia, over Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Sverdlovsk, Moskow, Odessa, Leningrad to Riga. Everywhere he played simultaneous matches, blind games, matches, and as he himself confessed the greatest number of lost games he had, were played just in the Soviet Union. Finally, at the end of May 1926, he arrived to Vrsac and ended the first part of his trip around the world at the chess-board. Tireless chess traveller, he put foundations for the future chess links among the peoples of the whole world. … First chess Olympics were played in 1927. godine. Bora Kostic played at the first board of the Yugoslav representation and won 8,5 points out of 15 games. The following year he won in Trencanske Toplice, and in 1930 he was IV in Nice. In the same year he continued his trip around the world. He went to Mexico where he stayed eight months. From there he went to Cuba, then to America, and came back from there in the middle of 1931 to arrive to the Olympics which took place in Prague. On that Olympics Yugosalvia was IV, the contribution of Bora Kostic on the third board was very important.Then came extraordinarily strong tournament in Bled , which was marked by the world champion Alekhin. The first Yugoslav championships took place in 1935 in Belgrade. Bora Kostic shared the first place with Vasja Pirc. Bora Kostic achieved the greatest tournament result in 1938 in Ljubljana at the Yugoslav championships. With 10,5 points out of 15 games he won over the best Yugoslav players, as well as over Szabo, Tartakower and Steiner. At the beginning of World War II the chess activity stopped for all those who did not want to play in Nazi Germany. Among them was also Bora Kostic who spent some time in the concentration camp in Veliki Beckerek (Zrenjanin) because of his patriotism. After the war he took part at several championships and smaller tournaments, and the last competition at which he won was the tournament of veterans – Zurich 1962. Bora Kostic died in Belgrade, 3 November 1963. Perhaps, when we take into consideration only the objective power of some players, Uncle Bora would not be ranked in the world top. It may happen that his rich talent has worn out on his road filled with all kinds of events. The circumstances he lived under later did not allow him to fullfill his creative potentials to their full extent. However, as the chess-player he was a unique, extraordinary person. He devoted his life to chess and he was thrilled with it to the end of his life.The magic of the chess game took him to the great life adventure – to the long journey through the exotic, in that time unknown world. Source: See the link by his photo- it will open in a new window. You can play through his games on the link too.</blockquote> <div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_7610" style="width: 383px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot-julie-1916.jpg"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7610" data-attachment-id="7610" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/from-ye-olde-and-not-so-old/huisgenoot-julie-1916-2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot-julie-1916.jpg" data-orig-size="293,779" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="huisgenoot-julie-1916" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="Vrouens: Skoonheidsorg produkte/Women: Beauty products " data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot-julie-1916.jpg?w=293" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot-julie-1916.jpg?w=293" loading="lazy" class="size-medium wp-image-7610" title="huisgenoot-julie-1916" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot-julie-1916.jpg?w=112" alt="Beauty products" width="112" height="300" /></a>Vrouens: Skoonheidsorg produkte/Women: Beauty products</div> <div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_7609" style="width: 510px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot1916-fashion.jpg"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7609" data-attachment-id="7609" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/from-ye-olde-and-not-so-old/huisgenoot1916-fashion/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot1916-fashion.jpg" data-orig-size="884,303" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="huisgenoot1916-fashion" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="Mode : Neklyne en haarstyle / Fashion: Necklines and hairstyles " data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot1916-fashion.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot1916-fashion.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="size-medium wp-image-7609" title="huisgenoot1916-fashion" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot1916-fashion.jpg?w=300" alt="Necklines and hairstyles" width="300" height="102" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot1916-fashion.jpg?w=298 298w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot1916-fashion.jpg?w=595 595w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot1916-fashion.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>Mode : Neklyne en haarstyle / Fashion: Necklines and hairstyles </div> <div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_7608" style="width: 510px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot1916a.jpg"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7608" data-attachment-id="7608" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/from-ye-olde-and-not-so-old/huisgenoot1916a/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot1916a.jpg" data-orig-size="295,510" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="huisgenoot1916a" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="Girl’s dress " data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot1916a.jpg?w=295" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot1916a.jpg?w=295" loading="lazy" class="size-medium wp-image-7608" title="huisgenoot1916a" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot1916a.jpg?w=173" alt="Girl's dress" width="173" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot1916a.jpg?w=173 173w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot1916a.jpg 295w" sizes="(max-width: 173px) 100vw, 173px" /></a>Girl's dress</div> <div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_7607" style="width: 510px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot1916-marriage.jpg"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7607" data-attachment-id="7607" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/from-ye-olde-and-not-so-old/huisgenoot1916-marriage/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot1916-marriage.jpg" data-orig-size="279,448" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="huisgenoot1916-marriage" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="Marriage-couple " data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot1916-marriage.jpg?w=279" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot1916-marriage.jpg?w=279" loading="lazy" class="size-medium wp-image-7607" title="huisgenoot1916-marriage" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot1916-marriage.jpg?w=186" alt="Married-couple" width="186" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot1916-marriage.jpg?w=186 186w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot1916-marriage.jpg 279w" sizes="(max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px" /></a>Marriage-couple</div> <div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_7606" style="width: 327px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot1916.jpg"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7606" data-attachment-id="7606" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/from-ye-olde-and-not-so-old/huisgenoot1916/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot1916.jpg" data-orig-size="160,502" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="huisgenoot1916" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="Mode/Fashion " data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot1916.jpg?w=160" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot1916.jpg?w=160" loading="lazy" class="size-medium wp-image-7606" title="huisgenoot1916" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot1916.jpg?w=95" alt="Mode/Fashion" width="95" height="300" /></a>Mode/Fashion</div> <div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_7605" style="width: 383px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot-1916-fashion.jpg"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7605" data-attachment-id="7605" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/from-ye-olde-and-not-so-old/huisgenoot-1916-fashion/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot-1916-fashion.jpg" data-orig-size="292,779" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="huisgenoot-1916-fashion" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="Modes van 1916/Fashion 1916 " data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot-1916-fashion.jpg?w=292" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot-1916-fashion.jpg?w=292" loading="lazy" class="size-medium wp-image-7605" title="huisgenoot-1916-fashion" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot-1916-fashion.jpg?w=112" alt="Modes van 1916/Fashion 1916" width="112" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot-1916-fashion.jpg?w=112 112w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot-1916-fashion.jpg?w=224 224w" sizes="(max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px" /></a>Modes van 1916/Fashion 1916</div> <div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_7611" style="width: 510px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot-1916-actors.jpg"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7611" data-attachment-id="7611" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/from-ye-olde-and-not-so-old/huisgenoot-1916-actors/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot-1916-actors.jpg" data-orig-size="910,614" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="huisgenoot-1916-actors" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="Akteurs/Actors " data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot-1916-actors.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot-1916-actors.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="size-medium wp-image-7611" title="huisgenoot-1916-actors" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot-1916-actors.jpg?w=300" alt="Akteurs/Actors" width="300" height="202" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot-1916-actors.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huisgenoot-1916-actors.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>Akteurs/Actors</div> <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-7762-17" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/korreltjie_sand.mp3?_=17" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/korreltjie_sand.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/korreltjie_sand.mp3</a></audio> Chris Chameleon singing “Korreltjie Sand” – (Grain of Sand) Korreltjie Sand – lyrics korreltjie korreltjie sand klippie gerol in my hand klippie gesteek in my sak word korreltjie klein en plat sonnetjie groot in die blou ek maak net ‘n ogie van jou blink in my korreltjie klippie dit is genoeg vir die rukkie pyltjie geveer en verskiet liefde verklein in die niet timmerman bou aan ‘n kis ek maak my gereed vir die niks korreltjie klein is my woord korreltjie niks is my dood korreltjie klein korreltjie sand kindjie wat skreeu uit die skoot niks in die wêreld is groot stilletjies lag nou en praat stilte in doodloopstraat wêreldjie rond en aardblou korreltjie maak ek van jou huisie met deur en twee skrefies tuintjie met blou madeliefies pyltjie geveer en verskiet liefde verklein in die niet timmerman bou aan ‘n kis ek maak my gereed vir die niks korreltjie klein is my woord korreltjie niks is my dood korreltjie klein korreltjie sand (5x) You can read about <a href="http://www.chrischameleon.com/bio1.html" target="_blank">Chris Chameleon</a> on this link which will open in a new link. The Original poem Korreltjie niks is my dood Ingrid Jonker (1933-1965) Korreltjie korreltjie sand klippie gerol in my hand klippie gesteek in my sak word korreltjie klein en plat Sonnetjie groot in die blou korreltjie maak ek van jou blink in my korreltjie klippie dit is genoeg vir die rukkie Kindjie wat skreeu uit die skoot niks in die wêreld is groot stilletjies lag nou en praat stilte in doodloopstraat Wêreldjie rond en aardblou ek maak net ‘n ogie van jou huisie met deur en twee skrefies tuintjie met blou madeliefies Pyltjie geveer in verskiet liefde verklein in die niet Timmerman bou aan ‘n kis Ek maak my gereed vir die niks Korreltjie klein is my woord Korreltjie niks is my dood Kontras Wit is die wêreld, wit van die sneeuw. Bokant die water sweef daar ‘n meeuw; blouw is die hemel, nergens ‘n wolk: oral is daar vrede rondom die kolk. Spierwitte wêreld, diep in jouw siel sug jij en smag jij om te verniel; skijn is jouw vrede, donker jouw hart: jij is maar blij oor ander se smart A D Keet: Amsterdam, Kersmis 1914 Digter Is Hij Digter is hij, die digters-taal Diep uit die grond van sijn hart kan haal; En hij voel in sijn hart ‘n heerlike drang Om ‘n vlugtige stemming in woorde te vang. Digter is hij, die verse maak– Verse, wat duisende harte kan raak. Maar hij weet nie, waar hij die mag van haal: Dis ‘n gawe, wat bo uit die hemel daal. Digter is hij, die oog en oor Tref met ‘n pragtige woordekoor; En hij skep sijn lied soos ‘n vooltjie vrij, Die sijn hele siel aan die wêreld belij. Digter is hij, die sing en sing, Fraai als ‘n vooltjie, wat vreugde bring: Want hij hef sijn stem op ‘n lieflike maat Van die môre vroeg tot die awend laat. Digter is hij, die deur en deur Voel, wat rondom en in hom gebeur; Die sijn siel se gevoelens uit kan giet In ‘n lewende, sprekende, roerende lied. A D Keet Wagter op die Toring I (Januarie 1913) Wagter op die toring, sê, wat sien jij daar? Ek sien duisend-duisendtalle voor die gragte, voor die walle, om die vesting aan te val. Maar geen grag sal hul oor steek nie, en geen poort sal hul deur breek nie, want die burgers op die mure staan getrouw en pal. Wagter op die toring, sê, is daar gevaar? Is eie strijd dan uitgestrede, dat die vijandsvlag in vrede oor ons eie vesting waai? Ag! die wagter lê in bande, neergevel in bitt’re skande, want die burgers op die mure het die burg verraai. II (Junie 1915) Wagter, die nag is donker, donker en o, so bang: vijande buite, wat raas en woed, vriende gekeerd teen hul eie bloed, en oor die burgers ‘n doodse slaap– wagter, die nag was bang. Trouw was jouw wag op die voorste wal, helder en luid jouw basuingeskal, maar oor die burgers ‘n doodse slaap– wagter, hoe lang, hoe lang? Wagter, siedaar, die skadewee versmelt als, ‘n ligte skim Hoor ‘n geruis in die beendre! die dood voel nuwe lewe ontkiem in haar skoot. Strijders, ontwaakte, die swaard ontbloot! Wagter, ‘n goue môreson verrijs aan die oosterkim. —H A FAGAN Die Visser (Uit die Duits van Goethe) Die water ruis, die water rol: ‘n visser sonder smart sit daar te hengel vredevol, ja koel tot in sijn hart. En wijl hij loer en wijl hij sit, deel sig die vloed in twee: ‘n vogtig meerwijf, haelwit, stijg uit die siedende see. Sij sing tot hom, sij spreek tot hom; “Wat lok jij uit mijn skoot “met mensekuns en menselis “mijn kinders tot die dood? “Wis jij hoe rijk die vissies is “hier onder in die see, “dan sou jij afdaal en gewis “ook vind die ware vree. “Moet nie die son en maan hul rig “vir laafnis tot die vloed? “Toon golwe-aad’mend hul gesig “nie tweemaal skoner gloed? “Ag jij die diepe hemel lig, “die vog-beglansde blouw? “Lok nie jouw eie aangesig “jou in die eeuw’ge douw?” Die water ruis, die water rol; benat sijn naakte voet; sijn hart word van verlange vol als hij ‘n minnegroet. Sij spreek tot hom, sij sing tot hom: weerstaan kon hij nie meer; half trek sij hom, half sink hij in, en niemand sien hom weer. J J S Aan Mijn Vaderland Trouwe liefde al mijn dae, sweer ek jou met hand en hart! Al jouw vreug is mijn behae, en jouw leed mijn diepste smart! Want mijn alles, selfs mijn lewe, dank ek jou, mijn vaderland: dis van jou mij vrij gegewe, uitgereik met milde hand. Daarom sing ek jou mijn sange en mijn lied’re vir altijd; daarom is ook mijn verlange en mijn strewe jou gewijd. Maar ons is nie net verenig als jij in die sonskijn baai: ek wil ook jouw smarte lenig, als die stormwind anstig waai. En nie net met woordeklanke is ek tot jouw diens bereid: met mijn daad is jij te danke in jouw nood en angs en strijd. Ek sal pal staan, tot ek sterwe teen tiranne, wat jou druk: tronk, verbanning wil ek erwe, eer ek voor hul gruwels buk. Is die nagte soms ook duister, eind’lik daag dit in die oos, en die dag vol glans en luister bring die matte strijder troos. Trouwe liefde al mijn dae. sweer ek jou met hand en hart! Al jouw vreug is mijn behae, en jouw leed mijn diepste smart! W.K. van Elssen <div> WINTER</div> <div>Die eikebome staan bleek en kaal, en die popliere als as so vaal,</div> <div>Oor tuin en velde kom elke nag ‘n kille laken van spierwit prag.</div> <div>Die newels drijwe die vleie oor en keer die sonskijn aan al kant voor.</div> <div>Die awendwindjie speel langs die hang, druk ijsig soene op elke wang.</div> Dis oral aaklige! Natuur is dood; en ook mijn harte word swaar als lood. Maar nee, mijn liefste! ek kan nie treur: jouw liefde lewe om op te beur. Jouw oë melde in minnegloed waar wintersweeë vergeefs teen woed. Dit wil mijn siele verwarm, verblij, en vir die lente reeds voorberei. W K van Elssen THE FISHERMAN. THE waters rush’d, the waters rose, A fisherman sat by, While on his line in calm repose He cast his patient eye. And as he sat, and hearken’d there, The flood was cleft in twain, And, lo! a dripping mermaid fair Sprang from the troubled main. She sang to him, and spake the while: “Why lurest thou my brood, With human wit and human guile From out their native flood? Oh, couldst thou know how gladly dart The fish across the sea, Thou wouldst descend, e’en as thou art, And truly happy be! “Do not the sun and moon with grace Their forms in ocean lave? Shines not with twofold charms their face, When rising from the wave? The deep, deep heavens, then lure thee not,– The moist yet radiant blue,– Not thine own form,–to tempt thy lot ‘Midst this eternal dew?” The waters rush’d, the waters rose, Wetting his naked feet; As if his true love’s words were those, His heart with longing beat. She sang to him, to him spake she, His doom was fix’d, I ween; Half drew she him, and half sank he, And ne’er again was seen. Goethe: 1779 An Afrikaans love song… <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-7762-18" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/musiek-groep-twee-dink-jy-darem-nog-aan-my.mp3?_=18" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/musiek-groep-twee-dink-jy-darem-nog-aan-my.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/musiek-groep-twee-dink-jy-darem-nog-aan-my.mp3</a></audio> Luister na “Dink jy darem nog aan my” Sias Reyneke was member of “Groep Twee” – (Group Two) <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/groeptwee.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7800" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/from-ye-olde-and-not-so-old/groeptwee/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/groeptwee.jpg" data-orig-size="203,200" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="groeptwee" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/groeptwee.jpg?w=203" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/groeptwee.jpg?w=203" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7800" title="groeptwee" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/groeptwee.jpg" alt="groeptwee" width="203" height="200" /></a> <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-7762-19" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/musiek-joy-paradise-road.mp3?_=19" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/musiek-joy-paradise-road.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/musiek-joy-paradise-road.mp3</a></audio> Joy: Paradise Road <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/joy.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7751" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/from-ye-olde-and-not-so-old/joy/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/joy.jpg" data-orig-size="179,160" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="joy" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/joy.jpg?w=179" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/joy.jpg?w=179" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7751" title="joy" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/joy.jpg" alt="joy" width="179" height="160" /></a> Joy <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-7762-20" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/musiek-four-jacks-a-jill-master-jack.mp3?_=20" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/musiek-four-jacks-a-jill-master-jack.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/musiek-four-jacks-a-jill-master-jack.mp3</a></audio> Master Jack It’s a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack. You taught me all I know and I never look back. It’s a very strange world and I thank you, Master Jack. You took a coloured ribbon from out of the sky, and taught me how to use it as the years went by. To tie up all your problems and make them believe. And then to sell them to the people in the street. It’s a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack. You taught me all I know and I never look back. It’s a very strange world and I thank you, Master Jack. I saw right thru the way you started teaching me now. So someday soon you could get to use me somehow. I thank you very much you know you’ve been very kind. But, I’d better move along before you change my mind It’s a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack No hard feelings if I never come back It’s a very strange world and I thank you, Master Jack You taught me all the things the way you’d like ’em to be. But I’d like to see if other people agree. It’s all very interesting the way you describe But I’d like to see the world thru my own eyes. It’s a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack. No hard feelings if I never come back You’re a very strange man and I thank you, Master Jack. You’re a very strange man and I thank you, Master Jack. You’re a very strange man, aren’t you, Master Jack? Four Jacks and a Jill with “Master Jack” <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/master-jack.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7752" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/from-ye-olde-and-not-so-old/master-jack/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/master-jack.jpg" data-orig-size="176,153" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="master-jack" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/master-jack.jpg?w=176" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/master-jack.jpg?w=176" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7752" title="master-jack" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/master-jack.jpg" alt="master-jack" width="176" height="153" /></a> <blockquote><a href="http://www.mnet.co.za/Mnet/Shows/carteblanche/story.asp?Id=2876" target="_blank">http://www.mnet.co.za/Mnet/Shows/carteblanche/story.asp?Id=2876</a> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.mnet.co.za/ContentImages/MnetCarteBlanche/Article/2005_8_2187.jpg" alt="" /> Rabbit…South Africa’s rock group from the 70’s with Duncan Faure, Trevor Rabin, Dave Matthews…read the next article about Trevor! Read this article about Trevor Rabin… now in Hollywood…writing the score for Hollywood movies…-follow the link to Mnet. He wrote the score for Hollywood movies like Enemy of the State, Armageddon and National Treasure and won more awards than he can count, including several Grammies. It started off with classical piano lessons as a boy. ? He then embarked on a lifelong love affair with the guitar. The name is Trevor Rabin, South Africa’s celebrated guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer.</blockquote> You might remember him from Rabbit or Yes, but Trevor Rabin has left the rock stage for the lights of Hollywood. He has written the score for 25 movies. Here at his Los Angeles home studio, he creates the stuff Hollywood dreams are made of. A stone’s throw from the houses of the producers and actors he composes for, Trevor is crafting away at the music of yet another feature film – Glory Road, to be released soon If you would watch or listen to a movie without the music, you would be amazed as to what a difference the score makes. And that is where Trevor has found a new profession – playing with our emotions. Continue reading on the link in the start of this article…and now you can listen to..Charlie! <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/rabbit1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7799" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/from-ye-olde-and-not-so-old/rabbit1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/rabbit1.jpg" data-orig-size="322,400" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="rabbit1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/rabbit1.jpg?w=322" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/rabbit1.jpg?w=322" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7799" title="rabbit1" 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data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/from-ye-olde-and-not-so-old/rabbit/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/rabbit.jpg" data-orig-size="172,194" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="rabbit" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/rabbit.jpg?w=172" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/rabbit.jpg?w=172" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7755" title="rabbit" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/rabbit.jpg" alt="rabbit" width="172" height="194" /></a> Rabbit <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-7762-22" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/musiek-mango-groove-special-star.mp3?_=22" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/musiek-mango-groove-special-star.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/musiek-mango-groove-special-star.mp3</a></audio> Mango Groove: Special Star <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/mango-groove.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7756" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/from-ye-olde-and-not-so-old/mango-groove/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/mango-groove.jpg" data-orig-size="179,149" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" 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href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/sleep-patterns/" rel="tag">sleep patterns</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/sleep-stages/" rel="tag">sleep stages</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/sleepy-time/" rel="tag">Sleepy time</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/the-brain-and-sleep/" rel="tag">The brain and sleep</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/to-sleep/" rel="tag">To Sleep</a> on 08/10/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/sea-of-dreams/#comments">17 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sleep.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="5574" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/sea-of-dreams/sleep/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sleep.jpg" data-orig-size="550,429" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="sleep" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sleep.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sleep.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-5574" title="sleep" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sleep.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="233" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sleep.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sleep.jpg 550w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Sleep and His Half Brother Death John William Waterhouse <a href="http://www.illusionsgallery.com/sleep.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.illusionsgallery.com/sleep.html</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sleep-bear.png"><img data-attachment-id="5605" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/sea-of-dreams/sleep-bear/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sleep-bear.png" data-orig-size="244,210" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="sleep-bear" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sleep-bear.png?w=244" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sleep-bear.png?w=244" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5605" title="sleep-bear" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sleep-bear.png" alt="" width="179" height="155" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sleep-bear.png?w=179&h=155 179w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sleep-bear.png 244w" sizes="(max-width: 179px) 100vw, 179px" /></a> Image: dreams.co.uk How do you feel about sleep? Sometimes I can go a whole night without sleep, but I will surely feel knackered two days later! I love being in bed at night when the rain is tapping on the roof. Weekends I like to lie in…and then get a nice breakfast in bed! …now to the music! I’ve these wonderful music, two tracks from a chess friend and he also sent me the third track by Hennie Bekker and suddenly! I found myself busy with an entry on sleep!! I even found you an interesting link about the stages of sleep and one about sleep deprivation…that’s for me, actually…lol! It was truly not my intention to blog about sleep when I uploaded these snippets of music, but at the end, after searching for some images, I came across these interesting info and sites and thought to share it with you as it was interesting to me. I blog about stuff which I enjoy/find interesting…apart from chess…my blog is sort of a “gathering space” for info I want to refer back to, but also in the hope that other people will find it useful too or will enjoy it at least. In the same process, I also found music for children with Aspergers! I’ve worked with children with Aspergers syndrome, Down Syndrome and also Autistic children and they are all a pleasure to work with! I’ve come across music for <a href="http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/sen/asds/" target="new">ASD</a>– the link will open in a new window – which you will find in this post. You can read more about ASD on the link and there’s another link in this post for you to follow up too, if you are more interested in Autistic children. Seven <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-483683/Seven-hours-sleep-night-helps-reduce-heart-problems.html" target="new">hours sleep a night </a>helps reduce heart problems. Read the article…the link will open in a new window. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/river.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="5731" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/sea-of-dreams/river/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/river.jpg" data-orig-size="200,200" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="river" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/river.jpg?w=200" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/river.jpg?w=200" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5731" title="river" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/river.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="200" /></a> Image…see more fantastic images here..<a href="http://photo.net/photodb/member-photos?user_id=941594" rel="nofollow">http://photo.net/photodb/member-photos?user_id=941594</a> Firstly, enjoy “Sea of Dreams”…this track is about 5 min, but you get to listen to only a taster of it, as well as the other tracks. Tranquil Realms is about 11 min but the taster only about 2 min. For Afrikaans speaking people, I wonder if you can remember the Afrikaans poem about sleep! Please find it at the bottom of my post, a wonderful poem by DF Malherbe! In this poem he asks God to shut his eyes one day like the little girl’s when she falls asleep… On my blog on <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/kyk-hoe-glinster-die-maan-dreams/" target="new">this link </a>you can read about dreams…the link will open in a new window. <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-5556-23" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/angelle-seaofdreams1.mp3?_=23" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/angelle-seaofdreams1.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/angelle-seaofdreams1.mp3</a></audio> Sea of Dreams..by Angelle <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-5556-24" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/angelle-sleepytime1.mp3?_=24" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/angelle-sleepytime1.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/angelle-sleepytime1.mp3</a></audio> Sleepy Time…by Angelle <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-5556-25" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/hennie-bekker-tranquil-realms1.mp3?_=25" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/hennie-bekker-tranquil-realms1.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/hennie-bekker-tranquil-realms1.mp3</a></audio> Hennie Bekker…Tranquil Realms Read on <a href="http://www.sleepdex.org/stages.htm" target="new">this link </a>about sleep cycles. The link will open in a new window. Read on this pdf-link on wiki about dreaming. <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikibooks/en/e/ef/Lucid_Dreaming.pdf">http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikibooks/en/e/ef/Lucid_Dreaming.pdf</a> The Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Brain and Behavior Sarah Ledoux Sleep deprivation is a commonplace occurrence in modern culture. Every day there seems to be twice as much work and half as much time to complete it in. This results in either extended periods of wakefulness or a decrease in sleep over an extended period of time. While some people may like to believe that they can train their bodies to not require as much sleep as they once did this belief is false . Sleep is needed to regenerate certain parts of the body, especially the brain, so that it may continue to function optimally. After periods of extended wakefulness or reduced sleep neurons may begin to malfunction, visibly effecting a person’s behavior. Some organs, such as muscles, are able to regenerate even when a person is not sleeping so long as they are resting. This could involve lying awake but relaxed within a quite environment. Even though cognitive functions might not seem necessary in this scenario the brain, especially the cerebral cortex, is not able to rest but rather remains semi-alert in a state of “quiet readiness” . Certain stages of sleep are needed for the regeneration of neurons within the cerebral cortex while other stages of sleep seem to be used for forming new memories and generating new synaptic connections. The effects of sleep deprivation on behavior have been tested with relation to the presence of activity in different sections of the cerebral cortex. The temporal lobe of the cerebral cortex is associated with the processing of language. During verbal learning tests on subjects who are fully rested functional magnetic resonance imaging scans show that this area of the brain is very active. However, in sleep deprived subjects there is no activity within this region. The effects of this inactivity can be observed by the slurred speech in subjects who have gone for prolonged periods with no sleep . Please click <a href="http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1690" target="new">HERE </a>more about sleep deprivation and brain behaviour…the link will open in a new window. <blockquote>The music in ‘Sleep’ has been designed to be physically relaxing – the program features no distracting surprises and feels like slow, steady breathing, to help transport the listener away from the stresses of the day towards restful sleep.</blockquote> This CD, with music composed by Hennie Bekker, incorporates scientific principles of sonic response, and is designed to nudge your mind toward deep and refreshing sleep. <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.henniebekker.com/Music/Covers/Sleep.jpg" alt="" /> On <a href="http://www.henniebekker.com/Music/Sleep.html" target="new">this link </a>you can listen to more snippets of his music. The link will open in a new window. <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.henniebekker.com/Profile/Images/photo2.jpg" alt="" /> Hennie Bekker African Roots Bekker was raised in Mufulira, a Zambian copper mining town 10 miles south of the Congo border. In those early years, he was captivated by the symphonic sounds of the African wilderness, the haunting harmonies of tribal chanting and the rhythmic dialogue of drummers communicating between camps at sundown. He is a self-taught pianist who had his professional debut at age 15, spending the next decade performing with various bands throughout Zambia, Zaire, Zimbabwe and Kenya. His success as a fusion-jazz musician and band leader elevated him to become the musical director for one of South Africa’s largest record companies. Here, he added scores of film, television, radio and commercial music to his list of career accomplishments. Read more about Hennie <a href="http://www.henniebekker.com/Profile/" target="new">Bekker here, </a>the link will open in a new window. If you click on “home”, you will find youtube-videos of him to watch. <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.henniebekker.com/Music/Covers/Temba.jpg" alt="" /> On the “music” link you will find more albums, even some Africa-music and snippets to listen to. <blockquote>Asperger’s Syndrome is a condition that was initially described by Dr. Hans Asperger’s 1944 doctoral thesis. It was not until 37 years later, in 1981, however, that Dr. Lorna Wing used the term “Asperger’s Syndrome” in a paper that helped to introduce this condition to the English-speaking world.</blockquote> As described by Dr. Wing, the primary clinical features of Asperger’s Syndrome include: naïve, inappropriate, one-sided social interactions limited ability to establish relationships poor non-verbal communication a lack of emotional empathy pedantic, repetitive speech intense absorption in certain subjects clumsy, un-coordinated movements odd postures Currently, the prevailing view is that Asperger’s Syndrome is a Pervasive Developmental Disorder which falls at the high end of the Autism Spectrum continuum. BEHAVIORAL DEFINITION The autism spectrum extends from “classic autism” — which lies at the lower end of the spectrum– through ASPERGER’S SYNDROME, which is characterized as being at the mildest and highest functioning end of the spectrum –or Pervasive Developmental Disorder–Continuum The major source of stress in life for the person with Asperger’s Syndrome is social contact, and increased stress generally leads to anxiety disorders and depression Attwood, T. Asperger’s Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals, 1998, p. 148. AS represents a neurologically-based disorder of development AS reflects deviations or abnormalities in four aspects of development: (1) Social relatedness and social skills (2) The use of language for purposes of communication (3) Certain behavioral and stylistic characteristics such as repetitive or persevering features (4) Limited, but intense, range of interests These dysfunctional features can range from mild to severe “The Epidemiology of Asperger Syndrome: A Total Population Study” by Ehlers and Gillberg (retrieve citation) 2001), it is estimated that the prevalence of Asperger is 2.6 per 1,000 individuals. With the population of the U.S. currently estimated at 275 million (July 2000), this would mean an estimated 715,000 people are affected by Asperger’s syndrome in the U.S. alone” Stewart, K. (2002). Helping a Child with Nonverbal Learning Disorder or Asperger’s Syndrome, p. 148 AS is characterized by: high cognitive abilities — or, at least, “normal” IQ level extending into the very superior range of cognitive ability normal language function when compared to other autistic disorders difficulties with pragmatic, or social language a better prognosis than other Autism spectrum disorders Please read on <a href="http://www.asperger-institute.com/aspergers-syndrome-characteristics.htm" target="new">THIS LINK </a>more…the link will open in a new window. Click on “products” and it will take you to the music page. <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.asperger-institute.com/daydreams-lg.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="335" /> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/babysleep.gif"><img data-attachment-id="5576" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/sea-of-dreams/babysleep/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/babysleep.gif" data-orig-size="178,178" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="babysleep" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/babysleep.gif?w=178" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/babysleep.gif?w=178" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5576" title="babysleep" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/babysleep.gif" alt="" width="178" height="178" /></a> Image: babyzone.com DF Malherbe (1881-1969) Slaap Wat is die slaap ‘n wondersoete ding! Sag op haar bloue oë daal die vaak soos maneskyn diep waterkuile raak om daar te droom in silwer skemering. Vir laas beef oor haar lippe ‘n fluistering: “Nag, Pappie.” Ek merk hoe langsaam hy genaak, wat drome soet tot werklikhede maak: in vaderarms rus my lieweling. Sluit so my oë, God, wanneer vir my u Engel wenk ter laaste, lange rus en ek van wilde woeling hier moet skei; dat my dan stille drome huis toe sus en sterke Hand deur duisternisse lei. Sluit so my oë, God, as ek gaan rus. To Sleep by John Keats. O soft embalmer of the still midnight! Shutting, with careful fingers and benign, Our gloom-pleas’d eyes, embower’d from the light, Enshaded in forgetfulness divine; O soothest Sleep! if so it please thee, close, In midst of this thine hymn, my willing eyes. Or wait the Amen, ere thy poppy throws Around my bed its lulling charities; Then save me, or the passed day will shine Upon my pillow, breeding many woes; Save me from curious conscience, that still hoards Its strength for darkness, burrowing like a mole; Turn the key deftly in the oiled wards, And seal the hushed casket of my soul. 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Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/my_piano.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="5626" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/sea-of-dreams/my_piano/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/my_piano.jpg" data-orig-size="475,600" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="my_piano" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/my_piano.jpg?w=475" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/my_piano.jpg?w=475" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5626" title="my_piano" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/my_piano.jpg" alt="" width="316" height="362" /></a> My Piano….by… artistnina.com   <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/sea-of-dreams/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Sea of Dreams">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-5375 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-nederlands category-netherlands category-preserve-afrikaans tag-afrikaans tag-campaign tag-ermelo-high-school tag-ermelo-hoerskool tag-nederlands tag-netherlands tag-preserve-afrikaans tag-skool-veg-vir-afrikaans tag-south-africa" id="post-5375"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a 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568w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> These words say…”Afrikaans…I love you!” Please click <a href="http://www.litnet.co.za/cgi-bin/giga.cgi?cmd=cause_dir_news_item&cause_id=1270&news_id=53500&cat_id=160" target="new">on this link </a>to vote for Afrikaans. The link will open in a new window. My English readers — that want to help and preserve our beautiful language, <a href="http://www.onzetaal.nl/homofkuit/h0810.php" target="new">HERE is the </a>direct link…slide down a bit…there are 3 boxes…first one your name…second your email…and you don’t have to write in the 3rd box..unless you really want to! and…all you can say is…”JA” or “yes”… Please make sure the radio button is also ticked with “Ja, de Nederlandse Taalunie moet het Afrikaans ondersteunen.” and also, click on “verzend”...(submit)..That means that we want Netherland to support us! Afrikaans and the Dutch language are family, so we would love them to support us!! and would love to have your vote too!! This must be done before 20th October!! Please make sure you follow these instructions if you agree with me! otherwise, there’s no vote! Thank you!! <blockquote>Het Afrikaans is een belangrijke taal, die door bijna tien miljoen inwoners van Zuid-Afrika en Namibië gesproken en verstaan wordt. Het is wel een zelfstandige taal, maar je hoeft slechts één zinnetje te horen om te beseffen hoe verwant het is met het Nederlands. Wetenschappelijk onderzoek heeft uitgewezen dat Afrikaans voor Nederlanders veel begrijpelijker is dan andere verwante talen, bijvoorbeeld Fries. Deze tamelijk goede wederzijdse verstaanbaarheid is een goede basis voor meer contact. De Afrikaanssprekenden zullen ondersteuning via de Nederlandse Taalunie zeker op prijs stellen, want sinds de val van het apartheidsregime is de aantrekkingskracht van het Afrikaans als contacttaal (of tweede taal) snel afgenomen. Van ten minste 6,5 miljoen mensen is het Afrikaans de moedertaal. Voor hen kan de Taalunie wat betekenen, denk aan uitwisseling van materialen voor onderwijs, opleidingen en radio- en televisieprogramma’s. Maar ook wíj hebben erbij te winnen. Niet dat de Zuid-Afrikanen ooit Nederlands zullen gaan spreken. Wel dat kennis van een sterk verwante taal en voortdurend contact met zijn sprekers onze houding ten opzichte van onze eigen taal wat minder parochiaal zullen maken. Ja, ook mensen die net even anders spreken en schrijven, zijn de moeite waard. </blockquote> Some reactions from visitors on this site where you can vote: <blockquote>Ik vind dat het erg kortzichtig zou zijn, zo niet ezelachtig, om het Afrikaans NÍET te steunen! Ten eerste heeft het Afrikaans dezelfde wortels als het huidige Nederlands. Taalkundig gesproken is het is familie. Ten tweede is de literatuur in het Afrikaans – door witte, bruine én zwarte schrijvers en dichters vóór, tijdens, en nu ná de apartheid – net zo interessant en net zo belangrijk voor onze kennis van het menselijke bestaan als de literatuur in welke taal ook. Ten derde zou het, weer taalkundige gesproken, een tragedie zijn mocht het Afrikaans door politieke redenen het onderspit moeten delven. (Zoals een Amerikaanse taalkundige ooit heeft opmerkt is het verdwijnen van een taal tegelijkertijd het verdwenen van een cultuur, iets te vergelijken met het bombarderen van het Rijksmuseum of Le Louvre). Ten vierde zijn ÁLLE talen – Engels, Russisch, Frans, Duits, Nederlands, Arabisch, Ivrit en noem maar op – ooit de “taal van de Onderdrukker” geweest.” Waarom moet allen het Afrikaans gestraft worden door steun te onthouden? Ten vijfde wordt het Afrikaans nu door een passieve zo niet een actieve cultuuroorlog bedreigd. (Wat staat er te gebeuren met het Nasionale Afrikaanse Letterkundige Museum?) Moeten de jonge Afrikaans-sprekende mensen die nu na de apartheid opgroeien en daar niets mee te maken hebben gehad boeten voor wat sommige van hun ouders en grootouders gedaan mochten hebben? (De Verenigde Staten van Amerika hebben na de Tweede Wereld Oorlog noch de Duitsers noch de Japanners het gebruik van en het verder cultiveren van hun moedertaal noch ontzegd noch bemoeilijkt. Integendeel.) Dit kan net onkundiges wees wat Afrikaans met apartheid assosieer; Afrikaans is die tale van vele verskillende kulturele groepe in Suid Afrika. Alle ondersteuning vir ons pragtige taal word benodig en verwelkom. Viva Afrikaans!!! (in English…Afrikaans is the language of different culture groups in SA! Viva Afrikaans!!!)</blockquote> <blockquote>Arnold 07.10.2008 09:28 Ik bewonder de vechtlust van de afrikaners voor hun taal. Ik schaam me diep voor de houding van de nederlanders, het lijken wel slappe frikandellen. In Zuidafrika is engels een oprukkende officiele taal ten koste van het afrikaans. Daar wordt tegen gevochten. In Nederland hoeft dit niet persé, maar vragen ze om verengelst te worden en juichen ze de verengelsing toe. Ieder woord wordt klakkeloos uit het engels overgenomen. Niemand heeft het meer over winkelen, relame of verkoop maar shopping commercial en sale. In de politie is de VVD en D66 het gevaarlijkst voor het behoud van de nederlandse taal, de CU en CDA willen wel knokken. De SP trouwens ook wel. Op het franstalige deel van St Maarten spreekt men frans, men zou nederlandstalige borden verwachten op het nederlandse deel, maar het is alleen engels en de regering doet er niets aan.</blockquote> <blockquote>C E Hulstaert 05.10.2008 18:13 Het is mijn overtuiging dat de Nederlandse Taalunie het Afrikaans moet ondersteunen omdat het een taal is die in Zuid-Afrika en in Namibie onder druk staat en omdat die taal uit het Nederlands is ontstaan. Het feit dat sommigen van de apartheids-tegenstanders die taal racistisch noemen is een emotioneel argument dat ook kan worden ingebracht tegen het Engels. Engeland is de grootste koloniale mogend-heid die ooit heeft bestaan en het Engels is in alle kolonien als officiele taal ingevoerd. Wanneer men het Afrikaans terug dringt uit het openbare leven ten gunste van het Engels wordt niet alleen de Afrikaners onrecht aangedaan maar ook de kleurlingen en de San.</blockquote> Tiong Koen 04.10.2008 19:14 Ja, zeer zeker. Om te beginnen is het ook óns erfgoed. Van ons, van álle Nederlandstaligen, dus ook van Chinese, Creoolse, Hindoestaanse, Marokkaanse en Turkse Nederlanders. We moeten het steunen uit welbegrepen eigenbelang. Verder is het een van de mooiste talen die ik ooit gehoord heb, met een boeiende literatuur en verbazingwekkend mooie poëzie. We moeten het dus ook steunen voor de anderen, want de wereld zou een stuk armer worden als er geen Afrikaans meer gesproken werd. Afrikaans moet tot Werelderfgoed verklaard worden. <blockquote>Riaan Cruywagen 08.10.2008 21:05 Afrikaans is onlosmaaklik deel van die Nederlandse taalfamilie en het die steun van die Nederlandse Taalunie nodig. Totius het immers die verbintenis reeds in 1949 treffend soos volg saamgevat: “Dié sprokie is aan my vertel: Wanneer die druiwetros weer swel onder die donker wingerdblad, dat dan die fyne wyn ook roer in ver verborge keldervat. ‘n Fyn mistieke eenheidsband verbind Oranje, Nederland en Afrika, deur alles heen. Hoe ver die golwe ons ook al omspoel, die diepe hart sal altyd voel – ons is verborge-één.” Mooi so, Afrikaans BO!! Afrikaans school wins bid not to change language policy March 27 2009 , 12:53:00</blockquote> The Supreme Court of Appeal this morning effected that a governing body of a school has the exclusive power to determine the language policy of an existing school. It overruled a decision by the Pretoria High Court. The Mpumalanga Education Department had no accommodation in the Ermelo area for learners to be taught in English. The head of department withdrew the function of the governing body of the Ermelo High School to determine the language policy of the school and appointed an interim committee to change the policy from an Afrikaans medium to a parallel medium school. But today the Supreme Court of Appeal found that the head of department was not authorised to do so in terms of the Schools Act and violated the principles of the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act. The Federation of School Governing Bodies (Fedsas) has welcomed the judgment by the court in favour of the High School Ermelo and its school governing body that the school should become an Afrikaans single medium school. Fedsas National Operational officer, Jaco Deacon, says this judgment is significant for education in South Africa and specifically the role of Afrikaans. He says the powers of school governing bodies are reinstated and the government can therefore not interfere in the decisions of school governing bodies unless there are special circumstances. A school governing body can therefore determine which language can be taught at a public school. 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data-orig-size="181,130" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="berggans" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/berggans.jpg?w=181" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/berggans.jpg?w=181" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5318" title="berggans" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/berggans.jpg" alt="" width="181" height="130" /></a> Boerneef Die berggans het ’n veer laat val van die hoogste krans by Woeperdal my hart staan tuit al meer en meer ek stuur vir jou die berggansveer mits dese wil ek vir jou sê hoe diep my liefde vir jou lê <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/veer.png"><img data-attachment-id="5319" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/die-berggans-het-n-veer-laat-val/veer/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/veer.png" data-orig-size="181,396" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="veer" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/veer.png?w=181" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/veer.png?w=181" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5319" title="veer" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/veer.png" alt="" width="87" height="333" /></a> Images:noila.latsi.de The translation in Dutch…on the link you will find more Afrikaans poems translated into Dutch. De berggans heeft een veer laten vallen Van de hoogste rots bij Wuppertal Mijn hartje slaat al meer en meet Ik stuur naar jou die berggansveer Hierbij verklaar ik je gewis hoe diep mijn liefde voor je is. Boerneef (1897 – 1967) Klik <a href="http://2010.poetry.nl/read/defence04" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> HIER </a> vir meer Nederlandse gedigte – Afrikaans vertaal in Nederlands. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/wupperthal.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10361" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/die-berggans-het-n-veer-laat-val/wupperthal/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/wupperthal.jpg" data-orig-size="1024,768" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"6.2","credit":"","camera":"E3200","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1156855524","copyright":"","focal_length":"7.5","iso":"50","shutter_speed":"0.0039047247169075","title":""}" data-image-title="Wupperthal" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/wupperthal.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/wupperthal.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10361" title="Wupperthal" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/wupperthal.jpg?w=300" alt="Wupperthal" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/wupperthal.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/wupperthal.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Wupperthal, South Africa <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/berggans1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="13688" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/die-berggans-het-n-veer-laat-val/berggans-2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/berggans1.jpg" data-orig-size="330,505" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="berggans" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/berggans1.jpg?w=330" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/berggans1.jpg?w=330" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-13688" title="berggans" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/berggans1.jpg?w=163" alt="" width="163" height="250" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/berggans1.jpg?w=163 163w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/berggans1.jpg?w=326 326w" sizes="(max-width: 163px) 100vw, 163px" /></a> Boerneef: Die berggans het ‘n veer laat val <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/bateleur_.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="13687" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/die-berggans-het-n-veer-laat-val/bateleur_/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/bateleur_.jpg" data-orig-size="383,202" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="bateleur_" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/bateleur_.jpg?w=383" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/bateleur_.jpg?w=383" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-13687" title="bateleur_" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/bateleur_.jpg?w=250" alt="" width="250" height="131" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/bateleur_.jpg?w=248 248w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/bateleur_.jpg 383w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></a> Bateleur – photo: Treknature- copyright: Andrea Piazza 25/3/2012 – ‘Dok’ het in die kommentaarboksie vir ons ‘n boodskap gelos oor die Bateleur/Berghaan. Ek dink Boerneef het eintlik bedoel dat dit ‘n berggans is en nie berghaan/bateleur nie. Ek plaas ook die boek hier – van Amazon – met die korrekte titel. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/berggans_1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="14735" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/die-berggans-het-n-veer-laat-val/berggans_1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/berggans_1.jpg" data-orig-size="498,537" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="berggans_1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/berggans_1.jpg?w=498" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/berggans_1.jpg?w=498" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-14735" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/berggans_1.jpg" alt="berggans_1" width="498" height="537" /></a> C.M. van den Heever (1902-1957) Die vertrekkende wildeganse Tot aan die ruigte-gladde waterkant verglans die son se skuinse middagvuur, om trillend oor die watervlak in hierdie teer vertwyfelingsuur ’n oogwenk nog te duur – ’n oogwenk tot ’n vlerkgeklapper ruis, die water, ru verras, sy rimpels plooi, en swart figure oor die wye spieël onrustige skaduwees gooi. 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rel="tag">Wollie en Wippie</a> on 26/09/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/storietyd-storytime/#comments">24 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img data-attachment-id="17941" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/storietyd-storytime/storiewerf/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/storiewerf.jpg" data-orig-size="386,443" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="storiewerf" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/storiewerf.jpg?w=386" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/storiewerf.jpg?w=386" loading="lazy" class="alignnone wp-image-17941" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/storiewerf.jpg" alt="storiewerf" width="210" height="241" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/storiewerf.jpg?w=210&h=241 210w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/storiewerf.jpg 386w" sizes="(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px" /> image: storiewerf English Readers – This is an Afrikaans entry about stories and books – mainly for teachers and teaching. There are a few links to English books too. <h4>As jy hier is vir die stories – die PDF dokumente is verder af in hierdie inskrywing. Hierdie bloginskrywing is van ‘n hele paar jaar gelede – en die werkskaarte – neem dit in ag, alhoewel: stories bly stories!</h4> <h4>Nuut bygevoeg: 2020 hierdie stories is van ‘n website wat hulpmiddels vir Onderwysers maak.</h4> <a style="color:#0000ff;" title="Die-beer-wat-ons-kom-oppas" href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/die-beer-wat-ons-kom-oppas.pdf">Die-beer-wat-ons-kom-oppas</a> <a style="color:#0000ff;" title="Die-dieretuin-veearts" href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/die-dieretuin-veearts.pdf">Die-dieretuin-veearts</a> <a style="color:#0000ff;" title="Hoekom-Renoster-Grys-Vel-Het" href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/hoekom-renoster-grys-vel-het.pdf">Hoekom-Renoster-grys-vel-het</a> <a style="color:#0000ff;" title="Hoekom-die-Wolke-Bo-Op-die-Heuwel-Sit" href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/hoekom-die-wolke-bo-op-die-heuwel-sit.pdf">Hoekom-die-Wolke-Bo-Op-die-Heuwel-Sit</a> <a title="Hoekom-Son-en-Maan-In-Die-Lug-Bly" href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/hoekom-son-en-maan-in-die-lug-bly.pdf">Hoekom-Son-en-Maan-In-Die-Lug-Bly</a> <h4>On this next link you can read about childrens’ books…English and Afrikaans. Some really great books to have. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/your-closest-friend/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/your-closest-friend/</a> This story is an Afrikaans story…Bollie Konyn <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-1558-26" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/bollie-konyn.mp3?_=26" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/bollie-konyn.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/bollie-konyn.mp3</a></audio> Kliek <a style="color:#0000ff;" href="https://storiewerf.co.za/welkom_op_storiewerf-4/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HIER </a>vir Storiewerf – ‘n website vol stories. Kliek op <a style="color:#0000ff;" href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/07/12/wolf-and-jackal-stories/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hierdie link</a> waar jy Jakkals-en-Wolf Stories kan kry en ook audio-files sal kry met stories en op <a style="color:#0000ff;" href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/your-closest-friend/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hierdie link </a>gaan jy lekker Afrikaanse verhale kry. Alle links in die inskrywing maak in ‘n nuwe bladsy oop! This link has info on <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/fielas-child/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dalene Matthee’s </a>books and films. Books like Circles in the Forest, The Mulberry Forest, Fiela’s Child, etc. and on <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/goue-storie-golden-story/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">this link </a>you can read about Alida Bothma, a book illustrator and artist. These links will open in a new window. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/reading.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12192" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/storietyd-storytime/reading-2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/reading.jpg" data-orig-size="126,114" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="reading" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/reading.jpg?w=126" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/reading.jpg?w=126" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-12192" title="reading" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/reading.jpg" alt="" width="126" height="114" /></a></h4> <h4> Ek het al ‘n paar besoekers op die blog gehad wat sekere soek-terme ingesit het wat vir my ‘n aanduiding was dat daar dalk ‘n behoefte was na werkskaarte. Ek het in SA o.a. vir Gr4-Gr6 Afrikaans onderrig – wat ek natuurlik verskriklik geniet het. Ek het later o.a. begin om my eie werkskaarte op te stel deur begripsvrae en Taalkunde-vrae. Dit is ‘n probleem met boeke wat jy koop in die handel. Daar is goeie boeke meeste van die tyd, maar ek het altyd geglo dat ek my werk beplan rondom die kinders wat voor my in die klas gesit het. Jy kan nie ‘n boek koop en net so gebruik en dink dis altyd voldoende vir die spesifieke kinders in jou klas – jy as Onderwyser moet maar gedurig aanpassings maak. </h4> <h4>Met die werkskaarte kan jy die vragies afknip en verander volgens jou behoefte. Ek het die Word-dokumente omgeskakel in pdf, slegs omdat dit netjieser lyk. Die storie van die Reëndruppels het ek uit ‘n Daan Retief-boekie gekry met daardie titel – ‘n dierbare storie wat ek altyd met Gr3 gedoen het sodra ons by die waterkringloop gekom het. Die kinders het die storietjie baie geniet. </h4> <h4>Hierdie pdf’s wissel vir kinders Gr3-Gr4. Selfs vir kinders in Gr 5/6/7 wat die taal as tweede taal het. Jy sal die kinders in jou klas ken en jou eie oordeel gebruik. </h4> Verder het ek ‘n paar van my gunsteling boeke – wat natuurlik van ‘n goeie paar jaar gelede is – maar van ons top Afrikaanse skrywers/skryfsters. Dit is ook boeke wat kinders graag gelees het in die tyd wat ek in beheer was van die Mediasentrum – vir 14 jaar. My groot gunsteling skrywers/skryfsters: Dolf van Niekerk, Maretha Maartens, Elsabe Steenberg, Hester Heese, Freda Linde, W. A. Hickey – net om ‘n paar te noem! Die Pianis Met sensitiewe vlinder-vingers wip jou hande oor swart en wit en wit en swart raak-raak hier, rus-rus daar ‘n lange, ‘n korte ‘n agtste en die molle en kruise en linkerhandtekens, kom lê hier warm op my hart. Met solo’s en duete het jy jouself tot in my siel begelei en jy trap nou die pedale van my emosies met jou sagte-sagte voete. Met donderslae en diep akoorde speel jy jouself al dieper in my wese in, tot jy weer tikkel, tokkel flidder, fladder, iewers ver agter die Baby Grand, so ver, so onbereikbaar ver, dat jy netsowel ‘n opname kon gewees het. Oor swart en wit en wit en swart en grys het nie ‘n plek nie, en c’s en e’s en vir jou bestaan ek nie verder as g nie. maar vir my is jy alles, want jy het jouself met geoefende vingers onlosmaakbaar déél van my gemaak, jouself in my in getoonleer. Maryke Wennick DIE PADDA Padda, jou grootoog ding, Kan jy wip of kan jy spring? O, jy kan wip, Wip-wip tot op die klip. Ek kan tog sing jou skurwe ding: Ka-tjie-rie, Ka-tjie-rie My ouma het ‘n kie-rie, ‘n kier-rie. Vir wat spring jy nou weg? Jou maniere is maar sleg. Ek praat dan nog met jou, Ek wil net vra: Hoeveel vratte het jou vrou? Tot siens jou skurwe ding, wat met jou paddaboudjies in ons visdam spring! Al die volgende PDF’s maak in ‘n nuwe venster oop. Sien verder in die inskrywing nog PDF’s wat bygewerk is. [opgedateer Augustus 2011 – ek wou nie die werkskaarte ‘delete’ nie en het dit goedgevind om dit ook hier te plaas en hoop iemand sal dit kan gebruik!] Bokkie met begripsleesvragies. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/bokkie-begripslees-en-taal.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bokkie-begripslees-en-taal</a> Die Hoogmoedige muskiet – <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/die-hoogmoedige-muskiet.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Die-hoogmoedige-muskiet</a> Spookstories – <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/spookstories-gedig-leesbegrip.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Spookstories-gedig-leesbegrip</a> Die Reëndruppels van Daan Retief – <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/die-reendruppels.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Die-reendruppels</a> Die verwaande Walvis <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/die-verwaande-walvis-gedig.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Die-verwaande-walvis-gedig</a> Gedig: Skinderbek met vragies uit: 101 Diereverhale <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/gedig-skinderbek.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gedig-skinderbek</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/afrikaans-leeskaart-voels.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Afrikaans leeskaart voels</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/begripslees-en-vrae-bokkie-en-taal-lettergrepe.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Begripslees en vrae BOKKIE en taal lettergrepe</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/begripsvrae-luilekkerhappie.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Begripsvrae Luilekkerhappie</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/leeskaart-luilekkerhappie.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Leeskaart Luilekkerhappie</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/helen-keller.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Helen Keller</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/sampie-2.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sampie 2</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/karoo-gediggie.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Karoo gediggie</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/reen-gedig.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reën gedig</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/die-verwaande-walvis-gedig-met-vrae.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Die verwaande walvis gedig met vrae</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/storie-van-die-sterre.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Storie van die sterre</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/storie-wat-die-san-vertel-het-van-heisib-en-die-volstruis.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Storie wat die San vertel het van Heisib en die Volstruis</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/vrugte-gedig.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vrugte gedig</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/jenny-seed-die-59-katte.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jenny Seed Die 59 Katte</a> Hierdie is slegs ‘n gedeelte van die storie. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/koue-lande-leeskaart.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Koue lande Leeskaart</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/wereldreis-gedig-met-vragies.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wereldreis gedig met vragies</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/padda-gedig-hoogmoed.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">padda gedig hoogmoed</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/leeskaart-die-eensame-teepot.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Leeskaart Die eensame teepot</a> Die direkte rede-pdf’s is slegs strokiesprente waarvan die teks verwyder is en leerders kan self hul eie teks invul! <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/direkte-rede4.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DIREKTE Rede4</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/direkte-rede-3.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Direkte Rede 3</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/direkte-rede-2.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Direkte Rede 2</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/direkte-rede-1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Direkte Rede 1</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/fiets-gedig.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fiets gedig</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/leesbegrip-liedjie.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Leesbegrip Liedjie</a> Kinders sonder fantasie ontspoor later Elfra Erasmus Sy het ‘n groot droom, sê die bekroonde kinder- en jeugboekskrywer Elsabe Steenberg. ‘n Droom oor busse vol boeke wat op al die dorpe in die land aandoen en waar kinders (en grootmense), soos oorsee, boeke op straat kan koop. Elsabe se jongste publikasie, die kleuterboek Kariena Karyn, oor ‘n meisietjie wat vir die donker bang is, het pas by J.L. van Schaik-uitgewers verskyn. In die verhaal gesels Kariena met die goudvis, wat ”borrel-orrel-gorrel”, en die botterblom, wat sy stingel swaai en kraai van die lag, oor hoekom sy snags so skreeu. Die boek, wat in Engels heet Katie Colly Wobbles, is fraai geïllustreer deur Alida Bothma. Elsabe meen daar het ‘n verandering (en gelukkig ‘n verbetering) plaasgevind in die kinderboektemas oor die jare. Vroeër is ”verskriklik afgeskryf op kinders”. Die boeke het gehandel oor sake waarin grootmense geïnteresseer was. Deesdae is kinderboeke egter meer ”kindgerig”. Maar lees kinders nog? ‘n Mens bekommer jou daaroor sê sy, maar sê sy hoor bemoedigende verhale oor kinders wat nie meer as ses boeke by die biblioteek mag uitneem nie en vir wie dit ‘n allemintige probleem is dat hulle eers twee dae later weer ses mag uitneem! Om die jong TV-geslag voor die vervlietende prentjies op die stel weg te kry, is daar net een oplossing: ouers moet kinders van kleins af lief maak vir boeke. Sy het vir haar kinders begin stories lees voordat hulle twee jaar oud was en vir haar een seun bly lees totdat hy elf was, bloot omdat hy daarvan gehou het. ” ‘n Kind betree ‘n boek soos hy die wêreld betree, dit word deel van sy ervaring van die lewe.” Die skool maak nie juis in hierdie verband ‘n positiewe bydrae nie. Onderwysers is so besig om die kinders te léér dat daar nie meer tyd gemaak word sodat hulle net kan sit en lees nie. Is daar in ons moderne samelewing plek vir sprokies, of moet dit, soos in sommige kleuterskole in Pretoria, verbied word omdat dit nie die ”werklikheid” is nie? Kinders het sprokies en fantasie besonder nodig, sê sy. In sprokies is altyd ‘n element van geweld, maar dit word ”deurgewerk”. ”Elke mens het geweld of woede in sy onderbewuste wat deurgewerk moet word. Kinders moet dit van kleins af leer.” Fantasie bevat gewoonlik ‘n dieper waarheid en is nodig om ‘n kind gebalanseer groot te maak. Kinders wat daarsonder grootword, ontspoor heeltemal. Hulle ontwikkel later persoonlikheidsversteurings omdat hulle reeds te veel werklikheid moes hanteer. ” ‘n Mens kan byna sê, wat bly oor as daar nie fantasie is nie. Sonder fantasie is die lewe so eendimensioneel.” Oor of stories ‘n les moet bevat, voel sy sterk. ”Ek gril daarvoor. Stories moet ‘n kind laat groei omdat dit oorspronklik anders is. Dit moet nooit ‘n versuikerde preek wees nie. Kinders is te fyn, hulle let dit dadelik op.” Dis juis hoekom sy vir kinders skryf. Omdat hulle eerliker is as volwassenes. Soos die bekende Nederlandse kinderboek-skrywer Guus Kuijer gesê het: jy kan nie kinders bluf met literêre foefies nie. ”Die terugvoer wat ek van kinders kry, is heerlik. Omdat hulle so eerlik is, sal hulle nie aan my skryf as hulle nie werklik die boek geniet het nie.” As kenner van kinderboeke is sy bekommerd oor die toekenning van pryse vir kinder- en jeugboeke in Suid-Afrika. ”Daar moet gewerk word aan die keurders.” Kyk ‘n mens na die boeke wat bekroon word, is dit duidelik die mense wat dit beoordeel, het nie kennis van kinders nie. Sy sonder egter die die laaste paar jaar se toekenning van die Scheepers-prys uit as meer in die kol. * Dr. Elsabe Steenberg is reeds verskeie kere bekroon, onder meer met die J.P. van der Walt-prys vir Klawervyf (1975), die Sanlam-prys vir Boom bomer boomste (1980), die Tafelberg-prys vir Eendoring met lang bene (1979), Goue fluit my storie is uit (1986) en die Zoeloe-vertaling van Masilo en die monster (1991) is bekroon met Maqhawe Mkhizi-HAUM-Daan Retief-prys vir kinderliteratuur. Op skool is verskeie van haar boeke voorgeskryf, onder meer Rooi kanarie Hoepelbeen, Waar is Pappa se panfluit en Ken jy die weerligvoël. <a href="http://152.111.1.251/argief/berigte/beeld/1992/09/3/2/2.html" rel="nofollow">http://152.111.1.251/argief/berigte/beeld/1992/09/3/2/2.html</a> Boekeblad Elsabé was altyd ‘n wenner Marina le Roux MISKIEN is Elsabe Steenberg in haar ryk en vol lewe nie na waarde geskat nie. Benewens kreatiewe en produktiewe skryfster was sy immers ook nog vrou en moeder, vertaler, resensent, akademikus, geliefde dosent en gewilde spreker by leeskringe en skryfskole. Maar daar was moontlik nie genoeg literêre bekronings nie. Die J.P. Van der Walt Prys twee maal, vir Klawervyf en vir Eendoring met lang Bene, die welverdiende Sanlam Prys vir Boom bomer boomste, en in 1993 die erepenning van die Akademie, het sy besonder waardeer. Maar sy het ‘n pragmatiese siening oor skryfpryse behou: “Dis so ‘n gedwonge soort ding. Wie wen, berus soms op wie die pryse toeken”, het sy by geleentheid gesê. Elsabé Steenberg was egter altyd ‘n wenner: onder haar toegewyde en getroue lesers, waaronder kleuters, kinders, tieners en volwassenes, en ‘n wenner oor die “draakstasie” in haar lewe. Nou is sy bevry van die rolstoel waarin sy die afgelope 20 jaar ‘n “vasgerankte” was. Ten spyte van die uitmergelende aanslae van veelvuldige sklerose, het sy steeds onwrikbaar geglo in die terapeutiese vennootskap met die letterkunde. Sy kon selfs met humor skryf oor haar siekte, die “gog”, die bedreigende “draakstasie” in haar outobiografiese werk Twee hang bo die Pad, vier Loop op die Mat:”Met genoegsame genade sal ek nou nie toelaat om die kern van dit wat ek is, aan te tas nie. Eerder sal jy my sterker maak, ‘n verbete vegter, ‘n dankbare mens. Maar ónderkry? O nee, onderkry sal jy my nie”. Hierdie lewensbeskouing het Elsabé Steenberg ten grondslag gelê. Sy was een van die mees prolifieke Afrikaanse skryfsters, veral dan van kinder- en jeuglektuur. As tiener het sy alreeds kortverhale gepubliseer, en haar eerste boeke het in 1968 verskyn : Die Moerasloper en Dat ek mag sien, wat vir televisie verfilm is as Sien jy nou? Sedertdien het daar ‘n wye verskeidenheid boeke, kortverhale, eenbedrywe, resensies en vaklektuur uit haar pen verskyn, vir volwassenes sowel as vir kinders Sy het egter altyd verkies om vir kinders te skryf, “omdat hulle tegelykertyd wond-baarder en oper is as grootmense én beter gewapen deur die vermoë tot verbeelding”. Die “wondbaarheid” van kinders is dan ook die herhalende tema in Steenberg se oeuvre. Gebore op Vrede, staan sy nou in die gees op Horeb, die hoogste piek van die Rooiberge by haar geliefde Clarens, en sy sien die beloofde land, sy glo en begroet dit. <a href="http://152.111.1.251/argief/berigte/dieburger/1996/05/22/15/2.html" rel="nofollow">http://152.111.1.251/argief/berigte/dieburger/1996/05/22/15/2.html</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/elsabesteenbergboombomerboomste.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="5217" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/storietyd-storytime/elsabesteenbergboombomerboomste/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/elsabesteenbergboombomerboomste.jpg" data-orig-size="128,200" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="elsabesteenbergboombomerboomste" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/elsabesteenbergboombomerboomste.jpg?w=128" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/elsabesteenbergboombomerboomste.jpg?w=128" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5217" title="elsabesteenbergboombomerboomste" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/elsabesteenbergboombomerboomste.jpg" alt="" width="128" height="200" /></a> In Engels…Tree more-Tree most Update: August 2011 – Opdateer: Augustus 2011 – Ek hoop dat die volgende PDF-lêers ook bruikbaar gevind sal word. Maak seker oor die Woordeboekbladsynommers in die vragies, want dit sal verseker nie dieselfde as jou klas s’n wees nie. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/childrens-stories.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="13187" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/storietyd-storytime/childrens-stories/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/childrens-stories.jpg" data-orig-size="282,280" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="childrens-stories" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/childrens-stories.jpg?w=282" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/childrens-stories.jpg?w=282" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-13187" title="childrens-stories" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/childrens-stories.jpg" alt="" width="282" height="280" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/althea-die-stokroosfeetjie.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Althea die stokroosfeetjie</a> Althea en die Stokroosfeetjie – storie met vragies <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/die-diefstal.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Die Diefstal</a> Die Diefstal – storie met vragies <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/die-haan-en-die-mieliepit.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Die Haan en die Mieliepit</a> Die Haan en die Mieliepit – storie met vragies <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/die-ongeluk.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Die Ongeluk</a> Die Ongeluk – storie met vragies <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/die-pot-met-die-drie-pote.pdf">Die pot met die drie pote</a> Die Pot met die drie pote – slegs die storie, geen vragies <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/mini-raak-n-spogmotor.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mini raak ‘n spogmotor</a> Mini raak ‘n spogmotor – storie met vragies <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/tessa.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tessa</a> Tessa – storie met vragies <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/wollie-en-wippie.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wollie en Wippie</a> Wollie en Wippie – storie met vragies <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/afrikaanse_gedigte_11.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="14209" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/storietyd-storytime/afrikaanse_gedigte_1-2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/afrikaanse_gedigte_11.jpg" data-orig-size="619,764" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Afrikaanse_gedigte_1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/afrikaanse_gedigte_11.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/afrikaanse_gedigte_11.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-14209" title="Afrikaanse_gedigte_1" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/afrikaanse_gedigte_11.jpg?w=202" alt="" width="202" height="250" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/afrikaanse_gedigte_11.jpg?w=202 202w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/afrikaanse_gedigte_11.jpg?w=404 404w" sizes="(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px" /></a> Klik op die afbeelding vir ‘n groter weergawe Die Leeu en die Muis -‘n Tradisionele fabel Eendag beland ‘n piepklein muisie in die poot van ‘n yslike groot leeu. “Ek het jou gevang, Meneer Muisie, jy is myne!” brul die yslike groot leeu.”Asseblief, Grote Leeu, Koning van die Diere, moet my nie seermaak nie. Laat my asseblief los. My kinders wag vir my en die son sak al laag. As jy my loslaat, sal ek vir jou ook eendag ‘n guns bewys”, pleit die muisie.”Jy weet”, brul die yslike, groot leeu, “ek dink nie jy sal enige nut vir my wees nie. Jy is glad te klein om vir my gunste te bewys. Maar loop maar, ek sal jou lewe spaar ter wille van jou kinders. Toe, loop nou, voor ek van plan verander.”Piepklein Muisie skarrel vinnig weg en verdwyn in die bosse.’n Paar dae later word Grote Leeu in ‘n strik gevang. Hy is vas en kan nie roer nie. Hy brul en brul, maar kan nie loskom nie. Skielik hoor hy ‘n “piep-piep” hier naby hom. Sowaar, dit is dieselfde muisie wat hy ‘n paar dae tevore gevang het.”Lê stil”, piep die muisie, “Ek sal gou-gou die toue deurknaag, dan sal jy los wees.””Ag, ou Muisie,” kla Grote Leeu moedeloos, die toue is so dik en jou tandjies is so klein. Hoe sal jy dit regkry?”Maar die muisie hou net aan met knaag en sowaar, kort voor lank is daar ‘n yslike gat waardeur Grote Leeu kan kruip.”Baie dankie, Kleine Muisie. Jy het vandag my lewe gered. Al is jy baie, baie klein, het jy my gered toe ek magteloos was. Ek is jammer dat ek gedink het dat jy te klein is om my te help. Ek sal vir jou en jou kindertjies ‘n groot geskenk gee.” Hulle was vir ewig vriende. Source: Connexions Die Skilpad en die Haas ‘n Skilpad is ‘n dier wat baie stadig beweeg.Eendag sê die uitgeslape skilpad vir Haastige Hasie: “Ek wed jou ek sal jou wen as ons twee resies hardloop.” Die hasie kyk verbaas na skilpad en dink by homself: “Ek het seker nie reg gehoor nie. Glo hierdie trapsuutjies nou regtig hy sal my wen? Weet hy nie hoe vinnig ek kan hardloop nie? Hier is nie ‘n hond op hierdie plaaswerf wat my kan vang nie!””Nou goed”, sê Haas, “ons kan môre resies hardloop en dan kyk ons wie kom eerste by die wenstreep aan.”Die volgende oggend het al wat dier is bymekaar gekom om hierdie resies dop te hou.Skilpad en Haas staan gereed.”Op julle merke, gereed en weg is julle!” roep die olifant en hy blaas die fluitjie so hard dat dit deur die bos weergalm.Haastige Haas spring met ‘n vaart in die pad.’n Groot stofwolk agtervolg hom en hy verdwyn heeltemal daaragter.Skilpad stap maar voetjie vir voetjie aan.Hy is baie rustig en glimlag vir homself.Hasie dink toe dat hy genoeg tyd het om nou eers ‘n bietjie te rus en ‘n bietjie te eet.Hy gaan lê uitgestrek in die koelte van ‘n groot boom en begin knibbel aan die smaaklike, vars, groen grassies wat daar naby hom groei. Dit smaak heerlik, dink hy, en lê agteroor.Hy lê so lekker dat hy insluimer en vergeet van Ou Skilpad.Skilpad is bult-op en bult-af.Hy kyk nie regs nie en ook nie links nie.Hy hou net aan.Uiteindelik is hy twee tree van die wenstreep.Dis toe dat Hasie wakker skrik en onthou!Hy spring soos ‘n weerligstraal daar weg, maar te laat!Skilpad is oor die wenstreep!Al die diere juig en klap hande vir die wenner.”Jy sien”, sê Skilpad, “dit is waar wat hulle sê: HOE MEER HAAS, HOE MINDER SPOED. 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href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-poets/" rel="tag">South African Poets</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/translated-poems/" rel="tag">translated poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/vertaalde-gedigte/" rel="tag">vertaalde gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/wayne-visser/" rel="tag">Wayne Visser</a> on 02/09/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/i-am-an-african/#comments">27 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/africa-zebra.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="4225" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/i-am-an-african/africa-zebra/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/africa-zebra.jpg" data-orig-size="492,321" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="africa-zebra" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/africa-zebra.jpg?w=492" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/africa-zebra.jpg?w=492" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4225" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/africa-zebra.jpg" alt="" width="492" height="321" /></a> Quite recently I’ve translated a poem written by Wayne Visser into Afrikaans. The poem can be found here with Wayne’s comments: <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/ek-weet-van-n-plek-in-afrika/">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/ek-weet-van-n-plek-in-afrika/</a> A couple of days ago, he asked me to translate this poem: “I am an African” into Afrikaans and I felt it was an honour to be asked by him to do it. I’ve tried my best, as all my Afrikaans-bloggers know I’m no expert in translations, but I do try to convey the “message” of the poem, but sometimes, specially when not asked to do a translation, I might want to change the poem slightly to what I like, although I will keep the overall “message”, like the poem written by Wordsworth…”I wandered lonely like a cloud.” Wayne also understands Afrikaans. He liked my interpretation of Wordsworth’s poem and I felt happy that a professional poet could also view his opinion, as you would agree that you sometimes don’t know really if you do any poem justice by translating it. I’ve done some translations from Afrikaans to English too and if you want to read some poems of some of South Africa’s best poets…you can click on the page that says…”my poems-gedigte” and read a few there. You will find Eugene Marais’s poem…”The dance of the rain” and Totius’s poem…”oh the painful thought..” and some others too. I do like to write my own too, which you will find on that page too. I want to stress it out …that I’m no professional, so enjoy whatever you find here and there’s always poetry sites where you can find poems written by professionals! Today, Sunday 7th Sept 2008, I had two people putting in “Is Wayne Visser an Afrikaans writer” in a search and were directed to my blog…as far as I could see, he doesn’t write in Afrikaans, I couldn’t find any of his poems or works in Afrikaans, but he does understand the Language…he speaks Afrikaans too. I do hope this helps, you can contact him via his website address…link at the bottom of this post – and email him! <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/langebaan.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="4250" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/i-am-an-african/langebaan/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/langebaan.jpg" data-orig-size="278,440" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="langebaan" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/langebaan.jpg?w=278" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/langebaan.jpg?w=278" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4250" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/langebaan.jpg" alt="" width="183" height="209" /></a> Image: DK-images…Langebaan, Cape Town Ek is van Afrika Ek is van Afrika Nie omdat ek daar gebore is Maar omdat my hart met Afrika klop Ek is van Afrika Nie omdat my gelaat donker is Maar omdat Afrika my gedagtes omgrens Ek is van Afrika Nie omdat ek van haar leef Maar omdat my siel tuis is – in Afrika Wanneer Afrika oor haar kinders ween Is my wange deur traandruppels deurweek Wanneer Afrika haar voorvaders eer Buig my hoof in respek daarheen Wanneer Afrika oor haar slagoffers rou Is my hande in gebed gevou Wanneer Afrika haar oorwinnings vier Dans ek op die maat van die oorwinningslied Ek is van Afrika Met haar asemrowende ylblou lugruimtes Laat sy die toekoms skitterend skyn Ek is van Afrika Waar ek gegroet word asof familie En ek ervaar die gevoel van meervoudig Ek is van Afrika Want haar wildheid bring vertroosting vir my siel En bring my nader na die bron van Lewe Wanneer Afrika-musiek in die wind weerklink Volg my polsslag die ritmiese klop En word ek een met die klank Wanneer die Afrika-kleure in die son glinster Verdrink my sintuie in haar reënboog En is ek die natuur se pallet Wanneer die Afrika-verhale om die vure op-klink Volg my voete hul tydlose ‘wink En is ek die spore van die verle’ Ek is van Afrika Want sy’s die krip van geboorte En troetel die oer-oue wysheid Ek is van Afrika Want sy leef in die skadu van die wêreld En brand met ‘n gloeiende inspirasie Ek is van Afrika Want sy is die land van môre En ek eer haar tydlose geskenke ©Nikita — 2nd September 2008 The English version: I Am An African I am an African Not because I was born there But because my heart beats with Africa’s I am an African Not because my skin is black But because my mind is engaged by Africa I am an African Not because I live on its soil But because my soul is at home in Africa When Africa weeps for her children<a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/tears1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="4232" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/i-am-an-african/tears1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/tears1.jpg" data-orig-size="374,315" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="tears1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/tears1.jpg?w=374" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/tears1.jpg?w=374" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4232" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/tears1.jpg" alt="" width="172" height="132" align="right" /></a> My cheeks are stained with tears When Africa honours her elders My head is bowed in respect When Africa mourns for her victims My hands are joined in prayer When Africa celebrates her triumphs My feet are alive with dancing I am an African For her blue skies take my breath away And my hope for the future is bright I am an African For her people greet me as family And teach me the meaning of community I am an African For her wildness quenches my spirit And brings me closer to the source of life When the music of Africa beats in the wind My blood pulses to its rhythm And I become the essence of sound When the colours of Africa dazzle in the sun<a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/rainbow.png"><img data-attachment-id="4234" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/i-am-an-african/rainbow/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/rainbow.png" data-orig-size="369,310" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="rainbow" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/rainbow.png?w=369" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/rainbow.png?w=369" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4234" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/rainbow.png" alt="" width="182" height="142" align="right" /></a> My senses drink in its rainbow And I become the palette of nature When the stories of Africa echo round the fire My feet walk in its pathways And I become the footprints of history I am an African Because she is the cradle of our birth And nurtures an ancient wisdom I am an African Because she lives in the world’s shadow And bursts with a radiant luminosity I am an African Because she is the land of tomorrow And I recognise her gifts as sacred Copywright: Wayne Visser – 2005 Read more of his poetry at: <a href="http://www.waynevisser.com">www.waynevisser.com</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/africa-wildebeest.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="4226" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/i-am-an-african/africa-wildebeest/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/africa-wildebeest.jpg" data-orig-size="572,429" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4","credit":"","camera":"DMC-FZ20","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1108386335","copyright":"","focal_length":"60.7","iso":"80","shutter_speed":"0.002","title":""}" data-image-title="africa-wildebeest" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" 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href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/daffodils1.png"><img data-attachment-id="4152" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/i-wandered-lonely-as-a-cloud/daffodils1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/daffodils1.png" data-orig-size="643,442" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="daffodils1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/daffodils1.png?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/daffodils1.png?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4152" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/daffodils1.png?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="206" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/daffodils1.png?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/daffodils1.png?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Image:trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/United_Kingdom/photo373524.htm “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company: I gazed—and gazed—but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought: For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils. William Wordsworth <a href="http://www.wordsworth.org.uk/history/">http://www.wordsworth.org.uk/history/</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lonely-cloud.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7581" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/i-wandered-lonely-as-a-cloud/lonely-cloud/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lonely-cloud.jpg" data-orig-size="407,250" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="lonely-cloud" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lonely-cloud.jpg?w=407" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lonely-cloud.jpg?w=407" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7581" title="lonely-cloud" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lonely-cloud.jpg" alt="lonely-cloud" width="407" height="250" /></a> Die Affodil-dans Alleen wandel ek soos ‘n los-wolkie wat sweef oor hoë berge, heuwels, valleie en dale Skielik sien ek ‘n plaat Affodille ‘n blink-geel, songeel, goudgeel versameling wat skitter en skyn langs die meer onder die bome swewend en dansend buigend en juigend nÁ die Somerreëns Langsamerhand – soos die sterreskyn Glinsterend – soos in die Melkweg-lyn Al langs die kant van die baai Vang my blik die verruklike dans die aanskoulike geswaai van koppies wat draai onder die hange van ‘n krans Ver-weg op my rusbank lê ek uitgestrek Langsamerhand weerkaats die dansende skynsel in my binne-oog Die opgewondenheid van alleen-wees vervul my hart met plesier en ek dans die dans! van die blinkgeel, songeel, goudgeel, bly-geel Affodille! ©Nikita 26th August 2008 <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/p16080069.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="4154" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/i-wandered-lonely-as-a-cloud/p16080069/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/p16080069.jpg" data-orig-size="2048,1536" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"3.1","credit":"","camera":"FE170,X760","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1212939569","copyright":"","focal_length":"6.3","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.033333333333333","title":""}" data-image-title="p16080069" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/p16080069.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/p16080069.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4154" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/p16080069.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/p16080069.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/p16080069.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Wordsworth’s house in Cockermouth, where he was born. He spent his later years in Dove Cottage – in Grasmere – and in 1813 they moved to Rydal Mount, where William and Mary stayed until their deaths in 1850 and 1859. Whilst at Rydal Mount William became Distributor of Stamps for Westmorland, and had an office in Church St Ambleside. In 1820 he published his ‘Guide through the District of the Lakes’. In 1842 he became the Poet Laureate, and resigned his office as Stamp Distributor. William married Mary quite late in his life. Something which I read about him, which you don’t read on all sites, is that he went to France in 1791 and met Annette Vallon. She gave him French lessons, for free, and they fell in love and she got pregnant. She had a girl and her name was Caroline. William wanted to return to support her with the child, but because of the war between England and France, he couldn’t return. I read this piece of info in the book…”Among the Lakes and fells” by John Kahn. Follow the link to read more about him. <a href="http://www.wordsworth.org.uk/history/">http://www.wordsworth.org.uk/history/</a> We’ve been away for the past week. We went to the Western part of the Lake District… had a few rainy days, so spent some of the days to visit some very exciting places. Only when we arrived at Mockerkin, the owners of our cottage informed us about Wordsworth’s house in Cockermouth and Beatrix Potter’s Hill Top-farm in Hawkshead and we were left with hundreds of leaflets, maps and books about surrounding areas. I’ve got zillions of wonderful pictures to sort out, but for a start, thought to post this poem which William Wordsworth wrote. I had the wonderful opportunity to read his sister, Dorothy’s Lakeland Journal, due to the weather! And, once again, due to the weather… I’ve translated William’s poem in Afrikaans, but I’ve also changed it a little bit, so it’s not exactly the same…and I call my poem…the Dance of the Daffodils! For now, you have to be satisfied with this poem, as I’ve got some unpacking to do…and tomorrow is a day with friends, so not much time for blogging, but I’ll try my best to upload a few more about the visit to William’s house in Cockermouth. Sadly, we didn’t visit Dove’s cottage in Grasmere, where he spent his later years, as our time was a bit limited when we went to Hill Top farm. If you visit Hill Top farm, you get a timed ticket, which means you buy the ticket and can only enter the time your ticket tells you. In this way the National Trust try to control the number of visitors as the house is quite small and not many people at any one time can move around the house comfortably. Also, it’s a way to preserve to property, but more about Hill Top farm in another entry later this week! I’ve got so much to share and so many pictures to go through, but first things first…follow the link I’ve given to read a bit more. Please click on images for a larger view. <img data-attachment-id="4170" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/i-wandered-lonely-as-a-cloud/wordsworthsigncockermouth/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthsigncockermouth.jpg" data-orig-size="1536,2048" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"3.1","credit":"","camera":"FE170,X760","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1212939016","copyright":"","focal_length":"6.3","iso":"64","shutter_speed":"0.011111111111111","title":""}" data-image-title="wordsworthsigncockermouth" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthsigncockermouth.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthsigncockermouth.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4170" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthsigncockermouth.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="225" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthsigncockermouth.jpg?w=225 225w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthsigncockermouth.jpg?w=450 450w" sizes="(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" /> Wordsworth Museum <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/p16070003.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="4179" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/i-wandered-lonely-as-a-cloud/p16070003/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/p16070003.jpg" data-orig-size="887,1183" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"3.1","credit":"","camera":"FE170,X760","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1212798681","copyright":"","focal_length":"6.3","iso":"125","shutter_speed":"0.33333333333333","title":""}" data-image-title="p16070003" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/p16070003.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/p16070003.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4179" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/p16070003.jpg?w=224" alt="" width="224" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/p16070003.jpg?w=224 224w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/p16070003.jpg?w=448 448w" sizes="(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px" /></a> William Wordsworth’s sister, Dorothy, kept this diary…a diary which is worth reading! There is also the “Grasmere and Alfoxden Journals” to be read. I will definitely try and get hold of the “Grasmere”-diary to read too. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthinscriptionaskbeforecopyingimagesthankyou.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="4171" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/i-wandered-lonely-as-a-cloud/wordsworthinscriptionaskbeforecopyingimagesthankyou/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthinscriptionaskbeforecopyingimagesthankyou.jpg" data-orig-size="2048,1536" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"3.1","credit":"","camera":"FE170,X760","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1212939598","copyright":"","focal_length":"6.3","iso":"125","shutter_speed":"0.033333333333333","title":""}" data-image-title="wordsworthinscriptionaskbeforecopyingimagesthankyou" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" 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data-attachment-id="4173" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/i-wandered-lonely-as-a-cloud/wordsworthaskbeforecopyingpictures/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthaskbeforecopyingpictures.jpg" data-orig-size="1072,1430" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"3.1","credit":"","camera":"FE170,X760","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1212936525","copyright":"","focal_length":"6.3","iso":"125","shutter_speed":"0.033333333333333","title":""}" data-image-title="wordsworthaskbeforecopyingpictures" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthaskbeforecopyingpictures.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthaskbeforecopyingpictures.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4173" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthaskbeforecopyingpictures.jpg?w=224" alt="" width="224" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthaskbeforecopyingpictures.jpg?w=224 224w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthaskbeforecopyingpictures.jpg?w=448 448w" sizes="(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px" /></a> Front garden as seen through a window from the inside of the house <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthaskbeforecopyingimages.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="4172" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/i-wandered-lonely-as-a-cloud/wordsworthaskbeforecopyingimages/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthaskbeforecopyingimages.jpg" data-orig-size="1389,1042" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"3.1","credit":"","camera":"FE170,X760","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1212936835","copyright":"","focal_length":"6.3","iso":"125","shutter_speed":"0.033333333333333","title":""}" data-image-title="wordsworthaskbeforecopyingimages" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthaskbeforecopyingimages.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthaskbeforecopyingimages.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4172" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthaskbeforecopyingimages.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthaskbeforecopyingimages.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthaskbeforecopyingimages.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Rear garden through a window in Wordsworth’s house <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthaskbeforecopyingpicturesthankyou.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="4178" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/i-wandered-lonely-as-a-cloud/wordsworthaskbeforecopyingpicturesthankyou/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthaskbeforecopyingpicturesthankyou.jpg" data-orig-size="917,2043" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"3.1","credit":"","camera":"FE170,X760","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1212938120","copyright":"","focal_length":"6.3","iso":"125","shutter_speed":"0.033333333333333","title":""}" data-image-title="wordsworthaskbeforecopyingpicturesthankyou" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthaskbeforecopyingpicturesthankyou.jpg?w=449" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthaskbeforecopyingpicturesthankyou.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4178" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthaskbeforecopyingpicturesthankyou.jpg?w=134" alt="" width="134" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthaskbeforecopyingpicturesthankyou.jpg?w=134 134w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthaskbeforecopyingpicturesthankyou.jpg?w=268 268w" sizes="(max-width: 134px) 100vw, 134px" /></a> Hand water pump! <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthbackgardenaskbeforecopyingthepicture.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="4174" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/i-wandered-lonely-as-a-cloud/wordsworthbackgardenaskbeforecopyingthepicture/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthbackgardenaskbeforecopyingthepicture.jpg" data-orig-size="1165,1554" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"3.1","credit":"","camera":"FE170,X760","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1212937906","copyright":"","focal_length":"6.3","iso":"64","shutter_speed":"0.025","title":""}" data-image-title="wordsworthbackgardenaskbeforecopyingthepicture" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthbackgardenaskbeforecopyingthepicture.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthbackgardenaskbeforecopyingthepicture.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4174" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthbackgardenaskbeforecopyingthepicture.jpg?w=224" alt="" width="224" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthbackgardenaskbeforecopyingthepicture.jpg?w=224 224w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthbackgardenaskbeforecopyingthepicture.jpg?w=448 448w" sizes="(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px" /></a> Rear garden and house as seen from the garden <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthgardenpleaseaskbeforecopying.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="4175" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/i-wandered-lonely-as-a-cloud/wordsworthgardenpleaseaskbeforecopying/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthgardenpleaseaskbeforecopying.jpg" data-orig-size="903,789" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"3.1","credit":"","camera":"FE170,X760","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1212937780","copyright":"","focal_length":"6.3","iso":"125","shutter_speed":"0.25","title":""}" data-image-title="wordsworthgardenpleaseaskbeforecopying" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthgardenpleaseaskbeforecopying.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthgardenpleaseaskbeforecopying.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4175" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthgardenpleaseaskbeforecopying.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="262" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthgardenpleaseaskbeforecopying.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthgardenpleaseaskbeforecopying.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Bench in rear garden <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthfootbridgecockermouthaskbeforecopyingpictures.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="4176" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/i-wandered-lonely-as-a-cloud/wordsworthfootbridgecockermouthaskbeforecopyingpictures/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthfootbridgecockermouthaskbeforecopyingpictures.jpg" data-orig-size="1072,1430" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"3.1","credit":"","camera":"FE170,X760","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1212939366","copyright":"","focal_length":"6.3","iso":"64","shutter_speed":"0.01","title":""}" data-image-title="wordsworthfootbridgecockermouthaskbeforecopyingpictures" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthfootbridgecockermouthaskbeforecopyingpictures.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthfootbridgecockermouthaskbeforecopyingpictures.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4176" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthfootbridgecockermouthaskbeforecopyingpictures.jpg?w=224" alt="" width="224" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthfootbridgecockermouthaskbeforecopyingpictures.jpg?w=224 224w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthfootbridgecockermouthaskbeforecopyingpictures.jpg?w=448 448w" sizes="(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px" /></a> Foot bridge behind Wordsworth house across River Derwent <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthriverderwent.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="4177" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/i-wandered-lonely-as-a-cloud/wordsworthriverderwent/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthriverderwent.jpg" data-orig-size="894,671" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"3.1","credit":"","camera":"FE170,X760","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1212939222","copyright":"","focal_length":"6.3","iso":"64","shutter_speed":"0.0125","title":""}" data-image-title="wordsworthriverderwent" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthriverderwent.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthriverderwent.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4177" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthriverderwent.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthriverderwent.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordsworthriverderwent.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> River Derwent… River Cocker and River Derwent meet in Cockermouth <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.holiday-lakeland.co.uk/images/dovecott.jpg" alt="" /> Dove cottage in Grasmere…which we didn’t visit Image: and read more… <a href="http://www.holiday-lakeland.co.uk/reivers/wilword.htm">http://www.holiday-lakeland.co.uk/reivers/wilword.htm</a> <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/nikitamosaic2.png" alt="" /> <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img 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tag-o-boereplaas tag-south-africa tag-steve-hofmeyr tag-suid-afrika" id="post-3771"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/afrikaans-14-augustus-1875/" rel="bookmark">Afrikaans 14 Augustus 1875</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/die-vlakte/" rel="category tag">Die Vlakte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gatvol/" rel="category tag">Gatvol</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/genootskap-van-regte-afrikaners/" rel="category tag">Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/geskiedenis/" rel="category tag">geskiedenis</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gra/" rel="category tag">GRA</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/jan-fe-celliers/" 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rel="tag">GRA</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/jan-fe-celliers/" rel="tag">Jan FE Celliers</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music/" rel="tag">music</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music-file/" rel="tag">music file</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/musiek/" rel="tag">musiek</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/o-boereplaas/" rel="tag">O Boereplaas</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/steve-hofmeyr/" rel="tag">Steve Hofmeyr</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a> on 14/08/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/afrikaans-14-augustus-1875/#comments">21 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans-language-monument1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="3799" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/afrikaans-14-augustus-1875/afrikaans-language-monument1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans-language-monument1.jpg" data-orig-size="768,1024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="afrikaans-language-monument1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans-language-monument1.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans-language-monument1.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3799" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans-language-monument1.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="225" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans-language-monument1.jpg?w=225 225w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans-language-monument1.jpg?w=450 450w" sizes="(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" /></a> The Afrikaans Language Monument, Paarl, Cape Province, South Africa <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstaalmonumentlarge.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="3773" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/afrikaans-14-augustus-1875/afrikaanstaalmonumentlarge/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstaalmonumentlarge.jpg" data-orig-size="800,486" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="afrikaanstaalmonumentlarge" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstaalmonumentlarge.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstaalmonumentlarge.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3773" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstaalmonumentlarge.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="182" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstaalmonumentlarge.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstaalmonumentlarge.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> The Afrikaans Language Monument…from a different angle <a href="http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Africa/South_Africa/photo600228.htm">http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Africa/South_Africa/photo600228.htm</a> The original idea behind the Afrikaans Language Museum in the 1970’s was to honour the members and work of the society – GRA – founded in 1875 in Paarl. Their aims were to establish Afrikaans as a written language, to standardise the language and to start publishing in Afrikaans. Gideon Malherbe was one of the founders. This post will be mainly in Afrikaans…You can enjoy the images with the captions in English. As 14th Aug is an important day for Afrikaans, the language, -the most beautiful language in the whole wide world! -I would like to dedicate this post to Afrikaans, the language of my mother tongue, the language I love and the language I cherish! I do write many posts in English, as I have chess players on Chess World that come here often to read and the whole idea of my blog in the start was to blog about South Africa- the country I love – and to introduce them all to the most beautiful country in the world! On this link – on my blog – you can see magazine covers in Afrikaans and also read some bits from the family magazine – “Huisgenoot” dated 1916 – Advertisements in English.<a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/huisgenoot1916/">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/huisgenoot1916/</a> Here’s an extract of Steve Hofmeyr’s song…”Gatvol” <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-3771-27" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/gatvol.mp3?_=27" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/gatvol.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/gatvol.mp3</a></audio> <blockquote>Net een ding irriteer my meer as ‘n Engelssprekende Suid Afrikaner wat aanmatigend oor sy taal is. Daardie een ding wat my so grensloos irriteer en wat ek selfs verafsku, is Afrikaners wat probeer Engels wees. Sulke spontane kulturele selfverkragting is tipies van ‘n sekere tipe agterlike Afrikaner. Ja, diegene ly blykbaar aan’n intense minderwaardigheidsgevoel oor hul herkoms…<a href="http://www.praag.org/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40&Itemid=37" rel="nofollow">http://www.praag.org/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40&Itemid=37</a></blockquote> Die inligting wat nou volg, het ek van Roosmaryn se blog gekry. Ek geniet haar blog geweldig en kuier gereeld daar. Jy sal haar blognaam kry in my verwysings. Hierdie inligting is alles wat in my soektog op haar blog opgekom het toe ek na inligting oor die GRA gesoek het. Sommige van julle sal weet dat 14 Aug altyd as “Afrikaanse dag” – “herdenk” is. Dit is die dag waarop die GRA (Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners) gestig is ..14 Aug 1875. Lees hierdie brokkies van Roosmaryn, dis werklik interessant. Aan die einde van hierdie pos is daar twee gedigte…jy kan op die bladsy “my poetry-gedigte” nog meer Afrikaanse gedigte ook vind. FAK se Taalkomitee gestig 2 Junie 1967 Die Hoofbestuur van die FAK het sy Taalkomitee gestig om hom te adviseer oor die wyse waarop die FAK sy taak ten opsigte van die handhawing en bevordering van Afrikaans kan uitvoer. Die komitee het van meet af aan doelgerig aandag geskenk aan die bevordering van Afrikaans onder meer in die sakewêreld, die hotelbedryf, die staatsdiens, die vervoerwese, op alle onderwys vlakke en die naamgewing van strate en dorpsgebiede. Dit is gedoen by wyse van gereelde briefwisseling en persoonlike onderhoude. Boek uitstallings, soos die omvangryke boeke fees in die Taalfeesjaar in die Paarl in 1975, is ‘n gereelde projek van die komitee om die lees van die Afrikaanse boek te bevorder. Die Langenhoven fees is in 1973 gereël, die gevierde skryfster M.E.R. is met haar honderdste verjaardag vereer, en huldigingsfeeste vir Totius (1977) en A.G. Visser -1978- is gehou. Die publikasies Afrikaans ons Pêrel van Groot Waarde en GRA Herdenk is op inisiatief van die komitee in 1974 en 1975 uitgegee. Afrikaans was by verskeie Algemene Vergaderings die kongres tema, en gereelde artikels oor al die aspekte van taalbevordering word vir Handhaaf gelewer. FAK–365Spore.blogspot.com 22 April 1923 D.F. (Oom Lokomotief) du Toit oorlede Daniel Francois du Toit, D.P. seun, in later jare alombekend as Oom Lokomotief, is op 15 Januarie 1846 op die plaas Kleinbos, Daljosafat, gebore en is in Bloemfontein oorlede. Hy was ‘n stigterslid van die Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners. In 1878 word hy redakteur van die Afrikaanse Patriot, en hy oefen op die wyse geweldig baie invloed uit op die Taalbeweging. Van Die Patriot het hy ‘n gevestigde koerant met invloed gemaak. Hy het so eie met die lesers gesels dat hulle vertroue in sy koerant gehad het. Alle moontlike vrae word daarin beantwoord; daar word raad gegee, moed ingepraat en koers aangedui. Daar ontstaan ‘n onverbreekbare band tussen leser en redakteur. Met die veranderde politieke houding van sy ouer broer, ds. S.J. du Toit, leier van die GRA, kon hy nie saamgaan nie, en hy verlaat saam met C.P. Hoogenhout in 1891 Die Patriot. In 1892 verhuis hy na die Vrystaat, waar hy later in Bloemfontein argivaris was. Aka fak P.J.N–365Spore.blogspot.com 1874 W. Postma gebore Willem (dr. O’kulis) Postma was ‘n Gereformeerde predikant, baanbreker skrywer en streng Calvinis. In Bloemfontein beywer hy hom vir die erkenning van Afrikaans as taal en voorspel dat Afrikaans een van die amptelike tale van Suid-Afrika sal word. Hy het as CNO-man die Engelse Onderwysstelsel in die OVS heftig teëgestaan. Gevolglik stig hy die eerste CNO-skool in 1905 in die voorportaal van die Gereformeerde Kerk, Bloemfontein. In 1916 word hy voorsitter van die provinsiale onderwyskommissie in die OVS. Op die eerste vergadering van die Bybelvertalings kommissie (22November 1916) verteenwoordig hy die Gereformeerde Kerk en in dieselfde jaar verskyn uit sy pen ‘n vertaling in Afrikaans van die Nuwe Testamentiese boek Titus. In 1914 word hy die regterhand van genl. J.B.M. Hertzog tydens die stigting van die Nasionale Party. In 1909 verskyn sy werk, Die esels kakebeen. Hy is op 13 Desember 1920 op Reddersburg oorlede. Aka fak D.E 1876 Eerste Beginsels van die Afrikaanse Taal gepubliseer Die voorstanders van Afrikaans het dadelik besef dat ‘n Afrikaanse spraakkuns onontbeerlik is. Nog voor die stigting van die Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners skryf Een Ware Afrikaander (ds. S.J. du Toit) op 30 Januarie 1875 aan Klaas Waarzegger jr. (C.P. Hoogenhout) oor die Eerste Beginsels van die Afrikaanse Taal onder meer die Eerste Beginsels van die Afrikaanse Taal onder meer Die eerste vraag sal wees …wat is die Afrikaanse taal? Die eerste boekies is geskryf en gedruk ooreenkomstig ‘n bepalingin die statute van die GRA. Die naam van die vroegste werkie is Eerste Beginsels van die Afrikaanse Taal (1876), wat veral die hand van ds. S.J. du Toit verraai, maar waaraan ook eerw.. J.W. van der Rijst en C.P. Hoogenhout meegewerk het. Dit was maar dun en het slegs 29 bladsye leesstof bevat. Ses jaar later is dit herdruk en in 1897 deur ds. Du Toit enigsins omgewerk, toe 6 000 eksemplare van die Fergelykende Taalkunde fan Afrikaans en Engels, soos dit nou heet, gedruk is. In 1902 was ‘n herdruk al nodig. Die GRA is op hulle vergaderings gereeld op die hoogte gehou van die vordering wat gemaak is met die skryf en publikasie van Eerste Beginsels. Aka fak P.J.N 1859 E.J. du Toit gebore Erns Johannes du Toit, oorlede op 12 Januarie 1924, was hoof van die drukkers firma D.F. du Toit en Co. en later lid van die Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners. Hy het verskeie van die eerste Afrikaanse boeke uitgegee en ook die laaste jaargange van die koerante Die Afrikaanse Patriot en die tydskrif Ons Klyntji. Aka fak prof. dr. P.J. Nienaber 1876 Die Afrikaanse Patriot verskyn vir die eerste keer Met die stigting van die Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners op 14 Augustus 1875 in die Paarl is ‘n tydvak van georganiseerde stryd om die Afrikaanse taal ingelui. In artikel IX van die Genootskap se bepalings word beoog om ‘n Afrikaanse maandblad uit te gee. Op hierdie dag in 1876 verskyn die eerste uitgawe van die maandblad Die Afrikaanse Patriot, wat die orgaan van die GRA sou wees. C.P. Hoogenhout was die eerste redakteur onder die skuilnaam Oom Lokomotief, wat deur die redakteurs na hom oorgeneem is. In Die Patriot dek die GRA die terreine van hul doelstelling, naamlik die van land, volk en taal. Daarin is leiding gegee ten opsigte van landsake, die Afrikaanse taal, geskiedenis en belangrike nuus. ‘n Rubriek van vrae en antwoorde is ontwerp om weetgierigheid op te wek en te bevredig. Afrikaners is aangemoedig om bydraes te stuur, sodat hulle kon leer om hulle taal ook te skryf. Die redaksie het lesers aangespoor om gedigte hou foutief ook al, in te stuur. Deur taal bespreking wou die GRA liefde, eerbied en belangstelling opwek vir die Afrikaanse taal. In eenvoudige spreektaal sou die lesers ingelig word oor die vernaamste nuus. So kon plattelandse Afrikaners bereik en opgevoed word vir wie die Hollandse en Engelse taal moeilik leesbaar was. Die Patriot het sterk teenkanting ontvang sowel van Hollandse as van Engelse kant. Medewerkers het onder skuilname geskryf en moes dikwels onder growwe spot deurloop. Die sterkste teenkanting het van die voorstanders van Hollands gekom, wat Nederlands as die volkstaal gesien het en Afrikaans as ‘n “patois”, ‘n Hotnotstaaltjie beskou het. Ten spyte van teenkanting het die redaksie soms met groot opoffering voorgegaan, en teen 1880 was Die Patriot die mees gelese blad in Suid-Afrika. Dit was veral te danke aan die politieke houding wat die blad aangeneem het, gebaseer op Christelike beginsels en die strewe om die Afrikaanse volksaak te bevorder. In 1904 is die blad gestaak na kwynende belangstelling, veral as gevolg van die veranderde politieke beleid van S.J. du Toit, wat sy steun aan Rhodes toegesê het. Die redaksie van Die Patriot het insig in die behoeftes van die volk gehad en was daarop ingestel om by die eenvoudige Afrikaners die behoefte aan geestesvoedsel op te wek en dan daarin te voorsien. Die blad het leiding gegee in landsake en die Afrikaner laat belang stel in die politiek. Die Patriot het baie bygedra tot die ontwaking van ‘n Afrikanernasionalisme deur die Afrikaner bewus te maak van die skoonheid van sy taal, sy eie grootse geskiedenis en sy unieke geestesbesit. Dit het die Afrikaner leer lees en skryf en hom laat besef dat sy spreektaal nie vir Hollands as skryftaal hoef terug te staan nie. As die eerste Afrikaanse koerant, het Die Patriot ‘n onberekenbare bydrae gelewer tot die opheffing van Afrikaans tot skryf- en volkstaal. Aka fak prof. dr. P.G. Nel 1865 Jan F.E. Celliers gebore Johannes Francois Elias Celliers was ‘n bekende Afrikaanse skrywer, digter en dramaturg. Hy lê sy Landmeters eksamen in Nederland af, maar word later ‘n amptenaar in die onderwysdepartement van die ZAR en in 1894 staatsbibliotekaris in Pretoria. Met die uitbreek van die Engelse Oorlog, sluit hy hom by die kommando’s aan, en in 1902 vertrek hy na Europa, waar hy sy beroemde gedig: Die Vlakte skryf. In 1907 keer hy na Suid-Afrika terug en werk by die Departement van Binnelandse Sake in Transvaal. In 1919 word hy ‘n buitengewone professoraat aan die Universiteit van Stellenbosch aangebied. Baie van sy verse weerspieël sy huislikheid en liefde vir kinders. Behalwe sy digterlike arbeid, werk hy ook mee tot die stigting van Die Brandwag. Hy was ‘n volksdigter, “een wat in woorde vaslê wat in die hart van die nasie omgaan” (Preller). Sy prosawerk is van weinig literêre waarde, maar as digter beklee hy ‘n besondere plek in die Afrikaanse letterkunde. Hy vestig hom na sy aftrede aanvanklik in Kaapstad maar later op Harrismith, waar hyop 1 Junie 1940 oorlede is. aka fak prof. dr. P.G. Nel Vryheidslied Vrome vad’re fier en groot! Deur vervolging, ramp en nood, was hul leuse, tot die dood: Vryheid! Vryheid! Erfnis van hul moed en trou is die grond waar ons op bou. Juigend tot die hemelblou: Vryheid! Vryheid! Ere wie die dood mag lei om te rus aan hulle sy, met die sterwenswoord te skei: Vryheid! Vryheid! Op dan, broers en druk hul spoor, voorwaarts, broers, die vaandel voor, laat die veld ons krygsroep hoor: Vryheid! Vryheid! Woes geweld mag hoogty hou, kettings mag ons lede knou, maar die leuse bly ons trou: Vryheid! Vryheid! Jukke mag vir slawe wees, manneharte ken geen vrees, duld geen boei vir lyf of gees: Vryheid! Vryheid! Woorde: JaN F.E. Celliers Musiek: Emiel Hullebroeck Die vlakte Ek slaap in die rus van die eeue gesus, ongesien, ongehoord, en dof en loom in my sonnedroom, ongewek, ongestoord. Tot die yl-bloue bande van die ver-verre rande skuif my breedte uit, wyd-kringend aan die puur al-omwelwend asuur wat my swyend omsluit. Jong aarde se stoot het my boesem ontbloot bo die diep van die meer; en volswanger van lewe ‘t oor die waat’re geswewe die gees van die Heer. Uit die woelende nag van haar jeugdige krag brag die aarde voort Lewiatansgeslagte, geweldig van kragte – storm-ontruk aan haar skoot. Diep in my gesteente berg ek hul gebeente – die geheim van hul lewe en lot; maar gewek uit die sode herleef uit die dode, na die ewig hernuwingsgebod, die van d’ verlede in vorme van d’ hede, in eindeloos komme en gaan; wat die dood my vertrou ‘t, ek bewaar dit as goud, en geen grein sal ‘k verlore laat gaan. As die son oor my vloer in die more kom loer, en die dou van my lippe kom kus, dan kyk ek net stom met ‘n glimlag om en ek le maar weer stil in my rus. Hog bowe die kim op sy troon geklim, is hy heer van lewe en dood; na wil of luim gee hy, skraal of ruim, verderf of lewensbrood. Uit die gloeiende sfeer brand hy wreed op my neer, tot my naaktheid kraak en skroei, en my koorsige asem in bewende wasem al hygend my bors ontvloei. In sy skadetjie rond om sy stam op die grond staat ‘n eensame doringboom, soos die Stilte op haar troon, met dorings gekroon, wat roerloos die eeue verdroom. Geen drop vir die dors aan my stofdroe bors: my kinders* versmag en beswyk, en die stowwe staan soos hul trek en gaan om my skrale dis te ontwyk. Soos ‘n vlokkie skuim uit die sfere se ruim kom ‘n wolkie aangesweef, maar hy groei in die blou tot ‘n stapelbou van marmer wat krul en leef – kolossaal monument op sy swart fondament, waar die bliksem in brul en beef. En o, met my is die windjies bly: hul spring uit die stof orent en wals en draai in dwarrelswaai oor my vloer, van ent tot ent: die gras skud hul wakker om same te jakker, tot hy opspring uit sy kooi en soos mane en sterte van jaende perde sy stingels golf en gooi. Met dof-sware plof, soos koeels in die stof, kom die eerste drupples neer, tot dit ruis alom soos deur die gebrom en gekraak van die donderweer. Met kloue vooruit om te gryp en te buit jaag ‘n haelwolk langs verby, soos ‘n perde-kommande wat dreun oor die lande vertrap en gesel hy- en sy lyke-kleed sien ek ver en breed in die awendson gesprei. Stil in die duister le ‘k so en luister hoe die spruite gesels en lag; maar bowe die pak van my wolkedak het die maan al lank gewag: nou breek en skeur hy ‘n baan daardeur om te deel in my vreug benede; hy sprei die waas van sy romig-blou gaas- en ek lag so stil-tevrede. Plek op plek, soos die wolke trek, sweef die skaduwees onder mee, soos eilande wyd oor die waat’re verspreid op die boesem van die grote see. Met ‘n afskeidskus gaan die maan ook ter rus, en ek wag op die daeraad- so skoon en so mooi soos ‘n fris jong nooi wat lag in haar bruidsgewaad. Oor die bukte se rug slaat die gloed in die lug van die brande wat ver-weg kwyn, en doringbome fluister in rooi skemerduister van gevare wat kom of verdwyn. Uit slote en plas, uit die geurende gras, styg ‘n danklied op ten hemel; en dis net of ek hoor hoe die kriekies se koor weergalm uit die sterre gewemel, waar wêrelde gaan op hul stille baan tot die einde van ruimte en tyd. So, groots en klaar, staat Gods tempel daar, wyd – in sy majesteit. * “kinders” is wildsbokke Uit “Die Vlakte” -1908- 1847 Ds. S.J. du Toit Gebore Stephanus Jacobus du Toit is op Dal Josafat by die Paarl gebore. Hy het sy skool-en teologiese opleiding respektiewelik aan die Paarlse Gimnasium en die Kweekskool op Stellenbosch ontvang. S.J. du Toit was onder die invloed van Arnoldus Pannevis ‘n vurige voorvegter vir Afrikaansas selfstandige taal. Sy politiek-nasionale doelstelling- “om te staan vir ons taal, ons nasie en ons land” – het hy deur die stigting van die Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners (GRA) op 14 Augustus 1875, met as spreekbuis Die Afrikaanse Patriot, die Afrikanerbond in 1879 en sy aandeel in die opstel van die Afrikaanse Volkslied, bevorder. Hy kan daarom as die eerste Afrikaanse Nasionalisbeskou word. In 1882 het hy Superintendent van Onderwys in Transvaal geword. Sy onderwyswet het die onderwys in die Republiek bevorder. Sy eersug en betrokkenheid by Transvaalse politieke aangeleenthede, soos die Wesgrens-kwessie, die Pretoria-Konvensie, aandelespekulasies in die Goudstad, leerstellige aangeleenthede en sy teenkanting teen die regering se konsessiebeleid, het hom in regeringskringe ongewild gemaak. In 1888 het hy as Superintendent van Onderwys bedank en hom weer in die Paarl gaan vestig, waar hy hom met die vertaling van die Bybel in Afrikaans, ‘n taak deur die GRA in 1885 aan hom oorgedra, besig gehou het. Hy was dus ook ‘n baanbreker op die gebied van die Afrikaanse Bybelvertaling. Na sy terugkeer in die Paarl het hy die beleidsrigting van Die Patriot gewysig. Sy kritiek op die Krugerbewind en pleidooie vir konsiliasie tussen Brits- en Afrikaanssprekendes het hom verder van sy mede-Afrikaners vervreem. Die gevolg was dat die Eerste Taalbeweging, waarvan hy die vader was, teen 1900 doodgeloop het. In sy tweede Paarlse tydperk het ds. S.J. du Toit egter verbasend veel ter bevordering van die Afrikaanse taal en letterkunde sowel as oor algemene en godsdienstige onderwerpe gepubliseer. Hy het verskeie Afrikaanse boeke geskryf, soos Die Koningin van Skeba (1898), die eerste Afrikaanse gepubliseerde drame. Hy het ook gedigte geskryf, maar hulle is nooit gebundel nie. Hy is algemeen beskou as die “Vader van die Afrikaanse taal; stigter van die Afrikanerbond en stryder van die Calvinisme”. (Die inskripsie op sy graf). In sy lewe was hy predikant van die NG Kerk, Calvinistiese teoloog, Bybelvertaler, leier van die Eerste Afrikaanse Taalbeweging, skrywer, Superintendent van Onderwys in Transvaal, en koerant- en tydskrifredakteur. Op ‘n besoek aan Calvinia in Augustus 1910 het sy perdekar omgeval. Die ernstige beserings wat hy in die ongeluk opgedoen het, het uiteindelik gelei tot sy sterwe op 28 Mei 1911 op Kleinbosch, Dal Josafat. 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<a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/hardegatbliksem.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="3947" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/afrikaans-14-augustus-1875/hardegatbliksem/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/hardegatbliksem.jpg" data-orig-size="779,837" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"3.1","credit":"","camera":"FE170,X760","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1212155517","copyright":"","focal_length":"6.3","iso":"125","shutter_speed":"0.05","title":""}" data-image-title="hardegatbliksem" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/hardegatbliksem.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/hardegatbliksem.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3947" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/hardegatbliksem.jpg?w=249" alt="" width="169" height="141" /></a> As jy ‘n DelaRey t-shirt het…sal jy die woorde ken! <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstshirtsperm.png"><img data-attachment-id="3790" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/afrikaans-14-augustus-1875/afrikaanstshirtsperm/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstshirtsperm.png" data-orig-size="262,299" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="afrikaanstshirtsperm" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstshirtsperm.png?w=262" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstshirtsperm.png?w=262" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3790" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstshirtsperm.png?w=262" alt="" width="262" height="299" /></a> This t-shirt says: Daddy’s little sperm!! hehe <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans-ek-is-lief-vir-jou-i-love-you.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="3778" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/afrikaans-14-augustus-1875/afrikaans-ek-is-lief-vir-jou-i-love-you/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans-ek-is-lief-vir-jou-i-love-you.jpg" data-orig-size="220,165" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="afrikaans-ek-is-lief-vir-jou-i-love-you" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans-ek-is-lief-vir-jou-i-love-you.jpg?w=220" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans-ek-is-lief-vir-jou-i-love-you.jpg?w=220" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3778" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans-ek-is-lief-vir-jou-i-love-you.jpg?w=220" alt="" width="220" height="165" /></a> This card says…”I love you” in Afrikaans. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstshirts.png"><img data-attachment-id="3779" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/afrikaans-14-augustus-1875/afrikaanstshirts/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstshirts.png" data-orig-size="689,589" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="afrikaanstshirts" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstshirts.png?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstshirts.png?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3779" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstshirts.png?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="256" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstshirts.png?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstshirts.png?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Afrikaans on T-shirts…image found on google <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans.png"><img data-attachment-id="3780" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/afrikaans-14-augustus-1875/afrikaans/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans.png" data-orig-size="160,129" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="afrikaans" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans.png?w=160" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans.png?w=160" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3780" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans.png?w=160" alt="" width="160" height="129" /></a> Jou afwesigheid Die son se stilte sprei oor die more-dou en maak jou afwesigheid soveel moeiliker Tyd kan nie uitvee die herinneringe En moeiliker die misverstande Nog die gebroke siel heel Maar die soete verlede van lank gele’ Steek vas en onderhou my geheue Verblydend is jou bestaan Wat my wêreld verkleur! –©Nikita– <div> </div> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/birds_flying.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="9732" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/afrikaans-14-augustus-1875/birds_flying/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/birds_flying.jpg" data-orig-size="490,582" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="birds_flying" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/birds_flying.jpg?w=490" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/birds_flying.jpg?w=490" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-9732" title="birds_flying" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/birds_flying.jpg?w=252" alt="birds_flying" width="252" height="299" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/birds_flying.jpg?w=252 252w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/birds_flying.jpg 490w" sizes="(max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px" /></a> <div>Afrikaans Die taal wat ek liefhet Afrikaans Die taal wat ek praat Afrikaans Die taal waarin ek dink Afrikaans Die taal waarin ek droom Afrikaans Die taal van my hart Afrikaans</div> <div>Die taal wat ek koester Vir nou en altyd Afrikaans Jy is myne Afrikaans Jy is nou Afrikaans Jy is besonders Afrikaans Jy is uniek Afrikaans Jy is getrou Afrikaans: My denke My wese My lewe!</div> <div>©Nikita 2008</div> <div>Nadat ek die kort gediggie geskryf het, het ek dit op verskeie webbladsye gelees – en ek is bly julle almal geniet dit! Maak asseblief net seker dat jy krediet gee aan wie dit verskuldig is.</div> <div>Afrikaanse stories op hierdie link op my blog:</div> <div><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/07/12/wolf-and-jackal-stories/">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/07/12/wolf-and-jackal-stories/</a></div> <div>Dankie weereens aan Roosmaryn: 365Spore.blogspot.com</div> O, BOEREPLAAS Woorde: C.F. VISSER Musiek: JOHANNES JOUBERT; verwerk: ARTHUR ELLIS O boereplaas, geboortegrond! Jou het ek lief bo alles. Al dwaal ek heel die wêreld rond, waar so gelukkig, so gesond? O boereplaas, geboortegrond! Jou het ek lief bo alles. O moederhuis, waar ooit so tuis? Jou het ek lief bo alles. Die wêreld, rykdom, prag en praal kan jou verlies my nooit betaal. O moederhuis, waar ooit so tuis? Jou het ek lief bo alles. O moedertaal, o soetste taal! Jou het ek lief bo alles. Van al die tale wat ek hoor, niks wat my siel ooit so bekoor. O moedertaal, o soetste taal! Jou het ek lief bo alles. <div></div> <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/afrikaans-14-augustus-1875/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Afrikaans 14 Augustus 1875">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1900 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaanse-stories category-education category-humoristiese-stories category-jakkals-en-wolf-stories category-kinderstories category-kort-kinderstories category-kort-kinderverhale category-pieter-w-grobbelaar category-short-childrens-stories category-short-stories category-south-africa category-south-african-culture category-south-african-stories category-stories category-stories-about-animals 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href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/07/12/wolf-and-jackal-stories/#comments">51 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/wolf-en-jakkals.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10561" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/07/12/wolf-and-jackal-stories/wolf-en-jakkals/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/wolf-en-jakkals.jpg" data-orig-size="500,414" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="wolf en jakkals" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/wolf-en-jakkals.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/wolf-en-jakkals.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10561" title="wolf en jakkals" alt="wolf en jakkals" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/wolf-en-jakkals.jpg?w=300" width="300" height="248" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/wolf-en-jakkals.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/wolf-en-jakkals.jpg 500w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/t-o-honiball.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10562" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/07/12/wolf-and-jackal-stories/t-o-honiball/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/t-o-honiball.jpg" data-orig-size="500,326" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="T O Honiball" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/t-o-honiball.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/t-o-honiball.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10562" title="T O Honiball" alt="T O Honiball" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/t-o-honiball.jpg?w=300" width="300" height="195" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/t-o-honiball.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/t-o-honiball.jpg 500w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <img alt="" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.stellenboschwriters.com/honiball.jpg" /> T O Honiball Thomas Ochse Honiball was born on 7 December 1905 in Cradock. He attended school in Stellenbosch and did drawings for the school magazine. He studied architecture at the University of Cape Town (until 1926). In 1927 he continued to study commercial art in Chicago, where he was introduced to American cartoons. On his return to Cape Town in 1930 he worked in advertising and later as freelance caricaturist and cartoonist. From 1936 he worked for Nasionale Pers newspapers and in 1941 took over from DC Boonzaier as political caricaturist. T.O. Honiball married Iona Boesen in 1934. They had four children. Iona died in 1971. Honiball was married to Essie de Villiers – Dreyer in 1973. (Essie Honiball) He retired in 1974 and held his first one man exhibition in Pretoria in the same year. He continued to sketch political caricatures until 1978. In 1977 he donated his Honiballiana – collections to Stellenbosch University and the National Library Museum (NALN – Nasionale Afrikaanse Letterkundige Museum en Navorsingssentrum) in Bloemfontein. In 1985 he bestowed his collection of political caricatures to the Nasionale Pers. 1986: Foundation of TO Honiball-Promosies T.O. Honiball died on 22 Februarie 1990 in Montagu. Source: <a href="http://www.stellenboschwriters.com/honiball.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>…and read on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._O._Honiball" target="_blank">WIKIPEDIA </a>more about him. <img alt="" src="https://i0.wp.com/farm1.static.flickr.com/78/247418341_9131adefc8.jpg" width="356" height="227" /> Image: <a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/78/247418341_9131adefc8.jpg?v=0" target="_blank">http://farm1.static.flickr.com/78/247418341_9131adefc8.jpg?v=0</a> English readers: There’s an English story at the end of this post for you….! Do enjoy! On this next link you can read about Afrikaans stories and there are some PDF’s to download about Stories/poems – in Afrikaans, mostly for use by teachers or parents doing homeschooling. The link will open in a new window. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/storietyd-storytime/" target="_blank">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/storietyd-storytime/</a> Afrikaans Children’s stories are loaded with stories written about Wolf and Jackal. You can say It’s part of our culture…and almost our history. If you’re an Afrikaans speaking child and you don’t know about Wolf and Jackal-stories – written by PW Grobbelaar, you definitely have a H-U-G-E gap in your upbringing…and your culture… I can’t even think that it would happen, only if you’re now living in another country, yes, that’s possible…but then it’s your parents’ fault if you don’t know about these stories! In these stories, Jackal always plays the joke on Wolf….. We have the most wonderful stories about Wolf and Jackal and the most wonderful people to bring these stories alive to us and our children. One such a person was Dana Niehaus. Sadly, he passed away more than ten years ago…and we’re lucky to have his son, Danie! Danie is a singer and he’s got that wonderful personality his dad had too. I’ve got a cd with some of these Wolf and Jackal stories where his dad tells those stories and would like to upload one favourite here later today. I just LOVE his way of retelling these stories. I used these stories with my grade 3 children in listening skills activities and they used to laugh more than they’d listen, so we all listened the story out first, laughed ourselves to bits and then the second time we sat with straight faces…- even though it was a bit hard – to listen to the story again…I’ve found a couple of stories on the internet…the source is at the bottom of this post…do enjoy them on the audio files too… luckily these stories are also in many other languages available! and they always have the most wonderful illustrated images and TO Honiball was one of the best to illustrate these books……...ok…now in Afrikaans…Ek hoop julle geniet hierdie stories en ek het gewonder, is daar enige Afrikaanssprekendes in die buiteland wat hulle tuis Afrikaans leer…ek sal graag van jou wil hoor as jy hier lees en jy een van hulle is… Hier is een van Dana Niehaus se vertellings : Jakkals wil mos jok…van ‘n Bollie-plaat. Gepraat van “Bollie”…dis so jammer dat Huisgenoot die Bollie verander het na Bobo!! waar gaan die lewe heen!! ons arme kinders het net lief geword vir Bollie…en nou moet ons hoor dat Bollie nie meer bestaan nie! Bollie was so DEEL van ons “kultuur“…!! Further down in this post you will find more audio stories. Jakkals en Wolf is honger <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-1900-28" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/jakkals-en-wolf-is-honger.mp3?_=28" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/jakkals-en-wolf-is-honger.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/jakkals-en-wolf-is-honger.mp3</a></audio> <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-1900-29" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/afrikaanse-stories-jakkals_vertrou_mix.mp3?_=29" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/afrikaanse-stories-jakkals_vertrou_mix.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/afrikaanse-stories-jakkals_vertrou_mix.mp3</a></audio> <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-1900-30" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/01-track-1.mp3?_=30" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/01-track-1.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/01-track-1.mp3</a></audio> Audio file: Jakkals vertrou sy eie vrede nie Jakkals vertrou sy eie vrede nie… Die Mooiste Afrikaanse Sprokies uitgesoek en oorvertel deur PIETER W. GROBBELAAR JAKKALS VERTROU SY EIE VREDE NIE Op ‘n oggend snuffel Jakkals tussen ‘n klompie bome rond, toe hy Hoenderhaan op ‘n hoë tak gewaar. “Môre, my liewe Haan,” groet hy vriendelik. “Môre, Jakkals,” groet Haan. “En waar stap jy dié tyd van die oggend nog rond?” “Ek soek ‘n bietjie ordentlike geselskap,” sê Jakkals vinnig. “Maar dis nie lekker om so kop in die lug te staan en praat nie. Kom sit liewers hier by my.” “O nee,” antwoord Hoenderhaan. “Ek ken jou streke. As ek naby jou kom, eet jy my op.” “Nog nooit nie!” roep Jakkals uit. “Het jy dan nie gehoor nie? Daar is vrede in Afrika onder al die nasies.” “Koe-ke-le-koe!” lag Haan. “Hoekom lag jy?” vra Jakkals. “Nee, ek lag sommer vir al jou stories,” antwoord Haan. “En dan lag ek vir my eie storie ook.” “Wat se storie is dit?” vra Jakkals. “Gisteraand het Wildehond my bekruip,” vertel Haan. Toe moes ek die bome in vlug. Nou is Boer met sy honde op pad om my te soek. Ek kan hulle al sien aankom.” “Nou ja, dan groet ek maar eers,” sê Jakkals skielik haastig. “Hoekom wil jy al loop Jakkals?” vra Haan. “Ons gesels nou eers lekker. Jy is tog seker nie bang vir die honde nie. Daar is mos vrede in Afrika.” “O ja,”‘ antwoord Jakkals, “maar die vraag is of die onnosele honde daarvan weet.” En hy draf vinnig weg. Sop Die Mooiste Afrikaanse Sprokies uitgesoek en oorvertel deur PIETER W. GROBBELAAR Die Boesmans het die dierewêreld fyn deurgekyk. Daarom is Leeu vir hulle die sterke, Wolf soos Hiëna dikwels genoem word ‘n wreedaard, en Jakkals ‘n lafhartige bedelaar. Wolf het ‘n ver pad geloop om by sy broer te gaan kuier. Nou is hy honger en dors. In die veld kry hy Leeu wat aan ‘n sebra lê en eet. ‘n Entjie weg sit Jakkals vir ‘n bietjie oorskiet en wag. “Naand, Leeu,” sê Wolf vriendelik. “Mmm,” sê Leeu, en hy kraak ‘n murgbeen oop. Wolf gaan op sy hurke sit. “Hoe lyk dit, nooi jy my dan nie om ‘n stukkie saam te eet nie?” “Ja, ja!” sê Jakkals gretig. “Bly stil!” sê Wolf, en Jakkals gee ‘n paar tree pad. “Nee,” sê Leeu, en hy skeur aan die boud se sagte vleis. “Net so ‘n bietjie soppies om op te lek,” vra Wolf. “Ek is baie dors.” “Ek lek my eie sop,” sê Leeu. “Net ‘n ou murgbeentjie om af te eet,” soebat Wolf. “Dè, vat dan!” sê Leeu, en hy gooi vir Wolf die been wat hy nou net self droog gesuig het. “En wat van my, Leeu ? ” vra Jakkals met ‘n huilstem. “Trap!” sê Leeu, en hy mik met sy voorvoet. Jakkals verskuif nog ‘n entjie verder weg. Wolf vat die been, en hy kou daaraan asof hy tog te lekker kou, en hy suig daaraan asof daar baie te suig is. Toe staan hy op. “Baie dankie, Leeu,” sê hy. “Ek sal sulke vriendelikheid nie vergeet nie. Kom eet gerus môreaand ‘n bietjie sop by my. “Dankie, ja,” sê Leeu, en hy lek al klaar sy lippe af, want hy weet Wolf se maats is dood as dit by sop kook kom. “Dankie, ja!” sê Jakkals asof Wolf hom ook genooi het, en hy gaan lek die droë been af wat Wolf laat agterbly het. Agter die bultjie kom Wolf op ‘n volstruis af. Dis net vere en voete, en toe begin Wolf weglê. Die stuk wat oorbly, sleep hy saam huis toe. “Eet julle maar die vleis, ” sê hy vir sy vrou en kinders. “Laat bly net die bene vir my.” Die volgende dag sit Wolf twee potte op die vuur vir die volstruissop. Die een pot haal hy betyds af om koud te word, maar die ander pot hou hy kookwarm. Dis ook nie te lank nie, of hier kom Leeu aan met Jakkals op sy spoor. “Hoe lyk dit met daardie sop waarvan jy gepraat het, Wolf?” vra Leeu. “Ja, hoe lyk dit met die sop?” vra Jakkals. “Kom sit maar hier in die ry,” sê Wolf, en hy beduie waar sy vrou en kinders al wag. Vrou Wolf hou haar mond oop, en Wolf gooi in, maar dis van die koue pot s’n. So gaan hy van kind tot kind, en hulle drink tog te lekker. Maar toe hy by Leeu en Jakkals kom, skep hy twee bekers van die vuurwarm sop uit. “Maak wyd oop!” sê hy, en hulle maak so. Toe gooi hy. Leeu wil nog sluk, toe spu hy al dat die sop met so ‘n wye boog staan. “Sjoe, vriend Wolf,” sê hy kortasem, “maar jou sop is vandag darem kwaai.” “Dis van ‘n volstruis se bene,” sê Wolf. “Dié voël kan mos so kwaai skop. Wil jy nog ‘n bietjie hê?” “Nee, dankie,” sê Leeu, “ek dink ek loop maar weer.” En Jakkals? Hy kan nie insluk nie, want dis te warm. En hy kan nie uitspu nie, want hy is te bang vir Wolf. Daarom sit hy so met die trane wat oor sy wange loop. Maar toe Leeu wegdraf, draf hy saam, en hy maak sy mond agter ‘n bossie leeg. En nou nog as Jakkals so in die maanskyn wag dat Leeu klaar moet eet, en hy dink aan daardie sop, dan begin hy sommer van nuuts af huil. Luister maar mooi. “Kwaai sop!” tjank Jakkals. “Volstruissop! Volstruissop met ‘n skop!” Vat hom Jakkals! Die Mooiste Afrikaanse Sprokies uitgesoek en oorvertel deur PIETER W. GROBBELAAR VAT HOM, JAKKALS! Deur hul aanraking met mekaar, het die sprokies van die verskillende rasse so vermeng dat ‘n mens soms nie weet waar die Boesman storie ophou en die Hottentot invloed begin nie om van die invloed van wit en swart mense nie eens te praat nie. Maar die belangrikste bly die verhaal self. i. Ryperd Jakkals is kwaad vir Hasie, want hy het stories by vrou Jakkals gaan aandra, en nou het sy haar man die huis belet. Maar Hasie het baie planne. Op ‘n dag hoor hy Jakkals suutjies in die paadjie draf. Toe gaan lê hy in die bossies en kreun. “Ha! nou het ek jou, Haas,” sê Jakkals, en hy wil net spring, maar Hasie antwoord met ‘n swak stem: “Vat my maar, Jakkals. Ek is te siek om te vlug. Tel my op jou rug, dan dra jy my huis toe.” En Jakkals dink dis glad nie so ‘n slegte plan nie. Nou sal sy vrou sommer weer vir hom goed word as hy met ‘n lekker stuk haasvleis daar aankom. Jakkals laat loop in die paadjie af, en Hasie moet net klou. Jakkals, Jakkals!” roep hy later, “Die vlieë pla baie. Pluk tog vir my ‘n taaibostakkie dat ek hulle kan wegjaag.” “Ai, jy is lastig,” sê Jakkals, en hy gaan pluk maar. Toe hulle nog van ver af na Jakkals se huis toe aankom, staan sy vrou al op die stoep om te kyk wat haar man hier kom soek. “Vrou, vrou!” roep Jakkals. “Ek het vir jou ‘n lekker vet haas gebring.” Maar kyk, nou sit Hasie regop, en die pyne is skielik uit sy lyf, en die taaibostak is ‘n lat. “Vrou, vrou!” koggel hy Jakkals. “Ek het vir jou ‘n lekker vet jakkals gebring!” En die lat gesels oor Jakkals se blaaie, en Jakkals bokspring en galop. Toe wip Hasie van sy rug af en verdwyn lag lag in die bossies. “Nee, so ‘n treurige man wil ek nie hê nie,” sê vrou Jakkals. “Waar het jy al van ‘n jakkals gehoor wat hom deur ‘n haas laat ry? Maak dat jy wegkom hier voor my oë!” ii. Die Byekerk Hasie hardloop na die berg se kant toe, en daar sien hy ’n bynes diep in ‘n klipskeur. “Ai!” sê Hasie: “Lekker is lekker, en goed is goed – en die beste lekker is heuningsoet!” En Hasie druk sy kop diep in die skeur om die nes by te kom, maar hy het nie geweet dat Jakkals al weer spoorsny nie. Hy sit nog so, toe Jakkals hom aan die hakskeen gryp. “Ha! nou het ek jou, Haas,” sê Jakkals, en hy wil hom sommer sy tande laat proe. Maar Hasie het klaar geskrik en ver gedink. “Sjuut, Jakkals,” sê hy. “Kan jy nie hoor my vriende hou kerk nie?” “Waar?” vra Jakkals nuuskierig. “Hier in die klipskeur,” sê Hasie. “Ai, hulle sing tog te pragtig!” “Laat ek hoor, sê Jakkals, en hy druk sommer in. Dan trek hy sy kop weer uit en sê: “Nee wat, hulle kan nie sing nie. Dis net brom brom brom, al op dieselfde wysie.” “Hulle is seker moeg,” sê Hasie. “Steek ‘n bietjie ‘n stok daar by die voordeur in dat hulle weet ons is hier. Dan moet jy hoor.” En Jakkals gryp ‘n stok, en hy werskaf in die klipskeur rond, en toe druk hy sy kop in om goed te luister. Nee kyk, dit was ‘n sonde. Die bye mors met Jakkals; hulle verniel hom; hulle steek hom byna dood. Hy spring om en hardloop, maar die bye het nie tyd nie. Dis net zoem tjiek! “Eina!” Zoem tjiek! Zoem tjiek! Zoem tjiek! “Eina! Eina! Eina!” Hasie lê soos hy lag. Hy rol soos hy lag. Hy maak hom eintlik seer. Nee, Jakkals sal hom nie gou weer pla nie. iii. Vat Hom, Jakkals! Maar Hasie is glad te gerus. Sing sing in die paadjie. Wirts warts om die bossies. Kyk nie waar hy loop nie; trap nie waar hy kyk nie. Woep! daar sit hy. Jakkals het voëlent aan ‘n stomp gesmeer en dit in die paadjie neergesit. Hasie spook, maar hy sit al hoe vaster. Hy ruk en pluk en skree. Jakkals kom tussen die bossies uit. “Ha! nou het ek jou, Haas!” sê hy. Sy lippe is nog altyd skeef geswel van die bysteke sodat dit lyk asof hy nie kan ophou lag nie. Hasie word stil. Ja, jy het my, Jakkals,” sê hy. “Nou kan jy my maar opeet. Dis net jammer om so dorstig te sterwe. Ek was juis op pad rivier toe.” “Nee, ons kan ‘n bietjie gaan drink,” sê Jakkals, wat hom heeltemal droëtong gehardloop het om die strik vir Hasie reg te kry. Hy pluk Hasie los van die voëllym af, gooi hom oor sy skouer en stap af na die drinkplek toe. Ai, hoe stil en blink is die water nie. Jakkals laat sy kop sak om te drink. Maar kyk die ongeskik! Hierdie ander jakkals druk sommer sy snoet tussenin. “Gee pad!” brom Jakkals. “Wat is dit nou, Jakkals?” vra Hasie agter sy skouer. “Kyk self,” sê Jakkals, en hy sit hom neer. En: “Staan soontoe!” sê hy vir die ander jakkals wat hom al weer beskou. Hasie sien dadelik dat Jakkals met sy eie weerkaatsing baklei, maar hy sê niks nie. “Loop weg hier!” sê Jakkals vir die derde maal, en hy wys tande, maar die waterjakkals wys terug. “Moenie so met jou laat speel nie!” roep Hasie. “Kyk hoe staan daardie ander dier se mond soos hy jou uitlag. Vat hom, Jakkals!” Toe Jakkals gryp, gryp die ander jakkals ook. Toe Jakkals duik, is hulle doems! al twee binne in die water. Toe Jakkals verdwyn, is alles weg. “Ha ha ha!” lag Hasie: “Kwaai is kwaai, en kwaai se voet: ou Jakkals soek sy eie bloed!” En toe Jakkals hangstert uit die water klim, sing Hasie al ver in die paadjie af. Audio file: Vat hom Jakkals! <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-1900-31" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/afrikaanse-stories-vat_hom_jakkals_mix.mp3?_=31" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/afrikaanse-stories-vat_hom_jakkals_mix.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/afrikaanse-stories-vat_hom_jakkals_mix.mp3</a></audio> Antjie Somers Die Mooiste Afrikaanse Sprokies uitgesoek en oorvertel deur PIETER W. GROBBELAAR ANTJIE SOMERS As paaiboelie het Antjie Somers geen gelyke in Afrikaans nie. “Oppas vir Antjie Somers. Hy sal jou in sy groot sak stop!” is ‘n dreigement wat baie geslagte kinders soet gehou het. “Hy“, ja, want Antjie Somers was natuurlik eintlik ‘n man. Hier volg een van die talle maniere waarop die verhaal vertel word. Andries Somers was ‘n voorman onder die Strand se vissers. Wie kon soos hy ‘n treknet vasvat? Wie ‘n spaan met hom laat sak? Nee, niemand nie. En dapper! Waar iemand in gevaar gekom het, was Andries Somers eerste by. Nes ’n see-eend kon hy swem, en talle drenkelinge het hy land toe gebring as die ander al lankal moedverlore was. Maar afguns is daar altyd, en skoorsoek is g’n kuns nie. Eendag op die strand pak ‘n klomp vissers hom. Andries laat nie met hom speel nie. Hulle kantel voor sy vuiste. Maar een bly te stil lê waar sy kop ‘n klip gevang het. Andries moet vlug, anders hang die mense hom dalk op. Hy kry ‘n sisrok van sy suster. Hy bind ‘n kopdoek om. Hy haak ‘n mandjie oor sy arm. Toe kies hy koers, diep na die binneland. Op ‘n plaas agter die berge gaan verhuur hy hom. En hy werk weer soos net hy kan. Van die voordag staan hy bak tot dit laat word in die aand. Wingerd spit of pars of mis ry maak nie saak wat hulle doen nie. Andries Somers word die voorman op die plaas. Maar die afguns het ore en ‘n storie baie tonge, en voor lank skinder die mense kliphard onder mekaar. “Vertel ons,Andries, van die sisrok wat jy in jou huis wegbêre,” por die ene. “En die kopdoek, Andries Somers ? Of is jou naam dalk eintlik Antjie?” pla ‘n ander. “Antjie Somers! Antjie Somers!” koggel hulle. Andries Somers laat sy kop sak, en hy maak of hy nie hoor nie, want naderhand kom daar weer nuwe rusie. Maar die derde dag toe kan hy hul geterg nie meer verduur nie. Daardie aand pak hy sy bondel, en hy maak dat hy daar wegkom. Nooit weer keer Andries terug nie. Nêrens slaan sy spoor weer uit nie. Hy het soos ‘n gees verdwyn. Maar al meer vertel die kinders wat saans teen die berg gaan hout soek van ‘n ou vrou wat hulle verjaag. “Sy het ‘n rooi kopdoek,” sê een kind. “Sy het ‘n sisrok met groot strepe.” “Sy het ‘n lang mes.” “En ‘n mandjie.” “En ‘n streepsak oor haar skouer.” “Sy wil ons vang en in haar sak prop!” kerm hulle. En die grootmense skud kop. “Dit is daardie Antjie Somers,” sê hulle onder mekaar. Andries Somers raak vergete: dapper Andries, flukse Andries, Andries wat altyd kon voorvat. Maar een storie word al luider en geslagte lank herhaal: “Antjie Somers! Antjie Somers, Antjie Somers gaan jou vang!” Audio file: Antjie Somers <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-1900-32" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/afrikaans-antjie_somers_mix.mp3?_=32" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/afrikaans-antjie_somers_mix.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/afrikaans-antjie_somers_mix.mp3</a></audio> Source: <a href="http://www.logoslibrary.eu/pls/wordtc/new_wordtheque.w6_start.doc?code=196&lang=af" target="_blank">http://www.logoslibrary.eu/pls/wordtc/new_wordtheque.w6_start.doc?code=196&lang=af</a> This next story….comes from this site…: <a href="http://students.ou.edu/F/Christine.R.Frederiksen-1/Mythology%20Story%20Two.html" rel="nofollow">http://students.ou.edu/F/Christine.R.Frederiksen-1/Mythology%20Story%20Two.html</a> Once upon a time there was a Wolf and a Jackal walking down the road that led to town. As they were walking, they found a wagon on the side of the road. The Jackal and the Wolf decided to see what was in the barrels that were on the wagon. They couldn’t believe their eyes! It was butter. So the Wolf and the Jackal sat there for a moment just looking at their discovery. They couldn’t figure out how to get those big barrels off the wagon and take them home. They talked about it and decided that the Wolf would go to the front of the wagon and play dead. Then when the farmer loaded his body in the wagon and drove off, he would quickly roll one of the barrels off the wagon. The Jackal would go hide in the tall grass and wait. The farmer came back and saw the Wolf lying on the ground in front of the wagon. He took his donkey whip and whipped the Wolf a couple times to make sure that he was “dead”. He then picked up the Wolf and put him in the wagon. (Their plan was really working. I bet that whip really hurt the wolf. Sometimes when people are naughty they get spankings. I one time got spanked with some bamboo. I will never be naughty again). When the farmer started driving away, the Wolf pushed the barrel off the wagon and up ran the Jackal. He took the barrel to the side of the road. A few minutes later, the Wolf jumped off the wagon and made his way back to the barrel and the Jackal. The wolf couldn’t wait to dig into the butter. He was so hungry, but the Jackal insisted that they wait. He told that Wolf that fresh butter will make you die if you eat it. He told him that they would have to let it get ripe. The Wolf was so disappointed. They then made their way back home, excited about what they had found. Well a few days later the wolf couldn’t keep his mind off the barrel of butter, so he ran to the Jackals house and asked, “is the butter was ripe yet?” The Jackal replied, “Umm, to tell you the truth, Wolf, my wife just had a baby. We named him Good Start. I am more worried about getting him baptized than I am about the butter. Why don’t you come back by in a couple of days and then we will check on the butter.” The wolf agreed and went on his way. (Did you know that the Jackal was really in his house eating all the butter? His wife really didn’t have a baby). A few days later the Wolf ran to the Jackal’s house. He was pounding on the door. The Jackal came running to see who it was. “Oh, Wolf, you scared me to death. I thought I was being robbed,” said the Jackal. The Wolf replied, “I want to go check on the butter and I want you to come!” The Jackal snarled back, “Well, I have some bad news. My wife just gave birth to two more sons, so I am off to get them baptized. We named then First Hoop and Bottom of the Barrel.” The Wolf was even more mad and he was more hungry for the butter. The Jackal promised that tomorrow they could go get the butter. That night the Wolf couldn’t sleep because he was so excited. The Jackal had been waiting for him when he got there. They ran to the barrel only to find that the butter was gone. The Jackal blamed the Wolf and the Wolf blamed the Jackal for eating all the butter and not sharing. They began to fight. The Wolf was much bigger than the Jackal and could win the fight easily. The Jackal screamed to stop the fight. He made a suggestion about how they could find out who ate the butter. He said, “We will both go lie on those rocks and take a nap. The sun will make us warm and we will sweat out the butter. When we awake from the nap we will see who has butter on him.” The Wolf that this was a great plan because he knew he hadn’t eaten any of the butter. (Did you know that you really can’t sweat out butter?). Well, the Jackal really didn’t sleep. He just lay there waiting for the Wolf to go to bed. He then ran over to put the rest of the butter on the Wolf’s body. A few minutes later the Wolf woke up and looked at the Jackal. They looked at each other and the Wolf had butter everywhere. The Wolf knew that he really hadn’t eaten any butter, but the Jackal insisted that he had. The melting butter around his mouth proved it. The Jackal was so mad they didn’t speak for days….The End. Tyl Uilspieël Storie Uilspieёl neem die dorp op horings Op ‘n dag sê Tyl vir sy ma: “Ek gaan op ‘n tou loop soos hulle in die sirkus doen.”Wat makeer jou?” vra sy ma, verskrik .“Jy sal afval en jou nek breek.” “Nee Ma, ek oefen lank reeds in die geheim op ons solder om op ‘n tou te loop. As ek dan ook boonop soos ‘n hanswors aantrek, en grappies maak, sal ek twee keer soveel geld maak.” “En as jy afval?” vra sy ma benoud. “Toemaar Ma, ek sal nie val nie, vir die veiligheid sal ons ‘n matras onder sit. Ek het reeds vir my maats belowe om môre vir hulle ‘n vertoning te lewer. Ek gaan ‘n tou bokant ons venster vasmaak, en dan weer oorkant die straat aan die bure se huis.” “Ag Tyl, waarom is jy tog so stout?” sug sy ma, Maar hy steur hom nie aan haar nie. Hy het die tou gespan en daarop geklim. As hy maar geweet het van die plan wat die bure in die mou gevoer het, het Tyl dit sekerlik nooit gewaag nie. Omdat hulle vir hom kwaad was oor die poets wat hy hulle vroeër gebak het, het hulle ‘n plan beraam om hom in eie munt terug te betaal. Net toe Tyl op die tou op sy een been gaan staan en sy arms uitsteek om sy balans te behou, sny die bure se kinders skielik die tou af en daar tuimel hy neer. Gelukkig het hy op die matras geval, maar vir dae lank kon hy skaars sit of loop. Terwyl hy daar op die matras op sy rug lê, het hulle hom lekker uitgelag en gespot. Uilspieël het gemaak of hy hulle nie hoor nie, maar in die stilligheid het hy gedink: “Toemaar, ek sal julle terugkry.” ‘n Paar dae later kondig hy aan dat hy op die mark ‘n tweede vertoning gaan gee. Die dorp se mense is almal daar om die pret te aanskou. Uilspieël se vriende kom almal hand gee en sê met ‘n spotlaggie: “Ons hoop dat dit hierdie keer beter met jou sal gaan.” “O, julle gaan verstom staan oor al die wonderlike toertjies wat ek vandag gaan uithaal,” belowe die voornemende koorddanser. “Maar voor ek begin, moet julle my help. As die toeskouers elkeen hul linkerskoene uittrek en vir my aangee, sal ek vandag sorg vir heerlike pret.” Ewe onnosel voldoen die mense aan sy versoek en kort voor lank het Tyl ‘n hele klomp skoene bymekaar. Hy ryg hulle almal met ‘n tou aanmekaar en klim bo-op een van die hoë pale waaraan die tou vasgemaak is. Hy gaan sit op die paal en waai vrolik vir die mense. “Toe nou,” skree die toeskouers ongeduldig. “Begin nou met jou grappies. Hoekom het ons dan ons skoene vir jou gegee?” “O, ek wil hulle eers sit en bekyk,” skreeu Uilspieël bo van die paal af. “Hier is ou Ryk Soul se flentertoiings wat al seker honderd maal versool en gelap is. Dit is ‘n skande vir so ‘n ryk man. Hierdie blinkleer stewel behoort seker aan Fanie Fyntrap. Ek wonder of hy al ooit daarvoor betaal het.” Een vir een bekyk hy die skoene soos ‘n bobbejaan. Die toeskouers word al kwater vir hom. Elkeen is doodbenoud dat sy skoen aan die beurt sal kom. “Ons was gekke om ons skoene vir die mannetjie te gee”, dink hulle. Maar Tyl geniet homself gate uit. “Aan wie sou hierdie skeefgetrapte, slordige ou stewel behoort?” skreeu hy. “Tog nie aan Meester nie? Wat moet die skoolkinders van hom dink? En hierdie skoentjie met die fyn spitsneusie? Hoe sou Ellie Platvoet ooit haar breë platannas daarin kry?” “Gee terug ons skoene!” skreeu die toeskouers woedend. “Dê, vat julle toiings!” sê Uilspieël meteens, en hy laat die skoene soos reën op die mense val. Almal koes en elkeen probeer weer om sy eie skoen in die hande te kry. Dit tel op en pas aan vir ‘n vale. Een ruk ‘n skoen uit die ander se hande. Hulle skel en raas en slaan onder mekaar dat die stof so staan. Die hele markplein is in rep en roer. Maar wat doen Uilspieël? Hy sit daar bo-op die paal en hou sy maag vas soos hy lag. “’n Mooier konsert sou ek nooit kon gee nie!” skreeu hy. “Julle behoort my te betaal. Ek het lanklaas soveel pret gehad.” Eers nadat almal terug is na hul huise, het Uilspieël vinnig van die paal afgeklim en die hasepad gekies na sy eie huis voordat die ander seuns hom in die hande kon kry. Deur iets van die skoen te sê, het Uilspieël eintlik iets van die persoon gesê aan wie die skoen behoort. Stem julle saam dat ons haarstyle en kleredrag dinge van onsself verklap? 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I hope you will enjoy it. EENSAAMHEID – JAN F.E. CELLIERS My vuurtjie en ek is op wag – my vuurtjie en ek alleen; die awend-ster wink al van ver, en die velde slaap omheen. En stadigies sterwe die dag, soos een in sy armoed verlaat, ongesien, ongeag, sonder suggie of lag, waar niemand van weet of van praat. Nou bly die lug alom in stil aanbidding staan – geen tampende bel wat die ure tel: net die sterre wat kom en gaan. Die osse, met koppe gebuie, herkoue nog stil in die nag, tot één vir één buk en gaan lê by sy juk, met `n sug, ná die trek van die dag. My vuurtjie is al wat nog leef in die eindeloos ruim met my, en sy stemmetjie dwaal soos `n deuntjie wat draal om dae lank verby, om jonkheids blye môre en laggies lank verlewe. Dan voel ek `n traan in my oë staan en ek fluister: “Heer, vergewe!” Die slapende velde lê wyd, en wyer die donker see, wat my vuurtjie en my vanawend skei van die wêreld se vreug en wee; ek weet daar`s fees vanaand in menig verligte saal, maar geeneen wat my mis by die dans en die dis – `n balling vergeet en verdwaal. Maar al is ek, ver van die skaar, in eensaamheids wonings getrede, ek voel my soos een met die Heer alleen – `n kind aan Sy boesem tevrede. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/vuurtjie.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="1877" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/my-vuurtjie/vuurtjie/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/vuurtjie.jpg" data-orig-size="800,600" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4","credit":"","camera":"Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1209752578","copyright":"","focal_length":"70","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.04","title":""}" data-image-title="vuurtjie" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/vuurtjie.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/vuurtjie.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1877" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/vuurtjie.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="200" height="125" /></a> image: digitalcameraclub.co.za I’ve read something this morning on Zee’s blog that reminded me about this poem : “Eensaamheid” by Jan F E Celliers I also came accross this poem on a website and it also reminded me about this very same poem! “Eensaamheid” means…”loneliness…or…solitude…” Ver op hoë berge Pagina: 431/431 Ver op hoë berge, o-o-o… Sit ek eensaam in die nag, by my vuurtjie stil op wag, ver op hoë berge. ‘k Denk nou kom my liefste, o-o-o… k’ Sie van verre kom die wa, die my liefste skat daar dra, ver op hoë berge. Droom is weer voorbij nou, o-o-o… ‘k Sit weer eensaam in die nag, by my vuurtjie stil op wag, ver op hoë berge. <a href="http://www.carpegeel.be/lied.aspx?id=857" rel="nofollow">http://www.carpegeel.be/lied.aspx?id=857</a> Read on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_F._E._Celliers">WIKIPEDIA </a>more about him. Kliek <a href="http://users.pandora.be/gaston.d.haese/celliers.html">HIER </a>vir meer gedigte deur Celliers… Enjoy the music of Sweet People …terwyl jy “Eensaamheid” lees <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-1876-33" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/02-heartstrings.mp3?_=33" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/02-heartstrings.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/02-heartstrings.mp3</a></audio> On <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/22/afrikaans-poems/">THIS LINK </a>–on my blog- you can read two poems of Jan FE Celliers. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/disal.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="1880" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/my-vuurtjie/disal/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/disal.jpg" data-orig-size="482,620" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="disal" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/disal.jpg?w=482" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/disal.jpg?w=482" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1880" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/disal.jpg?w=233" alt="" width="233" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/disal.jpg?w=233 233w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/disal.jpg?w=466 466w" sizes="(max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px" /></a> Afrikaanse kindergedig! Digter? Wie kan help? Titel? Daar stap ‘n klein mannetjie In die rigting van die klotsende waterstroompie Hy het ‘n emmer in sy handjie En jy hoor net:die suisende windjie! Hy stap, voete slepend Hy stap, tande knersend Hy draf, voete knarsend Hy draf, hande swaaiend Oppad hoor hy ‘n kwetterende voëltjie Hy val skielik: kaplaks! Daar lê hy onderstebo op die bruggie “Ai”, sê hy, “dis seer”, vervlaks! Nou loop ons klein ou mannetjie Baie stadig, hy sien hy ‘n bobbejaan Wat al blaffend en al strompelend KADOEF! en PARDOEF! Teen ‘n boomstomp kom gejaa’n Die kabbellende rivierstroompie Stroom al jubelend oor die klippies Daarnaas is ‘n verdwaalde lam Hy blêr! Ai tog! Dis ‘n ram! Oppad terug stap die mannetjie Met sy kleine, swaaiende kannetjie Geluidloos deur die woud heen en weer Wat het geword van die brullende En krakende donderweer? Ek weet! Die sissende slange En kwakende padda Het almal op skrik gejaag KABOEM! Daar blits hy SJADOEF! Daar flits hy ~~~~~~ <div> <div></div> </div> <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/my-vuurtjie/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to My Vuurtjie">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1853 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-poems category-doderyk category-gedates category-gedigte category-hades category-mites-en-legendes category-myths-and-legends category-river-styx tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaans-poems tag-afrikaans-poetry tag-afrikaanse-gedigte tag-charon tag-gedagtes tag-gedigte tag-hades tag-river-styx" id="post-1853"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/my-smekende-gedagtes/" rel="bookmark">My smekende gedagtes</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-poems/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/doderyk/" rel="category tag">Doderyk</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedates/" rel="category tag">gedates</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte/" rel="category tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/hades/" rel="category tag">Hades</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/mites-en-legendes/" rel="category tag">Mites en legendes</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/myths-and-legends/" rel="category tag">Myths and legends</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/river-styx/" rel="category tag">River Styx</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-poems/" rel="tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-poetry/" rel="tag">Afrikaans poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/charon/" rel="tag">Charon</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedagtes/" rel="tag">gedagtes</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/hades/" rel="tag">Hades</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/river-styx/" rel="tag">River Styx</a> on 05/07/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/my-smekende-gedagtes/#comments">12 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/styx.png"><img data-attachment-id="1854" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/my-smekende-gedagtes/styx/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/styx.png" data-orig-size="531,381" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="styx" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/styx.png?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/styx.png?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1854" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/styx.png?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="215" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/styx.png?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/styx.png 531w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> English readers, please slide down… My smekende gedagtes Ek sak my hoof en oordink my vreugde Ligsinnig verkrummel ek die verdroogde blare in my Afrika hand en ‘k laat dit waai soos kaf in die wind Dit smee my gedagtes mee met die onrus in my hart wat bly groei en bloei Waarom verpletter ons die volke van hierdie aarde? Waar’s die regeerders van hierdie wêreld? Ken hul nie Sy toorn? Offers bring en oë opslaan uitroepe van “wees ons goedgesind!” weerklink in my smekende gedagtes Sal ons ooit die Tempel binnegaan? Ek luister na my gedagtes in die mÔre en laat die moordenaars en leuenaars deur Hades swerwend dryf hul ontmoet die gelag van Charon op Styx Nooit sal hul die Elisiese veld bereik NÓg betowerend; nÓg kan in delf Hul egosentriese voorland: Tanatos! Sál hul ag slaan op my geroep? ©Nikita 5 Julie 2008 <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/styx1.png"><img data-attachment-id="1856" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/my-smekende-gedagtes/styx1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/styx1.png" data-orig-size="553,371" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="styx1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/styx1.png?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/styx1.png?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1856" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/styx1.png?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="201" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/styx1.png?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/styx1.png 553w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/styxtanatos.png"><img data-attachment-id="1855" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/my-smekende-gedagtes/styxtanatos/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/styxtanatos.png" data-orig-size="544,447" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="styxtanatos" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/styxtanatos.png?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/styxtanatos.png?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1855" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/styxtanatos.png?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="246" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/styxtanatos.png?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/styxtanatos.png 544w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Please click here for the<a href="http://www.riverstyx.com/"> RIVER STYX </a>and have fun! This poem…which I feel is basically just a few of my thoughts of how I feel about -not only about these killings/stabbings in London,- but also about other parts of the world, especially South Africa…Zimbabwe…the lies of Mugabe and his scum…. and other leaders in this world…my thoughts make them rambling/drifting along the river Styx, not to reach the Elysian fields, but Thanatos! By this poem I don’t want those people to really die! as I think all people are good, but not what they do/say and then I ask too…where are the leaders of this world!!…maybe the real leaders…and not the cowards.. Why are they not acting like they should, tighten the laws! and world leaders should take the lead in those Africa countries where there are chaos and where people are dying on a daily basis! Are we not suppose to care! So, co’mon “caring” leaders… show you really care! …PS: glad to see David Miliband – with his visit to South Africa – is asking the International Community to do something…but, hey…when are we going to see them reacting! <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/blogviews.png"><img data-attachment-id="1869" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/my-smekende-gedagtes/blogviews/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/blogviews.png" data-orig-size="166,39" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="blogviews" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/blogviews.png?w=166" 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<a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-poems/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="category tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaanse-taal-2/" rel="category tag">Afrikaanse taal</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/die-strelende-skemer-van-my-gemoed/" rel="category tag">Die strelende skemer van my gemoed</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte/" rel="category tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/haydn/" rel="category tag">Haydn</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/music-file-haydn/" rel="category tag">music file Haydn</a>, <a 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href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/thoughtsjulierogers.png"><img data-attachment-id="1820" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/die-strelende-skemer-van-my-gemoed/thoughtsjulierogers/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/thoughtsjulierogers.png" data-orig-size="363,478" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="thoughtsjulierogers" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/thoughtsjulierogers.png?w=363" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/thoughtsjulierogers.png?w=363" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1820" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/thoughtsjulierogers.png?w=227" alt="" width="227" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/thoughtsjulierogers.png?w=227 227w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/thoughtsjulierogers.png 363w" sizes="(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px" /></a> Image: by Julie Rogers…Woven thoughts Die strelende skemer van my gemoed Vanselfsprekend dartel jou skadu’tjie langsaam, ritsellend soos ‘n vlokkie eind’lose skaterlag vibrerend in my gemoed en die weerspieëling is onvermydelik verstrengel tussen Haydn en Wagner en die draaikolk van my gryse gedagtes wat in die strelende skemer van my gemoed bly vloei ©Nikita 29 Junie 2008 The soothing twilight of my mind Self-evidently frolic and sprightly Your little shadow gradually quivering – as a flakelet – endless peals of laughter vibrating in my mind and the reflection is inevitably intertwined between Haydn and Wagner and the whirlpool of my ancient thoughts flowing through the soothing twilight of my mind –Translated: Nikita – 16/2/2012 [For a friend to understand the Afrikaans] This poem is just a poem about my thoughts going back to South Africa and my childhood days – also on the farm where I grew up. My country and its people will always be in my thoughts! Please click <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16269/16269-h/16269-h.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HERE </a>to read the book Thought-Forms by: Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater on the site of the Gutenberg-project. In this book you will read about colour and thoughts. Enjoy the music of Haydn…Piano concerto in D major – one of my favourites! <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-1791-34" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/07-piano-concerto-in-d-major-hobxviii-11-vivace.mp3?_=34" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/07-piano-concerto-in-d-major-hobxviii-11-vivace.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/07-piano-concerto-in-d-major-hobxviii-11-vivace.mp3</a></audio> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Haydn_portrait_by_Thomas_Hardy_%28small%29.jpg" alt="" /> Haydn by Thomas Hardy Source: wikimedia Franz Joseph Haydn ==March 31, 1732 – May 31, 1809== was one of the most prominent composers of the classical period, and is called by some the “Father of the Symphony” and “Father of the String Quartet”. A life-long resident of Austria, Haydn spent most of his career as a court musician for the wealthy Hungarian Esterházy family on their remote estate. Isolated from other composers and trends in music until the later part of his long life, he was, as he put it, “forced to become original”. Joseph Haydn was the brother of Michael Haydn, himself a highly regarded composer, and Johann Evangelist Haydn, a tenor. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/" rel="tag">Gedigte</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse Gedigte</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/" rel="tag">Afrikaans poems</a> <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/die-strelende-skemer-van-my-gemoed/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Die strelende skemer van my gemoed">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1726 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-poems category-die-broosheid-van-my-siel category-emosies category-emotions category-gedigte tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaans-poems tag-afrikaans-poetry tag-afrikaanse-gedigte tag-die-broosheid-van-my-siel tag-emosies tag-emotions tag-gedigte tag-poetry" id="post-1726"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/die-broosheid-van-my-siel/" rel="bookmark">Die Broosheid van my Siel</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-poems/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/die-broosheid-van-my-siel/" rel="category tag">Die Broosheid van my siel</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/emosies/" rel="category tag">Emosies</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/emotions/" rel="category tag">Emotions</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte/" rel="category tag">gedigte</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-poems/" rel="tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-poetry/" rel="tag">Afrikaans poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/die-broosheid-van-my-siel/" rel="tag">Die Broosheid van my siel</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/emosies/" rel="tag">Emosies</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/emotions/" rel="tag">Emotions</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poetry/" rel="tag">Poetry</a> on 18/06/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/die-broosheid-van-my-siel/#comments">20 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/broosheid.jpg" alt="" width="187" height="315" /> Die Broosheid van my Siel Dit is soos gister dat my gedagtes swerf op golwe van stormwinde; ongesiens, verwyder dit die eind’lose groenbedekte ystergrendels van my hart Verstommend genereer dit beelde uit lande versamel van die Ooste en Weste die Noorde en van die see af – ‘n half herwonne reis Diep onder lê ‘n sluimerende stilte ontsnapte krete reën om my helder buitelyne van donker oë kruis my lewenspad en ek huiwer Hunkerend na ‘n somers-motreën blomruigtes, onweerstaanbare weerligstrale waterfonteine, ‘n ontnugterde haelbui Vind jy my siel op haelwit wolke Ja, soos gister stap ek deur die Dorsland met lofoffers en êrens omhels die broosheid die gedagtes van my siel. ©Nikita 18 Junie 2008 Die verlange na Suid-Afrika bly daar vir enige persoon in die buiteland. Iemand moet nie vir my vertel dat hy die stof van sy voete afgeskud het en nou “klaar” is met SA nie, daardie persoon bluf homself, beslis nie vir my nie. Vanaand was ek – soos baie ander tye – weer hart en siel in Suid-Afrika…geniet hierdie stukkie “gedagtes” of herinneringe wat ek hier saamgeflans het…en geniet dit met die musiek van Hilary Stagg… <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-1726-35" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="http://home.comcast.net/~teefs/sounds/01-AudioTrack_01.mp3?_=35" /><a href="http://home.comcast.net/~teefs/sounds/01-AudioTrack_01.mp3">http://home.comcast.net/~teefs/sounds/01-AudioTrack_01.mp3</a></audio> <a rel="tag" href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/">Gedigte</a> <a rel="tag" href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/">Afrikaanse Gedigte</a> <a rel="tag" href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/">Afrikaans poems</a> <a rel="tag" href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/">Afrikaans</a> <a rel="tag" href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/">Afrikaans poetry</a> <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" 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rel="tag">South African writers</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrikaanse-kunstenaars/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrikaanse kunstenaars</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/the-story-of-an-african-farm/" rel="tag">The Story of an African farm</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/vrystaat/" rel="tag">Vrystaat</a> on 29/05/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/kyk-hoe-glinster-die-maan-dreams/#comments">17 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/moon1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="5515" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/kyk-hoe-glinster-die-maan-dreams/moon1-2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/moon1.jpg" data-orig-size="496,329" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="moon1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/moon1.jpg?w=496" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/moon1.jpg?w=496" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5515" title="moon1" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/moon1.jpg" alt="" width="303" height="249" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/dreams.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="5514" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/kyk-hoe-glinster-die-maan-dreams/dreams-2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/dreams.jpg" data-orig-size="270,282" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="dreams" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/dreams.jpg?w=270" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/dreams.jpg?w=270" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5514" title="dreams" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/dreams.jpg" alt="" width="270" height="282" /></a> Image:eso-garden.com This song is one of my favourites, sung by Laurika Rauch, also one of my favourite South African artists. Laurika is a legend in South Africa and many South Africans love her for her music…and I’m definitely one of them. If you click on the page-link that says…”don’t miss this song”, you can listen to her singing another song together with Valiant Swart…and I’ve translated that song for you to understand the song that’s about a sun catcher… This song is about her as a young girl, where she says she used to believe in Santa ….she saw Santa walking through the corn fields one day and her brother asked if Santa was from Clocolan….then one day she saw Santa’s suit…and she realised that he wasn’t real…all her dreams were scattered… she also sings about girls having dreams about their future partners and she wrote a letter to Santa …describing him her dream partner… <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/blou.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="2992" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/kyk-hoe-glinster-die-maan-dreams/blou/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/blou.jpg" data-orig-size="800,600" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4","credit":"","camera":"FinePix S602 ZOOM","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1052464803","copyright":"","focal_length":"46.8","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.0016666666666667","title":""}" data-image-title="blou" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/blou.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/blou.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2992" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/blou.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/blou.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/blou.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> WOW! This image is from <a href="http://www.pbase.com/tessajoughin/ficksburg_and_the_eastern_free_state">THIS SITE </a>where you can see more fantastic breathtaking images! This is the road to Clocolan…the small town Laurika mentions in her song…in her song her little brother asks her if Santa was from Clocolan… EK HET IN MY KINDERJARE VAS GEGLO IN KERSFEESVADER IN WERKLIKHEID RY HY MOS MET ‘N SLEE MAAR HIER STAP HY DEUR DIE MIELIES, MET ‘N STREEPSAK EN ‘N KIERIE EN MY BOETIE VRA, “BOER HY BY CLOCOLAN?” KOOR: WAAR IS JOU RENDIER EN SILWER SPORE? WAAR IS ONS DROME VAN GISTERAAND? VLIEG OOR DIE BOME MET MY DROME KYK HOE GLINSTER DIE MAAN DIE WINDE VAN DIE WINTER HET MY KINDERHART ONTNUGTER EK EN BOETIE KRY ‘N ROOI JAS IN DIE LAAI JONK VAN JARE, OUD VAN DAE, HUIL EK HARTSEER IN MY KAMER WANT DIE FANTASIE HET SOOS ‘N DROOM VERDWYN KOOR IN ‘N BRIEF VAN LATER JARE, SKRYF EK “LIEWE KERSFEESVADER ELKE MEISIE HET ‘N SPESIALE WENS VIR ‘N MAN SO SOET SOOS SUIKER, MET ‘N MOTOR SONDER DUIKE EN SOEN HY JOU DINK JY DIS NET ‘N DROOM” KOOR EK STAP TOE OP ‘N AAND LAAT, MET ‘N KÊREL UIT DIE VRYSTAAT AL BESTUUR HY ‘N OU BAKKIE, SÊ EK “KERSFEESVADER, DANKIE!” WANT AL SY SOENE IS SOOS SUIKER, EN IN SY HANDE ‘N DIAMANT VLIEG OOR DIE BOME MET MY DROME KYK HOE GLINSTER DIE MAAN HIER’S ONS KINDERS OM DIE BOOMPIE, HULLE WAG NOU VIR DIE OOMPIE MY DOGTERTJIE IS NET ‘N BIETJIE BANG MAAR HY STAP SOMMER UIT DIE BRANDERS, JA DIE TYE HET VERANDER MY SEUNTJIE VRA, “WOON HY IN JEFFRIESBAAI?” KOOR Read what Wipneus says in her post about “dreams” <a href="http://onderdiemaanensterre.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/my-drome/" target="new">HERE </a>, but it’s an entry in Afrikaans. The link will open in a new window. <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.childrenshospital.org/dream/dream_fall06/images/sweet_dreams_650.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="384" /> Image:Childrenshospital.org On <a href="http://www.eso-garden.com/index.php?/weblog/C37/" target="new">THIS LINK </a>you can read about dreams….The link will open in a new window. From the book “Dreams”…by Olive Schreiner… <blockquote> And God laughed at me; and I wondered why he laughed.</blockquote> God said, “Come, and I will show you Heaven.” … And partly I awoke. It was still and dark; the sound of the carriages had died in the street; the woman who laughed was gone; and the policeman’s tread was heard no more. In the dark it seemed as if a great hand lay upon my heart, and crushed it. I tried to breathe and tossed from side to side; and then again I fell asleep, and dreamed. God took me to the edge of that world. It ended. I looked down. The gulf, it seemed to me, was fathomless, and then I saw two bridges crossing it that both sloped upwards. I said to God, “Is there no other way by which men cross it?” God said, “One; it rises far from here and slopes straight upwards. I asked God what the bridges’ names were. God said, “What matter for the names? Call them the Good, the True, the Beautiful, if you will–you will yet not understand them.” Please click <a href="http://www.fullbooks.com/Dreams-.html" target="new">HERE </a>to read the entire book …”Dreams” online written by a South African writer…Olive Schreiner….the link will open in a new window….and on <a href="http://zar.co.za/schreiner.htm" target="new">THIS LINK </a> you can read more about her…the link will open in a new window. <img src="https://i0.wp.com/zar.co.za/images/bio/schreiner/schreiner1.jpg" alt="" width="204" height="287" /> Image:<a href="http://zar.co.za/schreiner.htm" rel="nofollow">http://zar.co.za/schreiner.htm</a> other works of Olive include: <div> The Story of an African Farm as Ralph Iron, 1883 Dreams, 1890 Dream Life and Real Life, 1893 The Political Situation (with S C Cronwright-Schreiner), 1896 Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland, 1897 An English South African’s View of the Situation, 1899 Women and Labour, 1911 Stories, Dreams and Allegories, 1923 From Man To Man, 1926 Undine, 1928</div> <blockquote>Olive Schreiner rose to international fame as the first major South African writer of fiction, as an eloquent advocate of feminism, socialism, pacifism and free thought, as a trenchant critic of British imperialism and racism. Perhaps best known for her novel ‘The Story of an African Farm’, Schreiner wrote political and social treatises as well as allegories and short stories.</blockquote> She was born into a poor family of a Boer father and English mother, the ninth of 12 children. She lived a life of incredible hardship: her father was a missionary of implacable religious zeal and her mother aggressively attempted to maintain a European sensibility as the family nomadically wandered from mission to mission throughout the Transvaal. Schreiner was self-educated; her early influences included the philosophers Herbert Spencer and John Stuart Mill, and the naturalist Charles Darwin.”..read on the link I’ve given about her…more… On <a href="http://www.africanfarmthemovie.com/" target="new">THIS LINK </a>you can visit the site of the movie based on her book…”The Story of an African farm”… The link will open in a new window. <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.africanfarmthemovie.com/images/splash_logo_bot.jpg" alt="" width="183" height="174" /> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.eso-garden.com/images/uploads_bilder/the_dictionary_of_dreams_10_000_dreams_interpreted.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="414" /> by Gustavus Hindman Miller. Fireside; 1st Fireside Ed edition, 1985 | 592 pages | PDF | 1.4MB Click on the link to download the dictionary of dreams…the link will open in a new window. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/the_dictionary_of_dreams_10_000_dreams_interpreted.pdf" target="new">the_dictionary_of_dreams_10_000_dreams_interpreted</a> <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/z5OS-ei6YZ0?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> What do you believe about dreams….read this interesting article if you want to dream like an Egyptian! I’ve got a Dutch dream book…more like a dictionary, but quite old…unfortunately packed away in SA…would love to have it so I could blog it..it was always interesting to read what they say if you dream about something, what it means… it has happened to me twice that I dream about people and funerals..then it was when there was really going to be a funeral in the family! The first time it happened was when I was a student…and a couple of days later, my beloved grandma died! After the second time, I really believe that there is some meaning we can attach to dreams! <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.eso-garden.com/images/uploads_bilder/egyptian_dreaming.jpg" alt="" width="228" height="400" /> Image: eso-garden.com DREAMING LIKE AN EGYPTIAN by Robert Moss The ancient Egyptians understood that in dreams, our eyes are opened. Their word for dream, rswt, is etymologically connected to the root meaning “to be awake”. It was written with a symbol representing an open eye. The Egyptians believed that the gods speak to us in dreams. As the Bible story of Joseph and Pharaoh reminds us, they paid close attention to dream messages about the possible future. They practiced dream incubation for guidance and healing at temples and sacred sites. They understood that by recalling and working with dreams, we develop the art of memory, tapping into knowledge that belonged to us before we entered this life journey, and awakening to our connection with other life experiences. The Egyptians also developed an advanced practice of conscious dream travel. Trained dreamers operated as seers, remote viewers and telepaths, advising on affairs of state and military strategy and providing a mental communications network between far-flung temples and administrative centers. They practiced shapeshifting, crossing time and space in the dreambodies of birds and animals. <div>Through conscious dream travel, ancient Egypt’s “frequent flyers” explored the roads of the afterlife and the multidimensional universe. It was understood that true initiation and transformation takes place in a deeper reality accessible through the dream journey beyond the body. Please click on <a href="http://www.mossdreams.com/egyptian.htm" target="new">THIS LINK </a>to read the entire article. The link will open in a new window.</div> DO BABIES DREAM? Babies dream, says Dr. Charles P. Pollak, director of the Center for Sleep Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell hospital in the New York Times. In what seems like a rather gutless attempt to explain why he thinks babies dream, Dr. Pollack says, babies sleep because babies experience REM sleep (I have experienced REM sleep, too, any time you put in one of their last five albums). Because infants have REM sleep, Dr. Pollack says, “It is a well-based inference that babies are dreaming in REM sleep.” Click <a href="http://www.parentdish.com/2005/11/23/do-babies-dream-doctors-have-a-definitive-answer/" target="new">HERE </a>to read about babies’ dreams…The link will open in a new window. <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/kyk-hoe-glinster-die-maan-dreams/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Kyk hoe glinster die maan…dreams…">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1338 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-dutch category-flemish category-germanic-languages category-learn-afrikaans category-learn-dutch tag-afrikaans tag-dutch tag-flemish tag-germanic-languages tag-karl-h-waggerl tag-languages tag-learn-afrikaans tag-learn-dutch tag-vandale-dutch-dictionary tag-wolfgang-von-goethe" id="post-1338"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/19/love-one-another-and-dont-judge/" rel="bookmark">Love one another and don’t judge</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/dutch/" rel="category tag">Dutch</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/flemish/" rel="category tag">Flemish</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/germanic-languages/" rel="category tag">Germanic languages</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/learn-afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Learn Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/learn-dutch/" rel="category tag">Learn Dutch</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/dutch/" rel="tag">Dutch</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/flemish/" rel="tag">Flemish</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/germanic-languages/" rel="tag">Germanic languages</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/karl-h-waggerl/" rel="tag">Karl H Waggerl</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/languages/" rel="tag">languages</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/learn-afrikaans/" rel="tag">Learn Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/learn-dutch/" rel="tag">Learn Dutch</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/vandale-dutch-dictionary/" rel="tag">Vandale Dutch dictionary</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/wolfgang-von-goethe/" rel="tag">Wolfgang von Goethe</a> on 19/04/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/19/love-one-another-and-dont-judge/#comments">4 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/naaste.png" alt="" width="528" height="273" /> blog.seniorennet. be / ida Heb elkaar lief en als dat niet gaat, laat dan tenminste de ander in zijn recht ! J. Wolfgang von Goethe I came across this site-link where senior people are active and blog about what they want to blog…and I found this site quite cute…Ida has got some quotes, poems etc on her blog and of course… I love reading it! I love reading anything in Afrikaans..of course!!! but then also Dutch and Flemish. On the chess site I always like the Dutch players to write me messages in their language as I love to learn more about the language. I have in particular three Dutch players always writing only in Dutch. One of them has asked me to write in Afrikaans as he wants to learn more about Afrikaans…and he was quite surprised in the beginning to know that the two languages are very much the same and that he could understand the messages 100%. He gave me a Dutch dictionary-link…<a href="http://www.vandale.nl/vandale/">“Vandale”</a>…but must say… only used it for one word so far and even he had to explain it more in detail as the dictionary didn’t “recognise” it…lol… one word that was “new” to me in Dutch…was the word “doei”…which means…- in slang – bye…My grandad – on my mum’s side – is from Holland and I would like to go one day and visit his place of birth, which is in the North Brabant Province in Holland. If you want to learn the Dutch language or the Afrikaans language…there are links on the blog roll that says..”Educational blogs”. Afrikaans is an Indo-European language, derived from Dutch and classified as Low Franconian Germanic. Read on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Franconian_languages">THIS LINK </a>more about it…and at the bottom of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_languages">THIS LINK </a>you can see vocabulary comparison-table…where about 20 words from 20 different languages in this family-group – including English – are compared. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/wink.gif"></a> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/img242.imageshack.us/img242/6486/99522252a2331b2b957ee7ec954ac9cfyw5pjtiwa25pcg9vzy5nawv0.gif" alt="" width="291" height="229" /> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/19/love-one-another-and-dont-judge/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Love one another and don’t judge">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1284 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-africa category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-music category-dr-hf-verwoerd category-dr-verwoerd category-music category-musiek tag-africa-news tag-afrika-kind tag-afrikaans-music tag-afrikaans-songs tag-afrikaans-songs-translated-to-english tag-afrikaanse-musiek tag-apartheid tag-child-of-africa tag-machiel-roets tag-monty tag-music tag-music-videos tag-musiek tag-musiek-videos tag-racism tag-racism-south-africa tag-south-africa tag-sudan-news tag-suid-afrika" id="post-1284"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/child-of-africa/" rel="bookmark">Child of Africa</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/africa/" rel="category tag">Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-music/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans music</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/dr-hf-verwoerd/" rel="category tag">Dr HF Verwoerd</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/dr-verwoerd/" rel="category tag">Dr Verwoerd</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/music/" rel="category tag">music</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/musiek/" rel="category tag">musiek</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/africa-news/" rel="tag">Africa news</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrika-kind/" rel="tag">Afrika kind</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-music/" rel="tag">Afrikaans music</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-songs/" rel="tag">Afrikaans songs</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-songs-translated-to-english/" rel="tag">Afrikaans songs translated to English</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-musiek/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse musiek</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/apartheid/" rel="tag">apartheid</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/child-of-africa/" rel="tag">Child of Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/machiel-roets/" rel="tag">Machiel Roets</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/monty/" rel="tag">Monty</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music/" rel="tag">music</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music-videos/" rel="tag">music videos</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/musiek/" rel="tag">musiek</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/musiek-videos/" rel="tag">musiek videos</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/racism/" rel="tag">racism</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/racism-south-africa/" rel="tag">racism South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/sudan-news/" rel="tag">Sudan news</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a> on 07/04/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/child-of-africa/#comments">8 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> I have edited this entry – 4/1/2021 The original post was about Monty Don, a very negative entry about him – he was very negative about South Africa in general and it upset me massively. So, let’s keep it positive! The following comes from the BBC’s site Around the World in 80 Gardens Mon 7 Apr, 12:40 am – 1:40 am 60mins South Africa Monty Don continues his extraordinary journey Around the World in 80 Gardens with a journey to South Africa, one of the most plant-rich zones in the world. At Cape Town’s world-famous Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens he revels in the impressive display of native flora, including the strange King Proteus, South Africa’s national plant before taking a journey to the Drakensberg Mountains to see some native botanical treasures in their natural environment. Along the way, he traces the garden-story of the Dutch colonists who settled in the nineteenth century and looks at what some of South Africa’s gardeners are doing today. Monty’s discoveries leave him excited to find that South Africa is forging a new identity for itself through a fresh appreciation of its environmental wonders. Source: Click <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/tv_and_radio/aroundtheworld_index5.shtml#programme_seven_" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HERE </a>to read about his program. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7852086.stm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7852086.stm</a> <iframe class="youtube-player" width="430" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7gymYLmue4w?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> Monty in South Africa 2011 <iframe class="youtube-player" width="430" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7vfzJzo8FIc?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> Monty in the Cape – 2018 This next song is sung by Machiel Roets. One night I listened to a radio station and he was interviewed and asked a question. It’s about 2 years ago and I can’t even remember the radio station nor the question! However, I sent the answer by email and was lucky to be one of the winners and received his cd called “Afrika Kind” This song is on the cd and I translated it quickly so you can follow the lyrics and see what a beautiful song it is. It’s just to give you an idea what it’s about. On the video there’s some beautiful images to see about South Africa. Child of Africa Come take my hand through this country of hardship come let’s laugh ’bout the day of tomorrow walk with me through this wetland-region hear the song nature poured over you Chorus: ‘ts here where the wind speaks to you by the rhythm of the earth and water that flows and soothes you suddenly there’s a voice that says You’re my child! Come take my hand here in sunshine land let’s carry together what’s going on around us walk hand-by-hand here on Africa soil come breathe the air that soothes your soul Chorus It’s here where the wind speaks to you by the rhythm of the earth and water that flows that soothes you suddenly there’s a voice that says You’re my child! Repeat chorus again.. You’re my child!(2x) My African child. Translated by: Nikita <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/afrikakind001.jpg" alt="Afrikakind 001" width="450" height="452" /> <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q-75LJSnlNY?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> This next song is for those who grew up with Afrikaans and a song about a frog that would like to hire a fire fly to have light when visiting his girl friend! A song we all love! <iframe class="youtube-player" width="430" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HeudA_L5fts?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> Die Padda wou gaan opsit <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/child-of-africa/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Child of Africa">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1265 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-cape-town category-ge-korsten category-lied-van-die-lewe category-liefling category-mp3-music-files category-music category-music-audio-fiels category-music-files category-music-videos category-musiek category-song-about-young-and-old category-song-of-life category-south-african-tenor category-tenors tag-afrikaans 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href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-tenor/" rel="tag">South African tenor</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/tenors/" rel="tag">Tenors</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/translated-song/" rel="tag">translated song</a> on 31/03/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/lied-van-die-lewe-song-of-life/#comments">14 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/ge-korsten.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="3045" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/lied-van-die-lewe-song-of-life/ge-korsten/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/ge-korsten.jpg" data-orig-size="315,348" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="ge-korsten" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/ge-korsten.jpg?w=315" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/ge-korsten.jpg?w=315" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3045" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/ge-korsten.jpg?w=271" alt="" width="271" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/ge-korsten.jpg?w=271 271w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/ge-korsten.jpg 315w" sizes="(max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px" /></a> You can listen to a snippet from his song…”Liefling”. This song was a big hit for many, many years in South Africa and I do believe that many South Africans still love this song! It’s a song about life! I have done a loose translation for you to understand the song – if you are an English speaker. <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-1265-36" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/ge-korsten-liefling.mp3?_=36" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/ge-korsten-liefling.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/ge-korsten-liefling.mp3</a></audio> Lied van die lewe Om jonk te wees bring lekker dae Die son skyn dan op elke dag Die kinders skaats en ry fiets in die strate Jongmense luister na nuwe plate Niemand dink aan die tyd wat verby gaan en dat die lewe net nie stil sal staan. (2x) Koor: Sing met my ‘n lied van die lewe Sing met my van jonk en oud Die lewe gee soveel mooier dae maar dikwels gaan dit so gou verby (2x) Ja, dikwels gaan dit so gou verby. Maar die lewe sal nooit stilstaan Dae kom en dae gaan Die jonges trou en gaan op hul eie Nou kom daar soms sware tye Almal werk net vir die hede Ure, maande en jare vlieg soos die wind verby (2x) Herhaal Koor Die oues word dan ook weer ouer Hul word dan oupa en oumama Dae word dan vinnig korter Langsaam gaan die son dan onder Herinneringe laat ons oor die lewe wonder Lewe van mooi en troebel dae staan einde toe (2x) Herhaal Koor Song translated: I tried my best and do hope you enjoy it…. Song of life To be young brings blissful days The sun shines ‘bout every day The children in the streets skate and do bike riding Youngsters listen to new music Nobody thinks about time flying by And that life is moving on And that life is moving on Chorus: Sing with me a song of life Sing with me ‘bout young and old Life gives so much back to us But often days go flying by Sing with me a song of life Sing with me ’bout young and old Life gives so much back to us But often days go flying by Yes, quite often the days fly so soon But life is never ever static Days come and days go Young people get married and live their lives Now come even tougher times Everybody works as for now and here Hours, weeks, months and years fly like the wind Yes, hours, weeks, months and years fly like the wind Chorus: Sing with me a song of life Sing with me ‘bout young and old Life gives so much back to us But often days go flying by Sing with me a song of life Sing with me ’bout young and old Life gives so much back to us But often days go flying by Yes, quite often the days fly so soon The older get much older too They become grandpa and grandmamma Days grow shorter very quickly Slowly the sun goes down Memories make us wonder ‘bout life Beautiful and harder days Near its end Beautiful and harder days Near its end Chorus: Sing with me a song of life Sing with me ‘bout young and old Life gives so much back to us But often days go flying by Sing with me a song of life Sing with me ’bout young and old Life gives so much back to us But often days go flying by Yes, quite often the days fly so soon translated by: Nikita Born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands as the youngest of eight children, Korsten and his family emigrated to South Africa when he was nine years old. He married Elna Burger and had five children. Career Initially he worked as an electrician, but from the age of 20, started singing in choirs, some of which were televised frequently by the SABC. However, he received his first formal vocal training in 1952, when he was well into his 20s, studying under Adelheid Armhold at the South African College of Music.In 1955 he moved to Pretoria, where he was one of the founder members of the Pretoria opera company. In 1956, he debuted as Canio in Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci.Korsten won a bursary to study in Vienna in 1962, where he received tution under Judith Hellwig. During this period he had the opportunity to perform in Vienna and Munich, but he never sang professionally outside South Africa, mainly due to family considerations. It was only in 1970 that Korsten sold his business to devote himself to full-time singing. In the course of his operatic career, Korsten appeared on stage more than 3,000 times, playing 23 roles in most of the major operas. In 1965, Korsten started his career in light music, with his album “Gé Korsten Sing Uit Die Hart” (“Gé Korsten Sings From The Heart” ), and soon became a best-selling recording artist, with a career spanning 40 years. Nine of his 58 albums achieved gold status. Most of his recorded work is light Afrikaans music, including the song “Liefling” (Sweetheart), which is still performed at rugby matches in Bloemfontein and Pretoria. His popularity as a singer also lead to lead roles in films such as Hoor My Lied (Hear My Song), Lied In My Hart (Song In My Heart) and A New Life, all of which included singing scenes. He received six Sarie awards and, in 1979, an ARTES award for his TV program “Gé Sing” (“Gé Sings”).In his later life, Korsten was well-known for his role as family patriarch Walt Vorster in the long-running South African soap opera Egoli: Place of Gold. <div>In 1985 he was appointed as the managing director of the Cape Performing Arts Board (CAPAB) in Cape Town, a post which he held until 1989. In 1999, while presumably suffering from cancer, he committed suicide. 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I know I have one…packed away…very old copy…my dad used to go around at bookshops…when he was young…think I take after him in that way…lol! Herman Charles Bosman was one of South Africa’s best (yeah, I know I always call the story writers and poets the “best”…because I try to focus on the best if not the “very” best! lol)… classical story writers….read on Wiki about him… see you later… Herman Charles Bosman (February 3, 1905 – October 14, 1951) is the South African writer widely regarded as South Africa’s greatest short story writer. He studied the works of Edgar Alan Poe and Mark Twain, and developed a style emphasizing the use of irony. His English-language works utilize primarily Afrikaner characters and point to the many contradictions of Afrikaner society in the first half of the twentieth century. Bosman was born at Kuilsrivier, near Cape Town to an Afrikaner family, although he was raised with English as well as Afrikaans. While Bosman was still young, his family moved to Johannesburg where he went to school at Jeppe High School for Boys in Kensington. He was a contributor to the school magazine. When Bosman was sixteen, he started writing short stories for the national Sunday newspaper (the Sunday Times). He attended the University of the Witwatersrand submitting various pieces to student’s literary competitions. Upon graduating, he accepted a teaching position in the Groot Marico district, in an Afrikaans language school. The area and the people inspired him and provided the background for all his best known short stories; the Oom Schalk Lourens series and the Voorkamer sketches. The Oom Schalk Lourens series features an older character with that name. the Voorkamer series are similarly all set in the Marico region. During the school holidays in 1926, he returned to visit his family in Johannesburg. During an argument, he fired a rifle at his stepbrother and killed him. Bosman was sentenced to death and moved to Death row at the Pretoria Central Prison. He was reprieved and sentenced to ten years with hard labour. In 1930, he was released on parole after serving half his sentence. His experiences formed the basis for his semi-autobiographical book, Cold Stone Jug. He then started his own printing press company and was part of a literary set in Johannesburg, associating with poets, journalists and writers, including Aegidius Jean Blignaut. Needing a break, he then toured overseas for nine years, spending most of his time in London. The short stories that he wrote during this period formed the basis for another of his best-known books, Mafeking Road. At the start of the Second World War, he returned to South Africa and worked as a journalist. He found the time to translate the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam into Afrikaans. Read <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Charles_Bosman">HERE </a>on Wikipedia…more about him… Herman Charles Bosman’s best-loved stories about the Marico District are published here for the first time in the form intended by the author. This text of Mafeking Road – edited by Craig MacKenzie – is the first to appear from the original versions, with an introduction and notes on the texts. Bosman’s storyteller figure Oom Schalk Lourens takes us into the world of the concertina-player who leaves the Marico for fame and glory; the girl who returns from finishing school to dazzle and dupe the Marico yokels; the Boer War soldier with a tragic story to tell about his son; the legendary leopard of Abjaterskop; the man who kills his wife and buries her under the dung floor of his voorkamer … Jealousies, hatreds, loves and betrayals – the entire range of human emotions are laid bare in a manner at once humorous and satirical, romantic and ironic. Mafeking Road reveals to us a world quaint and distant … and yet powerfully familiar. Herman Charles Bosman, who died of a heart attack in 1951, is one of South Africa’s most famous story-tellers. This is a classic collection of his short stories. As a person he had a unique way of seeing life, an intense excitement that he managed to convey in his stories. His books are pre-eminent in the field of South-African literature. Read on <a href="http://www.marico.co.za/HCBosman/Books.htm">THIS SITE </a>more and you can view more books written by him in English as well as in Afrikaans. You can order the book <a href="http://www.kalahari.net/bk/product.asp?sku=737718&showlargeimage=1&toolbar=mweb">HERE </a>from Kalahari.net…. <img border="0" width="173" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.marico.co.za/GM-Logo.jpg" height="193" /> Please click <a href="http://www.marico.co.za/">HERE </a>to visit the Groot Marico on your next trip…this is HC Bosman-world…and read about Patrick Mynhardt… Patrick Mynhardt was the Honory Life President of the HC Bosman Literary Society. <a name="ifyoulike" title="ifyoulike"></a>If you like this, you’d also like… (for the witty teller of folk-tales: -Mark Twain, “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” (1867) and other sketches and stories. -Sholom Aleichem, Tevye’s Daughters, and other stories (c.1905-1916). -O.Henry, Heart of the West (1907). Click on <a href="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lahtid/literature/african/bosman/mafeking.htm#summary">THIS LINK</a> to read more…. <img border="0" width="104" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/nikita.jpg?w=104&h=93&h=93" height="93" /> <img border="0" width="1" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/nikita.jpg?w=104&h=93&h=93" height="1" /> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!"><img border="0" width="125" src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/mafeking-road/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Mafeking Road">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1223 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-poems category-books category-dance-of-the-rain 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rel="tag">Soul of the Ant</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-poets/" rel="tag">South African Poets</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-writers/" rel="tag">South African writers</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrikaanse-digters/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrikaanse digters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrikaanse-gedigte-vertaal/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrikaanse gedigte vertaal</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrikaanse-skrywers/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrikaanse skrywers</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/winters-night/" rel="tag">Winter's Night</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/winternag/" rel="tag">Winternag</a> on 22/03/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/22/dans-van-die-reendance-of-the-rain/#comments">10 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Eugenemarais.jpg/200px-Eugenemarais.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="289" border="0" /> Image…Wikipedia Click <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/23/the-dance/" target="_blank">HERE </a>on this post to read my translation of his poem “Dans van die reën” in English…The link will open in a new window. “The Dance of the rain”…and you can read about this book on the link too. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/dance_in_rain_peerflydotcom.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="14643" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/22/dans-van-die-reendance-of-the-rain/dance_in_rain_peerflydotcom/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/dance_in_rain_peerflydotcom.jpg" data-orig-size="193,256" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Dance_in_rain_peerflydotcom" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/dance_in_rain_peerflydotcom.jpg?w=193" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/dance_in_rain_peerflydotcom.jpg?w=193" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-14643" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/dance_in_rain_peerflydotcom.jpg" alt="Dance_in_rain_peerflydotcom" width="193" height="256" /></a> “EUGÈNE Marais was a South African poet, a story-teller, a journalist, a lawyer, a psychologist, a natural scientist, a drug-addict, and a great genius — an abused and forgotten genius, and the world is the worse off for that.” Read “Soul of the Ant” <a href="http://www.soilandhealth.org/03sov/0302hsted/030213marais/The%20Soul%20of%20the%20White%20Ant%20-%20Marais%20-%20ToC.htm" target="_blank">HERE </a>online. <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.soilandhealth.org/03sov/0302hsted/030213marais/Ant-pix/termite.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="158" border="0" /> Eugene Marais was one of South Africa’s more talented writers/poets. I love his poems although I haven’t read his books. I borrowed “The Soul of the Ant” one day – when I was at Primary – but I guess I was too young to read such a book, so I didn’t finish it and read only the first few pages. Some of his poems is about nature like the ‘Winter’s Night’ (translated in English here) and the “Dans van die reën” which is -translated: ‘Dance of the rain.‘ In this poem, he describes the animals’ reaction when the rain is on its way and he describes the rain and her ‘dance.‘ Marais is just brilliant in the way he played with words/metaphors etc. Sadly, he committed suicide in 1936. Read <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Marais" target="_blank">HERE </a>on Wiki more about him. The link will open in a new window. On the bottom of this post you will find a link to a post on my blog – in English – about Eugene Marais…he was a naturalist, scientist, writer and poet. He made a study of ants and you can see the book he wrote “The soul of the Ant” on that link…and his other book…”The soul of the Ape”… <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/raingoddance.png"><img data-attachment-id="1635" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/22/dans-van-die-reendance-of-the-rain/raingoddance/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/raingoddance.png" data-orig-size="483,398" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="raingoddance" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/raingoddance.png?w=483" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/raingoddance.png?w=483" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1635" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/raingoddance.png?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="247" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/raingoddance.png?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/raingoddance.png 483w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Author: Julee Dickerson Thompson ISBN: 865432597 Binding: Paperback Publisher: Africa World Press (March 1997) The following translation of Marais’ “Winternag” is by J. W. Marchant: “Winter’s Night” O the small wind is frigid and spare and bright in the dim light and bare as wide as God’s merciful boon the veld lies in starlight and gloom and on the high lands spread through burnt bands the grass-seed, astir, is like beckoning hands. O East-wind gives mournful measure to song Like the lilt of a lovelorn lass who’s been wronged In every grass fold bright dewdrop takes hold and promptly pales to frost in the cold! Eguene N Marais WINTERNAG by Eugene Marais O koud is die windjie en skraal. En blink in die dof-lig en kaal, so wyd as die Heer se genade, le die velde in sterlig en skade En hoog in die rande, versprei in die brande, is die grassaad aan roere soos winkende hande. O treurig die wysie op die ooswind se maat, soos die lied van ‘n meisie in haar liefde verlaat. In elk’ grashalm se vou blink ‘n druppel van dou, en vinnig verbleek dit tot ryp in die kou! DIE DANS VAN DIE REËN – Eugene Marais Lied van die vioolspeler. Jan Konterdans. Uit die Groot Woestyn O die dans van ons Suster! Eers oor die bergtop loer sy skelm, en haar oge is skaam; en sy lag saggies. En van ver af wink sy met die een hand; haar armbande blink en haar krale skitter; saggies roep sy. Sy vertel die winde van die dans en sy nooi hulle uit, want die werf is wyd en die bruilof groot. Die grootwild jaag uit die vlakte, hulle dam op die bulttop, wyd rek hulle die neusgate en hulle sluk die wind; en hulle buk, om haar fyn spore op die sand te sien. Die kleinvolk diep onder die grond hoor die sleep van haar voete, en hulle kruip nader en sing saggies: “Ons Suster! Ons Suster! Jy het gekom! Jy het gekom!” En haar krale skud, en haar koperringe blink in die wegraak van die son. Op haar voorkop is die vuurpluim van die berggier; sy trap af van die hoogte; sy sprei die vaalkaros met altwee arms uit; die asem van die wind raak weg. O, die dans van ons Suster! [Uit: Versamelde gedigte – Eugene Marais] Read on <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/07/have-you/" target="_blank">THIS LINK </a>on my blog more about Eugene Marais…Article in English…The link will open in a new window. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/dvdreen_laurinda.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="14644" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/22/dans-van-die-reendance-of-the-rain/dvdreen_laurinda/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/dvdreen_laurinda.jpg" data-orig-size="170,165" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="dvdreen_laurinda" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/dvdreen_laurinda.jpg?w=170" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/dvdreen_laurinda.jpg?w=170" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-14644" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/dvdreen_laurinda.jpg" alt="dvdreen_laurinda" width="170" height="165" /></a> I don’t know Laurinda Hofmeyr’s music, but she’s got an album with the song…”Dans van die reen”. I hope one of my blogger-visitors from SA would be able to tell me more… Snitte: 1. Lied van die bruidegom – Johan Myburg 2. 26 November 1975 – Breyten Breytenbach 3. Op reis na die Suide – Breyten breytenbach 4. Inbrand – Breyten Breytenbach 5. Die dans van die reën – Eugène N. Marais 6. Kind – Rabindranath Tagore 7. Ek sal sterf en na my vader gaan – Breyten Breytenbach 8. ‘n Halwe engel – Breyten Breytenbach 9. Last grave at Dimbaza – Fanie Olivier 10. Die reis – Breyten Breytenbach 11. 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src="https://i0.wp.com/candacesalima.com/myPictures/poetry.gif" border="0" alt="" width="600" height="366" /> Today…15th October 2008…I’ve received this msg from Wayne Visser…(see his poem and site in this entry too….(poem about Africa)…and if you’re interested in his request…then please contact him…he’s looking for people writing poems..but about Africa! <blockquote>Hello again I thought I’d let you (and your lekker vriende) know that I’ve launched a “Poets of Africa” blog – <a href="http://poetsofafrica.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://poetsofafrica.blogspot.com/</a>.Just email me on wayne@waynevisser.com and I will give permission for you to post. <a href="http://www.waynevisser.com" target="_blank">www.waynevisser.com</a> Afrikaanse digters welkom! Kwa heri Wayne” Links will open in a new window. </blockquote> Today…21st March 2008… is World Poetry Day! I do love poems, I love to read poems and I like to write my own too. On my blog at the top you will now find a page saying…”My poems…gedigte”…a few of my own poems…also you will find a couple of English poems which I’ve translated from Afrikaans…beautiful poems…one from a famous writer/poet/scientist/naturalist…Eugene Marais…”The Dance of the Rain..” take a look and enjoy! also one by Totius…his little daughter died after being struck by lightning..in his arms and he wrote a poem about her…very sad poem….or you can read it <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/seven-ii/" target="new">HERE </a>…the link will open in a new window. You can also read “The Dance of the Rain” on <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/23/the-dance/" target="_blank">THIS LINK </a>it’s a very powerful/beautiful poem…full of metaphors…and read about Eugene Marais and the Rain Queen…on that link. The link will open in a new window. enjoy…the Dance of the Rain!..originally in Afrikaans…”Die Dans van die Reën” by Eugene Marais. If you click on the page saying…”My Poems/gedigte”…you will find more of Wayne Visser’s poems also one which he has asked me to translate…and some of my own poems too, also the poem of the girl that was struck by lightning is to be found on that page. – see the top of my blog for the page-link and I’ve translated Wordsworth’s poem (from English to Afrikaans)…I wandered like a lonely cloud… <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/smartest-frog.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="5667" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/world-poetry-day/smartest-frog/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/smartest-frog.jpg" data-orig-size="465,701" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="smartest-frog" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/smartest-frog.jpg?w=465" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/smartest-frog.jpg?w=465" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5667" title="smartest-frog" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/smartest-frog.jpg" alt="" width="296" height="422" /></a> Image:tploy.com The Dance of the Rain Song of the violinist: Jan Konterdans translated by:Nikita The Dance of the Rain Oh, the dance of our Sister! First, over the hilltop she peeps stealthily and her eyes are shy and she laughs softly From afar she begs with her one hand her wrist-bands shimmering and her bead-work sparkling softly she calls She tells the wind about the dance and she invites it, because the yard is spacious and the wedding large The big game rush about the plains they gather on the hilltop their nostrils flared-up and they swallow the wind and they crouch to see her tracks in the sand The small game, deep down under the floor, hear the rhythm of her feet and they creep, come closer and sing softly “Our Sister! Our Sister! You’ve come! You’ve come!” and her bead-work shake, and her copper wrist-bands shine in the disappearance of the sun On her forehead, rests the eagle’s plume She decends down from the hilltop She spreads her ashened cloak with both arms the breath of the wind disappears Oh, the dance of our Sister! ©~~ Nikita This next poem was written in Afrikaans by Ingrid Jonker and adapted by e.e. cummings…many of her wonderful poems were translated in English and other languages. I love her poems! <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/horses-running.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="5670" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/world-poetry-day/horses-running/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/horses-running.jpg" data-orig-size="495,360" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="horses-running" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/horses-running.jpg?w=495" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/horses-running.jpg?w=495" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5670" title="horses-running" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/horses-running.jpg" alt="" width="350" height="256" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/horses-running.jpg?w=350&h=256 350w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/horses-running.jpg 495w" sizes="(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px" /></a> Image:johnfenzel.typepad.com Somewhere I have never travelled – Iewers het ek nooit gereis nie Ingrid Jonker…..adapted by e.e. cummings + somewhere I have never travelled, gladly beyond any experience, your eyes have their silence: in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me, or which I cannot touch because they are too near ~~~~~ iewers het ek nooit gereis nie daardie groen verte verby alle herinneringe jou oë dra hul stilte in jou geringste gebaar is daar iets wat my omsluit of wat ek nie durf aanraak nie iets te ná ~~~~ your slightest look easily will unclose me though I have closed myself as fingers, you open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens(touching skilfully, mysteriously) her first rose ~~~~ jou oë van landskappe sal my maklik blootlê al het ek my hart gesluit soos twee hande jy ontvou my keer op keer soos die lente bedrewe en heimlik haar eerste roos ~~~~ or if your wish be to close me, I and my life will shut very beautifully, suddenly, as when the heart of this flower imagines the snow carefully everywhere descending; ~~~~ en as jy my sou verlaat geslote dan sou my voorhoof sluit mooi en onmiddelik soos die hart van ‘n blom sou droom van ‘n wit sneeu wat alles oral bedek ~~~~ nothing which we are to perceive in this world equals the power of intense fragility: whose texture compels me with the colour of its countries, rendering death and forever with each breathing ~~~~ niks wat ons in hierdie wêreld kan versin ewenaar die krag van jou broosheid die tekstuur van jou oë tref my die groen van sy veld een bevestig die ewige en die vir altyd met elke sug ~~~~ (I do not know what it is about you that closes and opens; only something in me understands the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses) nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands ~~~~ ek weet nie wat dit is wat jou laat vou en ontvou nie ek verstaan net êrens op my reise die stem van jou oë is dieper as alle rose nee nie eens die reën nie het sulke hande On <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/love-light/" target="_blank">THIS LINK </a>you can read more about Ingrid…a link to Wikipedia…there’s a Youtube-song to watch…Afrikaans song…one of Ingrid’s poems…and there’s another song to listen to! The link will open in a new window. and….on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._E._Cummings" target="_blank">THIS LINK </a>you can read more about e e cummings…the link will open in a new window. If you’re a teacher <a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/calendar/calendar_day.asp?id=308" target="_blank">THIS SITE </a>is really a great site to use for poetry/literacy…try it- the link will open in a new window. <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.worldgolf.com/images/destinations/africa/southafrica.jpg" alt="" width="430" height="304" /> image:worldgolf.com/images/destinations/africa/southafrica.jpg This next poem is written by Wayne Visser…you can read about him on <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/i-know-a-place-2/" target="_blank">THIS LINK </a>…the link will open in a new window. <div>I know a place in Africa… Inspiring poetry written by Wayne Visser, a South African currently based in Nottingham, UK.</div> <div>I know a place in Africa Where I can feel the sun on my back And the sand between my barefoot toes Where I can hear the gulls on the breeze And the waves crash on the endless shore</div> I know a place in Africa Where the mountains touch the skies of blue And the valleys shelter vines of green Where the trees spread out a cloth of mauve And the bushveld wears a coat of beige I know a place in Africa Where I can hear the voice of thunder gods And watch their lightening spears thrown to earth Where I can breathe the scent of rain clouds And taste the sweet dew of dusty drops This is the place of wildness Of evolution and dinosaurs Where life began and mankind first stood Of living fossils and elephants Where lions roar and springbok herds leap This is the place of struggle Of desert plains and thorn trees Where pathways end and hunters track game Of horizons and frontiers Where journeys start and sunsets bleed red This is the place of freedom Of exploration and pioneers Where darkness loomed and light saw us through Of living legends and miracles Where daybreak came and hope now shines bright My heart is at home in Africa Where the sound of drums beat in my chest And the songs of time ring in my ears Where the rainbow mist glows in my eyes And the smiles of friends make me welcome My mind is at ease in Africa Where the people still live close to the soil And the seasons mark my changing moods Where the markets hustle with trading And Creation keeps its own slow time My soul is at peace in Africa For her streams bring lifeblood to my veins And her winds bring healing to my dreams For when the tale of this land is told Her destiny and mine are as one © 2006 Wayne Visser Enjoy this next poem by Edgar..Poe! Annabel Lee It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea; But we loved with a love that was more than love- I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful Annabel Lee; So that her highborn kinsman came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea. The angels, not half so happy in heaven, Went envying her and me- Yes!- that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee. But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we- Of many far wiser than we- And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee. For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride, In the sepulchre there by the sea, In her tomb by the sounding sea. Edgar Allan Poe <img src="https://i0.wp.com/project1.caryacademy.org/echoes/03-04/Edgar_Allen_Poe/annabel%2520Lee%2520altered.png" alt="" width="250" height="180" /> Image…<a href="http://project1.caryacademy.org" rel="nofollow">http://project1.caryacademy.org</a> <div>The next poem…by Ingrid Jonker… The Child </div> <div>The child is not dead The child lifts his fists against his mother Who shouts Africa ! shouts the breath Of freedom and the veld In the locations of the cordoned heart ~~~ The child lifts his fists against his father in the march of the generations who shouts Africa ! shout the breath of righteousness and blood in the streets of his embattled pride ~~~ The child is not dead not at Langa nor at Nyanga not at Orlando nor at Sharpeville nor at the police station at Philippi where he lies with a bullet through his brain ~~~ The child is the dark shadow of the soldiers on guard with rifles Saracens and batons the child is present at all assemblies and law-givings the child peers through the windows of houses and into the hearts of mothers this child who just wanted to play in the sun at Nyanga is everywhere the child grown to a man treks through all Africa the child grown into a giant journeys through the whole world Without a pass</div> Ingrid Jonker March 1960 (Translation of: “Die Kind” ) Poems now owned by Simone Jonker…daughter of Ingrid On <a href="http://www.ingridjonker.com/Podcast/Archive.html" target="new">THIS LINK </a>you can see podcast-videos of her poems in both Afrikaans/English…worth visiting! 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href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lovecard2.png"><img data-attachment-id="3107" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/love-poems/lovecard2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lovecard2.png" data-orig-size="750,532" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="lovecard2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lovecard2.png?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lovecard2.png?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3107" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lovecard2.png?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="212" 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I will always like the music of Queen..this song is called..Las Palabras de Amor. Enjoy! <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-1203-37" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/las-palabras-de-amor.mp3?_=37" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/las-palabras-de-amor.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/las-palabras-de-amor.mp3</a></audio> “I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you straightfowardingly, without complexeties or pride. So I love you because i know no other way than this…” Pablo Neruda “A kiss is something you cannot give without taking and cannot take without giving.” “Journeys end in lovers meeting, Every wise man’s son doth know”. William Shakespeare in Twelfth Night (II, iii, 44-45) “Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.” Alexander Smith Enjoy this song by South African singer…Steve Hofmeyr…”You got me”… <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-1203-38" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/steve-you-got-me6049.mp3?_=38" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/steve-you-got-me6049.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/steve-you-got-me6049.mp3</a></audio> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/love.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12509" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/love-poems/love-5/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/love.jpg" data-orig-size="347,346" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="-love" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/love.jpg?w=347" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/love.jpg?w=347" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12509" title="-love" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/love.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="221" height="238" /></a> And this South African Golden Oldie! Ge Korsten with “Liefling” and liefling means..”darling”… <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-1203-39" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/07-liefling.mp3?_=39" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/07-liefling.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/07-liefling.mp3</a></audio> Enjoy this song…”Fields of Gold” by Eva Cassidy <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-1203-40" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/fields_of_gold.mp3?_=40" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/fields_of_gold.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/fields_of_gold.mp3</a></audio> Enjoy this song by Ilse de Lange: “What does your heart say now?” <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-1203-41" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/ilse-de-lange-what_does_your_heart_say_now.mp3?_=41" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/ilse-de-lange-what_does_your_heart_say_now.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/ilse-de-lange-what_does_your_heart_say_now.mp3</a></audio> Slide down for the article…”Romance in Chess”… <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-1203-42" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/red-red-rose.mp3?_=42" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/red-red-rose.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/red-red-rose.mp3</a></audio> Listen to the poem on this audio file too…by Robert Burns….source: <a href="http://www.chivalry.com/cantaria/lyrics/redredrose.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.chivalry.com/cantaria/lyrics/redredrose.html</a> Notes: According to “Scottish Songs Illustrated,” this song is a Robert Burns rewrite of an older street ballad, which is said to have been written by a Lieutenant Henches, as a farewell to his betrothed. 0, my love is like a red, red rose, that’s newly sprung in June. 0, my love is like a melody, that’s sweetly play’d in tune. As fair thou art, my bonnie lass, so deep in love am I, And I will love thee still, my dear, till a’ the seas gang dry. Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear, and the rocks melt wi’ the sun! And I will love thee still, my dear, while the sands of life shall run. And fare the weel, my only love! And fare the well awhile! And I will come again, my love. Tho it were ten thousand mile! <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/love-7.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12511" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/love-poems/love-7/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/love-7.jpg" data-orig-size="549,411" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="love-7" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/love-7.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/love-7.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12511" title="love-7" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/love-7.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/love-7.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/love-7.jpg 549w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Read on <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/17/how-do-i-mate-theelet-me-count-the-ways/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">THIS LINK </a>too the poem by Elizabeth Barret Browning…”How do I love thee”…enjoy! One of my favourites! ”How do I love thee? Let me count the ways…” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of everyday’s Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right; I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. I love thee with a passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints, — I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life! — and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death. Today I’m in a mood to blog about love… What is love? What is your view, we discussed this at work….and we all agreed to the following conclusions…..Is it a sensation..a shared feeling between two people… ..based on physical and emotional attraction.. spontaneously generates when the right person appears. And of course also, it can spontaneously degenerate when the magic “just isn’t there” anymore. You fall in love, and you can fall out of it. Love is the attachment that results from deeply appreciating another’s goodness. What we value most in ourselves, we must value most in others. God created us to see ourselves as good ….hence our need to either rationalize or regret our wrongdoings….In the Bible He said…after creating us humans… “and that was good”… So, too, we seek goodness in others. Nice looks, an engaging personality, intelligence, and talent may attract you, but goodness is what moves you to love.LOVE IS A CHOICE. Love is active. You can create it. Just focus on the good in another person …..and everyone has some!! If you can do this easily, you’ll love easily. Love is care, demontrating active concern for the recipient’s life. Love is responsibility. Love is respect, the ability to see a person as he/she is, to be aware of his/her unique individuality. A big part of love is putting another person’s happiness ahead of your own. If you have to “prove” your love to someone, I don’t believe that he/she loves you the way you might think he/she does.When you love another person you don’t ask them to sacrifice a part of themselves in the name of that love. Love is not about jealousy. It is not about conflict. It is not about testing. Love is not about spitefulness. How do you show love to other people? Nobody expect you to “love” all people the way you love your husband/wife, but it is expected from us to “love your neighbour as you love yourself”. Enjoy the poem: Love Song by T S Eliot Communication, Communication, and Communication……..on <a href="http://advice.eharmony.com/?page=articles/view&AID=1902" target="_blank" rel="noopener">THIS LINK </a>you can read how important communication in a relationship between a married couple is.The link will open in a new window. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/t-s-eliot.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12231" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/love-poems/t-s-eliot/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/t-s-eliot.jpg" data-orig-size="138,190" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="T S Eliot" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/t-s-eliot.jpg?w=138" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/t-s-eliot.jpg?w=138" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-12231" title="T S Eliot" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/t-s-eliot.jpg" alt="" width="138" height="190" /></a> T S Eliot On <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/game-of-chess/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">THIS LINK </a>you can read his extract “The Game of Chess”. Click <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/national-poetry-day/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HERE</a>to read more love poems on my blog. And…on <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/love-3/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">THIS LINK </a>on my blog….you can read the poem of E A Poe…Annabel Lee…a beautiful love poem. Ben Jonson T H E F O R E S T . IX. — SONG. — TO CELIA. Drink to me, only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine ; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I’ll not look for wine. The thirst, that from the soul doth rise, Doth ask a drink divine : But might I of Jove’s nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honoring thee, As giving it a hope, that there It could not wither’d be. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent’st it back to me : Since when it grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. Love Song I lie here thinking of you: the stain of love is upon the world! Yellow, yellow, yellow it eats into the leaves, smears with saffron horned branched the lean heavily against a smooth purple sky! There is no light only a honey-thick stain that drips from leaf to leaf and limb to limb spoiling the colors of the whole world- you far off there under the wine-red selvage of the west! ~~~William Carlos Williams <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/love_.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12512" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/love-poems/love_/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/love_.jpg" data-orig-size="404,412" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Love_" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/love_.jpg?w=404" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/love_.jpg?w=404" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12512" title="Love_" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/love_.jpg?w=294" alt="" width="294" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/love_.jpg?w=294 294w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/love_.jpg 404w" sizes="(max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px" /></a> The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock LET us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherised upon a table; Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, The muttering retreats 5 Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells: Streets that follow like a tedious argument Of insidious intent To lead you to an overwhelming question … Oh, do not ask, “What is it?” Let us go and make our visit In the room the women come and go Talking of Michelangelo The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes, The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes Licked its tongue into the corners of the evening, Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains, Let fall upon its back the soot that falls from chimneys, Slipped by the terrace, made a sudden leap, And seeing that it was a soft October night, Curled once about the house, and fell asleep. And indeed there will be time For the yellow smoke that slides along the street, Rubbing its back upon the window-panes; There will be time, there will be time To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet; There will be time to murder and create, And time for all the works and days of hands That lift and drop a question on your plate; Time for you and time for me, And time yet for a hundred indecisions, And for a hundred visions and revisions, Before the taking of a toast and tea. In the room the women come and go Talking of Michelangelo And indeed there will be time To wonder, “Do I dare?” and, “Do I dare?” Time to turn back and descend the stair, With a bald spot in the middle of my hair— [They will say: “How his hair is growing thin!”] My morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin, My necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin— [They will say: “But how his arms and legs are thin!”] Do I dare Disturb the universe? In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. For I have known them all already, known them all:— Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons; I know the voices dying with a dying fall Beneath the music from a farther room. So how should I presume? And I have known the eyes already, known them all— The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase, And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin, When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall, Then how should I begin To spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways? And how should I presume? And I have known the arms already, known them all— Arms that are braceleted and white and bare [But in the lamplight, downed with light brown hair!] It is perfume from a dress That makes me so digress? Arms that lie along a table, or wrap about a shawl. And should I then presume? And how should I begin? . . . . . Shall I say, I have gone at dusk through narrow streets And watched the smoke that rises from the pipes Of lonely men in shirt-sleeves, leaning out of windows? I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of silent seas. . . . . . And the afternoon, the evening, sleeps so peacefully! Smoothed by long fingers, Asleep … tired … or it malingers, Stretched on the floor, here beside you and me. Should I, after tea and cakes and ices, Have the strength to force the moment to its crisis? But though I have wept and fasted, wept and prayed, Though I have seen my head [grown slightly bald] brought in upon a platter, I am no prophet—and here’s no great matter; I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, And in short, I was afraid. And would it have been worth it, after all, After the cups, the marmalade, the tea, Among the porcelain, among some talk of you and me, Would it have been worth while, To have bitten off the matter with a smile, To have squeezed the universe into a ball To roll it toward some overwhelming question, To say: “I am Lazarus, come from the dead, Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all”— If one, settling a pillow by her head, Should say: “That is not what I meant at all. That is not it, at all.” And would it have been worth it, after all, Would it have been worth while, After the sunsets and the dooryards and the sprinkled streets, After the novels, after the teacups, after the skirts that trail along the floor— And this, and so much more?— It is impossible to say just what I mean! But as if a magic lantern threw the nerves in patterns on a screen: Would it have been worth while If one, settling a pillow or throwing off a shawl, And turning toward the window, should say: “That is not it at all, That is not what I meant, at all.” . . . . . No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be; Am an attendant lord, one that will do To swell a progress, start a scene or two, Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool, Deferential, glad to be of use, Politic, cautious, and meticulous; Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse; At times, indeed, almost ridiculous— Almost, at times, the Fool. I grow old … I grow old … I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled. Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me. I have seen them riding seaward on the waves Combing the white hair of the waves blown back When the wind blows the water white and black. We have lingered in the chambers of the sea By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown Till human voices wake us, and we drown. Song to Celia by Ben Jonson <div>Drinke to me, onely, with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kisse but in the cup, And Ile not looke for wine. The thirst, that from the soule doth rise, Doth aske a drinke divine: But might I of Jove’s Nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee, late, a rosie wreath, Not so much honoring thee, As giving it a hope, that there It could not withered bee. But thou thereon did’st onely breath, And sent’st it back to mee: Since when it growes, and smells, I sweare, Not of it selfe, but thee.</div> Read about Ben Jonson <a href="http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/294" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HERE </a>… Robert Browning A Woman’s Last Word Let’s contend no more, Love, Strive nor weep: All be as before, Love, —Only sleep! What so wild as words are? I and thou In debate, as birds are, Hawk on bough! See the creature stalking While we speak! Hush and hide the talking, Cheek on cheek! What so false as truth is, False to thee? Where the serpent’s tooth is Shun the tree— Where the apple reddens Never pry— Lest we lose our Edens, Eve and I. Be a god and hold me With a charm! Be a man and fold me With thine arm! Teach me, only teach, Love As I ought I will speak thy speech, Love, Think thy thought— Meet, if thou require it, Both demands, Laying flesh and spirit In thy hands. That shall be to-morrow Not to-night: I must bury sorrow Out of sight: Must a little weep, Love, (Foolish me!) And so fall asleep, Love, Loved by thee. –Robert Browning Next I have a National Poet of South Africa…A G Visser. He’s written some beautiful love poems in Afrikaans! A.G. Visser en Lettie Conradie. Hy trou in 1913 met Lettie, oorlede in 1920, en in 1927 met Marie de Villiers. Read more about <a href="http://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.G._Visser" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A G Visser here</a> on this link. Liefdes gedigte: A G Visser Misère (Triolet) The light that lies In women’s eyes Just… lies and lies! In die eerste instansie, wie sou nou kon dink, Dat die liefde iets is so beroerd ongestadig? Dat die hand wat uit gulde bokale laat drink, In die eerste instansie, wie sou nou kon dink Dat dit eendag nog edik en gal weer sal skink, Ongevoelig meedoënloos, wreed, ongenadig? In die eerste instansie, wie sou nou kon dink Dat die liefde iets is So beroerd ongestandig! <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.gedichtenbundel.be/testliefdefoto1.jpg" alt="" width="360" height="284" /> <a href="http://www.gedichtenbundel.be/testliefdefoto1Eheu" rel="nofollow">http://www.gedichtenbundel.be/testliefdefoto1Eheu</a> fugaces… Si jeunesse savait. Si vitesse avait. Onthou jy nog, Anita lief, Die aand daar by die strand, My hart vir jou ’n ope brief, Jou handjie in my hand? Die maanlig het die see gesoen, Die see … die strand, nog heet – En ons … wat kon ons anders doen? Kan ons dit ooit vergeet? Cherie Yvonne, het jy vergeet Die les in Afrikaans? Die beste taal het ons geweet, Die tyd in ou la France. En aan my hemel onbewolk Was jy die goue son; “Toujours l’Amour” was onse tolk; Onthou jy nog, Yvonne? Mooi Gretchen, kan jy nog onthou Ons tyd van soete min? Die Neckar met sy waters blou, Jou ogies blou daarin? Die donkergroene dennewoud Was liefdes-heiligdom – Alt Heidelberg, die jeug van goud, En jy – sal nooit weer kom! En, bonnie Jean, onthou jy nog Die eiland van die Swaan? Ben Lomond en die donker loch By heldere somermaan? Aan rosebanke trek ons twee (Was dit ’n droom – wie weet?) Wit swane oor die lewensee – Kan ek dit ooit vergeet? Maar eenmaal in die lewe kom Die liefde weergaloos; En eenmaal in die gaarde blom Volmaak ’n wonderroos. Verwelk, helaas, my tuin se prag – Weg met die donker stroom – Die wind deurwaai my hof by nag En vind my met my droom. O lippe wat nog lag en lonk! O harte wat nog klop! Steeds doem gestaltes ewig-jonk Uit die verlede op. “Eheu fugaces anni …” sing Gedagtes wat nou skroei; Op velde van herinnering Pers amarante bloei! Ballade van die roos ’n Ou Spaanse gesegde noem die volgende drie stadieë in die lewe van ‘n roos: In die more: rosa pallida. In die middag: rosa perfecta. In die aand: rosa incarnada Waarheen ook my oë mag staar En waar ook my voete mag gaan, Geduriglik droom ek van haar; Haar beeltenis lief lag my aan, Ek sien – as die sterrelig taan – ’n Roosknop wat stadig ontvou: – – My noointjie van ver-hier-vandaan – O „Pallida Rosa”, vir jou! O blomkelk, met skoonheid belaan, Ek smag op die middag-uur lou My noointjie van ver-hier-vandaan O „Rosa Perfecta”, na jou! Ek ken jou nog nie – dit is waar – Maar êrens moet jy tog bestaan; Die aandson gloei rooi op die blaar En ’k voel jy’s g’n ydele waan, Want rooi sprei die liefde haar vaan! En donker die oë getrou – My noointjie van ver-hier-vandaan – O Roos „Incarnada” – van jou! <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/red_roses1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="9307" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/love-poems/red_roses1-2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/red_roses1.jpg" data-orig-size="580,300" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="red_roses1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/red_roses1.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/red_roses1.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9307" title="red_roses1" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/red_roses1.jpg?w=150" alt="red_roses1" width="150" height="77" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/red_roses1.jpg?w=150 150w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/red_roses1.jpg?w=298 298w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a> Andries Gerhardus Visser (1878 – 1929) <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/visser_lettie.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="8194" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/love-poems/visser_lettie/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/visser_lettie.jpg" data-orig-size="300,312" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="visser_lettie" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/visser_lettie.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/visser_lettie.jpg?w=300" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8194" title="visser_lettie" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/visser_lettie.jpg?w=288" alt="visser_lettie" width="288" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/visser_lettie.jpg?w=288 288w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/visser_lettie.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px" /></a> Image: <a href="http://users.telenet.be/" rel="nofollow">http://users.telenet.be/</a> This first video is the song “Words” by F R David <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ob6hM6f9U4s?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wOZScNBbJgM?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> Princesse Lointaine Was jy ’n rosebloesem En ek die roos se geur, Hoe heerlik deur die lewe Steeds rondom jou te swewe. Beswymend aan jou boesem, Betower deur jou kleur. Was jy ’n rosebloesem En ek die roos se geur. Was jy ’n lied se woorde En ek die melodie. Hoe sou die dag verheerlik Jou skoonheid so begeerlik; Die nag tril van akkoorde En soetste harmonie. Was jy ’n lied se woorde, En ek die melodie. Was jy die hoogste kranse, En ek die sonnegloed. Jou wange sou dan verwe En op jou lippe sterwe My eerste moreglanse En laaste awend-groet; Was jy die hoogste kranse En ek die sonnegloed Maar jy ’s Prinses van Verre En ek… ’n troebadoer; Al gloei ook my gesange Van liefde en verlange, – Die vuurvlieg vir die sterre – Wat my ten hemel voer; Jy bly Prinses van Verre En ek… ’n troebadoer. <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/prinses.jpg" alt="prinses.jpg" /> Stille Rivierstroom….Nick Taylor Die middagson helder en klaar Sien neer van sy blou hemelbaan; Die roos sal haar hart openbaar Aan wie haar geheime verstaan. Jou huis is waar jou hart is My hart is leeg geween Vandat sy verdwyn het wandel ek oral alleen Sing oor somer briese Jou weemoed sleep weer oor Saammet die lowerstruike sing my ‘n hemelse koor Chorus: Liefde, Liefde’s ‘n stille rivierstroom wat vloei deur ons woestynland Droog die rivier weg dan sal al die klein vissies sterf Ek stap deur lee strate Die echo’s maak my seer My hart is soos my hande soekend maar bly altyd leeg Woestyne kan my nie keer nie Ek baan deur storms my weg Ek sal die rivier weer terugvind voor hierdie klein vissie sterf Chorus ROMANCE IN CHESS? Romance in chess? ‘What could possibly be less romantic than chess?’ you might be asking. After all, chess is a game of war based on logic, isn’t it? There is nothing romantic about war or logic. Many players are familiar with the famous quote by Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch from the preface to his classic manual The Game of Chess : ‘Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy’ (which politically correct writers of more recent times change to ‘the power to make people happy’). Less familiar is Tarrasch’s preceding sentence, ‘I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of chess, just as I would pity the man who has remained ignorant of love.’ Chess once served a social function of allowing young men and women to meet above the board. Echecs et Féodalité : Raoul de Cambrai (Chess and feudalism; from Culture et curiosités, see the link box in the upper right corner of this article) tells of a poem by Bertolai, a 10th century poet from Laon, France. The poem, about a war of succession in Northern France, references chess twice. In the second reference chess is used as an excuse by the daughter of the new overlord Guerri to woo the hero Bernier to her chambers. Her chamberlain, assigned the task of arranging the meeting, says to Bernier, ‘My young lord, you can be proud of yourself, since the daughter of Guerri, the most noble woman from here to the south of France, asks that you join her in her apartments, to play chess. You should comply, but don’t play chess.’ The significance of this might be lost in our age of instant gratification, but as recently as 100 years ago, chess still occasionally served as a means to a more romantic end. <img class="" src="https://www.thespectrum.com/gcdn/-mm-/aeb556c41fab641715ac2ed9a0fd8275f7c44560/c=0-197-3867-2382/local/-/media/2015/08/31/StGeorge/StGeorge/635765775628838255-ThinkstockPhotos-504399077.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" alt="Poem-A-Day - 'Love in a Life' by Robert Browning" width="426" height="241" /> This popular illustration by Clarence Frederick Underwood (American, 1871-1929), is often listed under various titles. Our favorite is Knight takes Queen. This theme is not as unique as you might think. One web site has a collection of more than 50 drawings and photos, all with the theme ‘Couples playing chess’ (see the link box again). The images invariably have titles like ‘The right move’, ‘The greatest game in the world’, or variations on the word mate : ‘Impending Mate’, ‘Check and mate’, etc. The word ‘checkmate’ even figured in at least one early valentine. <img class="" src="https://ik.imagekit.io/panmac/tr:f-auto,w-740,pr-true//bcd02f72-b50c-0179-8b4b-5e44f5340bd4/e277ac62-8d8d-4138-8326-5de0e5430b39/love-poems-header-min.jpg" alt="Poems about love for all occasions - Pan Macmillan" width="464" height="261" /> ‘My little love do you remember, Ere we grew so sadly wise, When you and I played chess together, Checkmated by each others eyes?’ Source: <a href="http://chess.about.com/library/weekly/aa05b12.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://chess.about.com/library/weekly/aa05b12.htm</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lovecard1.png"><img data-attachment-id="3106" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/love-poems/lovecard1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lovecard1.png" data-orig-size="592,464" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="lovecard1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lovecard1.png?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lovecard1.png?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3106" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lovecard1.png?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="235" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lovecard1.png?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lovecard1.png 592w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/romance.png"><img data-attachment-id="3496" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/love-poems/romance/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/romance.png" data-orig-size="800,600" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="romance" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/romance.png?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/romance.png?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3496" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/romance.png?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/romance.png?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/romance.png?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/love-all-night.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10613" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/love-poems/love-all-night/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/love-all-night.jpg" data-orig-size="175,280" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="love all night" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/love-all-night.jpg?w=175" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/love-all-night.jpg?w=175" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-10613" title="love all night" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/love-all-night.jpg" alt="love all night" width="175" height="280" /></a> Wow, one chess player on the chess site tells me he’s busy reading this book! E..er… <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/love-rose.gif"><img data-attachment-id="10635" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/love-poems/love-rose/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/love-rose.gif" data-orig-size="277,307" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="love rose" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/love-rose.gif?w=277" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/love-rose.gif?w=277" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10635" title="love rose" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/love-rose.gif?w=270" alt="love rose" width="208" height="254" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/love-poems/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Love Poems">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1145 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-gedigte category-south-africa category-steve-hofmeyr category-suid-afrika tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaans-history tag-afrikaans-language-monument tag-afrikaanse-kinder-gedigte tag-amanda-strydom tag-coenie-de-villies tag-daars-n-plek tag-dat-alle-liefde tag-gedigte tag-honde-gedigte tag-np-van-wyk-louw tag-south-africa tag-steve-hofmeyr tag-suid-afrika tag-waghondjies" id="post-1145"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/afrikaans/" rel="bookmark">Afrikaans</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte/" rel="category tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/steve-hofmeyr/" rel="category tag">Steve Hofmeyr</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrika/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-history/" rel="tag">Afrikaans History</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-language-monument/" rel="tag">Afrikaans Language monument</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-kinder-gedigte/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse kinder gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/amanda-strydom/" rel="tag">Amanda Strydom</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/coenie-de-villies/" rel="tag">Coenie de Villies</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/daars-n-plek/" rel="tag">Daar's 'n plek</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/dat-alle-liefde/" rel="tag">Dat alle liefde</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/honde-gedigte/" rel="tag">honde gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/np-van-wyk-louw/" rel="tag">NP van Wyk-Louw</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/steve-hofmeyr/" rel="tag">Steve Hofmeyr</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/waghondjies/" rel="tag">Waghondjies</a> on 01/03/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/afrikaans/#comments">28 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img style="width:370px;height:321px;" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/afrikaans-monument1.jpg" alt="afrikaans-monument1.jpg" width="654" height="481" /> The Afrikaans Language Monument and Museum, Paarl, Cape Town <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.africa-adventure.org/1_englis/southafr/1_pics/winelands/monument.jpeg" border="0" alt="" width="263" height="211" /> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/images.ciao.com/iuk/images/products/normal/667/product-6347667.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="200" height="214" /> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.ecards-passion.net/ulybka-art/ecards/i-love-you-afrikaans-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="220" height="165" /> I love you….in Afrikaans…”Ek is lief vir jou”.. Read on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaans_Language_Monument">Wikipedia </a>about this monument and on<a href="http://www.places.co.za/html/afrikaans.html"> THIS </a>link there’s more info about it. Why Afrikaans is not an <a href="http://www.litnet.co.za/cgi-bin/giga.cgi?cmd=cause_dir_news_item&news_id=14178&cause_id=1270">African language…</a> and I agree 100% with the writer of this article. Read on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaans">Wikipedia </a>more about Afrikaans. Afrikaans Die taal wat ek liefhet Afrikaans Die taal wat ek praat Afrikaans Die taal waarin ek dink Afrikaans Die taal waarin ek droom Afrikaans Die taal van my hart Afrikaans Die taal wat ek koester Vir nou en altyd Afrikaans Jy is myne Afrkaans Jy is nou Afrikaans Jy is besonders Afrikaans Jy is uniek Afrikaans Jy is getrou Afrikaans: My denke My wese My lewe! ~~Nikita~~ <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/lily.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10278" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/afrikaans/lily/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/lily.jpg" data-orig-size="86,127" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="lily" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/lily.jpg?w=86" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/lily.jpg?w=86" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-10278" title="lily" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/lily.jpg" alt="lily" width="86" height="127" /></a> Dat alle liefde Dat alle liefde moet verlore gaan en wegwaai in die wye lug, waar hierdie dooie ster sy norse vlug neem deur die stiltes van sy baan – dit is die vrees, dit is die eensaamheid wat my, geboe, met die hande krom rondom die kersie van ons liefde, stom laat skuil in kleinlike verlatenheid. (deur: N.P. van Wyk Louw) WAGHONDJIES (Jan F. Celliers) Ek is hier, en Ma is hier, Ons twee lê op Baas se baadjie. Wie is jy? Kom, loop verby, Anders word ons knor ‘n daadjie – Kry jou bene dalk ‘n hap. Kry jou broekspyp dalk ‘n gaatjie. Mooipraat? Nee, ons ken jou nie. Weg jou hand en raak ons nie! “Oppas,” het die baas gesê, “Tot ek weer kom, hier bly lê.” Op ons pootjies lê ons kop, Maar ons hou jou darem dop. Toe-oog slaap ons op die baadjie, Maar ons loer nog deur ‘n gaatjie – Een oor plat, en een oor op, PAS-OP!! Amanda Strydom, South African artist is having a conversation in Afrikaans with a Dutch TV/Radio presenter. Both of them understand one another! <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UGXTIZTaSf4?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> Coenie de Villiers and Steve Hofmeyr singing Afrikaans <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5l58GrE-i7o?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/nikita.jpg" alt="nikita.jpg" /> <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" 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rel="category tag">Suid-Afrikaanse skrywers</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-skrywers/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse skrywers</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-stories-vir-kinders/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse stories vir kinders</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-verhale/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse verhale</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/authors/" rel="tag">Authors</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/boeke/" rel="tag">boeke</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/books/" rel="tag">books</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/childrens-stories/" rel="tag">Children's stories</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/circles-in-the-forest/" rel="tag">Circles in the Forest</a>, <a 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data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee-3.jpg?w=150" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5285" title="dalene-matthee-3" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee-3.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="211" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee-4.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="5286" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/fielas-child/dalene-matthee-4/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee-4.jpg" data-orig-size="200,307" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="dalene-matthee-4" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee-4.jpg?w=200" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee-4.jpg?w=200" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5286" title="dalene-matthee-4" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee-4.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="307" /></a> Read <a href="http://www.kalahari.net/bk/product.asp?sku=28373994">here about the book </a>:”Circles in the Forest” and about “Big Foot”… <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee-5.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="5287" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/fielas-child/dalene-matthee-5/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee-5.jpg" data-orig-size="129,200" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="dalene-matthee-5" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee-5.jpg?w=129" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee-5.jpg?w=129" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5287" title="dalene-matthee-5" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee-5.jpg" alt="" width="129" height="200" /></a> Afrikaans…scroll down…. Dalene Matthee was one of South Africa’s most talented authors, the best popular novelist that I know….. She wrote mainly in Afrikaans, but many of her books were translated into 14 other lanuages, such as Italian, Hebrew, Spanish, German, French, English, Icelandic, etc. Two of her books were filmed, “Fiela’s Child” and “Circles in the forest”… Her first children’s novel…”Die Twaalfuur stokkie”… “The Twelve o’clock stick” was written in 1970. I LOVE this story and used to read the story to children in London-schools! They loved to listen to the Afrikaans Language and I explained the story via the pictures to them. It’s the best children’s story I’ve come across to explain to little children – age about 5-8 – the concept about time and the earth spinning around the sun… by using a stick in the sun. Read also about the memorial that was unveiled in Feb 2008 in honour of her! Click <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiela_se_Kind">HERE </a>to read about Fiela’s Child, the movie. Please click <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalene_Matthee">HERE </a>to read about Dalene Matthee. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="5289" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/fielas-child/dalene-matthee/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee.jpg" data-orig-size="220,307" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="dalene-matthee" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee.jpg?w=220" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee.jpg?w=220" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5289" title="dalene-matthee" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee.jpg" alt="" width="220" height="307" /></a> SA writers mourn Dalene Matthee 20/02/2005 21:20 – (SA) Dalene Matthee – 1938-2005 Dalene Matthee dies Laetitia Pople , Die Burger Cape Town – “Maybe she just held out until her new book, Die Uitgespoeldes, and its translation was done,” Dalene Matthee’s daughter Amanda said on Sunday after the author died in her sleep. The 66-year-old Matthee died in the Bayview clinic, Mossel Bay, early on Sunday morning. She was admitted to the clinic for heart failure on Thursday. The death of Matthee – who was especially well known for her forest trilogy, of which the first, Kringe in ‘n Bos (Circles in a Forest, first appeared in 1984 and was reprinted 22 times – is being described as a huge loss for the Afrikaans reading public. “She was one of the most well-loved popular novelists in Afrikaans. “With her books such as Kringe, Fiela se Kind (Fiela’s Child), Pieternella van die Kaap and, more recently, Toorbos, she got the general Afrikaans public reading again, and she successfully bridged the gap between quality and popular literature,” said Eloise Wessels, chief executive of NB Publishers, on Sunday. Novelist Elsa Joubert agrees. “She succeeded in getting people who never read Afrikaans to read in the language, and that’s been a wonderful contribution,” she says. The literary expert Wium van Zyl believes she was like Langenhoven. “Like him, she had something to offer the intellectual reader and for the everyday reader. “She exposed the reader to various challenges. She was an ecologist and a mild feminist who considered the poor with attention and respect.” If there’s someone whom the entire South African writers’ community mourns today, it would be Matthee, said Abraham H de Vries. “The voice of one of the best storytellers has fallen silent.“Only she could have written those forest stories – no one else could.” Film-maker Katinka Heyns, who directed the movie based on the book Fiela se Kind, remembers how she spent two hours with Matthee in the Knysna forest. “The forest would tell Dalene if I may make the movie. She did not say a word and only sat listening. “And then I had to wait an enitre night before she gave the answer.” Matthee was famous for the rigorous research she did for her books. She researched only her forest trilogy (Kringe, Fiela and Moerbeibos) for seven years, and Pieternella took three years’ research. Matthee’s books were translated into 14 languages, including French, German, Spanish, Italian, Hebrew and Icelandic. She won the ATKV prize for good popular fiction four times and was honoured with a Swiss literature prize for her “energetic literary work and her passionate interest in nature conservation” in Zurich in 1993. Die Uitgespoeldes is the story of Moses Swart, a foundling raised by an Afrikaans family after being found under a jacket on the beach. Matthee is survived by her three daughters, Amanda and Hilary Matthee and Toni van der Walt. Her husband, Larius, died two years ago. Origninal news article <a href="http://www.news24.com/News24/Entertainment/Local/0,,2-1225-1242_1665225,00.html">HERE </a>as it was reported in 2005. The forest novels Kringe in ‘n bos (Circles in a forest) (1984) Fiela se Kind (Fiela’s Child) (1985) Moerbeibos (The Mulberry Forest) (1987) Toorbos (Dream Forest) (2003) Other published works Die twaalfuurstokkie (The twelve-o’-clock stick) (1970) ’n Huis vir Nadia (A House for Nadia) (1982) Petronella van Aarde, burgemeester (Petronella van Aarde,Mayor) (1983) Brug van die esels (The Day The Swallows Spoke) (1993) Susters van Eva (Sisters of Eve) (1995) Pieternella van die Kaap (Pieternella from the Cape) (2000) Die Uitgespoeldes (Driftwood) (2005) Dalene Matthee Memorial <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalenemattheememorial1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="5292" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/fielas-child/dalenemattheememorial1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalenemattheememorial1.jpg" data-orig-size="400,343" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="dalenemattheememorial1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalenemattheememorial1.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalenemattheememorial1.jpg?w=400" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5292" title="dalenemattheememorial1" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalenemattheememorial1.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="343" /></a> Wow! I was sent <a href="http://www.sanparks.org/about/news/2008/february/matthee.php">SANPARKS-link </a>by a blogger-friend, <a href="http://mykopop.wordpress.com/">Chris </a>after he’s read my post about Dalene Matthee and I want to thank him as this is really fantastic! Dalene Matthee Memorial Unveiled at Wilderness National Park On Saturday, 23 February 2008, close family, a few selected SANParks officials and the press witnessed the unveiling of a memorial in honour of the late writer, Dalene Matthee. It was Matthee ’s fervent wish to have her ashes scattered in the Knysna Forest and her three daughters saw it as a fitting remembrance to their mom, to have a special memorial erected in the place Matthee so loved. “After three years this project has fallen into place and the family will be eternally grateful to the Wilderness National Park staff for making it all happen”, says Hillary Matthee, the writer’s youngest daughter. SANParks contribution included the building of a boardwalk around the memorial, the renaming the big tree to the Dalene Matthee Big Tree and the marking of a circular hiking trail to the “Circles in a Forest” trail. The memorial, tree and trail will now form part of the park’s cultural heritage programme. Matthee based many of her books, especially Fiela’s Child, Circles in a Forest and Moerbeibos on the life and people of the forest. Her books have been translated into 14 languages. Dignitaries at the unveiling ceremony included Mvusy Songelwa (Regional Manager of the Garden Route National Parks) who unveiled the memorial, Edgar Nevuvhalani (People and Conservation Cultural Heritage Manager) and Dr. Razeena Omar (Executive Director: People and Conservation), who befittingly mentioned what an honour it is for SANParks to house a memorial for a woman who has done so much to bring nature and the forests to the hearts of all people who read her books. The memorial, Big Tree and the Circles in a Forest Trail is situated at the Krisjan se Nek picnic site in the Goudveld Forest (close to Knysna), which now forms part of the Wilderness National Park. Jill Gordon, Park Manager, encourages all and especially school groups to come and pay homage to Matthee and explore the beauty of the forests <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee-kringe.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="5293" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/fielas-child/dalene-matthee-kringe/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee-kringe.jpg" data-orig-size="492,668" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="dalene-matthee-kringe" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee-kringe.jpg?w=492" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee-kringe.jpg?w=492" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5293" title="dalene-matthee-kringe" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee-kringe.jpg" alt="" width="207" height="396" /></a> (Circles in the forest) <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee-pieternella.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="5295" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/fielas-child/dalene-matthee-pieternella/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee-pieternella.jpg" data-orig-size="200,309" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="dalene-matthee-pieternella" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee-pieternella.jpg?w=200" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee-pieternella.jpg?w=200" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5295" title="dalene-matthee-pieternella" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee-pieternella.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="309" /></a> (Pieternella from the Cape) <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee-moerbeibos.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="5296" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/fielas-child/dalene-matthee-moerbeibos/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee-moerbeibos.jpg" data-orig-size="100,150" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="dalene-matthee-moerbeibos" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee-moerbeibos.jpg?w=100" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee-moerbeibos.jpg?w=100" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5296" title="dalene-matthee-moerbeibos" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dalene-matthee-moerbeibos.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="150" /></a> (The Mulberry forest) Nou wil ek meer oor van haar boeke – en ander skrywers se boeke – in Afrikaans se… omdat ek van dit self gelees het en self ook ‘n blibioteek-onderwyseres is – Ja, ek het vir 9 jaar uit 2 skole se mediasentrums klas gegee. Honderde boeke is aangekoop – wat ‘n voorreg om die skole se mediasentrum-begroting by Uitgewers te gaan spandeer! Dit was gewoonlik ‘n daguitstappie! So is die volgende boeke dan van my gunstelinge vir kinders ouderdom 11-15/16…dalk ouer ook! Die Sakmense – Deur Maretha Maartens. Wat ‘n fantastiese boek. Miriam was ‘n meisie met’n donker gelaatskleur wie se familie onder “sakke” agter die landdroskantoor gebly het en hulle het groente en vrugte verkoop het om aan die lewe te bly. Thea was ‘n meisie met slegs een nier. Sy moet leer om met haar dialise-sakkie te leef, maar dis nog moeiliker om met haar skuldgevoel oor die weg te kom: sy weet sy is self daarvoor verantwoordelik dat haar ma se nier, wat kleintyd in haar oorgeplant is, heeltemal opgehou funksioneer het. Tog kan sy dit nie sê nie en intussen hou haar ma haar oupa daarvoor verantwoordelik. Miriam is minderjarig en het nie die waarheid gepraat oor haar ouderdom nie. Dit was omdat sy haar familie wou help om onder die ‘sakke’ uit te kom en ‘n goeie lewe te he. Hulle het nie geld gehad vir skoolgaan nie en haar pa was slegs ‘n leegle-er en het niks gedoen om die familie te ondersteun nie. Uiteindelik sou Thea en Miriam mekaar help, sodat elkeen kon leer hoe om haar sak weg te leef. Die boek is ‘n boek wat selfs die volwasse leser sal waardeer en geniet. Sommige ander baie gewilde boeke onder die kinders: Die Boemelaars, Plek van die dolfyne, ‘n Pakkie mieliepitte, Die Inkvoel en Geagte mej Snob. Marilee McCallighan se boek- Wedloop teen die wind” – is ‘n boek vir kinders so 12-15 jaar. Arno is die seun-karakter in die storie en sy pa was ‘n prokureur. Hy was ‘n puik atleet en toe skielik begin hy toe epileptiese aanvalle kry en moes hy na ‘n spesiale skool gaan, wat ‘n groot vernedering vir die pa en ma was – veral die ma! Hulle was gesiene mense in die omgewing en sy kon nie verwerk of aanvaar dat haar talentvolle seun dit moes oorkom en na so ‘n skool moes gaan nie. <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/fielas-child/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Fiela’s Child and other books">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1097 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-music-videos category-south-africa tag-afrikaans tag-boerbritish-war tag-bok-van-blerk tag-de-la-rey tag-discrimination tag-general-de-la-rey tag-history tag-music tag-music-videos tag-ons-vir-jou-suid-afrika tag-south-african-british-war tag-south-afrika" id="post-1097"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/ex-unitate-vires/" rel="bookmark">Ex Unitate Vires</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/music-videos/" rel="category tag">music videos</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/boerbritish-war/" rel="tag">Boer/British War</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/bok-van-blerk/" rel="tag">Bok van Blerk</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/de-la-rey/" rel="tag">De la Rey</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/discrimination/" rel="tag">discrimination</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/general-de-la-rey/" rel="tag">General De La Rey</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/history/" rel="tag">History</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music/" rel="tag">music</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music-videos/" rel="tag">music videos</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/ons-vir-jou-suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Ons vir jou Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-british-war/" rel="tag">South African-British-War</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-afrika/" rel="tag">South Afrika</a> on 11/02/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/ex-unitate-vires/#comments">4 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/f5_SP1ChuuY?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UGh4lA1S7yc?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> On <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/07/12/great-grandad/">THIS LINK </a>and on <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/art-5/">THIS link </a>you can read more about the British/Boer-War. You can also view some War-Art… and <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/06/16/boerwar/">HERE </a>you can also read about the War. On <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koos_de_la_Rey">THIS LINK </a>you can read more about General De La Rey…. Words of the second song in English…. I’ve asked <a href="http://williewerkie.com/?p=27">Jasper </a>to translate the song in English…so, enjoy his translation! On the hill tops at night In shadows and darkness we wait The night chills te mud and the guts for my bed While the rain and old rags sleeps with me With the life that they burned from my farm to take pride in capturing me They opened my soul to the flames That fans the dark furnace in me De La Rey, De La Rey We need you to show us the way De La Rey, De La Rey General De La Rey United we’ll fight till we fall General De La Rey You could hear the Queens force mocking an end to this brotherhood of men Cornered by cliffs they did think For us it’s the end How they failed to conceive The heart of a man That they came to call Boer Beware the pale horse from the west The Lion that comes for his kin De La Rey, De La Rey We need you to show us the way De La Rey, De La Rey General De La Rey United we’ll fight till we fall General De La Rey In the dark camps of death My wife and my child pays the bill For in the footprint of Khaki’s This nation will rise once again De La Rey, De La Rey We need you to show us the way De La Rey, De La Rey General De La Rey United we’ll fight till we fall General De La Rey (c) Jandre Neethling Discrimination!! this song is forbidden to be sung on Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria!! oh my DEAR!!! can you believe it!! South Africa, wake up!!! It’s a SONG about HISTORY!!!!!!! <a href="http://www.news24.com/Rapport/Nuus/0,,752-795_2070988,00.html">http://www.news24.com/Rapport/Nuus/0,,752-795_2070988,00.html</a> <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/ex-unitate-vires/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Ex Unitate Vires">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-975 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-poems category-gedigte category-poems category-poetry tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaans-poems tag-afrikaans-poetry tag-afrikaanse-gedigte tag-gedigte" id="post-975"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/gister-en-vandag/" rel="bookmark">Gister en vandag</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-poems/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte/" rel="category tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poems/" rel="category tag">poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poetry/" rel="category tag">Poetry</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-poems/" rel="tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-poetry/" rel="tag">Afrikaans poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a> on 18/01/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/gister-en-vandag/#comments">5 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> Gister en vandag Ek sit met gedagtes wat loop gedagtes van hartseer tot by die bo-loop van gister, gister se nadraai van herinneringe wat is – oorlaai Gister se herinneringe – vars in my geheue en ek koester die seer in my hart gedweë ek wil onthou, onthou die mooi wat nie meer in my is – die mooi Die bedding van my hart is deurtrap en bekrap met spore van ink van gedweë en dink — ek het nog nie gevind die liefde wat wink Vandag, na gister – vandag ‘n dag van liefde en lag Verby is die seer en terug die lag ek’t gevind die liefde van my hart! Liefde wat gewink het wat ek gevind het in aandskemering tot in die môre – volbring! Vandag, na gister – vandag met ‘n hand vol sterre sien ek in die verre net die geluk in pag! ©Nikita ~~ <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.geocities.com/SoHo/Hall/9370/handstars.gif" border="0" alt="" width="300" height="284" />PS: Die gedig is ook geskryf in dieselfde tyd as die “Paaie…” gedig…as jy die ander een gelees het, dan kan jy dieselfde tema hier raaklees! Kommentaar…gooi dit! Jy hoef nie skaam te wees nie…ek kan dit hanteer!! lol! Jy kan “Paaie van herinnering <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/paaie-van-herinnering/" target="_blank">HIER </a>lees en nog meer op die bladsy-link bo-aan my blog gemerk met “my poems/gedigte”. Enige kommentaar sal verwelkom word! <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/gister-en-vandag/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Gister en vandag">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-958 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-poems category-gedigte category-poems category-poetry tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaans-poems tag-afrikaanse-gedigte tag-gedigte tag-paaie-van-herinnering tag-poems tag-poetry" id="post-958"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/paaie-van-herinnering/" rel="bookmark">Paaie van herinnering</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-poems/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte/" rel="category tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poems/" rel="category tag">poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poetry/" rel="category tag">Poetry</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-poems/" rel="tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/paaie-van-herinnering/" rel="tag">Paaie van herinnering</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poems/" rel="tag">poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poetry/" rel="tag">Poetry</a> on 13/01/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/paaie-van-herinnering/#comments">9 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> English readers…link to my English poem is at the bottom of this post…and there’s more on “my poetry/gedigte”-page-link on top of my blog. <img style="width:173px;height:321px;" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/sun.jpg" alt="sun.jpg" /> Paaie van herinnering Ek wandel op paaie van herinnering in die laataand van my skemering seer is die felle herinnering opgewonde die blye ontmoeting Ek klop aan die deur van smart ek het nie vergeet die liefde van my hart en drink soms die beker van smart wat soos kanker bly vreet in my hart Ek steek nie al die kerse aan die brand — jy sal verstaan as jy laat in die aand net een kry wat brand Net een wat steeds brand vir ons liefde se stand wat lank nie is: bestand teen die wette van vanaand ~~~ ©Nikita <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/candle-flame.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="6372" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/paaie-van-herinnering/candle-flame/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/candle-flame.jpg" data-orig-size="176,345" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"5","credit":"","camera":"Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1156495136","copyright":"","focal_length":"39","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.066666666666667","title":""}" data-image-title="candle-flame" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/candle-flame.jpg?w=176" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/candle-flame.jpg?w=176" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6372" title="candle-flame" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/candle-flame.jpg" alt="" width="176" height="345" /></a> To read my English poem….please click <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/23/body-and-soul/" target="_blank">HERE</a> and feel welcome to drop me any comments! The link will open in a new window. <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/paaie-van-herinnering/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Paaie van herinnering">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-826 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-artists category-helmut-lotti category-laurika-rauch category-music category-music-videos category-musiekvideos category-poetry category-sarie-marais category-song-translated category-sonvanger category-south-africa category-suncatcher tag-helmut-lotti tag-kinders-van-die-wind tag-laurika-rauch tag-music tag-music-video tag-song-translated tag-sonvanger tag-south-africa tag-suncatcher tag-the-old-folk tag-valiant-swart" id="post-826"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/21/sonvanger/" rel="bookmark">Suncatcher! – song</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/artists/" rel="category tag">Artists</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/helmut-lotti/" rel="category tag">Helmut Lotti</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/laurika-rauch/" rel="category tag">Laurika Rauch</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/music/" rel="category tag">music</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/music-videos/" rel="category tag">music videos</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/musiekvideos/" rel="category tag">musiekvideos</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poetry/" rel="category tag">Poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/sarie-marais/" rel="category tag">Sarie Marais</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/song-translated/" rel="category tag">Song translated</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/sonvanger/" rel="category tag">Sonvanger</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suncatcher/" rel="category tag">Suncatcher</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/helmut-lotti/" rel="tag">Helmut Lotti</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/kinders-van-die-wind/" rel="tag">Kinders van die Wind</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/laurika-rauch/" rel="tag">Laurika Rauch</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music/" rel="tag">music</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music-video/" rel="tag">music video</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/song-translated/" rel="tag">Song translated</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/sonvanger/" rel="tag">Sonvanger</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suncatcher/" rel="tag">Suncatcher</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/the-old-folk/" rel="tag">The Old Folk</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/valiant-swart/" rel="tag">Valiant Swart</a> on 21/12/2007| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/21/sonvanger/#comments">15 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img style="width:211px;height:281px;" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/suncatcher.png" alt="suncatcher.png" width="211" height="330" />This is the most beautiful song by Laurika Rauch and Valiant Swart. They sing about the sun….”Suncatcher” – ….Laurika Rauch is really one of our best artists in South Africa… she’s a beloved singer, well, I do love her music and I think most other South Africans too as you will notice the reaction of the audience when she appears on stage to sing with Valiant. She’s really done her bit for Afrikaans and she’s a big legend in SA. This song is in Afrikaans and I’ve tried my best to translate this “Sonvanger” (Suncatcher) in English, please listen to the music while following the words as this is a special song! You can also follow the words as I’ve translated her song in English. Enjoy! Please click <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/laurika-and-space/" target="_blank">HERE </a>to listen to her singing an English song, called… “The old folk”…beautiful! <iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='500' height='375' src='https://video.wordpress.com/embed/c34C4Ary?hd=0&autoPlay=0&permalink=1&loop=0&preloadContent=metadata&muted=0&playsinline=0&controls=1&cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write' ></iframe><script src='https://v0.wordpress.com/js/next/videopress-iframe.js?m=1725245713'></script> SONVANGER Valiant Swart KYK OF JY VIR MY DIE SON KAN VANG DAAR’S ‘N KAMER IN DIE HUIS WAAR ONS DIE SON KAN HANG DIS DONKER BY DIE VENSTER IN DIE MIDDEL VAN DIE DAG ONTHOU JY HOE HELDER DIE KAMER KON LAG KYK OF JY VIR MY DIE SON KAN BRING DAAR’S ‘N LIEDJIE IN DIE GANGE WAT DIE SON KAN SING WANT DIS STIL IN DIE HOEKE, HIERDIE KOUE SEISOEN KAN JY SIEN WAT DIE WIND EN DIE REËN AAN MY DOEN REFREIN: S-O-NVANGER EK VRA JOU MOOI, LAAT HOM WEER VIR MY KOM SKYN S-O-NVANGER LAAT MY VERSTAAN HOE ‘N SOMER SOMMERSO IN DIE NIET KAN VERDWYN EN LAAT HOM SKYN KYK OF JY VIR MY DIE SON KAN KRY DAAR’S ‘N HUISIE IN MY HART WAAR DIE SON KAN BLY KYK OF JY VIR MY DIE SON KAN STEEL DAAR’S ‘N PLEKKIE IN DIE TUIN WAAR DIE SON KAN SPEEL REFREIN BRING ‘N BIETJIE LIG VIR DIE DRAAIE OP MY PAD EN ‘N HANDJIEVOL STRALE VIR DIE DONKER IN MY HART S-O-NVANGER Suncatcher See if you could catch me the sun There’s a room in the house where it can be hung It’s dark by the window in the middle of the day Do you remember how brightly the room could laugh? See if you could bring me the sun There’s a song in the corridors the sun can sing Coz it’s quiet in the corners, this cold season Can you see what the wind and rain do to me? Choir: S-u-ncatcher! I ask you, please, let it shine for me again S-u-ncatcher! Let me understand How a summer disappear like that in the nothingness And let it shine See if you could get me the sun There’s a home in my heart where the sun can live See if you could steal me the sun There’s a place in the garden where the sun can play Choir: S-u-ncatcher! I ask you please, let it shine for me again S-u-ncatcher! Let me understand How a summer could disappear like that in the nothingness And let it shine Bring some light for the meanders on my road And a handful of rays for the darkness in my heart ~~~Nikita This next song is sung by Helmut Lotti, a Belgium artist….singing Afrikaans….a very old folk song called “Sarie Marias”. <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wrvEwv26WLc?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> Steve Hofmeyr…..from the TV-series (couple of years ago)….”Agter elke man..” ….(“Behind every man…”) <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BlX8Ktlieo4?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" 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meme! Read what a meme is….(pronounced like in “dream”)…on a post of 2 days ago……OK, it was REALLY very difficult to decide WHERE to start first, as my time is now very little after starting an IT course today! So, I had to think quickly what I will post, as there are so MANY things I could write about!!, but to limit it to only SEVEN! That was very difficult….I made a list, crossed out, started with another, crossed out again…and then just started with what jumped to my mind!!I will have to do another one and another and another and another and…..wow…. First of all, I do LOVE teaching, as I see teaching as a CALLING and not just a job…(like I heard some teachers saying that here in London..) for me it is NOT just a job!……..My great grandad left Holland to teach in South Africa and I think the teaching -blood is running through my veins! Click <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/bosfontein-primary-school/" target="_blank">here</a> to see pictures of the current school. The link will open in a new window. The old school, which was in his very own house, is about 2 km from the current school. I used to teach Primary and don’t think I ever want to teach Secondary……but if I have to…..It will have to be a subject like ICT only, as I do like IT and to incorporate ICT in any aspect of my teaching. <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RzjTEegbmgI/AAAAAAAACqM/GFJk5acSB_U/s1600-h/books2.jpg"><img style="float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp2.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RzjTEegbmgI/AAAAAAAACqM/GFJk5acSB_U/s320/books2.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="181" height="184" /> </a> I love reading, I LOVE books…not just “like” it….I have about a library packed away in South Africa and have slowly started to build one again. Children’s books….adult books…If I’m teaching, you will always find me in a bookshop, leaving with many books! A book as a present to me…and you will make my day! I also like writing stories. During secondary school, I used to get good marks for creative writing…what we also call “composition”….and I was always eager to get homework in composition….I just loved to let my mind flow….one of my favourite books is “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck. Another book by him…”Of mice and men”…read at the bottom of my post about a play… <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RzjTEegbmhI/AAAAAAAACqU/2ClMoAy4JlU/s1600-h/totius1.jpg"><img style="float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp2.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RzjTEegbmhI/AAAAAAAACqU/2ClMoAy4JlU/s320/totius1.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="137" height="239" /></a> Poetry!!! On this picture you can see a famous and well-known South African poet…Totius…(pen name) …..J D du Toit….he wrote some fantastic poems, some of them very moving, like the one about the death of his own child, killed by lightning….really an emotional poem! His daughter stood by an open window, when lightning struck and he was there to witness everything…as his poem tells us…read my translated version of his poem at the bottom of the post… <a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RzjTEugbmiI/AAAAAAAACqc/bRBirH31WXc/s1600-h/Simons-Town.jpg"><img style="float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp3.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RzjTEugbmiI/AAAAAAAACqc/bRBirH31WXc/s320/Simons-Town.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> South Africa!!! ……..I love my country to bits! I have a passion for South Africa. South Africa will always be THE place to be!! No other country is as beautiful as South Africa. People who want to differ…they haven’t been there….and if they still do after being there…then they haven’t seen South Africa!!! On this picture you can see Simonstown…Cape Town…Read the blog…anamericaninpretoria.blogspot.com – and you will see why she loves South Africa too. One reason why I LOVE <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/07/12/great-grandad/" target="_blank">my country </a>and will always do, no matter what! <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RzjTEOgbmfI/AAAAAAAACqE/I0jqCoifY74/s1600-h/chesscheckmate1.jpg"></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/chesscheckmate1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12345" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/seven-ii/chesscheckmate1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/chesscheckmate1.jpg" data-orig-size="532,518" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="chesscheckmate1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/chesscheckmate1.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/chesscheckmate1.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12345" title="chesscheckmate1" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/chesscheckmate1.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="292" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/chesscheckmate1.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/chesscheckmate1.jpg 532w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> And…….of course……..if you don’t know it by now…you will NEVER know! CHESS! I never played it at school. During Primary at the age of about 10, my brother taught me…I got my first chess book at the age of 12 from my one sister…..with Fischer/Spasski games in the back….I do like Bobby Fischer’s games…..I played them through as a child as I had no one to play with! No one in my family wanted to play chess…then at Secondary…it was always just BOYS when we were called to play chess…and I felt intimidated by them…no other girls! And the boys…always giving you the “look”…as if they wanna say…”hey…a girl playing chess!! how is that possible!”…I really started to get into chess when at my second school, the Headteacher asked me to start chess…….and I was over the moon! My kids really did well….I left at that school with two teams, each team…. 10 players and two reserves and a lot of Junior children…in South Africa they are Gr1-Gr3 (7-9 year old) kids in line to join the teams later… (If you click on this pic, you will see a good checkmate position, this player’s rating is a bit low, he only started playing quite recently, but has picked-up very quickly and sometimes, I really have to be very careful with my moves! We play friendlies and while playing, I try to help him with the closing of his games, as this is where his problem lies at the moment.) <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RzjenegbmjI/AAAAAAAACqk/P4QqyiurT04/s1600-h/fashionredtop.jpg"><img style="float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp2.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RzjenegbmjI/AAAAAAAACqk/P4QqyiurT04/s320/fashionredtop.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="209" height="216" /></a> I like the colour red ….although purple-pinkish is also one of my favourites…This top is a beautiful top! <a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RzjenugbmkI/AAAAAAAACqs/HsfNNHkbKhE/s1600-h/kitten.jpg"><img style="float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp3.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RzjenugbmkI/AAAAAAAACqs/HsfNNHkbKhE/s320/kitten.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> …CATS!! I’m a catlover! Cats are peaceloving animals! They have personalities of their own and they have their own language to speak to you!! Listen to your cat!! and try to understand its language!! The poem that follows now, is the one Totius wrote about his child. Read my English Translation further down….and I hope you enjoy it…although it’s a very sad poem! John Steinbeck may have written “Of Mice and Men” as a novella, but he always had theatrical aspirations for it. After the book launched his literary celebrity in 1937, he turned it into a play, which began a respectable Broadway run later that year, and a critically acclaimed film followed. More stage and screen versions have been attempted, but no matter how good the dramatization, “Of Mice and Men” will always be that slim junior-high classic that (despite the teacher’s harping on foreshadowing) unlocked the gripping power of narrative storytelling… O die pyn-gedagte Totius….(JD du Toit) O Die pyn-gedagte: My kind is dood! . . . dit brand soos ‘n pyl in my. Die mense sien daar niks nie van, en die Here alleen die weet wat ek ly. Die dae kom en die nagte gaan die skadu’s word lank en weer kort; die drywerstem van my werk weerklink, en ek gaan op my kruisweg voort. Maar daar skiet aldeur ‘n pyn in my hart, so, dat my lewe se glans verdwyn; Jou kind is dood met ‘n vreeslike dood! En – ek gryp my bors van die pyn. O Die bliksemgedagte! . . . Ja, lieflingskind, een straal het jou skone liggaam verskroei, maar bliksemstrale sonder tal laat my binneste brand en bloei. Sy was so teer soos ‘n vlindertjie, sy’t lugtig omheen geswerf; ‘n asempie wind kon haar vlerkies breek en – kyk watter dood moes sy sterf! Hoe weinig die kinders wat so moet sterf, dis een uit die tienduisend-tal, en ag, dat dit sy was, en ek moes sien dat sy dood in my arms val! O Die pyn-gedagte: My kind is dood! . . . dit brand soos ‘n pyl in my; die mense die sien daar niks nie van, en die Here alleen die weet wat ek ly. Update…..as I promised…my own translation of the poem! Oh the painful thought Oh the painful thought: my child is dead! It burns like a dart in my flesh… People don’t see anything…. Only God knows my suffering! Days come and nights go Shadows grow tall and short Behind me, the echo of my work’s moving spirit; and I… continue my way to the cross But then, a pain poked through my heart! so much, the brilliance of my life disappeared; Your child is dead; died a horrible death! And I clenched my chest due to the pain… Oh the thunderbolt-thought!….yes, beloved child! One flash of lightning scorched your tender body, but numerous thunderbolts burnt my heart and left it …. bleeding She was so tender, like a butterfly … She glided lightly about; A breath of wind could damage her tiny wings and…what a death she died! Few children die like this only one in ten-thousand! and oh!…It’s my little girl.. witnessed by me…. and died in my arms! Oh the painful thought: my child is dead! It burns like a dart in my flesh… People don’t see anything… Only God knows my suffering! translated by….©~~Nikita <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RzpJCegbmmI/AAAAAAAACq8/bFBVyhvbl58/s1600-h/littlegirl.jpg"><img style="float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp0.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RzpJCegbmmI/AAAAAAAACq8/bFBVyhvbl58/s320/littlegirl.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Transvaal.svg/250px-Flag_of_Transvaal.svg.png" alt="" /> Die Vierkleur…Wikipedia Die Vierkleur DIE VIERKLEUR IS WEER IN GEVAAR . . . Kom, burgers, trek die perde reg; Nou vrou en kind goeien – dag geseg! Jongkêrels, los die nôi se hand; En seuns, verlaat jul moeders, want Daar gaan ‘n strydroep deur die land! Gryp nou die teuels bymekaar – Die vierkleur is weer in gevaar! Die regterhand gryp die visier, Die bors oorkruis ‘n bandolier; Die spore in die sonskyn blink, Stiebeuels teen mekaar weerklink, Die ketel aan die saal rinkink. Kom, burgers, hou nou bymekaar – Die vierkleur is weer in gevaar! Laat aan die trippelaar sy pas, Maar hou die vuurge hingste vas. Die agterstes moet ingalop Tot binne – in die ruiter – trop, Die ponie en die bossie – kop. Kom burgers, ry so bymekaar- Die vierkleur is weer in gevaar! Trek burgers, almal nou geteld, Al voort maar deur die wye veld, En of jul al omlaag verdwyn, Of op die heuwels weer verskyn – Wys altyd weer die slingerlyn. Kom, burgers, trek so bymekaar – Die vierkleur is in gevaar! En moet jul val, val dan met eer, Met die oog die vyand toegekeer; Val op die grense, man en perd, Die oue vierkleur is dit wêrd, En die eerkroon wenk al uit die vert. Val burgers, val dan bymekaar – Totuis ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Maar een Suid-Afrika Gee my ‘n roer in my regterhand, Gee my ‘n bok wat vlug oor ‘n rand – En ‘n flukse perd om hom weg te dra: Gee my Suid-Afrika. Gee my ‘n kamp waar bossies groei, Gee my ‘n fraai volstruis wat broei – En ‘n Boerseun wat baie wa: Gee my Suid-Afrika. Gee my ‘n koppie om op te staan, Gee my die Swartland met al sy graan – En nooit of te nimmer hoor jy my kla: Gee my Suid-Afrika. Gee my ‘n vlakte ruim en wyd, Gee my die veld se oneindigheid – En die lekker geur wat die lug daar dra: Gee my Suid-Afrika. Uit: Gedigte A.D. Keet (1888-1972) KOMAAN! Woorde: JAN F.E. CELLIERS Musiek: DIRKIE DE VILLIERS Wees sterk! Daar’s ‘n nasie te lei, daar’s ‘n stryd te stry, daar’s werk! Daar’s nie na guns of eer te kyk, daar’s nie na links of regs te wyk, daar’s net te swyg en aan te stryk–Komaan! Wees trou! Daar’s ‘n volk te leer om homself te eer, te bou; om God en God alleen te vrees, aan aard en taal getrou te wees, gesond en waar van hart en gees–Komaan! Wees fier op ‘n voorgeslag waard, in wil en in daad gespier! Hul lewensweg het ons gewys om trou te wees aan waarheidseis. 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href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/remembrance-day/#comments">24 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/poppy3.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="6131" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/remembrance-day/poppy3/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/poppy3.jpg" data-orig-size="366,264" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="poppy3" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/poppy3.jpg?w=366" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/poppy3.jpg?w=366" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6131" title="poppy3" alt="" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/poppy3.jpg" height="264" width="366" /></a></div> <div>Let us not forget today….People who died for our freedom during the wars! People who served during the wars….Remembrance day…11 November, 11 am….</div> <div>A bit Afrikaans…</div> <div>*****My gedagtes gaan ook na my eie pa wat in WWII geveg het, hy het skool op ouderdom 16 verlaat om ‘n Bomwerper te wees. Vandag het ek sy log-boek in my besit – omdat ek sy naamgenoot is – waarin al die vlugte opgeteken is, al die bomme wat afgegooi is, waar dit afgegooi is, watter teikens getref is…ens ens. Hy was in Egipte/Italie. Hy’s op ‘n vroeë ouderdom oorlede aan ‘n hartaanval en die dokter het gemeen dis die spanning van die oorlog, want blykbaar het baie soldate – van WWII – op ‘n vroeë ouderdom gesterf deur spannings-verwante probleme wat die nagevolg is van die oorlog-spanning. *****</div> <div><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/remembranceday1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="14377" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/remembrance-day/remembranceday1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/remembranceday1.jpg" data-orig-size="625,270" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="RemembranceDay1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/remembranceday1.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/remembranceday1.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-14377" title="RemembranceDay1" alt="" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/remembranceday1.jpg?w=250" height="108" width="250" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/remembranceday1.jpg?w=250 250w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/remembranceday1.jpg?w=500 500w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></a></div> <div></div> <div>Image: sparkyteaching.com Why the Poppy? Scarlet poppies (popaver rhoeas) grow naturally in conditions of disturbed earth throughout Western Europe. The destruction brought by the Napoleonic wars of the early 19th Century transformed bare land into fields of blood red poppies, growing around the bodies of the fallen soldiers.In late 1914, the fields of Northern France and Flanders were once again ripped open as the First World War raged through Europe’s heart.The significance of the poppy as a lasting memorial symbol to the fallen was realised by the Canadian surgeon John McCrae in his poem In Flanders Fields. The poppy came to represent the immeasurable sacrifice made by his comrades and quickly became a lasting memorial to those who died in the First World War and later conflicts. Listen to the song…”The Green Fields of France”…and you can download it here: <a href="http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/De/resources/remember/links.html" rel="nofollow">http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/De/resources/remember/links.html</a> …..</div> <div>and download the lyrics here on this link…a PDF file will open: <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/poppygreenfieldsoffrance.pdf" target="_blank">poppygreenfieldsoffrance</a> <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-651-43" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/poppynomanslandtabor.mp3?_=43" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/poppynomanslandtabor.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/poppynomanslandtabor.mp3</a></audio></div> Click on <a href="http://www.saskstories.ca/english/work/growth/reserve/video/hero.html" target="_blank">THIS LINK </a>to watch a video about a Canadian Veteran talking about the war. <div>Read more <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/remembrance/history/poppy.shtml" target="_blank">here </a>…</div> <div><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/poppy2.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="6128" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/remembrance-day/poppy2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/poppy2.jpg" data-orig-size="291,101" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="poppy2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/poppy2.jpg?w=291" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/poppy2.jpg?w=291" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6128" title="poppy2" alt="" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/poppy2.jpg" height="101" width="291" /></a></div> In Flanders Fiels In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields By John McCrae 1915 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/poppy1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="6129" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/remembrance-day/poppy1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/poppy1.jpg" data-orig-size="75,75" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="poppy1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/poppy1.jpg?w=75" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/poppy1.jpg?w=75" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6129" title="poppy1" alt="" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/poppy1.jpg" height="75" width="75" /></a>   <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/poppies5.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="14381" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/remembrance-day/poppies5/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/poppies5.jpg" data-orig-size="514,418" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="poppies5" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/poppies5.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/poppies5.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-14381" title="poppies5" alt="" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/poppies5.jpg?w=250" height="203" width="250" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/poppies5.jpg?w=250 250w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/poppies5.jpg?w=500 500w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></a> Reply to Flanders Fields Oh! sleep in peace where poppies grow; The torch your falling hands let go Was caught by us, again held high, A beacon light in Flanders sky That dims the stars to those below. You are our dead, you held the foe, And ere the poppies cease to blow, We’ll prove our faith in you who lie In Flanders Fields. Oh! rest in peace, we quickly go To you who bravely died, and know In other fields was heard the cry, For freedom’s cause, of you who lie, So still asleep where poppies grow, In Flanders Fields. As in rumbling sound, to and fro, The lightning flashes, sky aglow, The mighty hosts appear, and high Above the din of battle cry, Scarce heard amidst the guns below, Are fearless hearts who fight the foe, And guard the place where poppies grow. Oh! sleep in peace, all you who lie In Flanders Fields. And still the poppies gently blow, Between the crosses, row on row. The larks, still bravely soaring high, Are singing now their lullaby To you who sleep where poppies grow In Flanders Fields. – John Mitchell <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/poppies_tombarret.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="14379" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/remembrance-day/poppies_tombarret/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/poppies_tombarret.jpg" data-orig-size="602,511" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="poppies_tombarret" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/poppies_tombarret.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/poppies_tombarret.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-14379" title="poppies_tombarret" alt="" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/poppies_tombarret.jpg?w=250" height="212" width="250" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/poppies_tombarret.jpg?w=250 250w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/poppies_tombarret.jpg?w=500 500w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></a> Poppies, picture by Tom Barret The most famous Canadian poem was inspired by one of the fiercest battles of the First World War. During a lull in the battle, Lt.-Col. John McCrae scribbled the 13 lines of In Flanders Field on a scrap of paper, describing the horror he had seen at Ypres and the hope that it would not be forgotten. McCrae, a tall, boyish 43-year-old member of the Canadian Medical Corps., was an artillery veteran of the Boer War in South Africa. He went to the line in at Ypres on April 22, 1915, the first time the enemy used poison gas. But the first attack failed and so did the next wave and the next. For 17 days the allies repulsed wave after wave of the attacking enemy. “One can see the dead lying there on the front field,” McCrae wrote ‘And in places where the enemy threw in an attack, they lie very thick on the slopes of the German trenches.” McCrae, worked on the bank of the Yser Canal, dressing hundreds of wounded. At times the dead and wounded actually rolled down the bank from above his dugout. Other times, while awaiting the arrival of batches of wounded, he would watch the men at work in the burial plots which were quickly filling up. Finally, McCrae and his unit were relieved and he wrote home: “We are weary in body and wearier in mind. The general impression in my mind is one of a nightmare”. In April 1915, his closest friend was killed. McCrae, who had written poetry since childhood in Guelph, Ont., sat down and distilled his thoughts about the war into his famous poem. A full life … As well as being poet and author, John McCrae was a teacher and doctor before going overseas to fight the war. He mailed the hand-written sheet off to Punch magazine in England and it was published in December 1915. McCrae never returned home from the war. He died of pneumonia in Boulogne, France on January 28, 1918. Near the town of Mennin, in Flanders, Belgium, they’ve restored as a shrine the battlefield bunker where McCrae wrote his famous poem. In memory of McCrae and other war dead, a bugler plays the Last Post every evening. Born to a Scottish family that operated woolen and lumber mills, McCrae graduated from Guelph Collegiate with a scholarship to the University of Toronto. He earned a B.A. and a medical degree at Toronto, did graduate work at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, served as a gunner with Canadian Field Artillery in the Boer War and then moved to Montreal. His Guelph home is now a museum that attracts visitors from Belgium, France, Britain and Germany. Source: <a href="http://www.canoe.ca/RemembranceDay/mccrae.html">http://www.canoe.ca/RemembranceDay/mccrae.html</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/poppies.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="6130" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/remembrance-day/poppies/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/poppies.jpg" data-orig-size="250,287" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="poppies" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/poppies.jpg?w=250" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/poppies.jpg?w=250" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6130" title="poppies" alt="" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/poppies.jpg" height="287" width="250" /></a> This next poem was written by a South African poet about a South African that died at Vlaandere during the war… Aan die graf van ‘n onbekende Boerseun in Vlaandere Erens in Vlaanderland het jy die stof van ou Europa met jou bloed verjong; maar by jou wrede heengaan kon g’n tong jou vroom toeprewel: “Stof is jy, tot stof. . .” Met ragtime-deuntjies in jou kop het jy uiteindelik jou Golgota gevind. – 0, opdraand was jou skofte, trekkerskind, – jy kón nie in jou tuiste vatplek kry! En êrens in ou VIaanderland staan daar In eensame klein kruisie. – Seun van God! Moet ons ou volkie aanhou offer tot ons, soos U Kruis, oor heel die wêreld staar? Stil, stil, my hart, al kan jy niks meer dra; – in Vlaand’re rus ‘n seun van Afrika! JRL Van Bruggen An American, Miss Moira Michael, read In Flanders’ Fields and wrote a reply entitled We Shall Keep the Faith: Oh! You who sleep in Flanders’ fields, Sleep sweet – to rise anew, We caught the torch you threw, And holding high we kept The faith with those who died. We cherish too, the poppy red That grows on fields where valour led. It seems to signal to the skies That blood of heroes never dies, But lends a lustre to the red Of the flower that blooms above the dead In Flanders’ fields. And now the torch and poppy red Wear in honour of our dead. Fear not that ye have died for naught We’ve learned the lesson that ye taught In Flanders’ fields. Other poets of the time were also stirred to write responses to McCrae’s poem. America’s Answer Rest ye in peace, ye Flanders’ dead. The fight that ye so bravely led We’ve taken up. And we will keep True faith with you who lie asleep With a cross to mark his bed, In Flanders’ fields. Fear not that ye have died for naught. The torch ye threw to us we caught. Ten million hands will hold it high, And Freedom’s light shall never die! We’ve learned the lesson that ye taught In Flanders’ fields. R.W. Lilliard Reply to In Flanders’ Fields In Flanders’ fields the cannons boom, And fitful flashes light the gloom; While up above, like eagles, fly The fierce destroyers of the sky; With stains the earth wherein you lie Is redder than the poppy bloom, In Flanders’ fields. Sleep on, ye brave! The shrieking shell, The quaking trench, the startling yell, The fury of the battle hell Shall wake you not, for all is well; Sleep peacefully, for all is well. Your flaming torch aloft we bear, With burning heart and oath we swear To keep the faith, to fight it through, To crush the foe, or sleep with you, In Flanders’ fields. J. A. Armstrong Reply to Flanders’ Fields Oh! sleep in peace where poppies grow; The torch your falling hands let go Was caught by us, again held high, A beacon light in Flanders’ sky That dims the stars to those below. Your are our dead, you held the foe And ere the poppies cease to blow, We’ll prove our faith in you who lie In Flanders’ fields. Oh! rest in peace, we quickly go To you who bravely died, and know In other fields was heard the cry, For freedom’s cause, of you who lie, So still asleep where poppies grow, In Flanders’ fields. As in rumbling sound, to and fro, The lightning flashes, sky aglow, The mighty hosts appear, and high Above the din of battle cry, Scarce heard amidst the guns below, Are fearless hearts who fight the foe, And guard the place where poppies grow. Oh! sleep in peace, all you who lie In Flanders’ fields. And still the poppies gently blow, Between the crosses, row on row. The larks, still bravely soaring high, Are singing now their lullaby To you who sleep where poppies grow In Flanders’ fields. John Mitchell <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" width="125" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/remembrance-day/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Remembrance day">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-635 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-c-j-langenhoven category-english-poetry category-gedigte category-moth category-poetry category-poets category-south-africa tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaans-poetry tag-afrikaanse-gedigte tag-cj-langenhoven tag-gedigte tag-langenhoven tag-poems tag-poetry tag-poets" id="post-635"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/27/the-moth/" rel="bookmark">The Moth….</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/c-j-langenhoven/" rel="category tag">C J Langenhoven</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/english-poetry/" rel="category tag">English poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte/" rel="category tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/moth/" rel="category tag">moth</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poetry/" rel="category tag">Poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poets/" rel="category tag">poets</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-poetry/" rel="tag">Afrikaans poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/cj-langenhoven/" rel="tag">CJ Langenhoven</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/langenhoven/" rel="tag">Langenhoven</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poems/" rel="tag">poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poetry/" rel="tag">Poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poets/" rel="tag">poets</a> on 27/10/2007| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/27/the-moth/#comments">14 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RyNG-7PI0qI/AAAAAAAACoM/b6KmqSc-y-E/s1600-h/mothdie.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp0.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RyNG-7PI0qI/AAAAAAAACoM/b6KmqSc-y-E/s320/mothdie.jpg" style="display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;" /></a> When reading this poem about the moth…it reminded me about the poem written by one of our best poets/writers: C J Langenhoven. he also wrote “The Call of South Africa” our National Anthem. (You can listen to it in Afrikaans and English, it is somewhere on my blog…). If you know the Dutch language, or even Flemish, you would be able to follow it in Afrikaans, as Dutch is the “Mother” language of Afrikaans. Read more about Afrikaans <a href="http://www.places.co.za/html/afrikaans.html">HERE </a>… <div></div> <div></div> The Moth <div>The moth toward the orb he flew,</div> <div>In ever ascending spirals.</div> <div>And in his harmonic mind there grew,</div> <div>A feeling of sad tranquility.</div> <div>For the destination was in sight,</div> <div>As the ending of the day.</div> <div>And even as his mind it merged,</div> <div>so the atmosphere his body purged,</div> <div>Until he faded and became one,</div> <div>Unknown and unnoticed by each,</div> <div>But not all.</div> <div>—Phil</div> <div></div> <div></div> <div>Read more about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_Jacobus_Langenhoven">Langenhoven </a>here.</div> <div>DIE MOT EN DIE KERS </div> <div>(the moth and the candle)</div> <div>~~CJ Langenhoven</div> <div>Die ander motte is dom en dwaas,</div> <div>maar ék sal ver van die kers af bly.</div> <div>Hier uit die skemerte sal ek kyk,</div> <div>want hier is dit veilig en kyk is vry.</div> <div>Maar ek hoef nie van een kant af net te kyk,</div> <div>ek vlieg ‘n wye sirkel om,</div> <div>dan weet ek van alkant af hoe hy lyk,</div> <div>om beter te sorg om nie nader te kom. My sirkel was skeef en ingebuig,</div> <div>maar daar ook waar ek die naaste was,</div> <div>het niks gebeur,</div> <div>ek maak verniet</div> <div>my sirkel so groot en so ver van die as.</div> <div>Die wieletjie draai al vinniger om,</div> <div>die lig en die gloed word al groter genot.</div> <div>Die velling word nouer al rondom</div> <div>die die end van die wiel, </div> <div>is die as van ‘n mot!</div> <div>The moth in this poem basically thought he won’t be so foolish like the other moths. He would stay away from the flame. But, then he narrows his orb and goes faster and faster…..and all that was left…some ashes!</div> <div></div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping" rel="nofollow">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping</a></div> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/27/the-moth/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to The Moth….">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-575 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-poems category-c-louis-leipoldt category-cl-leipoldt category-digkuns category-digters category-gedigte category-leipoldt category-poems category-poetry category-show-me-the-place tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaans-poems tag-afrikaans-poetry tag-afrikaanse-gedigte tag-clouis-leipoldt tag-gedigte tag-leipoldt tag-poems tag-poetry tag-poets tag-show-me-the-place tag-translated-afrikaans-poems tag-wys-my-die-plek tag-wys-my-die-plek-waar-ons-saam-gestaan-het" id="post-575"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/show-me-the-place/" rel="bookmark">Show me the place …</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-poems/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/c-louis-leipoldt/" rel="category tag">C Louis Leipoldt</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/cl-leipoldt/" rel="category tag">CL Leipoldt</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/digkuns/" rel="category tag">digkuns</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/digters/" rel="category tag">digters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte/" rel="category tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/leipoldt/" rel="category tag">Leipoldt</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poems/" rel="category tag">poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poetry/" rel="category tag">Poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/show-me-the-place/" rel="category tag">Show me the place</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-poems/" rel="tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-poetry/" rel="tag">Afrikaans poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/clouis-leipoldt/" rel="tag">CLouis Leipoldt</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/leipoldt/" rel="tag">Leipoldt</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poems/" rel="tag">poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poetry/" rel="tag">Poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poets/" rel="tag">poets</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/show-me-the-place/" rel="tag">Show me the place</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/translated-afrikaans-poems/" rel="tag">translated Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/wys-my-die-plek/" rel="tag">Wys my die plek</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/wys-my-die-plek-waar-ons-saam-gestaan-het/" rel="tag">Wys my die plek waar ons saam gestaan het</a> on 06/10/2007| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/show-me-the-place/#comments">2 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RweC5u_dS4I/AAAAAAAACgk/ZTpmjdNX6kM/s1600-h/Flowers_-_Spring_Road.jpg"><img style="display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp0.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RweC5u_dS4I/AAAAAAAACgk/ZTpmjdNX6kM/s320/Flowers_-_Spring_Road.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> This poem was written by C Louis Leipoldt, (1880 – 1947) – a South African poet and you can read an English translation here to, translated by Melissa on her blog…it is one of our best poets we’ve had and this poem is one of my favourites too…do read the English one and enjoy it! <div>WYS MY DIE PLEK</div> <div>Wys my die plek waar ons saam gestaan het,</div> <div>Eens, toe jy myne was –</div> <div>Vroeër, voor jou liefde vir my getaan het,</div> <div>Vroeër, toe jy myne was.</div> <div>Kyk, dis dieselfde;</div> <div>die silwer see</div> <div>Blink in die sonskyn,</div> <div>soos lang verlee</div> <div>Dit eenmaal geblink het,</div> <div>‘n welkomsgroet</div> <div>Vir ons liefde wat uithou en alles vergoed.</div> ~~~ <div>Wys my die plek waar ons saam gekniel het,</div> <div>Eens, toe jy myne was –</div> <div>Vroeër, toe een siel vir ons saam besiel het,</div> <div>Vroeër, toe jy myne was.</div> <div>Kyk, dis dieselfde; die hemel, blou,</div> <div>Lag soos voorheen op my en op jou;</div> <div>Dit skitter nog altyd ‘n welkomsgroet</div> <div>Vir ons liefde wat uithou en alles vergoed.</div> <div>~~~</div> <div>Wys my die plek waar ons saam geloop het,</div> <div>Eens, toe jy myne was –</div> <div>Vroeër, toe ons harte so veel gehoop het,</div> <div>Vroeër, toe jy myne was.</div> <div>Kyk, dis dieselfde! Net jy nie.</div> <div>Vra,Wie van ons twee moet die meeste dra ?</div> <div>Jy wat vergeet het – of ek wat boet</div> <div>Vir my liefde wat uithou en alles vergoed ?</div> <div>by C. Louis Leipoldt (ca. 1880 – 1947)</div> <div></div> <div></div> <div>SHOW ME THE PLACE</div> <div>Show me the place where we stood side by side,</div> <div>Once, when you were mine –</div> <div>Earlier, before your love for me died,</div> <div>Earlier, when you were mine.</div> <div>Look, it’s the same, the silver sea</div> <div>Shines in the sun’s rays, just like before</div> <div>It once shined, </div> <div>a welcoming</div> <div>For our love that endured and everything enhanced.</div> <div>~~~</div> <div></div> <div>Show me the place where we knelt together,</div> <div>Once, when you were mine –</div> <div>Earlier, when one soul possessed us,</div> <div>Earlier, when you were mine.</div> <div>Look, it’s the same, the sky, so blue,</div> <div>Smiles just as before on me and on you,</div> <div>It continues to shine as a welcoming</div> <div>For our love that endures and everything enhances.</div> ~~~ <div>Show me the place where we use to walk,</div> <div>Once, when you were mine – </div> <div>Earlier, when our hearts hoped so much,</div> <div>Earlier, when you were mine.Look, it’s the same! </div> <div>Except for you. </div> <div>Which one of us has the most to bear ?</div> <div>You, that has forgotten – or me, </div> <div>that has to pay</div> <div>For my love that endures and all enhances ?</div> <div>Translated by……Melissa </div> <div><a href="http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping" rel="nofollow">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping</a></div> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/show-me-the-place/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Show me the place …">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-554 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-poems category-afrikaanse-digters category-afrikaanse-gedigte category-afrikaanse-taal-2 category-c-louis-leipoldt category-digters category-leipoldt category-poetry category-south-africa category-suid-afrika tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaans-poems 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data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pretorias.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pretorias.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-5339" title="pretorias" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pretorias.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="238" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pretorias.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pretorias.jpg 568w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pretoria1a.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="5343" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/oktobermaand-leipoldt/pretoria1a/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pretoria1a.jpg" data-orig-size="406,300" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="pretoria1a" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pretoria1a.jpg?w=406" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pretoria1a.jpg?w=406" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5343" title="pretoria1a" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pretoria1a.jpg" alt="" width="406" height="300" /></a> <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwCgXu_dSPI/AAAAAAAACbI/sbLdHnr5BqE/s1600-h/leipoldt_c_louis.jpg"><img style="display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp1.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwCgXu_dSPI/AAAAAAAACbI/sbLdHnr5BqE/s320/leipoldt_c_louis.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> Update: This is my post from 1 October 2007…It’s the 1st of October and in the top images you can see what <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/jacaranda-cityjakaranda-stad/" target="new">Pretoria, </a>the capital city usually looks like during October! On this link – which will open in a new window – you can see more images. <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/l#a8845">Leipoldt, C. Louis, 1880-1947</a> Leipoldt is a South African poet, one of the BEST poets…he describes in this poem the month October. He says October is the most beautiful month…for South Africa, that’s the truth of course if you look at my previous entry’s photos! C. LOUIS LEIPOLDT Oktobermaand Viooltjies in die voorhuis, Viooltjies blou en rooi! Viooltjies orals op die veld, En orals, ai, so mooi! Dit is die maand Oktober, die mooiste, mooiste maand: Dan is die dag so helder, so groen is elke aand, So blou en sonder wolke die hemel heerlik bo, So blomtuin-vol van kleure die asvaal ou Karoo. Dit is die maand Oktober: die varkblom is in bloei; Oor al die seekoegate is kafferskuil gegroei; Die koppies, kort gelede nog as ‘n klip so kaal, Het nou vir welkomsgroetnis hul mooiste voorgehaal. Dit is die maand Oktober: die akkerboom is groen; Die bloekoms langs die paaie is almal nuutgeboen; En orals in die tuin rond ruik jy sering en roos, Jasmyn en katjiepiering, lemoen en appelkoos. Al was die dag soos yster, lank in die vuur gesteek, Die varings in die klofies deur hitte geel verbleek, Tog as die son daaronder agter die berge gaan, Dan word oor heel die wêreld die mooiste geur geslaan. Dit is die maand Oktober: die kokewiet is uit; Boomsingertjies en kriekies die hoor jy orals fluit; Fiskaal is op die oorlog: daaronder by die sluis, Daar is ‘n dor ou doringboom sy spens en sy kombuis, Dit is die maand Oktober: ek dink, die mense vier Vir ewig in die hemel Oktobermaand soos hier! Wat wens jy meer as blomme, as helder dag en nag? Wat kan jy beter, mooier, of heerliker verwag? Ek is nog in Oktober: my tuin is nog so groen, So wit met al wat mooi is, met bloeisels van lemoen, So pragtig in die môre. so heerlik in die aand! Ek is nog in Oktober, die mooiste, mooiste maand! Wat gee ek om die winter? Wat praat jy nou van Mei? Wat skeel dit, as ons later weer donker dae kry? Ek is nou in Oktober, die mooiste, mooiste maand, Met elke dag so helder, so pragtig elke aand! Viooltjies in die voorhuis, Viooltjies blou en rooi! Viooltjies orals op die veld, En orals, ai, so mooi! <img class="" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fd9LOfKXkAAzPfs?format=jpg&name=small" alt="Image" width="415" height="415" /> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img class="" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fd98NraXoAI6u3h?format=jpg&name=medium" alt="Image" width="439" height="780" /></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img data-attachment-id="19535" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/oktobermaand-leipoldt/image-8/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image.png" data-orig-size="957,1207" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="image" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" 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rel="tag">Ontwikkeling van Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-magazine/" rel="tag">South African magazine</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/tydskrifte/" rel="tag">tydskrifte</a> on 28/09/2007| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/huisgenoot-1916/#comments">4 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RvzE_e_dRrI/AAAAAAAACWo/QcpOR9per3Y/s1600-h/huisgenoot.jpg"><img style="display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp0.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RvzE_e_dRrI/AAAAAAAACWo/QcpOR9per3Y/s200/huisgenoot.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/Rvy5k-_dRmI/AAAAAAAACWA/3JXGDWPnT48/s1600-h/Huisgenoot1.jpg"><img style="display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp2.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/Rvy5k-_dRmI/AAAAAAAACWA/3JXGDWPnT48/s200/Huisgenoot1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> The “Huisgenoot” magazine is certainly THE oldest family magazine in South Africa. These pics come from the magazines which I found on TUKKIES (University of Pretoria) website. I myself have got a few of these old Huisgenoot mags, but they are in bits! I’ve got a few complete pages and others are half pages and bits…and…pieces….I think my oldest one dated 1932.(all in SA packed away) In our family, I was always the one that liked the old history stuff and wanted to keep all kinds of precious, (well to me) historical “artifacts” safe. I hated History as a subject at school when I had to study and learn for exams, but love to read about it and visit historical places and museums. In my last two years of study, I had an optional “subject”, called Museum studies. We visited every Thursday a museum in the city….or near the city…we were only about 15 students…my History tutor was really an interesting man. He joined us on all those trips and could come up with the most amazing facts about Pretoria and you were like…”oh my….gosh…I didn’t know that! and I do live here!”…your jaws dropped every minute he was talking…anyway…those trips were just big fun…the Post Office museum…which is not in Pretoria anymore, but in Cape Town….was the biggest fun…we played like 10-year old kids with everything, about the only museum where we were allowed to touch everything…we made phone calls to one another with the old phones and sent messages with the morse code machine…that was great fun! We had to hand in a folder with information abut every visit and museum by the end….and….I still have mine! …I couldn’t throw away such precious articles and photos/post cards/information/leaflets/notes …etc. <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/Rvy5Le_dRhI/AAAAAAAACVY/cH56LOOWT20/s1600-h/Huisgenootadverte.jpg"><img style="display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp0.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/Rvy5Le_dRhI/AAAAAAAACVY/cH56LOOWT20/s200/Huisgenootadverte.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> On these adds you can still see a little bit of Dutch, as Dutch was the spoken language and Afrikaans was still very young and not the official language at the time. Afrikaans was a young, upcoming language at that time…. <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/Rvy5Lu_dRiI/AAAAAAAACVg/G1gFSBTZUrE/s1600-h/Huisgenoot2.jpg"><img style="display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp1.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/Rvy5Lu_dRiI/AAAAAAAACVg/G1gFSBTZUrE/s200/Huisgenoot2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> Old Huisgenoot to be found <a href="https://www.up.ac.za/dspace/handle/2263/1475//browse-date?order=oldestfirst" target="_blank">HERE </a>on the University’s website. The link will open in a new window.. <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/Rvy5Lu_dRjI/AAAAAAAACVo/yH_B4PNK2mY/s1600-h/huisgenoot+1916.jpg"><img style="display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp1.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/Rvy5Lu_dRjI/AAAAAAAACVo/yH_B4PNK2mY/s200/huisgenoot%2B1916.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> If you click on the images, you would get a larger image to view and read. You will only be able to read if you can read the Dutch language, as that was the language spoken. We have a saying in Afrikaans that says: “Die Kaap is weer Hollands”….”The Cape is Dutch again”….and that means…everything is again OK. When the English ruled the Cape, the Dutch didn’t like it…..so when the Cape was given back…they said…”The Cape is again…Dutch!”…and we’re still using that saying in any situation…to say…everything is OK!…if things had gone wrong…. <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/Rvzjje_dRtI/AAAAAAAACW4/Gqc3xC397Lg/s1600-h/Huisgenootafrikaansastaal.jpg"><img style="display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp0.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/Rvzjje_dRtI/AAAAAAAACW4/Gqc3xC397Lg/s200/Huisgenootafrikaansastaal.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> In this article, 1916, Afrikaans was recognised in the Church! as a language…only in the Free State….one of the provinces of South Africa. <a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/Rvy8JO_dRnI/AAAAAAAACWI/EUYRRiWzieA/s1600-h/Huisgenootlogo.jpg"><img style="display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp3.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/Rvy8JO_dRnI/AAAAAAAACWI/EUYRRiWzieA/s200/Huisgenootlogo.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> This is now the current “logo” of Huisgenoot….and also in its modern format. <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/Rvy8Je_dRpI/AAAAAAAACWY/wcL0p5-PnTk/s1600-h/HuisgenootT.gif"><img style="display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp0.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/Rvy8Je_dRpI/AAAAAAAACWY/wcL0p5-PnTk/s200/HuisgenootT.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/Rvy8Je_dRqI/AAAAAAAACWg/JQhofDSrYSo/s1600-h/HuisgenootSA.jpg"><img style="display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp0.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/Rvy8Je_dRqI/AAAAAAAACWg/JQhofDSrYSo/s200/HuisgenootSA.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/Rvy8Je_dRoI/AAAAAAAACWQ/ZqJbLP98WXI/s1600-h/Huisgenootrugby.jpg"><img 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Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/history-of-afrikaans/" rel="category tag">history of Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/hollands/" rel="category tag">Hollands</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/nederlands/" rel="category tag">Nederlands</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrika/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaners/" rel="tag">Afrikaners</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/geskiedenis-van-afrikaans/" rel="tag">geskiedenis van Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/history-of-afrikaans/" rel="tag">history of Afrikaans</a>, <a 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De ontwikkeling van het Afrikaans Het Afrikaans heeft zich ontwikkeld uit het zeventiende-eeuwse Hollands: De Oost-Indische compagnie (VOC) koos in de 17e eeuw de Kaap de Goede Hoop als rustplaats op haar weg naar Indië. Op de lange zeereizen had men behoefte aan een vast station, waar vers eten en drinken aan boord kon worden gehaald, zieken konden worden achtergelaten enz. De eerste kolonisten aan de Kaap kwamen uit het zuiden van de Nederlanden, wat aan bepaalde details in het huidige Afrikaans nog te merken is. Het waren matrozen en boeren, allebei groepen met heel verschillende woordenschatten en dialecten. De inheemse bewoners van het zuidelijke Afrika waren toen voor het grootste deel zogenaamde Hottentotten en Bosjesmannen. Vanaf 1740 was de voertaal in Zuid-Afrika niet meer zuiver Nederlands. Een van de meest plausibele theorieën over het ontstaan van de nieuwe taal is, dat de belangrijkste veranderingen in het Afrikaans teruggaan op interferenties. De Franse hugenoten die in de 16e/17e eeuw naar Zuid-Afrika kwamen, hadden geen grote invloed op de taal, alleen de Franse namen herinneren er nog aan. De Franse woorden die in het Afrikaans overgenomen zijn, kwamen uit het Nederlands van de 17e en 18e eeuw. Ook de “Maleise slaven” uit Indonesië, Angola en andere gebieden, meestal Portugese kolonieën, die in de 18e eeuw naar Zuid-Afrika gebracht werden, hadden maar beperkte invloed op de taal. De Maleise en Portugese woorden in het Afrikaans werden al vroeger door het Nederlands ontleend (zeemanstaal). In het midden van de 18e eeuw was het proces van deflexie (vereenvoudiging en reductie van de nominale en verbale paradigma; vgl. ook het flexieverlies in het Middelnederlands) al zo ver, dat een eigen variant van de taal was ontstaan, het “Kaap-Nederlands”. Vanaf de 2e helft van de 18e eeuw was een eigen taalsysteem gevestigd. Door analyse van de bronnen is een ontwikkeling van het Nederlands via het Kaapnederlands naar het Afrikaans te zien. Rond 1800 kwamen de Engelsen naar Zuid-Afrika. Hun komst had echter geen grote invloed op de taal. Maar de Engelsen bleven hun eigen taal spreken, het bestuur en het onderwijs werden Engelstalig. De Kaap werd Britse kolonie. Het Engels had toen een veel hogere sociale status dan het Afrikaans; de bovenlaag, het bestuur en de intellectuelen praatten Engels, het Afrikaans werd als “kombuistaal” beschouwd. De opvolgers van de Nederlanders en de Vlamingen (“conservatieve boeren”) werden meer en meer ontevreden over het Engelse bestuur (slavenbevrijding) en trokken in de zogenaamde. “Grote Trek” (1836-44) naar het noorden, weg van de kust. In verschillende gebieden vond men nu ook verschillende varianten van het Afrikaans. De ruzies met de Engelsen gingen door. Het opkomende nationalisme in de 19e eeuw vroeg ook om de verdediging van de taal door de Afrikaans-taligen. Voor het eerst begon men nu de Afrikaanse taal op te schrijven. Er werd een spelling ontworpen, men gebruikte de taal in het onderwijs en er werd een Afrikaanse bijbelvertaling geschreven. Deze vertaling was vanwege het gezag van de bijbel belangrijk voor de ontwikkeling van het Afrikaans (vgl. hierbij ook de “Statenvertaling” en de gotische bijbelvertaling). Update 2024: See this link – <a href="https://neon.niederlandistik.fu-berlin.de/nl/nedling/taalgeschiedenis/afrikaans/" rel="nofollow">https://neon.niederlandistik.fu-berlin.de/nl/nedling/taalgeschiedenis/afrikaans/</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/ontwikkeling-van-afrikaanshistory-of-afrikaans/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Ontwikkeling van Afrikaans/history of Afrikaans">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-504 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-poems category-afrikaanse-gedigte category-art category-artists category-boer-war category-boer-war-fashion category-boer-war-generals category-boer-war-poems-2 category-boer-war-women category-boer-war-poetry category-boere-oorlog category-boere-oorlog-gedigte-2 category-british-concentration-camps category-concentration-camps category-gedigte category-geskiedenis category-goedgedacht category-history category-konsentrasie-kampe 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tag-scorched-earth-policy tag-sean-mathias tag-siege-of-ladysmith tag-slagveld-majuba tag-song tag-south-african-artists tag-south-african-boer-soldiers tag-south-african-concentration-camps tag-south-african-history tag-spionkop tag-theo-wassenaar tag-thomas-hardy tag-totius tag-treaty-of-vereeniging tag-vergewe-en-vergeet tag-vrede-van-vereniging-1902 tag-war tag-wh-coetzer tag-what-type-of-people-were-the-boers tag-will-d-cobb tag-women-during-the-boer-war tag-women-in-concentration-camps tag-women-in-the-boer-war tag-women-of-the-boer-war-fashion" id="post-504"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/" rel="bookmark">Boer War Art Poetry and History</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-poems/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a 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href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/women-in-the-boer-war/" rel="tag">Women in the Boer War</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/women-of-the-boer-war-fashion/" rel="tag">Women of the Boer War fashion</a> on 23/09/2007| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/#comments">82 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img data-attachment-id="17126" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/abo-englishman/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/abo-englishman.jpg" data-orig-size="616,960" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="ABO Englishman" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/abo-englishman.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/abo-englishman.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone wp-image-17126" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/abo-englishman.jpg" alt="ABO Englishman" width="480" height="748" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/abo-englishman.jpg?w=480&h=748 480w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/abo-englishman.jpg?w=385&h=600 385w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/abo-englishman.jpg 616w" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px" /> <h3>Read this newspaper clip below – where an Englishman described how kind the Boers were and that everything that was said in England about the Boers, was not true. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/boerwar_news.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="14968" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/sa-history/boerwar_news/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/boerwar_news.jpg" data-orig-size="574,858" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="BoerWar_news" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/boerwar_news.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/boerwar_news.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone wp-image-14968" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/boerwar_news.jpg?w=500" alt="BoerWar_news" width="334" height="499" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/boerwar_news.jpg?w=334 334w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/boerwar_news.jpg 574w" sizes="(max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px" /></a></h3> From the Boer War Facebook page <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/boerwar-news.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="14969" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/sa-history/boerwar-news/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/boerwar-news.jpg" data-orig-size="680,960" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Boerwar-news" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/boerwar-news.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/boerwar-news.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone wp-image-14969" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/boerwar-news.jpg?w=500" alt="Boerwar-news" width="322" height="455" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/boerwar-news.jpg?w=322 322w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/boerwar-news.jpg?w=644 644w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/boerwar-news.jpg?w=425 425w" sizes="(max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px" /></a> From the Boer War Facebook page <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/boerronwilson.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="2019" 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LW: This post gets updated every now and then – more then than now – when I find more resources and information…new information and links will be added at the bottom of this post. Most links will open in a new window. When you see this link icon – you will know there’s a link to follow up. I hope this helps. I apologise and know it must be very confusing. Please check the bottom of this page for most of the links – without this icon. This post was written 12 years ago! I hope that all links will still be active. <h4>Boer War Diary</h4> <h4>The following extracts from a diary, of the authenticity of which we have obtained sufficient assurance, illustrate one aspect of the process of “clearing” tracts of the country occupied by the enemy.</h4> <h4>Amsterdam, New Scotland, February 14 1901. This morning, about eight o’clock, the cavalry of the enemy entered the town, the infantry following.</h4> <h4>Every garden and tree was stripped of everything. All the livestock was taken. General Campbell arrived; he was very abrupt. He said they, the English, had come to give us food and protection.</h4> <h4>Mother replied that we were quite satisfied with the food and protection our own people afforded us. Then he said we were to be ready to leave the following day at 10 a.m.</h4> <h4>Feb. 15. Worse than ever. The Provost Marshal, Capt. Daniels entered the house and began searching. They took what they wanted – soap, candles, mealies & c. even to white sewing cotton. When mother came in, Capt. Daniels turned to her and said, ‘Those devils of Boers have been sniping at us again, and your two sons among them, I suppose. If I catch them, they will hang.’</h4> <h4>Feb. 17. At dawn Capt. Ballantyne said we would be allowed a quarter of an hour to load, and only to take the most necessary things. Beds, clothing, mattresses, chairs, chests & c., odds and ends of all kinds were burnt. Foodstuffs were also taken. At 9 p.m. we out-spanned in a hard rain. It was pitiful to hear the children crying all night in the wet wagons for water and food.</h4> <h4>March 5. Annie very sick. Must be the food, as we have only meat, and mealies (corn) when we can pick them.</h4> <h4>March 6. Annie very ill all day. A driving misty rain. Oxen with lung sickness are made to pull until they fall down in the yoke to die.</h4> <h4>April 19 [in captivity at Volksrust]. Message that Major Watt, Assistant District Commissioner, wanted to see [Mother] at once. Mother, Annie and Polly Coltzer went with the policeman. Major Watt was in a dreadful rage.</h4> <h4>‘You are Mrs. Cameron?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘You are a most dangerous woman, you have been speaking against the British Government. You are an English woman.’ ‘All my sympathies are with the Boers.’ ‘Make a note of that. All the concessions we intended making you will be withdrawn. You will not be allowed to receive any parcels.’</h4> <h4>April 25. We received the following: ‘I beg to inform you that you are to proceed to Maritzburg tomorrow by the 11p.m. train. A wagon shall convey your luggage to the station.’</h4> <h4>B. R. Cameron, Prisoner of War, May 31 1901. Green Point, Pietermaritzburg, Natal.</h4> <h4>Resource: </h4> <h4><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/1901/sep/26/mainsection.fromthearchive" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/news/1901/sep/26/mainsection.fromthearchive</a></h4> <iframe class="youtube-player" width="350" height="250" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/d-VGx9KHgkQ?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> A history to be proud of – till 1992 <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/boerwar-scorched-earth.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="4436" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/boerwar-scorched-earth/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/boerwar-scorched-earth.jpg" data-orig-size="200,302" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="boerwar-scorched-earth" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/boerwar-scorched-earth.jpg?w=200" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/boerwar-scorched-earth.jpg?w=200" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4436" title="boerwar-scorched-earth" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/boerwar-scorched-earth.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="302" /></a> Image: anglo-boer.co.za <blockquote>“When is a war not a war?” — “When it is carried on by methods of barbarism in South Africa,” referring to those same camps and the policies that created them. –see my link in this post: “Churchill makes me smile”– for more on this…see bottom of the page for the link. </blockquote> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/boer-war-the-scorched-earth-policy.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="4437" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/boer-war-the-scorched-earth-policy/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/boer-war-the-scorched-earth-policy.jpg" data-orig-size="550,343" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="boer-war-the-scorched-earth-policy" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/boer-war-the-scorched-earth-policy.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/boer-war-the-scorched-earth-policy.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4437" title="boer-war-the-scorched-earth-policy" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/boer-war-the-scorched-earth-policy.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="187" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/boer-war-the-scorched-earth-policy.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/boer-war-the-scorched-earth-policy.jpg 550w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/boer-war-scorced-earth.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="4438" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/boer-war-scorced-earth/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/boer-war-scorced-earth.jpg" data-orig-size="" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="[]" data-image-title="boer-war-scorced-earth" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/boer-war-scorced-earth.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/boer-war-scorced-earth.jpg?w=500" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4438" title="boer-war-scorced-earth" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/boer-war-scorced-earth.jpg" alt="" /></a> Image: anglo-boer.co.za <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boerwar-soldiers-marching.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="11157" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/boerwar-soldiers-marching/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boerwar-soldiers-marching.jpg" data-orig-size="400,287" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Boerwar soldiers marching" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boerwar-soldiers-marching.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boerwar-soldiers-marching.jpg?w=400" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-11157" title="Boerwar soldiers marching" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boerwar-soldiers-marching.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="215" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boerwar-soldiers-marching.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boerwar-soldiers-marching.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Image: Tararualibrary…Wording on back: “Boer war 1900 Troops parading prior to their departure. Site: Cnr Millers Rd and Stanley St Paynes house on the right still there HBF garage on left hand corner” Above image: <a style="color:#ff0000;" href="http://tararualibrary.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/from-the-kete-boer-war-1900-picture/#comment-494" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HERE </a>on the site of Tararualibrary. The link will open in a new window. <blockquote>The British controlled government implemented Pass Laws in 1923 paved the way for further restrictions on non-Whites social and political freedoms when Afrikaner-led political parties gained control of the government in 1948 (the birth of Apartheid). This segregation along racial lines has further widened the gap between the White Afrikaans speakers and Coloured Afrikaans speakers… Source:Diversity South Africa</blockquote> <blockquote>Since the people were of white European descent, nobody was seriously punished for their part in the war….so…if they were black??</blockquote> Read what ELN says on this link… <a href="http://elliotlakenews.wordpress.com/2007/03/17/british-concentration-camps/" rel="nofollow">http://elliotlakenews.wordpress.com/2007/03/17/british-concentration-camps/</a> Source: <a href="http://everything2.com/e2node/Concentration%2520Camps%252C%2520A%2520British%2520Idea" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://everything2.com/e2node/Concentration%2520Camps%252C%2520A%2520British%2520Idea</a> The Boer War (1899 – 1902) The Boer War shaped the destiny of South Africa and, as Rudyard Kipling remarked, taught the mighty British Empire ‘no end of a lesson’. It was said to be the last of the ‘gentleman’s wars’, a ‘white man’s war’ and it would be over by Christmas. It was none of these things. The Boer War was brutal, racially explosive and it took the greatest empire in the world nearly three years to beat a Boer army smaller than the population of Brighton. The Boer War capitulated the world into the 20th Century, prefiguring the worst excesses of modern conflicts: the indiscriminate bombing of civilians, scorched earth, rape, concentration camps. It was a civil war dividing families, communities and races. It was a bitter conflict between two small Boer nations fighting for their life and freedom and a great empire asserting what it saw as it’s legitimate authority. Source: <a href="http://neilmulligan.com/JamesMulcrone.htm" rel="nofollow">http://neilmulligan.com/JamesMulcrone.htm</a> I often get people who got directed here – via google – with the search engine term: Boer – well, I would like to suggest you go back to google, put in a search the following: ‘South African farmer[s]‘ – you might like what you’ll see. Good Luck. THE BOER NATIONS (“boer” is the Dutch word for “farmer”) Take a community of Dutchmen of the type of those who defended themselves for fifty years against all the power of Spain at a time when Spain was the greatest power in the world. Intermix with them a strain of those inflexible French Huguenots who gave up home and fortune and left their country for ever at the time of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The product must obviously be one of the most rugged, virile, unconquerable races ever seen upon earth. Take this formidable people and train them for seven generations in constant warfare against savage men and ferocious beasts, in circumstances under which no weakling could survive, place them so that they acquire exceptional skill with weapons and in horsemanship, give them a country which is eminently suited to the tactics of the huntsman, the marksman, and the rider. Then, finally, put a finer temper upon their military qualities by a dour fatalistic Old Testament religion and an ardent and consuming patriotism. Combine all these qualities and all these impulses in one individual, and you have the modern Boer — the most formidable antagonist who ever crossed the path of Imperial Britain. Our military history has largely consisted in our conflicts with France, but Napoleon and all his veterans have never treated us so roughly as these hard-bitten farmers with their ancient theology and their inconveniently modern rifles. See link at the bottom of this page to continue reading… Concentration Camps In early March 1901 Lord Kitchener decided to break the stalemate that the extremely costly war had settled into. It was costing the British taxpayer 2,5 million pounds a month. He decided to sweep the country bare of everything that can give sustenance to the Boers i.e. cattle, sheep, horses, women and children. This scorched earth policy led to the destruction of about 30000 Boer farmhouses and the partial and complete destruction of more than forty towns.. Thousands of women and children were removed from their homes by force.They had little or no time to remove valuables before the house was burnt down. They were then taken by ox-wagon or in open cattle trucks to the nearest camp. Conditions in the camps were less than ideal. Tents were overcrowded. Reduced-scale army rations were provided. In fact there were two scales. Meat was not included in the rations issued to women and children whose menfolk were still fighting. There were little or no vegetables, no fresh milk for the babies and children, 3/4 lb of either mealie meal, rice or potatoes, 1 lb of meat twice weekly, I oz of coffee daily, sugar 2 oz daily, and salt 0,5 oz daily (this was for adults and children who had family members on commando). <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/wc.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="11950" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/wc/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/wc.jpg" data-orig-size="264,181" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="wc" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/wc.jpg?w=264" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/wc.jpg?w=264" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-11950" title="wc" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/wc.jpg" alt="" width="264" height="181" /></a> In the camps – image – photosearch hmmm….not very nice of them burning down people’s houses, hey… we all know war is war…but…to take away from women and children! That’s really not very humane! <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/boerwarcampvictimhobhouse.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="4428" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/boerwarcampvictimhobhouse/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/boerwarcampvictimhobhouse.jpg" data-orig-size="400,273" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="boerwarcampvictimhobhouse" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/boerwarcampvictimhobhouse.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/boerwarcampvictimhobhouse.jpg?w=400" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4428" title="boerwarcampvictimhobhouse" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/boerwarcampvictimhobhouse.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="273" /></a> Image: <a href="http://www.erroluys.com/BoerWarChildsStory.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.erroluys.com/BoerWarChildsStory.htm</a> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.directart.co.uk/mall/images/dhm171.jpg" alt="" /> Image: …soldiers on a koppie…(hill) war-art.com/lucknow.htm <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.directart.co.uk/mall/images/hd25.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="231" /> Battle of Colenso…1899…Image:www.war-art.com/lucknow.htm See more art here : <a href="http://www.war-art.com/lucknow.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.war-art.com/lucknow.htm</a> On this next link, you can read extracts from the Parliamentary debates that were going on during the War in the British Parliament…you will see the death numbers too – not sure if that is correct, you know what politics are like…they will of course hide the exact figures as we all know – anyway..children’s deaths are about 10 times more than adults and women were held as prisioners as they were not allowed to leave the camps if they wished too. I’m sure more of the deaths could be prevented if people were not held in the camps. To say they were “fed” is just an excuse! They knew it was the only way to force the Boers to surrender, as the Boers couldn’t let these women and children dying in the camps like sheep on their way to a butcher! <a href="http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/hansxcv1.html" rel="nofollow">http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/hansxcv1.html</a> Concentration Camps In early March 1901 Lord Kitchener decided to break the stalemate that the extremely costly war had settled into. It was costing the British taxpayer 2,5 million pounds a month. He decided to sweep the country bare of everything that can give sustenance to the Boers i.e. cattle, sheep, horses, women and children. Read more on the link I’ve given you. — What a shame for the Britain! Putting women and children in concentration camps to starve… that’s just as cruel as Hitler’s gass chambers! Killing people in this way when you know you can’t defeat them…. And what’s more… Britain has already got more experience in fighting and wars than the South Africans, a small upcoming nation…..Hierdie Engelse sal ook nooit “jammer” se oor wat hulle weet hulle gedoen het nie. Hierdie konsentrasiekampe was vir my net so erg soos die Duitsers met hulle gaskamers! Ek het ‘n boek gekoop by ‘n museum op Lady Smith and daarin lees ook toe die naam raak van ‘n niggie van my ouma wat in ‘n kamp was! As jy die link “great grandad” volg, sal jy verstaan waarom ek so ‘n passie vir die oorlog-geskiedenis het en gedurig weer terugkeer na iets wat daarmee te doen het. Ek sal graag meer kuns en gedigte wil kry om hierdie week te plaas, veral kuns en ek was nogal verbaas om hierdie een van Coetzer te kry. Ek het afgekom op ‘n baie oulike webbladsy van ‘n ou in die USA en ek gaan die link hier plaas, daar is verskillende Sources: Enslin <a href="http://www.artistwilson.com/ev-boer.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vosloo</a> painting… <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.tokencoins.com/zar1/ladytown.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="253" /> Ladysmith Town hall image: tokencoins.com/book/boer.htm#zar04 “Duty called the Cordons to South Africa and the plains of the Transvaal to fight the Boers. The Boers were regarded as an easy enemy and naturally would be overcome quickly. Boers were self reliant farmers dressed in civilian khaki suitable for the vast veldt. Most of British Army still favoured red jackets, white pith helmets and Crimean War tactics. Whereas the Boers formed commando groups to move across country swiftly and stealthily living off the land. They were extremely good shots armed with the accurate Mauser rifle and a common cry was Victory through God and the Mauser.”…from the same site as the site where the image comes from… On <a href="http://www.appiusforum.com/hellkamp.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">THIS LINK </a>you can read more about the War…read these poems too….see more pictures…some very upsetting…the link will open in a new window. C Louis Leipoldt (excerpt) A poem written by Leipoldt in Afrikaans and it was translated… You, who are the hope of our people; You, who our people can barely spare; You, who should grow up to become a man; You, who must perform your duty, if you can; You, who have no part in the war; You, who should sing and jump for joy – You must perish in a children’s camp You must be eliminated for peace: Fold your hands tight together, Close your eyes and say amen! Whooping-cough and consumption, without milk: bitter for you is the fate of life! There is your place, at the children’s graves – Two in one coffin, a wedding couple! Al you gain is that we will remember: Our freedom more precious than woman or child! ~~~~~ also the next one…by Leipoldt In the Concentration Camp (Aliwal North, 1901) C Louis Leipoldt (excerpt) You are cringing away from the gusts of the wind The chill seeping through the hail-torn tent – Your scanty shield against torturing torrents; The June chill bursts over the banks of the Vaal – And all you can hear are the coughs from your child, and the ceaseless patter of rain on the canvas. A candle stub, just an inch before death faintly flickering in a bottle (a sty offers more comfort and rest) But here, at night every thought is a round of torture and tears. Here, the early-born child flounders Here, the aged fades away Here, all you can hear is wailing and sighs Here, every second is a lifetime of dread; Every minute leaves scars on your soul, sacrifice without end. Forgive? Forget? Is it possible to forgive? The sorrow, the despair demanded so much! The branding iron painfully left its scar on our nation, for ages to see, and the wound is too raw – Too close to our heart and to deep in our souls – “Patience, o patience, how much can you bear?” ~~~ Leipoldt also wrote heart-breaking verses on a soap box to the memory of children who could at least be buried in this luxury: <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/kis1.gif"><img data-attachment-id="11958" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/kis1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/kis1.gif" data-orig-size="300,234" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="kis1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/kis1.gif?w=300" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/kis1.gif?w=300" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-11958" title="kis1" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/kis1.gif" alt="" width="300" height="234" /></a> Image: <a href="http://appiusforum.net/hellkamp.html" rel="nofollow">http://appiusforum.net/hellkamp.html</a> – where I refer to hellkamp at an image, it refers to this site (update 2019 – site link is dead – don’t bother to visit!) They made you in England, little soap box To serve as coffin for our children They found little corpses for you, soap box And I have witnessed you as coffin Equally unforgettable is AG Visser’s description of an orphan in the concentration camp in his poem, The Youngest Burgher: The camp of women is ruled by silence and darkness The misery kindly concealed by the night Here and there a minute light is flickering Where the Angel of Death is lingering. In this place of woe and of broken hearts A young boy’s muffled whimpers quiver through the night Who can count all the tears, who can measure the grief of an orphan alone in the world Later on in the poem De Wet describes the struggle to the escaped child who wishes to join the commando: Freedom demands from our ranks Men of courage who taunt mortal danger. But also in the camp, the mother, the nurturer And the innocent child on her breast. And the reward? Perhaps on the plains A lonesome grave doused by no tears. Sometime, perhaps, posterity might honour our heroes… Boy, do you feel up to it? General, I do! This Afrikaans poem is about a solder that was beheaded…by a bomb. Die ruiter van Skimmelperdpan Op die pad wat verdwyn in die Skimmelperdpan, By ‘n draai in die mond van die kloof, Het ‘n bom in die oorlog ‘n vlugtende man Op ‘n perd soos ‘n swaardslag onthoof. Aan die saalboom krampagtig die hande verstyf, Met ‘n laaste stuiptrekkende krag, En die bene geklem soos ‘n skroef om sy lyf, Op die perd sit die grusame vrag. Met sy neusgate wyd en die ore op sy nek, Soos die wind yl verbysterd die dier, Met die skuim in wit vlokke wat waai uit sy bek, En gespan soos ‘n draad elke spier; By die huisie verby waar ‘n vrou staan en kyk … In die afkopding ken sy haar man … Met ‘n onaardse geil val sy bleek soos ‘n lyk … Perd en ruiter verdwyn in die Pan! Wee die reisiger wat daar onwetend kom skuil Waar bouvallig die huisie nog staan, En vreesagtig by wyle ‘n nagdiertjie huil By die newelige lig van die maan! Want by middernag waai daar ‘n wind deur die kloof, Waai en huil soos ‘n kindjie wat kerm, En dan jaag daar ‘n perd met ‘n man sonder hoof … Wie dit sien, roep verskrik: “Heer, ontferm!” Want die vuurvonke spat waar die hoefslae dreun, En dit vlam uit sy neus en sy oog; Styf en stram sit die ruiter na vore geleun, En die bloed uit sy nek spuit ‘n boog; En dan eensklaps van uit die vervalle gebou Kom ‘n vreeslike skrikbeeld gevaar, Al die hare orent – ‘n waansinnige vrou Met ‘n hande-wringend gebaar: “Waarom rus jy nie, rus jy nie, Jan van der Meer? Waarom jaag jy my elke nag op? Sal daar nimmer ‘n einde kom … altyd maar weer Die galop … die galop … die galop?!” Die afgryslike klank – nog gehuil nog gelag – En die perd met die romp van ‘n man …! Dis geen plek vir ‘n Christenmens daar in die nag Langs die pad na die Skimmelperdpan! A.G. Visser Uit: Die Purper Iris. Slagveld – Majuba So sing die jonges vol van vreugde, maar ag, oom Gert se hart is seer as hy straks diep en dieper peinsend gaan langs die slagveld van weleer. Dáár lê Majuba, donker kleurig, sy sye een en al terras; dis of die berg van alle eeue vir wonderdaad geskape was. Daar lê Laingsnek; dis of Gods hande dit vir ‘n skanswerk uit wou bou. En daar’s Ingogo’s kronkelbedding— net om die vyand op te hou. Daar’s nog die wonderlike hoeke, net om die vyand vas te keer; maar ag, oom Gert voel nou so anders, sy hart is onverklaarbaar seer. Hy sien nou oral groot kanonne, hy weet nie of die ding sal gaan. Die treine voer nou alle soorte van wapens uit die hoofstad aan. Daar is hom ook so baie mense, en baie goed word aangevoer; voorheen was daar so min maar nodig: ‘n ryperd, biltong en ‘n roer. Dis nodig, ja, die tyd die vorder, en daarom swyg hy maar en kyk. Maar heel die Amajuba-wêreld, alles wil hom so anders lyk. Tog leef hy weer, die troue krygsman, al trek hy nou maar same net: ‘n oorlogsperd die stamp en runnik wanneer hy hoor die krygstrompet! Uit Goue Gode…XV : Verse van Totius C. Louis Leipoldt: DIE KOPERKAPEL Die koperkapel kom uit sy gat En sluip die randjie rond: “Dit het gereën; die veld is nat, En nat is die rooi-geel grond.” Die meerkat kom, en sy ogies blink, En hy staan orent en wag. En die stokou ystervark sê: “Ek dink Die reën kom weer vannag.” Maar die geitjie piep: “Dis glad nie reën! Dis kollerig, swart en rooi: Kom jy sulke reën in jou lewe teen – So glad, so styf, so mooi?” En die wyse steenuil waag sy woord: “Dis bloed, dis mensebloed! Dis die lewensbloed wat hierdie oord Se bossie-wortels voed!” <div>Wittekind in die Konsentrasiekamp</div> <div> (Aliwal Noord, 1901) O, pazienza, pazienza che tanto sostieni! Dante. Jou oê is nat met die trane van gister; Jou siel is gemartel, deur smarte gepla; Van vrede en pret was jy vroër ‘n verkwister; En nou, wat bly oor van jou rykdomme? Ja, ‘n Spreekwoord tot steun–daar’s geen trooswoord beslister: “Geduld, o geduld, wat so baie kan dra! Hier sit jy te koes teen die wind, wat daar suie Yskoud deur die tentseil, geskeur deur die hael– Jou enigste skuil in die nag teen die buie; Die Junielug stort oor die stroom van die Vaal– Jy hoor net die hoes van jou kind, en die luie Gedrup van die reendruppeltjies oor die paal. ‘n Kers, nog maar anderhalf duim, voor hy sterwe, Brand dof in ‘n bottel hier vlak naas jou bed. (‘n Kafhuis gee makliker rus: op die gerwe Daar lê ‘n mens sag, en sy slaap is gered!) En hier in die nag laat jou drome jou swerwe ‘n Aaklige rondte met trane besmet. Hier struikel die kind, wat te vroeg was gebore; Hier sterwe die oumens, te swak vir die stryd; Hier kom ‘n gekerm en gekreun in jou ore; Hier tel jy met angs elke tik van die tyd; Want elke sekond van die smart laat sy spore Gedruk op jou hart, deur ‘n offer gewyd. En deur elke skeur in die seil kan jy duister Die wolke bespeur oor die hemel verbrei; Geen ster skyn as gids; na geen stem kan jy luister– (Eentonig die hoes van jou kind aan jou sy!) Wat sag deur die wind in jou ore kom fluister: “Geduld, o geduld, wat so baie kan ly! Vergewe? Vergeet? Is dit maklik vergewe? Die smarte, die angs, het so baie gepla! Die yster het gloeiend ‘n merk vir die eeue Gebrand op ons volk, en die wond is te na, Te na aan ons hart en te diep in ons lewe– “Geduld, o geduld, wat so baie kan dra!” Uit: Oom Gert Vertel en Ander Gedigte, C. Louis Leipoldt, Uitg. Mij. v/h. J. Dusseau & Co, Kaapstad 1921</div> <div></div> Images..:south-africa-tours-and-travel.com<img class="alignleft" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.south-africa-tours-and-travel.com/images/boer-guerrilla-commandos-boerwar.jpg" alt="" width="233" height="298" /> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.south-africa-tours-and-travel.com/images/boer-forces-at-spionkop-boerwar.jpg" alt="" width="418" height="281" /> Read on <a href="http://zar.co.za/smuts.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">THIS LINK </a>about Jan Smuts. The link will open in a new window. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/002-0251.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="6278" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/002-0251/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/002-0251.jpg" data-orig-size="600,428" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="002-0251" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/002-0251.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/002-0251.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-6278" title="002-0251" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/002-0251.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="214" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/002-0251.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/002-0251.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Image: mcelroy.ca/history/mcelroy/images/002-0251.jpg Shaw, John Byam : The Boer War (1901) Wednesday, 5 March 2008 The title of a painting,” said Marcel Duchamp, “is another colour on the artist’s palette.” He also talked of treating the title “like an invisible colour”. Duchamp’s remarks were part of his ongoing argument with the art of painting……………………………. The painting shows – well, what it obviously doesn’t show is the Boer War, or any individual episode from Britain’s Imperial war in South Africa, which had ended the year before this picture was painted. But the likely link between words and image isn’t hard to find. A lone woman stands by a stream at the bottom of a field or garden. She was the fiance or wife or sister of a man killed in the war. She’s lately heard the news, and gone off on her own. Or she’s been in mourning some time, but the place – this is where they used to walk, and never will again – calls out a sudden pang of memory and grief. The Boer War is her back story, then, her motivation, the reason for her state of mind. It is the content of her invisible thought bubble. It is, in a sense, a perfectly straight descriptive title for this picture. For how do you show the Boer War except by depicting scenes from the war? And why shouldn’t those scenes include, not only battlefields and sieges, but also the scenes of bereavement and desolation that were the immediate consequence back home? Read the complete article…<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art-and-architecture/great-works/shaw-john-byam--the-boer-war-1901-791899.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> HERE </a>…. This next poem was written by Totius and it’s about the Afrikaner nation/Afrikaans that was stepped upon/damaged by the English and his message in this poem for the Afrikaner nation/Afrikaans is: “you’re strong, you will get up again, you will be a strong nation again and you should forgive what was done to you. The scars will be there, but you should grow to be strong again.”… a very deep poem… Vergewe en vergeet Daar het ‘n doringboompie vlak by die pad gestaan, waar lange ossespanne met sware vragte gaan. En eendag kom daarlanges ‘n ossewa verby, wat met sy sware wiele dwars-oor die boompie ry. “Jy het mos, doringstruikie, my ander dag gekrap; en daarom het my wiele jou kroontjie platgetrap.” Die ossewa verdwyn weer agter ‘n heuweltop, en langsaam buig die boompie sy stammetjie weer op. Sy skoonheid was geskonde; sy bassies was geskeur; op een plek was die stammetjie so amper middeldeur. Maar tog het daardie boompie weer stadig reggekom, want oor sy wonde druppel die salf van eie gom. Ook het die loop van jare die wonde weggewis – net een plek byl ‘n teken wat onuitwisbaar is. Die wonde word gesond weer as jare kom en gaan, maar daardie merk word groter en groei maar aldeur aan. Totius The Concentration Camps 1. Introduction The concentration camps in which Britain killed 27,000 Boer women and children (24,000) during the Second War of Independence (1899 – 1902) today still have far-reaching effects on the existence of the Boerevolk. This holocaust once more enjoyed close scrutiny during the visit of the queen of England to South Africa, when ten organizations promoting the independence of the Boer Republics, presented her with a message, demanding that England redress the wrongs committed against the Boerevolk. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/women_and_children.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="11947" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/women_and_children/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/women_and_children.jpg" data-orig-size="300,210" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="women_and_children" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/women_and_children.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/women_and_children.jpg?w=300" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-11947" title="women_and_children" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/women_and_children.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="210" /></a> Women and children in the camps – image:hellkamp 2. Background The Second War of Independence was fought from 1899 to 1902 when England laid her hands on the mineral riches of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (Transvaal) under the false pretence of protecting the rights of the foreigners who swarmed to the Transvaal gold fields. On the battlefield England failed to get the better of the Boers, and decided to stoop to a full-scale war against the Boer women and children, employing a holocaust to force the burghers to surrender. 3. Course of the holocaust 3.1. The war against women and children begins Under the command of Kitchener, Milner and Roberts, more than homesteads and farms belonging to Boer people were plundered and burned down. Animals belonging to the Boers were killed in the cruellest ways possible while the women, whose men were on the battlefield, had to watch helplessly. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-dead-sheep.gif"><img data-attachment-id="11946" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/boer-war-dead-sheep/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-dead-sheep.gif" data-orig-size="351,184" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="boer war dead sheep" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-dead-sheep.gif?w=351" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-dead-sheep.gif?w=351" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-11946" title="boer war dead sheep" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-dead-sheep.gif" alt="" width="351" height="184" /></a> Leaving sheep to rotten – image: hellkamp The motive behind this action was the destruction of the farms in order to prevent the fighting burghers from obtaining food, and to demoralize the Boers by leaving their women and children homeless on the open veld. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-before-the-blast1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="11943" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/boer-war-before-the-blast-2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-before-the-blast1.jpg" data-orig-size="200,106" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="boer war before the blast" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-before-the-blast1.jpg?w=200" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-before-the-blast1.jpg?w=200" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-11943" title="boer war before the blast" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-before-the-blast1.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="106" /></a> Before the blast – images:hellkamp <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-blast.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="11944" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/boer-war-blast/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-blast.jpg" data-orig-size="200,106" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="boer war blast" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-blast.jpg?w=200" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-blast.jpg?w=200" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-11944" title="boer war blast" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-blast.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="106" /></a> The Blast <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-after-the-blast.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="11945" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/boer-war-after-the-blast/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-after-the-blast.jpg" data-orig-size="200,106" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="boer war after the blast" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-after-the-blast.jpg?w=200" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-after-the-blast.jpg?w=200" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-11945" title="boer war after the blast" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-after-the-blast.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="106" /></a> After the blast Destroyed for king and country However, England misjudged the steel of the Boer people. Despite their desperate circumstances, the women and children managed to survive fairly well in the open and their men continued their fight against the invader. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/women_and_children_on_run.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="11942" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/women_and_children_on_run/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/women_and_children_on_run.jpg" data-orig-size="116,52" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="women_and_children_on_run" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/women_and_children_on_run.jpg?w=116" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/women_and_children_on_run.jpg?w=116" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-11942" title="women_and_children_on_run" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/women_and_children_on_run.jpg" alt="" width="116" height="52" /></a> Women and children on the run…away from the English More severe measures had to be taken. The English hoarded the Boer women and children into open cattle trucks or drove them on foot to concentration camps. 3.2. False pretences To the world England pretended to act very humanely by caring for the fighting Boers’ women and children in “refugee camps”. An English school textbook published in 1914 in Johannesburg, but printed in England, Historical Geography: South Africa, by JR Fisher, makes the following claim: “During the later stages of the war, the relations, women and children, of those Boers still in the field, were fed and cared for at the expense of Great Britain, a method of procedure which, though humane, postponed the end of the war, at the expense of many valuable lives and much money.” This statement is contradicted by various sources. The Cape Argus of 21 June 1900 clearly states that the destitution of these women and children was the result of the English’s plundering of farms: “Within 10 miles we (the English) burned not less than six farm homesteads. Between 30 and 40 homesteads were burned and totally destroyed between Bloemfontein and Boshoff. Many others were also burned down. With their houses destroyed, the women and children were left in the bitter South African winter in the open.” The British history text book says nothing about this. <div><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-before-the-blast.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="11941" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/boer-war-before-the-blast/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-before-the-blast.jpg" data-orig-size="200,106" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="boer war before the blast" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-before-the-blast.jpg?w=200" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-before-the-blast.jpg?w=200" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-11941" title="boer war before the blast" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-before-the-blast.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="106" /></a></div> <div> </div> <div> Awfully generous of the English to care for those whose houses they destroyed! </div> Breytenbach writes in Danie Theron: “The destruction was undertaken in a diabolic way and even Mrs Prinsloo, a 22 year old lady who gave birth to a baby only 24 hours ago in the house of Van Niekerk, was not spared. A group of rude tommies (British soldiers), amongst whom a so-called English doctor, forced their way into her room, and after making a pretence of examining her, they drove her out of the house. With the aid of her sister, she managed to don a few articles of clothing and left the house. Her mother brought a blanket to protect her against the cold. The soldiers robustly jerked the blanket out of her mother’s hands and after having looted whatever they wanted to, put the house to fire. Afterwards the old man was driven on foot to Kroonstad by mounted kakies (British soldiers), while his wife and daughter (Mrs Prinsloo) were left destitute on the scorched farm.” England’s claim of caring for the Boer women reminds one of somebody who boasts to have saved the life of someone he himself has pushed into the water. However, there is one vital difference: The holocaust on the Boer women and children began in all earnest once they had been forced into the concentration camps under the “care” of the British! <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-family.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="11940" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/boer-war-family/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-family.jpg" data-orig-size="300,214" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="boer war family" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-family.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-family.jpg?w=300" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-11940" title="boer war family" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-family.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="214" /></a> Family at the beginning – newly arrived with tea and bread (Nasty English Propaganda) Despite the English claims that the concentration camps were “voluntary refugee camps” the following questions must be asked: – From whom did the refugees flee? Certainly not from their own husbands and sons! – How can the fact that the “voluntary” women and children had to be dragged to the concentration camps by force be explained? – Why should the “voluntary refugee camps” be enclosed by barbed wire fences and the inmates be overseen by armed wardens? Kimberley camp had a five meter high barbed wire fence and some camps even had two or three fences! – Why would one of the camp commanders make the following statement quoted by Emily Hobhouse: “The wardens were under orders not to interfere with the inmates, unless they should try to escape.”? What kind of “voluntary refugee” would want to escape? Perhaps the words of the Welsh William Redmond are closer to the truth: “The way in which these wretched, unfortunate and poor women and children are treated in South Africa is barbarous, outrageous, scandalous and disgraceful.” 3.3. Planning for death The English claim of decent actions towards the Boer women and children are further contradicted by the location of the concentration camps. The military authorities, who often had to plan and erect camps for their soldiers, would certainly have been well aware of the essential requirements for such camps. Yet the concentration camps were established in the most unsuitable locations possible. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/kampfam.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="11953" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/kampfam/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/kampfam.jpg" data-orig-size="369,254" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Kampfam" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/kampfam.jpg?w=369" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/kampfam.jpg?w=369" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-11953" title="Kampfam" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/kampfam.jpg" alt="" width="369" height="254" /></a> Boer-family in the camps At Standerton the camp was erected on both banks of the Vaal River. It was on the Highveld, which ensured that it was extremely cold in winter and infested with mosquitoes in summer. The fact that Standerton had turf soil and a high rainfall, ensured that the camp was one big mud bath in summer, even inside the tents. The same circumstances were experienced in camps such as Brandfort, Springfontein and Orange River. At Pretoria, the Irene Camp was located at the chilly southern side of the town, while the northern side had a much more favourable climate. Balmoral, Middelburg and other camps were also located on the south-eastern hangs of the hills to ensure that the inhabitants were exposed to the icy south easterly winds. Merebank camp was located in a swamp where there was an abundance of various kinds of insects. Water oozed out of the ground, ensuring that everything was constantly wet and slimy. By October 1900 there were already 58 883 people in concentration camps in Transvaal and 45 306 in the Free State. The amenities in the camps were clearly planned to kill as many of the women and children as possible. They were accommodated in tattered reject tents which offered no protection against the elements. Emily Hobhouse, the Cornish lady who campaigned for better conditions for the Boer women, wrote: “Throughout the night there was a downpour. Puddles of water were everywhere. They tried to get themselves and their possessions dry on the soaked ground.” (Hobhouse: Brunt of the War, page 169.) Dr Kendal Franks reports on the Irene Camp: “In one of the tents there were three families; parents and children, a total of 14 people and all were suffering from measles.” In Springfontein camp, 19 to 20 people where crammed into one tent. There were neither beds nor mattresses and nearly the whole camp population had to sleep on the bare ground, which was damp most of the time. One person wrote the following plea for aid to the New York Herald: “In the name of small children who have to sleep in open tents without fire, with barely any clothes, I plea for help.” According to a British journalist, WT Stead, the concentration camps were nothing more than a cruel torture machine. He writes: “Every one of these children who died as a result of the halving of their rations, thereby exerting pressure onto their family still on the battle-field, was purposefully murdered. The system of half rations stands exposed and stark and unshamefully as a cold-blooded deed of state policy employed with the purpose of ensuring the surrender of people whom we were not able to defeat on the battlefield.” 3.4. Let them die of hunger The detainees received no fruit or vegetables; not even milk for the babies. The meat and flour issued were crawling with maggots. Emily Hobhouse writes: “I have in my possession coffee and sugar which were described as follows by a London analyst: In the case of the first, 66% imitation, and in the case of the second, sweepings from a warehouse.” In her book, Met die Boere in die Veld (With the Boers in the field), Sara Raal states that “there were poisonous sulphate of copper, grounded glass, fishhooks, and razor blades in the rations.” The evidence given on this fact is so overwhelming that it must be regarded as a historical fact. 3.5. No hygiene The outbreak of disease and epidemics in the camps were further promoted by, inter alia, the lack of sanitary conveniences. Bloemfontein camp had only 13 toilets for more than 3 500 people. Aliwal North camp had one toilet for every 170 people. A British physician, Dr Henry Becker, writes: “First, they chose an ill-suited site for the camp. Then they supplied so little water that the people could neither wash themselves nor their clothes. Furthermore, they made no provision for sufficient waste removal. And lastly, they did not provide enough toilets for the overpopulation they had crammed into the camps.” A report on a Ladies’ Committee’s visit to Bloemfontein camp stated: “They saw how the women tried to wash clothes in small puddles of water and sometimes had to use the water more than once.” 3.6. Hospitals of homicide Ill and healthy people were crammed together into unventilated areas conducive to the spreading of disease and epidemics. At first there were no medical amenities whatsoever in the camps. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/foodline.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="11952" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/foodline/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/foodline.jpg" data-orig-size="340,228" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Foodline" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/foodline.jpg?w=340" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/foodline.jpg?w=340" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-11952" title="Foodline" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/foodline.jpg" alt="" width="340" height="228" /></a> Foodline Later doctors were appointed, but too few. In Johannesburg there was one doctor for every 4 000 afflicted patients. A report on the Irene camp states that, out of a population of 1325 detainees, 154 were ill and 20 had died during the previous week. Still this camp had only one doctor and no hospital. In some camps matters were even worse. The large Bloemfontein camp did not have a single doctor; only one nurse who could not possibly cope with the conditions. During a visit to Norvalspont camp Emily Hobhouse could not even find a trained nurse. The later appointment of medical personnel did not improve the conditions. They were appointed for their loyalty towards the British invasion; not for their medical capability. They maltreated the Boere. Emily Hobhouse tells the story of the young Lizzie van Zyl who died in the Bloemfontein concentration camp: “She was a frail, weak little child in desperate need of good care. Yet, because her mother was one of the ‘undesirables’ due to the fact that her father neither surrendered nor betrayed his people, Lizzie was placed on the lowest rations and so perished with hunger that, after a month in the camp, she was transferred to the new small hospital. Here she was treated harshly. The English disposed doctor and his nurses did not understand her language and, as she could not speak English, labeled her an idiot although she was mentally fit and normal. One day she dejectedly started calling: Mother! Mother! I want to go to my mother! One Mrs Botha walked over to her to console her. She was just telling the child that she would soon see her mother again, when she was brusquely interrupted by one of the nurses who told her not to interfere with the child as she was a nuisance.” Shortly afterwards, Lizzie van Zyl died. Treu, a medical assistant in the Johannesburg concentration camp, stated that patients were bullied and even lashed with a strap. Ill people who were taken to the camp hospitals were as good as dead. One woman declared: “We fear the hospitals more than death.” The following two reports should give an idea of the inefficiency of the camp hospitals: “Often people suffering from a minor ailment were violently removed from the tents of protesting mothers or family members to be taken to hospital. After a few days they were more often than not carried to the grave.” “Should a child leave the hospital alive, it was simply a miracle.” (Both quotations from Stemme uit die Verlede – a collection of sworn statements by women who were detained in the concentration camps during the Second War of Independence.) 3.7. The highest sacrifice In total 27 000 women and children made the highest sacrifice in the British hell camps during the struggle for the freedom of the Boerevolk. Mrs Helen Harris, who paid a visit to the Potchefstroom concentration camp, stated: “Imagine a one year old baby who receives no milk; who has to drink water or coffee – there is no doubt that this is the cause of the poor health of the children.” Should one take note of the fact that it were the English who killed the Boers’ cattle with bayonets, thereby depriving the children of their food sources, then the high fatality rate does not seem to be incidental. Despite shocking fatality figures in the concentration camps, the English did nothing to improve the situation, and the English public remained deaf to the lamentations in the concentration camps as thousands of people, especially children, were carried to their graves. The Welshman, Lloyd George, stated: “The fatality rate of our soldiers on the battlefields, who were exposed to all the risks of war, was 52 per thousand per year, while the fatalities of women and children in the camps were 450 per thousand per year. We have no right to put women and children into such a position.” An Irishman, Dillon, said: “I can produce and endless succession of confirmations that the conditions in most of the camps are appalling and brutal. To my opinion the fatality rate is nothing less than cold-blooded murder.” One European had the following comment on England’s conduct with the concentration camps: “Great Britain cannot win her battles without resorting to the despicable cowardice of the most loathsome cure on earth – the act of striking at a brave man’s heart through his wife’s honor and his child’s life.” The barbarisms of the English is strongly evidenced by the way in which they unceremoniously threw the corpses of children in heaps on mule carts to be transported to the cemeteries. The mourning mothers had to follow on foot. Due to illness or fatigue many of them could not follow fast enough and had to miss the funerals of their children. According to PF Bruwer, author of Vir Volk en Vryheid, all the facts point out that the concentration camps, also known as the hell camps, were a calculated and deliberate effort by England to commit a holocaust on the Boerevolk 4. Consequences 4.1. “Peace” As a direct result of the concentration camps, the “Peace Treaty” of Vereeniging was signed, according to which the Boer Republics came under British rule. 4.2. Called up by the enemy It is a bitter irony that during World War I England laid claim to the same boys who survived the concentration camps to fight against Germany, which was well-disposed towards the Boerevolk. Thereby they had to lay their lives upon the line for the second time to the benefit of England. Kroniek van die Kampkinders (Chronicle of the camp children) by HS van Blerk describes how, after World War I, this generation were, in addition, kept out of the labor force and how they were impoverished – all simply because they were Boers. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-kind.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="11939" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/boer-kind/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-kind.jpg" data-orig-size="209,300" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="boer kind" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-kind.jpg?w=209" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-kind.jpg?w=209" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-11939" title="boer kind" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-kind.jpg" alt="" width="209" height="300" /></a> 4.3. Immortalised in our literature In this modern world it seems as if few people realize the hardships our forefathers had to endure in order to lose our freedom only without forfeiting the honor of our people. Therefore, it is proper to look at the reflection of the concentration camps in our literature, where the nobility of our forefathers is immortalized. 4.4. We may not forget In total there were 31 concentration camps. In most cases, the adjoining cemeteries are in still in existence and are visited as often as possible by Boer people to mentally condition themselves to continue their struggle towards freedom. There were concentration camps at: Irene, Barberton, Volksrust, Belfast, Klerksdorp, Pietersburg, Potchefstroom, Vereeniging, Turffontein, Balmoral, Nylstroom, Standerton, Heilbron, Kimberley, Bloemfontein, Middelburg, Kroonstad, Heidelberg, Krugersdorp, Vryburg, Vredefort, Brandfort, Springfontein, Bethulie, Norvalspont, Port Elizabeth, Aliwal North, Merebank, Pinetown, Howick and Pietermaritzburg. 4.5. Pillars of support Amidst all the misery brought upon our people by the English, there were pillars of support: firstly the certainty that our cause was just and fair and based upon faith. However, there also were people who made major sacrifices in an effort to ease the burden of Boer women and children. No study of the concentration camps could possibly be complete without mention of the name of Emily Hobhouse. This Cornish lady was a symbol of light and decency for Boer women and children. Emily Hobhouse did everything within her power to assist the women and children. As a result of her efforts to persuade the invaders towards an attitude of humanity and reason, she was banned from South Africa by the British authorities. However, the Boerevolk remains grateful towards Emily Hobhouse for her efforts and her remains are resting in a place of honor under the Women’s Monument in Bloemfontein. Other people who spoke out against the barbaric methods of England were: J Ellis (Irish), Lloyd George (Welsh), CP Scott (Scottish), William Redmond (Welsh) and Ramsey McDonald (Scottish). 5. Effects Today, the numbers of the Boerevolk are at least 3 million less that it would have been, had the English not committed genocide on the Boerevolk. This robs our people of our right to self-determination in the new so-called democratic system. (In truth, democracy means government by the people and not government by the rabble as is presently the case in South Africa.”) The holocaust, together with treason committed by Afrikaners (take note: not Boere) such as Jan Smuts and Louis Botha, forced the Boerevolk to sign the peace accord of Vereeniging which deprived our volk of its freedom. The alien and inferior British culture was forced onto our people. The various indigenous peoples of South Africa were insensitively bundled into one Union without giving a thought to their respective identities and right to self-determination. As in the case of the Boerevolk, the local black nations were effectively robbed of their freedom, which gave rise to the establishment of the ANC in 1912 (two years after the foundation of the Union) to struggle for black nationalism. The British system of apartheid, which they applied all over the world (for instance also in India, Australia and New-Zealand), had to be imported to control the mixed population. The first manifestation of this were signs reading “Europeans” and “Non-Europeans”. No Boer ever regarded himself as a “European”. Apartheid invoked racial friction and even racial hatred which has in no means abated to this very day, and the bitter irony is that the Boerevolk, who had not been in power since 1902 and who also suffered severely under apartheid in the sense that apartheid robbed them of their land and their work-ethics, are being blamed for apartheid today. England’s pretence for the invasion was the rights of the foreign miners. Yet after the war, these very same miners were treated so badly by their English and Jewish bosses that they had to resort to general strikes in 1913 and 1922 (3 and 12 years after the establishment of the British ruled Union), during which many mine-workers were shot dead in the streets of Johannesburg by the British disposed Union government. So much for the rights of the foreign miners under English rule. The efficient and equitable republican system of government of the Boer Republics was replaced with the unworkable Westminster system of government, which led to endless misery and conflict. 6. Summation The concentration camps were a calculated and intentional holocaust committed on the Boerevolk by England with the aim of annihilating the Boerevolk and reeling in the Boer Republics. Comparing the killing of Jews during World War 2, proportionately fewer Jews were killed than Boer women and children during the Second War of Independence. Yet, after World War 2, England mercilessly insisted on a frantic retribution campaign against the whole German nation for the purported Jewish holocaust. To this day, Germany is being forced to pay annual compensation to the Jews, which means that Germans who were not even born at the time of World War 2, still have to suffer today for alleged atrocities committed by the Germans. Should England subject herself to the same principles applied to Germany, then England must do everything within her power to reinstitute the Boer republics and to pay annual compensation to the Boerevolk for the atrocities committed against the Boerevolk. “Their only crime was that they stood between England and the gold of Transvaal.” Sources <a href="http://www.boer.co.za/boerwar/hellkamp.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.boer.co.za/boerwar/hellkamp.htm</a> Message of Vryheidsaksie Boererepublieke to the queen of England. Mediadienste. –1995–P 1 – 7. Suid-Afrikaanse en Algemene Geskiedenis vir Senior Matriek, (Tweede Uitgawe) by BG Lindeque. Juta —1948– Pp 235, 239, 240, 249 – 258, 268 – 272. Juta se Nuwe Geskiedenisleesboeke vir primêre Skole, Standerd IV by Alice Jenner. Juta. (Date of publication unknown) Pp 41, 42, 49 – 54. Russia and the Anglo-Boer War 1899 – 1902 by Elisaveta Kandyba- Foxcroft. CUM Roodepoort. –1981– P 254. Vir Volk en Vryheid by PF Bruwer. Oranjewerkers Promosies. –1988– Pp 346, 348, 407, 411 – 413, 416 – 455. Die Laaste Veldslag by Franz Conradie. Daan Retief Publishers. —1981—Pp 62, 77, 78, 83, 123 – 126, 129 – 132. Historical Geography of South Africa. Special edition for Standard III of South African Schools edited by F Handel Thompson. Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, Hodder & Stoughton, Warwick Square EC. –1914– Pp 160, 165, 167 – 168. Gewapende Protes by PG Hendriks. Oranjewerkers Promosies. –1988–Pp 8, 11, 12, 21, 24, 27, 29, 30, 46, 53 – 62, 94, 95. Kroniek van die Kampkinders by HS van Blerk. Oranjewerkers Promosies. –1989– Pp 35 – 38, 49, 65 – 67, 70, 74, 75, 152. From Van Riebeeck to Vorster 1652 – 1974. An Introduction to the History of the Republic of South Africa by FA van Jaarsveld.Perskor.—1975—Pp 197, 199, 202 – 205, 209, 217 – 220, 253. Vyftig Gedigte van C Louis Leipoldt, ‘n keur deur WEG Louw. Tafelberg Publishers. (First edition 1946–Pp 19 – 23. Gedigte by AG Visser (third print). JL van Schaik. –1928– Pp 57 -61. Family narrations as recounted since the Second War of Independence from generation to generation. (Author’s great-great-grandmother was detained and tortured in the concentration camp at Heilbron.) Source …….. <a href="http://www.appiusforum.com/hellkamp.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://appiusforum.net/hellkamp.html</a> [if the link doesn’t open on this link, type “hellkamp.html” in after the main url and you will find the actual link of the Source] <blockquote>Recently a kind lady from Louisiana mailed me a copy of the “History of the Boers in South Africa,” written in 1887 by a Canadian missionary with no political axe to grind: namely George McCall Theal.</blockquote> It contains a map showing the territories which were being farmed by the Boers: from the Olifants/Limpopo rivers in the north to below the Orange River in the South (Colesburg). It shows the names of the towns they had started wihich carried names such as Lydenburg, ( Place of Suffering) Vryheid, ( Place of Freedom) Pietermaritzburg, (named after the famous Voortrekker leader) Pilippolis and Bethulie, (named after their beloved Bible) and Potchefstroom, Rustenburg, Winburg and Bloemfontein… as they Trekked, the Boers named the map of South Africa, and many of its vegetation and wildlife as well. All these Boer names are now being wiped off the map of South Africa in one fell swoop by the ANC-regime — even though the Boers’ official history had ended in 1902, long before the elitist-Afrikaners who ran the secret Afrikaner Broederbond cabal had started apartheid in 1948. Yet this is not the first time that the Boers are facing such an ethnic cleansing campaign by a nation which is hell-bent to remove their very rights to exist in South Africa – this is actually already the third time in Boer history. The first time the British tried to eradicate them from the map of South Africa with their vicious war and their even more vicious concentration camps where many tens of thousands of Boer women, children and elderly starved to death within just a few months. After this first genocide to target the Boer nation, their descendants still managed to cling to their identity for at least another generation – until ….. Read more <a href="http://www.stopboergenocide.com/29301/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HERE </a> Report of Emily Hobhouse… <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/gif/CO676-2.gif" alt="" /> Image: and source: <a href="http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/cotext.html#676" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/cotext.html#676</a> Drummer Hodge ~Thomas Hardy They throw in Drummer Hodge, to rest Uncoffined – just as found: His landmark is a kopje-crest That breaks the veldt around; And foreign constellations west Each night above his mound. Young Hodge the Drummer never knew – Fresh from his Wessex home – The meaning of the broad Karoo, The Bush, the dusty loam, And why uprose to nightly view Strange stars amid the gloam. Yet portion of that unknown plain Will Hodge forever be; His homely Northern breast and brain Grow to some Southern tree, And strange-eyed constellation reign His stars eternally. Boer War and the movies… Sean Mathias is directing Colossus, based on Ann Harries’ Manly Pursuits, a novel about the Boer War. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film’s scored a pretty impressive cast, considering that its budget is a relatively small $15 million: Colin Firth, Rachel Weisz, Ian McKellen and Susan Sarandon are all on-board. Though it’s not yet been announced which roles the stars will play, the movie “tells of ailing arch-colonist Cecil Rhodes’ [probably McKellen] belief that he can only recover his health if he can hear the sound of English song birds outside his window in Cape Town.” Get this: Someone is sent from England with 500 freaking songbirds. When he gets there, he falls in love and decides he needs to stop the Boer War from happening. Ah, if only all men in love would immediately resolve to end wars — what a lovely world this would be. Source: <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2006/05/21/cannes-casting-news-tenderness-colossus-woman-of-no-importanc/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cinematical.com/2006/05/21/cannes-casting-news-tenderness-colossus-woman-of-no-importanc/</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/" rel="tag">Boer War</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/" rel="tag">Boer Art</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/" rel="tag">Boer History</a><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/" rel="tag">Bristish War</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/" rel="tag">Boer and British War</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/" rel="tag">Boere Oorlog</a><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/" rel="tag">Concentration camps</a><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/" rel="tag">Boer Concentration camps</a><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/" rel="tag">Boers</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/" rel="tag">South African Wars</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/" rel="tag">South African history</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/" rel="tag">South Africa</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/" rel="tag">Poetry</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/" rel="tag">Afrikaans Poetry</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/" rel="tag">Gedigte</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/" rel="tag">AG Visser</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/" rel="tag">General Louis Botha</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/" rel="tag">Arthur Conan Doyle</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/" rel="tag">Louis Leipoldt</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/" rel="tag">John Shaw</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/" rel="tag">Genl Smuts</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/tags/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history" rel="tag">boer-war-art-poetry-and-history</a> <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRkufXlDofE?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> Please click <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20194/20194-8.txt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HERE for the </a>Gutenberg-files about the Boer Women during the War and then click on this file-number: files/20194/ Click <a href="http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/7064/cat3.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HERE </a>for a list of Africana books about the war, there’s a list of about 177…English as well as Afrikaans. Available below is a 1901 recording of the Boer War sentimental favourite Goodbye Dolly Gray. An extract of the song’s lyrics are also provided. The song was written by Will D. Cobb (lyrics) and Paul Barnes (music). Although it gained widespread fame during the Boer War it had earlier been sung in the U.S. during the U.S.-Spanish War of 1898. The song saw renewed airings with the onset of the First World War in 1914. <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.firstworldwar.com/audio/graphics/goodbyedollygray.jpg" alt="" /> Listen to the song here: <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-504-44" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/harry-mcdonough-goodbye-dolly-gray.mp3?_=44" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/harry-mcdonough-goodbye-dolly-gray.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/harry-mcdonough-goodbye-dolly-gray.mp3</a></audio> Goodbye Dolly Gray I have come to say goodbye, Dolly Gray, It’s no use to ask me why, Dolly Gray, There’s a murmur in the air, you can hear it everywhere, It’s the time to do and dare, Dolly Gray. So if you hear the sound of feet, Dolly Gray, Sounding through the village street, Dolly Gray, It’s the tramp of soldiers’ true in their uniforms so blue, I must say goodbye to you, Dolly Gray. Goodbye Dolly I must leave you, though it breaks my heart to go, Something tells me I am needed at the front to fight the foe, See – the boys in blue are marching and I can no longer stay, Hark – I hear the bugle calling, goodbye Dolly Gray. Source: <a href="http://www.firstworldwar.com/audio/goodbyedollygray.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.firstworldwar.com/audio/goodbyedollygray.htm</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/saboersoldiers.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="2433" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/saboersoldiers/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/saboersoldiers.jpg" data-orig-size="500,357" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="saboersoldiers" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/saboersoldiers.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/saboersoldiers.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2433" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/saboersoldiers.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="214" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/saboersoldiers.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/saboersoldiers.jpg 500w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Image and caption: nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/boer-soldiers-posing General Joubert’s unit of Boer soldiers and their African servant stop for lunch at Newcastle, Natal, less than a week after war was declared in 1899. Several of the soldiers are leaning against Dr Visser’s travelling medical wagon. Photographed by Robert Gell, 17 October 1899. British tactics during the South African War included the burning of farmhouses and destruction of livestock so that they would not fall into the hands of Boer commandos. Here members of New Zealand’s Seventh Contingent pose with the carcasses of chickens and sheep. Fashion could be important, even out on the veldt, as the garments of these Boer women suggest. Photographed by Rough Rider John McGrath Drummer Hodge…poetry of the Anglo-Boer War. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/poetry_of_the_boer_war.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12776" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/poetry_of_the_boer_war/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/poetry_of_the_boer_war.jpg" data-orig-size="145,227" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="poetry_of_the_boer_war" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/poetry_of_the_boer_war.jpg?w=145" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/poetry_of_the_boer_war.jpg?w=145" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-12776" title="poetry_of_the_boer_war" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/poetry_of_the_boer_war.jpg" alt="" width="145" height="227" /></a> Drummer Hodge: Poetry of the Boer War—van Wyk Smith, M. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1978 ISBN: 0198120826 Source: elizabethsbookshop.com.au These people were as near akin to us as any race which is not our own. They were of the same Frisian stock which peopled our own shores. In habit of mind, in religion, in respect for law, they were as ourselves. Brave, too, they were, and hospitable, with those sporting instincts which are dear to the Anglo-Celtic race. There was no people in the world who had more qualities which we might admire, and not the least of them was that love of independence which it is our proudest boast that we have encouraged in others as well as exercised ourselves.Source: <a href="http://infomotions.com/etexts/gutenberg/dirs/etext02/gboer11.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://infomotions.com/etexts/gutenberg/dirs/etext02/gboer11.htm</a> Shaw, John Byam : The Boer War (1901) Wednesday, 5 March 2008 The title of a painting,” said Marcel Duchamp, “is another colour on the artist’s palette.” He also talked of treating the title “like an invisible colour”. Duchamp’s remarks were part of his ongoing argument with the art of painting. His point was that painting should not be understood as a purely visual or optical or (to use his favourite jibe), “retinal” art. That was the state to which Impressionism had reduced it. But painting should mobilise all its resources of meaning, among them the title. This verbal component shouldn’t be neutrally descriptive, nor be seen as something extraneous. It could be an integral effect, like another colour. Comparing titles to colours was, of course, provocative, because colour is often considered the least verbal, the most inarticulate and untranslatable factor in a painting. But Duchamp’s phrase is more than a tease. It suggests that the title should be liberated. It should be used, not as a caption that presides over the whole picture, but as one more ingredient in the mixture, an active element in the picture’s drama. Titles were to be given free play. Duchamp’s own were often spectacularly lateral, puzzles and mini-poems in their own right. There was Tum’. There was The Bride Stripped Bare by her Bachelors, Even. And other 20thcentury artists, Dadaist, surreal, abstract, conceptual, took up the challenge, putting the oblique title through all its possible paces. But the device itself was not the invention of modern art. In the 19th century, while Impressionism flourished in France, another kind of painting had sprung up in England, which would later be criticised, not as “retinal”, but on the contrary as “anecdotal”. In the works of the pre-Raphaelites and their contemporaries, the title of the picture was often made to do crucial extra business. The Last of England, The First Cloud, The Awakening Conscience, Our English Coasts – these titles are vital ingredients. They introduce story, symbolism, state of mind and always something more or something other than what the picture shows. They make the viewer’s mind jump from the image to an idea behind or beyond the image. And sometimes the jump itself, the sense of distance between the title and the rest of the picture, is where the work’s real power lies. John Byam Shaw’s The Boer War is far from being a great work. But it’s a work that understands the rich possibilities of the oblique title. The ways that its title performs in the viewer’s mind, both connecting and disconnecting to the image, makes it a kind of masterpiece. The painting shows – well, what it obviously doesn’t show is the Boer War, or any individual episode from Britain’s Imperial war in South Africa, which had ended the year before this picture was painted. But the likely link between words and image isn’t hard to find. A lone woman stands by a stream at the bottom of a field or garden. She was the fiancée or wife or sister of a man killed in the war. She’s lately heard the news, and gone off on her own. Or she’s been in mourning some time, but the place – this is where they used to walk, and never will again – calls out a sudden pang of memory and grief. The Boer War is her back story, then, her motivation, the reason for her state of mind. It is the content of her invisible thought bubble. It is, in a sense, a perfectly straight descriptive title for this picture. For how do you show the Boer War except by depicting scenes from the war? And why shouldn’t those scenes include, not only battlefields and sieges, but also the scenes of bereavement and desolation that were the immediate consequence back home? So the title fits. But at the same time, clearly, we’re to feel a great rupture and estrangement between those words, The Boer War, and the scene before us. And this distance can stand for and stress the various other distances – geographic, experiential – that the work evokes. There is the distance between peace and war. There is the distance between the green English countryside and the dusty South African veldt. There is the distance between the woman and the man who was absent far away and is now absolutely dead and gone. There is the distance between the woman, with her mind fixed on loss and death, and the burgeoning natural world around her – further emphasised by the way her figure slightly sticks out against the landscape like a piece of collage. The classic pre-Raphaelite manner of Byam Shaw’s painting, with its manic eye for the proliferating detail of nature, contributes to this effect. You can see it as how the woman herself sees her surroundings. Shock and grief can cause the mind to become blankly transfixed by the minutiae of the physical world, seeking something clear and particular to hold on to – as the narrator in Tennyson’s poem “Maud” focuses on a tiny sea shell after his world has fallen in. Or again: the way the title, The Boer War, fails to “mean” the picture is like the way those words might become a malignantly empty phrase in the woman’s mind, words she must continually reiterate to herself and to others – the Boer War, the Boer War, he was killed in the Boer War – but which call up nothing and have no purchase on her loss. Reading things into it? Yes, exactly. That’s what this kind of picture, this word image-juxtaposition, invites you to do. Reading things in, letting scene and title interact in the mind, is the way it works. In more than one way, Byam Shaw’s painting about a remote Imperial war has a rather contemporary feeling. THE ARTIST John Byam Shaw (1872-1919) was the second wind and last gasp of true pre- Raphaelitism. By the end of the 19th century, the movement had moved away from the Ruskin-Millais ideals of intense observational realism and moral commitment. It had drifted towards an airy-fairy religiose symbolism. Byam Shaw recovered some of the old ground – just at the point when this kind of art was about to go completely out of fashion, even in Britain. His name is now too small to get into all but the very biggest artdictionaries. But it is preserved in the north London art school that he founded, The Byam Shaw, which exists to this day. Source: <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art-and-architecture/great-works/shaw-john-byam--the-boer-war-1901-791899.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art-and-architecture/great-works/shaw-john-byam–the-boer-war-1901-791899.html</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chair-paul-kruger-sat-on.png"><img data-attachment-id="3501" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/chair-paul-kruger-sat-on/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chair-paul-kruger-sat-on.png" data-orig-size="225,370" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="chair-paul-kruger-sat-on" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chair-paul-kruger-sat-on.png?w=225" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chair-paul-kruger-sat-on.png?w=225" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3501" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chair-paul-kruger-sat-on.png?w=182" alt="" width="182" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chair-paul-kruger-sat-on.png?w=182 182w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chair-paul-kruger-sat-on.png 225w" sizes="(max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px" /></a> The chair Pres Paul Kruger used on the cruiser..Ms Gelderland and his hat on the next image On this next link on my blog you can read something interesting. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/13-wives-and-30-children/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/13-wives-and-30-children/</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/hat-of-paul-kruger.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="3502" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/hat-of-paul-kruger/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/hat-of-paul-kruger.jpg" data-orig-size="288,288" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="hat-of-paul-kruger" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/hat-of-paul-kruger.jpg?w=288" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/hat-of-paul-kruger.jpg?w=288" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3502" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/hat-of-paul-kruger.jpg?w=288" alt="" width="210" height="226" /></a> source: <a href="http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/NG-311?lang=en&context_space=aria_encyclopedia&context_id=00047459">http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/NG-311?lang=en&context_space=aria_encyclopedia&context_id=00047459</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/sa-dickinson-leydsdorp.png"><img data-attachment-id="3927" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/sa-dickinson-leydsdorp/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/sa-dickinson-leydsdorp.png" data-orig-size="702,591" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="sa-dickinson-leydsdorp" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/sa-dickinson-leydsdorp.png?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/sa-dickinson-leydsdorp.png?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3927" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/sa-dickinson-leydsdorp.png?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="252" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/sa-dickinson-leydsdorp.png?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/sa-dickinson-leydsdorp.png?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> “Boers”…During the Gold Rush…. Image: <a href="http://www.kruger2canyons.com/learningcentre/kruger_history_the_gold_rush.php">http://www.kruger2canyons.com/learningcentre/kruger_history_the_gold_rush.php</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/battlefields.png"><img data-attachment-id="3965" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/battlefields/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/battlefields.png" data-orig-size="795,137" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="battlefields" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/battlefields.png?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/battlefields.png?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3965" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/battlefields.png?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="51" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/battlefields.png?w=296 296w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/battlefields.png?w=592 592w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/battlefields.png?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> On this link you will find a list of battlefields near to the bottom of the post. <a href="http://battlefields.kzn.org.za/battlefields/about/2.xml">http://battlefields.kzn.org.za/battlefields/about/2.xml</a> Another link to visit… <a href="http://www.talana.co.za/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.talana.co.za/index.html</a> Storming of Talana Hill ….F. C. Dickinson from a Sketch made on the spot From: H. W. Wilson, With the Flag to Pretoria, 1902 Read about Talana Hill on this link: <a href="http://www.pinetreeweb.com/conan-doyle-chapter-05.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.pinetreeweb.com/conan-doyle-chapter-05.htm</a> Read Cecil Grimshaw’s diary…on this link:..<a href="http://www.grimshaworigin.org/Webpages2/CecilGrimshaw.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.grimshaworigin.org/Webpages2/CecilGrimshaw.htm</a> 18th August… I’ve added lately a lot of links and here’s another: <a href="http://www.ourcivilisation.com/smartboard/shop/indexhi.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.ourcivilisation.com/smartboard/shop/indexhi.htm</a> Add new info…6 Sept 2008 <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/boerwarjoeyuysage4sm.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="4426" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/boerwarjoeyuysage4sm/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/boerwarjoeyuysage4sm.jpg" data-orig-size="300,434" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="boerwarjoeyuysage4sm" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/boerwarjoeyuysage4sm.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/boerwarjoeyuysage4sm.jpg?w=300" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4426" title="boerwarjoeyuysage4sm" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/boerwarjoeyuysage4sm.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="434" /></a> A Boer Girl’s Memories of the War Hester Johanna Maria Uys (Interviews with Errol Lincoln Uys,1970)Johanna, or Joey as she was later called, was born in July 1892. Her mother was killed in a train crash in 1896, and Joey and her sister went to live with an uncle and aunt in Bethulie, Orange Free State, Magiel and Lettie Roux. When the Second Anglo-Boer War broke out in October 1899, Magiel joined the Bethulie Commando. In September 1900, as British troops rolled over the veld, Magiel and thirty commandos attempted to flee the Orange Free State for the Transvaal. Joey and her cousins, the child Magiel and Johann, were in the convoy when it was attacked and captured by the British “Tommies” near Springfontein in the Free State. We trekked with fourteen wagons, seventy women and children, escorted by thirty Boer commandos. Three days after leaving Bethulie, the Tommies found us. “O, God, ons is nou gevang!” – (“O, God, now we’re caught!”) It was daylight. I hid under a wagon. Magiel and Johann lay on the wagon floor. They couldn’t understand what was happening. There was confusion. People screaming. Shouts. “Rooinek vark!” – (“Redneck pig!”) Women were shooting and killing Tommies. Tant (aunt) Lettie was a crack-shot. She kept firing till she’d no more bullets. Several Boers were killed. Then we ran out of ammunition. We surrendered with a white flag on a stick. I still see the red faces of the Tommies. They wore khaki, brass buttons, and leggings. Their heavy boots thudded as they walked. They gathered our men together and took their guns and horses. Before they were led away, our commandant warned us to obey the Tommies or be shot. My uncle said goodbye. We were all crying. Magiel looked at me. “Never desert her,” he said to my aunt. “If you’ve one crust of bread, break it in half and give it to her.” As Joey recounted the attack on the wagons to me, she sang a line of an old Boer War song: “Zij geniet die blouwe bergen op die skepe na Ceylon.” — “They enjoy the blue mountains on the ships to Ceylon.” Magiel went as POW to Sri Lanka where five thousand Boer guerillas were interned during the war. The British shipped four times that number to other camps in India, St. Helena and Bermuda. At the wagons, the Tommies searched the women and went through their belongings. The soldiers weren’t cruel. They hadn’t tasted real war yet. While they searched our stuff, my aunt sat on a trommeltjie filled with bottles of Lennon’s home remedies. The Tommy’s never looked inside the medicine chest. Tant Lettie had hidden gold sovereigns under the bottles. After they took our men away, they made us get back into the wagons. We trekked across the veld to a station. We stayed there all night, some lying down, others sitting up in the wagons. In the morning, they pushed us into boxcars. I couldn’t see anything. There were vents on top and one of these slammed onto my aunt’s head. When the train moved off, the boxcar shook so much we fell against each other. My mother’s reference to a boxcar is unusual. Most women and children were herded into fetid cattle trucks to be shunted across the Free State under a boiling sun or through frigid nights. We realized we were going to Bloemfontein. “You’ll get food, everything you need in the camp,” the Tommies said. At Bloemfontein, we were placed in carts. We were taken three miles outside town and dumped down on the veld. They put up bell-tents for us, one next to the other. Hundreds of round tents, far as the eye could see. We met one of Tant (aunt) Lettie’s sisters and stayed together for a while. A woman in the tent next to us went into labor. Her baby was born that night. The child contracted some disease and died soon after. We slept on the bare ground. No bedding, no pillows, only some blankets from the wagon. It rained heavily. In the beginning, we didn’t know we had to loosen the tent ropes and let the water run off. We got sopping wet. Tant Lettie and I went outside in the rain. We released the ropes and knocked in the pegs again. It was a quagmire. Exhausted, we lay down in the mud to sleep. We lit a paraffin lamp in the tent at night. At nine o’clock, all lights had to be out. Women were kicked and beaten if they disobeyed the orders of the Tommies. We obeyed. We were issued ration cards and stood in line for food. We got meat, sugar, mealie meal, condensed milk. The meat was chilled. Even after cooking, it had chunks of ice in it. We used a paraffin tin outside the tent for a stove, same as a ‘kaffir-koggel ,’ with holes in the sides and irons to hold pots. We collected firewood on a kopje next to the camp. Water was brought from a river by cart. Every morning we stood in line to fill our buckets. We were always short of water. Tant Lettie, the two boys and Johanna were designated “Undesirables,” a term applied to Boers who don’t go voluntarily into captivity or had family members on commando. “Refugees” described displaced Boers who surrender, the “hands-uppers” and their dependants. The latter are rewarded with a few extra spoonfuls of sugar, condensed milk and the luxury of the occasional potato. In either case, rations are insufficient to stave off starvation and disease. If we had grievances, we were taken in front of the camp commandant. Usually, we kept quiet. We didn’t want trouble with the Tommies. During the day, the women visited each other. We walked around the camp. The sun burnt us black. Our shoes wore out. Our clothes were unironed and filthy. Afterwards we got blue soap to wash our things. The toilet was horrible. A big hole with plank seats and sacking around it, you climbed up on top of the planks. No newspaper, no rags. The camp was lice-infested. I watched Tommies take their leggings off, unwinding them like strips of bandages. They used broken glass to scrape the lice from their legs. My aunt had to cut all my hair off. There was a church but I don’t remember going to it or to a school begun in the camp. Tant Lettie read to us from the Bible. Theft was rife. There were fights between women. Prostitutes carried on with Tommies and Boers in the camp. Most of the men were elderly. One old man called De Wet was a bastard. He wanted to interfere with my aunt. She chased him out of the tent. Tommies also interfered with the women. I remember a short man with a gray beard. I hated him. My aunt became friendly with one of the Tommies. She stole someone else’s skirt and walked with him. Thousands of newcomers arrived at Bloemfontein camp. Thousands became sick. The marquee hospital tents were always full. The doctors worked day and night. We found pieces of blue stone vitriol in the sugar. Lots of people were poisoned. People died like rats. Carts came down the rows of tents to pick up the dead. There were funerals every day. In the eighteen months Johanna and her family were in Bloemfontein concentration camp, the population soared to six thousand three hundred and twenty two. Of this number, one thousand six hundred and ninety-five perished from want and sickness. British propagandists alleged that Boer mothers were killing their children through their own stupidity and carelessness. When seven-year-old Lizzie van Zyl died of hunger at Bloemfontein, a report said her mother starved her. Emily Hobhouse, an English activist, spent six months in South Africa from January to June 1901 visiting Bloemfontein and six other camps. She saw Lizzie van Zyl die on an airless April day. “I used to see her in her bare tent lying on a tiny mattress which had been given her, trying to get air from the raised flap, gasping her life out in the heated tent. Her mother tended her. I got some friends in town to make a little muslin cap to keep the flies from her bare head. I was arranging to get a cart made to draw her into the air in the cooler hours but before wood could be procured, the cold nights came on and she died. I found nothing to show neglect on the mother’s part.” Emily returned to England to campaign against “a gigantic and grievous blunder caused not by uncaring women but crass male ignorance, helplessness and muddling.” Her militancy brought the scorn of the British people who called her a rebel, a liar, an enemy of the nation, hysterical and worse. No one hated Emily more than Lord Kitchener, whose troops burnt down 30,000 farm houses, torched a score of towns and interned 116,572 Boers, a quarter of the population. “It is for their protection against the Kaffirs,” said the British War Secretary, oblivious to the fact that Africans were being armed and encouraged by the English to attack a mutual enemy. Also ignoring the fact that 115,000 “black Boers” were sent to their own concentration camps, loyal servants who saw twelve thousand of their number die. Miss Hobhouse was banned from visiting the most terrible of all camps that had been established just outside Bethulie, a place name meaning “Chosen by God.” My mother considered it a blessing of the Almighty that they weren’t interned at Bethulie where twelve hundred died in one six-month period from pneumonia and measles and from hunger. The concentration camps claimed the lives of 27,972 Boers. Of these, 22,074 were children like Lizzie van Zyl. We guarded the gold sovereigns day and night. After lights out, we slept next to the box where Tant Lettie had hidden the coins. Women could apply to the camp commandant for a pass to go into Bloemfontein. Tant Lettie went to buy extra food. This was all that kept us alive. I think of the thousands who died in the camps. I thank God that we survived. In summer 1902, as Kitchener’s cordon strangled Boer resistance, Tant Lettie got notice that she and the children were going to another camp. My mother was too young at the time to know why they were moved, whether Tant Lettie’s Tommy friend pulled strings or what other reason was behind the transfer. They went from Bloemfontein to a camp at Kubusie River near Stutterheim in the Eastern Cape, nestled in the green hills of the Amatola Range, a world away from the horrors of the dumping ground at Bloemfontein. This time, Johanna recalled making the two-hundred-and-fifty mile journey in a cattle truck. According to one report, some of the refugees were supplied with tents, which they ingeniously erected on the beds of railroad cars. Others were covered with tarpaulins like so much baggage. “The former arrived more contented and less sullen. All were provided with hot water and cocoa en route.” We were vaccinated on arrival at Kubusie. Our arms swelled up. Magiel and Johann became sick but after a while we were all OK. We lived in a one-roomed house. A big room with a plank table, plank chairs and three plank beds with straw mattresses. Our days at Kubusie were happier. Farmers in the district helped the Boers. The camp was small, nothing like Bloemfontein. I don’t recall anyone dying at Kubusie. A Miss O’Brien taught school in the camp. I learnt English from her. After school, she invited me to her room. My dress was in rags. Miss O’Brien cut up her own clothes to make dresses for me. She taught me how to knit and gave me a ball of wool for a pair of socks. Who was Miss O’Brien? Was she English or Irish as her name might suggest? Was she one of Emily Hobhouse’s angels of mercy? It matters not, just that she was there, sitting with a child pretty as a flower, teaching her to knit a pair of socks. Today, the site of Kubusie Concentration Camp has been turned into a car park and the surface area graveled and curbed. “The socks were yellow,” Johanna said a lifetime later. She never forgot Miss O’Brien’s kindness. <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.erroluys.com/images/1930sJoeyUysadoptivemothersm.jpg" alt="" /> Joey…in the late 1920’s info on this link: <a href="http://www.erroluys.com/BoerWarChildsStory.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.erroluys.com/BoerWarChildsStory.htm</a> Gallery of images on this link! some upsetting! <a href="http://angloboer.com/gallery.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://angloboer.com/gallery.htm</a> Update: October 2008…this poem is an Afrikaans poem about the concentration camps…very sad poem, maybe I should try and translate it sometime for English readers… C. Louis Leipoldt (1880-1947) In die konsentrasiekamp Aliwal-Noord, 1901 O, pazienza, pazienza che tanto sostieni! – Dante Jou oë is nat met die trane van gister; Jou siel is gemartel, deur smarte gepla; Van vrede en pret was jy vroeër ’n verkwister; En nou, wat bly oor van jou rykdomme? Ja, ’n Spreekwoord tot steun – daar’s geen trooswoord beslister: “Geduld, o geduld, wat so baie kan dra!” Hier sit jy en koes teen die wind wat daar suie Yskoud deur die tentseil, geskeur deur die hael – Jou enigste skuil in die nag teen die buie; Die Junie-lug stort oor die stroom van die Vaal – Jy hoor net die hoes van jou kind, en die luie Gedrup van die reëndruppeltjies oor die paal. ’n Kers, nog maar anderhalf duim voor hy sterwe, Brand dof in ’n bottel hier vlak naas jou bed. (’n Kafhuis gee makliker rus: op die gerwe Daar lê ’n mens sag, en sy slaap is gered!) – En hier in die nag laat jou drome jou swerwe ’n Aaklige rondte met trane besmet. Hier struikel die kind wat te vroeg was gebore; Hier sterwe die oumens te swak vir die stryd; Hier kom ’n gekerm en gekreun in jou ore; Hier tel jy met angs elke tik van die tyd; Want elke sekond’ van die smart laat sy spore Gedruk op jou hart, deur ’n offer gewyd. En deur elke skeur in die seil kan jy duister Die wolke bespeur oor die hemel verbrei; Geen ster skyn as gids; na geen stem kan jy luister (Eentonig die hoes van jou kind aan jou sy!) Wat sag deur die wind in jou ore kom fluister: “Geduld, o geduld, wat so baie kan ly!” Vergewe? Vergeet? Is dit maklik vergewe? Die smarte, die angs het so baie gepla! Die yster het gloeiend ’n merk vir die eeue Gebrand op ons volk; en dié wond is te ná – Te ná aan ons hart, en te diep in ons lewe – “Geduld, o geduld, wat so baie kan dra!” –uit: Groot Verseboek, 2000 Die Oorwinnaars By die kindergrafte uit die Konsentrasiekamp van Nylstroom Oorwinnaars vir ons volk, bly u vir al wat beste in ons is ‘n ewig’ tolk; nooit weer sal vyandsvoet u stof so diep vertrap en smoor dat ons u langer nie kan sien – en hoor. Nie onse Helde, wat die magtig’ leër op glansryk’ velde kon weerstaan en keer; nie onse Seuns, wat aan die galg en teen die muur die diepe liefde vir hul eie moes verduur; nie onse Moeders, wat met bloeiend hart en seer, in swart Getsemane die ware smart moes leer; nie onse Generaals, vereer met krans en riddersnoer; – was waardig vir ons volk die hoë stryd te voer en te oorwin. Nie ons, met vuile hand en hart ontrou was waardig om die vaandel hoog te hou. Maar u, o bleke spokies, in U kermend’, klagend’ wee, staan voor ons ewiglik beskermend – uit die lang verlee. Eugene Marais <blockquote>Boer internees were separately held from black Africans. There were a total of 45 tented camps built for Boer internees and 64 for black Africans. Of the 28,000 Boer men captured as prisoners of war, 25,630 were sent overseas. The vast majority of Boers remaining in the local camps were women and children, but the camps established for black Africans held large numbers of men as well. A number of the black African internees were used as a paid labour force as they were not considered by the British to be hostile, although they had been forcibly removed from Boer areas. The majority of the black African internees however languished in the camps and suffered a high mortality rate.—so, “apartheid” by the British during the Boer/British war! Source: <a href="http://encyclopedia.tfd.com/Second+Boer+War" target="new">HERE </a>The link will open in a new window.</blockquote> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/genlcronje.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="11956" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/genlcronje/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/genlcronje.jpg" data-orig-size="824,355" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="GenlCronje" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/genlcronje.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/genlcronje.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-11956" title="GenlCronje" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/genlcronje.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="215" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/genlcronje.jpg?w=500&h=215 500w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/genlcronje.jpg?w=600&h=258 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/genlcronje.jpg?w=768&h=331 768w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/genlcronje.jpg 824w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a> Please click on the image for a larger view <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/danie_theron.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="11955" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/danie_theron/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/danie_theron.jpg" data-orig-size="483,328" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Danie_Theron" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/danie_theron.jpg?w=483" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/danie_theron.jpg?w=483" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-11955" title="Danie_Theron" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/danie_theron.jpg" alt="" width="483" height="328" /></a> Danie Theron <blockquote>Danie Theron: The man picked for the job was Danie Theron, who was a lawyer from Krugersdorp. Even before the outbreak of the war he had formed a bicycle corps of Scouts believing that the effectiveness of horse mounted men was being undermined because modern bicycle technology was not being utilized properly.</blockquote> He made a submission to Transvaal President Paul Kruger and General Joubert requesting the formation of a bicycle corps by pointing out that a horse needs rest and food, whereas a bicycle needs only a pump and oil. To support his belief in the superiority of the bicycle he had planned a race between a bicycle and a horse from Pretoria to the Crocodile River a distance of 75 km. The man he picked to ride the bicycle against the horse was cycling champion JP Koos Jooste. <blockquote>The Cape Argus of 21 June 1900 clearly states that the destitution of these women and children was the result of the English’s plundering of farms: “Within 10 miles we (the English) burned not less than six farm homesteads. Between 30 and 40 homesteads were burned and totally destroyed between Bloemfontein and Boshoff. Many others were also burned down. With their houses destroyed, the women and children were left in the bitter South African winter in the open.” The British history text book says nothing about this. Read more on this blogentry <a href="http://elliotlakenews.wordpress.com/2007/03/17/british-concentration-camps/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on another site about the concentration camps </a>on this link which will open in a new window.</blockquote> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/farmhouses1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7261" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/farmhouses1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/farmhouses1.jpg" data-orig-size="447,425" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="farmhouses1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/farmhouses1.jpg?w=447" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/farmhouses1.jpg?w=447" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7261" title="farmhouses1" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/farmhouses1.jpg" alt="farmhouses1" width="447" height="425" /></a> Farmers’ houses burnt down. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/farmhouses-burnt.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7260" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/farmhouses-burnt/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/farmhouses-burnt.jpg" data-orig-size="439,293" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="farmhouses-burnt" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/farmhouses-burnt.jpg?w=439" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/farmhouses-burnt.jpg?w=439" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7260" title="farmhouses-burnt" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/farmhouses-burnt.jpg" alt="farmhouses-burnt" width="439" height="293" /></a> Another farm house to be burnt down. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/old-man.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7262" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/old-man/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/old-man.jpg" data-orig-size="513,392" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="old-man" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/old-man.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/old-man.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7262" title="old-man" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/old-man.jpg" alt="old-man" width="420" height="277" /></a> An old man sits in front of his house with a few saved belongings. On this next link you can order some books and I’ve found these three images on this link too. The link will open in a new window. The books are in English, but the site in Afrikaans, you can give me a big shout if you need any help with the site! If you click on the link “kontak ons”, on this site where you can order the books, – it means “contact us” – you will find an email address and contact details. <a href="http://www.kraaluitgewers.co.za/boeke/algemeen.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.kraaluitgewers.co.za/boeke/algemeen.html</a> <blockquote> Lord Alfred Milner – Rothschild front man, executor of the “Scorched Earth Policy” and concentration camps for Boer women and children in 1899-1902; and spokesman for the Royal Institute of International Affairs, which branched into such organizations as the CFR and the Trilateral. His spirit and his legacy lives on in the present genocide of the Boers.</blockquote> Apartheid is properly the legacy of Britain –- which has been under the control of the Rothschilds and his London Elite for centuries, and which refused to give independence to the Black nations currently within present-day SA, as it did to the cannibal Basuto tribe (Lesotho), and to the Swazis (Swaziland), before forming the Union of South Africa in 1910 out of the two former Boer republics of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State; and her two SA colonies viz: …read more on this link, but be warned, a very upsetting image…on this link. On the following link: Deirdre Fields – reports on the heroic Boer struggle for survival and self determination. <a href="http://www.davidduke.com/?p=3375" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.davidduke.com/?p=3375</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/johanna-brandt.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7953" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/johanna-brandt/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/johanna-brandt.jpg" data-orig-size="638,900" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="johanna-brandt" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/johanna-brandt.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/johanna-brandt.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7953" title="johanna-brandt" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/johanna-brandt.jpg?w=212" alt="johanna-brandt" width="212" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/johanna-brandt.jpg?w=212 212w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/johanna-brandt.jpg?w=424 424w" sizes="(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px" /></a> Johanna Brandt <blockquote>The Boer Republics had no organised force. In the event of war against natives or against some foreign Power, the burghers were called up from their farms, the husbands, fathers, sons of the nation, to fight for home and fatherland. This left the women and children unprotected on the farms, but not unprovided for, for it is an historical fact that the Boer women in time of war carried on their farming operations with greater vigour than during times of peace. Fruit trees were tended, fields were ploughed, and harvests brought in with redoubled energy, with the result that crops increased and live-stock multiplied.</blockquote> Read on the <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20194/20194-h/20194-h.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gutenberg-link </a>more from the book written by Johanna Brandt. The following update: 26/9/09 – from an Afrikaans blogger and her grandma who survived the Irene Concentration camp and she blogged today about things her grandma told her when she was little. I will translate for you in short. Trisia says the following: Her grandad was put in jail and they were given food with worms in it. After the war he worked for a sjieling per day to reconstruct/rebuild the burnt-down farms. Her grandma told her some gruesome stories and one is where the English took her little cat, swung it on its tail and smashed it against the wall. [POOR KITTY!] Also, they took her grandma’s dolls and burnt it with all their other stuff. [I can imagine their grusame smiles on their faces while doing it] Please find “Maankind”-s link (Trisia) if you want to read the entry on her blog – of course it is in Afrikaans only. <blockquote>Oupa het graag vertel hoe hy as seun saam geveg het, en van sy hoed met die koeëlgaatjie in waar hy rakelings aan die dood ontkom het. Sy baadjie se moue het te kort geword gedurende die oorlog, en ek sien steeds die prentjie van die rankerige boerseun met die baadjie met driekwart moue in my kop. Hy het ook grusame verhale vertel van sy verblyf in die tronk as rebel, en van die wurms in die sop. Dan ook hoe hulle later na die oorlog op die paaie gewerk het teen ‘n “sieling” ‘n dag om hulle plase weer te kon opbou. Ouma se stories was meer hartseer. Sy het die oorlog as dogtertjie beleef, wat gehuil het oor haar poppie, wat die Engelsman gegryp het en in die vuur geslinger het, en hoe hulle moes staan en kyk hoe hulle huis met alles daarin, in vlamme opgaan. Wanneer ouma se oë sonder uitsondering vol trane geraak het, en haar stem gebewe het, is elke keer as sy vertel hoe die “Ingelsman haar katjie gegryp het en aan sy agterpootjies geswaai het, en sy koppie teen die muur papgeslaan het.</blockquote> <a href="http://maankind.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/anglo-boereoorlog/#comment-41" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://maankind.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/anglo-boereoorlog/#comment-41</a> new: 3/10/09 <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boerwar-battle.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10458" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/boerwar-battle/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boerwar-battle.jpg" data-orig-size="314,346" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="boerwar battle" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boerwar-battle.jpg?w=314" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boerwar-battle.jpg?w=314" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10458" title="boerwar battle" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boerwar-battle.jpg?w=272" alt="boerwar battle" width="272" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boerwar-battle.jpg?w=272 272w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boerwar-battle.jpg 314w" sizes="(max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10459" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/boer-war-1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-1.jpg" data-orig-size="606,472" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="boer war 1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-1.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-1.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10459" title="boer war 1" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-1.jpg?w=300" alt="boer war 1" width="300" height="233" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-1.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/boer-war-1.jpg?w=598 598w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Woman also fought this war…image: Life.com <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/jewish_memorial_boer_war_sa_jewish_report_2009_07_10.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10460" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/jewish_memorial_boer_war_sa_jewish_report_2009_07_10/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/jewish_memorial_boer_war_sa_jewish_report_2009_07_10.jpg" data-orig-size="650,725" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Jewish_Memorial_Boer_War_SA_Jewish_Report_2009_07_10" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/jewish_memorial_boer_war_sa_jewish_report_2009_07_10.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/jewish_memorial_boer_war_sa_jewish_report_2009_07_10.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10460" title="Jewish_Memorial_Boer_War_SA_Jewish_Report_2009_07_10" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/jewish_memorial_boer_war_sa_jewish_report_2009_07_10.jpg?w=268" alt="Jewish_Memorial_Boer_War_SA_Jewish_Report_2009_07_10" width="268" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/jewish_memorial_boer_war_sa_jewish_report_2009_07_10.jpg?w=268 268w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/jewish_memorial_boer_war_sa_jewish_report_2009_07_10.jpg?w=536 536w" sizes="(max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px" /></a> Article here: <a href="http://www.africancrisis.co.za/Article.php?ID=59477" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.africancrisis.co.za/Article.php?ID=59477</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/concentrationcamp.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10461" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/concentrationcamp/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/concentrationcamp.jpg" data-orig-size="642,267" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="concentrationcamp" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/concentrationcamp.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/concentrationcamp.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10461" title="concentrationcamp" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/concentrationcamp.jpg?w=300" alt="concentrationcamp" width="300" height="124" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/concentrationcamp.jpg?w=298 298w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/concentrationcamp.jpg?w=596 596w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/concentrationcamp.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Please click on the image for a clearer view <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RQRzNuaW0yE?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> 25th December 2009 A CHRISTMAS GHOST-STORY South of the Line, inland from far Durban, A mouldering soldier lies—your countryman. Awry and doubled up are his gray bones, And on the breeze his puzzled phantom moans Nightly to clear Canopus: “I would know By whom and when the All-Earth-gladdening Law Of Peace, brought in by that Man Crucified, Was ruled to be inept, and set aside? And what of logic or of truth appears In tacking ‘Anno Domini’ to the years? Near twenty-hundred liveried thus have hied, But tarries yet the Cause for which He died.” Christmas-eve 1899. – Source: marksrichardson.wordpress.com/2009/12/25/the-amusement-of-the-dead%e2%80%93%e2%80%93at-our-errors-or-at-our-wanting-to-live-on-xmas-day-1890-thomas-hardys-christmas-verse/ Update: A great entry to read: <blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="m9Jng5bT8w"><a href="https://politicalvelcraft.org/2012/04/05/rothschilds-british-concentration-camps-a-means-to-usurpdestroy-the-gold-standard-only-then-to-be-replaced-by-rothschilds-keynesian-economics-derivative-fiat-paper/">Rothschild’s British Concentration Camps: Way Back When, It Was A Means To Usurp/Destroy The Gold/Silver Standard ~ Only Then To Be Replaced By Rothschild’s Keynesian Economics ‘Derivative Fiat Paper’</a></blockquote> <iframe class="wp-embedded-content" sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" style="position: absolute; visibility: hidden;" title="“Rothschild’s British Concentration Camps: Way Back When, It Was A Means To Usurp/Destroy The Gold/Silver Standard ~ Only Then To Be Replaced By Rothschild’s Keynesian Economics ‘Derivative Fiat Paper’” — Political Vel Craft" src="https://politicalvelcraft.org/2012/04/05/rothschilds-british-concentration-camps-a-means-to-usurpdestroy-the-gold-standard-only-then-to-be-replaced-by-rothschilds-keynesian-economics-derivative-fiat-paper/embed/#?secret=1z3KzEgO6e#?secret=m9Jng5bT8w" data-secret="m9Jng5bT8w" width="500" height="282" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> Online reading about the ‘Groot Trek’ – The Great Trek – in English <a href="http://www.ourcivilisation.com/smartboard/shop/ransford/index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.ourcivilisation.com/smartboard/shop/ransford/index.htm</a> <h4>Online reading: ‘Commando’ A Boer Journal Of The Boer War by Deneys Reitz (1929)</h4> <a href="http://www.ourcivilisation.com/smartboard/shop/reitzd/commando/index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.ourcivilisation.com/smartboard/shop/reitzd/commando/index.htm</a> Please click <a href="http://www.goldiproductions.com/angloboerwarmuseum/Boer9a_relics1.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HERE </a>to visit the Canadian site about the Boer War to read more. There is also a short movie and this link will open in a new window. This is a link to a quick time movie : <a href="http://www.filmarchive.org.nz/archive_presents/boerwar/qt_BoerWar.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.filmarchive.org.nz/archive_presents/boerwar/qt_BoerWar.html</a> <a href="http://www.filmarchive.org.nz/archive_presents/boerwar/firstpictureshow.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.filmarchive.org.nz/archive_presents/boerwar/firstpictureshow.html</a> Follow <a href="http://www.anglo-boer.co.za/concentration-camps/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">this link</a> to read about the “stalemated” Boer/British War and you will find a link to the Canadian War museum. The link will open in a new window. On my blog <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/07/12/great-grandad/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HERE </a> you can read about the Boer/British-War and Melrose House . The link will open in a new window. On this link you can also read about the role my great grandad played during the war. A very good site about the Boer-war <a href="http://www.angloboerwar.com/index.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HERE </a>…the link will open in a new window. Please click <a href="http://www.online-literature.com/doyle/boer_war/1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HERE </a>to read the complete online book of Arthur Conan Doyle about the Boer War…the link will open in a new window. I’ve also started a new post on the Boer War as I’ve decided this post is now stuffed with too much info, I lost myself here and tried to find myself again…with Churchill on board of a train…[hehe] the following link is my new link and it will open in a new window. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/12/29/churchill-makes-me-smile/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/12/29/churchill-makes-me-smile/</a> New link: 2 December 2009 – lots of photos about the concentration camps too<a href="http://www.allatsea.co.za/abw/index.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.allatsea.co.za/abw/index.htm</a> new: 26/9/09 – and 3/10/09 Another link to read <a href="http://elliotlakenews.wordpress.com/2007/03/17/british-concentration-camps/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://elliotlakenews.wordpress.com/2007/03/17/british-concentration-camps/</a> ‘How Botha Saved the Union in South Africa’ Click <a href="http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/SW_Afrika/Botha_01.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HERE </a>to read…about Genl. 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data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/afrikaans-2.gif?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/afrikaans-2.gif?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7648" title="afrikaans-2" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/afrikaans-2.gif?w=300" alt="afrikaans-2" width="300" height="117" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/afrikaans-2.gif?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/afrikaans-2.gif?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Meer Afrikaanse stories op hierdie volgende link asook boeke wat aanbeveel kan word. Die link sal in ‘n nuwe venster oopmaak. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/storietyd-storytime/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/storietyd-storytime/</a> Hierdie stories het ek in ‘n “Zip”-lêer eendag iewers van ‘n webbladsy afgelaai, ek kan nie eers meer onthou waar nie. In elk geval, ek blog dit omdat dit kosbare stories is van een van ons fantastiese skrywers, Pieter W Grobbelaar. Geniet dit! Die Mooiste Afrikaanse Sprokies uitgesoek en oorvertel deur PIETER W. GROBBELAAR ANTJIE SOMERS As paaiboelie het Antjie Somers geen gelyke in Afrikaans nie. “Oppas vir Antjie Somers. Hy sal jou in sy groot sak stop!” is ‘n dreigement wat baie geslagte kinders soet gehou het. “Hy”, ja, want Antjie Somers was natuurlik eintlik ‘n man. Hier volg een van die talle maniere waarop die verhaal vertel word. Andries Somers was ‘n voorman onder die Strand se vissers. Wie kon soos hy ‘n treknet vasvat? Wie ‘n spaan met hom laat sak? Nee, niemand nie. En dapper! Waar iemand in gevaar gekom het, was Andries Somers eerste by. Nes ’n see-eend kon hy swem, en talle drenkelinge het hy land toe gebring as die ander al lankal moedverlore was. Maar afguns is daar altyd, en skoorsoek is g’n kuns nie. Eendag op die strand pak ‘n klomp vissers hom. Andries laat nie met hom speel nie. Hulle kantel voor sy vuiste. Maar een bly te stil lê waar sy kop ‘n klip gevang het. Andries moet vlug, anders hang die mense hom dalk op. Hy kry ‘n sisrok van sy suster. Hy bind ‘n kopdoek om. Hy haak ‘n mandjie oor sy arm. Toe kies hy koers, diep na die binneland. Op ‘n plaas agter die berge gaan verhuur hy hom. En hy werk weer soos net hy kan. Van die voordag staan hy bak tot dit laat word in die aand. Wingerd spit of pars of mis ry maak nie saak wat hulle doen nie. Andries Somers word die voorman op die plaas. Maar die afguns het ore en ‘n storie baie tonge, en voor lank skinder die mense kliphard onder mekaar. “Vertel ons,Andries, van die sisrok wat jy in jou huis wegbêre,” por die ene. “En die kopdoek, Andries Somers ? Of is jou naam dalk eintlik Antjie?” pla ‘n ander. “Antjie Somers! Antjie Somers!” koggel hulle. Andries Somers laat sy kop sak, en hy maak of hy nie hoor nie, want naderhand kom daar weer nuwe rusie. Maar die derde dag toe kan hy hul geterg nie meer verduur nie. Daardie aand pak hy sy bondel, en hy maak dat hy daar wegkom. Nooit weer keer Andries terug nie. Nêrens slaan sy spoor weer uit nie. Hy het soos ‘n gees verdwyn. Maar al meer vertel die kinders wat saans teen die berg gaan hout soek van ‘n ou vrou wat hulle verjaag. “Sy het ‘n rooi kopdoek,” sê een kind. “Sy het ‘n sisrok met groot strepe.” “Sy het ‘n lang mes.” “En ‘n mandjie.” “En ‘n streepsak oor haar skouer.” “Sy wil ons vang en in haar sak prop!” kerm hulle. En die grootmense skud kop. “Dit is daardie Antjie Somers,” sê hulle onder mekaar. Andries Somers raak vergete: dapper Andries, flukse Andries, Andries wat altyd kon voorvat. Maar een storie word al luider en geslagte lank herhaal: “Antjie Somers! Antjie Somers, Antjie Somers gaan jou vang!” ————- Die Mooiste Afrikaanse Sprokies uitgesoek en oorvertel deur PIETER W. GROBBELAAR DIE HEKS VAN HEXRIVIER Hierdie mooi, eg Afrikaanse sprokie is ‘n goeie voorbeeld van ‘n verhaal wat waarskynlik rondom die naam van ‘n bepaalde plek ontstaan het. Elise was ‘n mooi meisie. In die hele vallei het geeneen soos sy gewoon nie. Maar ongelukkig het sy aan hoogmoed gely. As die jong mans by haar kom kuier, het sy net haar neus opgetrek en gesê: “Eendag sal die mooiste en beste en fluksste jong man my kry.” Op ‘n dag kom Flip met sy sweetvos by die plaas aangery. Dit is goed om hom te hoor lag. Hy is mooi om na te kyk. Vir werk is hy nie bang nie. Toe weet Elise: dis die jong man vir wie sy gewag het. Maar sy is nog hoogmoedig. “Gaan pluk vir my die bloedrooi disa wat op die hoogste krans groei,” sê sy. “Dan sal ek weet dat jy my liefde werd is.” “Ek gaan,” sê Filip. Flip klim en klim, en soos hy klim, sing hy. Flip klim en klim met ‘n lag. Flip klim tot hy tussen die kranse kom. Daar ver op ‘n rotspunt wat oor die diepste afgrond hang, blom die rooi disa. “Nou gaan ek jou pluk,” sê Flip. “My bruid wag vir my.” Maar toe hy vooroor buk, krummel die klippe onder sy voet. Hy gryp, maar dis net die disa wat hy beetkry. Hy stort met die blom in sy hand na benede. Toe Elise van Flip se dood hoor, breek haar hart. “Filip! Filip!” snik sy, maar dit is te laat. Filip! Filip!” huil sy, maar dit help nie meer nie. “Filip! Filip!” roep sy, en sy klim die berg in na die plek toe waar die bloedrooi disa gestaan het. Toe sy die geknakte blomsteel sien en die spore van Filip se val, kan sy nie meer nie. Filip! Filip!” sug sy en sak inmekaar. En die afgrond gryp haar soos hy Flip gegryp het, en sy val haar te pletter. En nou nog, vertel die mense, kan jy haar daar sien dwaal. Dis net ‘n skim wat van haar oor is. Haar geroep is ‘n suggie wind. Maar sy kan nie rus vind nie. Elke maanlignag kom sy weer om na haar Filip te soek, al sal sy hom nooit kry nie. “Dis haar verdiende loon, sê die mense. “Haar hoogmoed het ‘n jong man se lewe gekos. Sy is ‘n heks!” So het die mooiste jong meisie van die vallei die Heks van Hexrivier geword. —– Die Mooiste Afrikaanse Sprokies uitgesoek en oorvertel deur PIETER W. GROBBELAAR WOLF LEER VLIEG Wolf is moedeloos honger. Elke keer as hy by ‘n dooie dier kom, het Aasvoël lankal die lekkerste vleis afgeëet sodat net die kaal bene vir hom oorbly. “Ai, Aasvoël,” kla Wolf, “kan jy dan nie vir my sê hoe jy so gou weet as daar iets te ete is nie?” “Dis maklik, antwoord Aasvoël. “Ek vlieg hoog in die lug en kyk ver oor die aarde uit. Jy kan net tot by die bossies hier voor jou neus sien.” “Leer my dan ook vlieg,” soebat Wolf. “Goed,” sê Aasvoël. “Kom klim op my rug, dan kyk jy mooi wat ek doen.” Aasvoël sprei sy kragtige vlerke, en Wolf meet net vasklou. “Sien jy, Wolf?” roep Aasvoël toe hulle hoog oor ‘n lap doringbosse sweef. “Dis maklik. Spring nou af en klap met jou bene soos ek met my vlerke.” Wolf duik deur die lug, maar hoe hy ook al skop en spartel, hy val soos ‘n klip, reg in die doringbosse. “Eina!” tjank Wolf terwyl hy tussen die klouende takke uitsukkel. “Laat dit vir jou ‘n les wees!” roep Aasvoël van bo af. “‘n Dier is gemaak om te loop, en ‘n voël om te vlieg. En as diere probeer vlieg, kom daar moeilikheid.” ———- Die Mooiste Afrikaanse Sprokies uitgesoek en oorvertel deur PIETER W. GROBBELAAR VAT HOM, JAKKALS! Deur hul aanraking met mekaar, het die sprokies van die verskillende rasse so vermeng dat ‘n mens soms nie weet waar die Boesman storie ophou en die Hottentot invloed begin nie om van die invloed van wit en swart mense nie eens te praat nie. Maar die belangrikste bly die verhaal self. i. Ryperd Jakkals is kwaad vir Hasie, want hy het stories by vrou Jakkals gaan aandra, en nou het sy haar man die huis belet. Maar Hasie het baie planne. Op ‘n dag hoor hy Jakkals suutjies in die paadjie draf. Toe gaan lê hy in die bossies en kreun. “Ha! nou het ek jou, Haas,” sê Jakkals, en hy wil net spring, maar Hasie antwoord met ‘n swak stem: “Vat my maar, Jakkals. Ek is te siek om te vlug. Tel my op jou rug, dan dra jy my huis toe.” En Jakkals dink dis glad nie so ‘n slegte plan nie. Nou sal sy vrou sommer weer vir hom goed word as hy met ‘n lekker stuk haasvleis daar aankom. Jakkals laat loop in die paadjie af, en Hasie moet net klou. Jakkals, Jakkals!” roep hy later, “Die vlieë pla baie. Pluk tog vir my ‘n taaibostakkie dat ek hulle kan wegjaag.” “Ai, jy is lastig,” sê Jakkals, en hy gaan pluk maar. Toe hulle nog van ver af na Jakkals se huis toe aankom, staan sy vrou al op die stoep om te kyk wat haar man hier kom soek. “Vrou, vrou!” roep Jakkals. “Ek het vir jou ‘n lekker vet haas gebring.” Maar kyk, nou sit Hasie regop, en die pyne is skielik uit sy lyf, en die taaibostak is ‘n lat. “Vrou, vrou!” koggel hy Jakkals. “Ek het vir jou ‘n lekker vet jakkals gebring!” En die lat gesels oor Jakkals se blaaie, en Jakkals bokspring en galop. Toe wip Hasie van sy rug af en verdwyn lag lag in die bossies. “Nee, so ‘n treurige man wil ek nie hê nie,” sê vrou Jakkals. “Waar het jy al van ‘n jakkals gehoor wat hom deur ‘n haas laat ry? Maak dat jy wegkom hier voor my oë!” ii. Die Byekerk Hasie hardloop na die berg se kant toe, en daar sien hy ’n bynes diep in ‘n klipskeur. “Ai!” sê Hasie: “Lekker is lekker, en goed is goed – en die beste lekker is heuningsoet!” En Hasie druk sy kop diep in die skeur om die nes by te kom, maar hy het nie geweet dat Jakkals al weer spoorsny nie. Hy sit nog so, toe Jakkals hom aan die hakskeen gryp. “Ha! nou het ek jou, Haas,” sê Jakkals, en hy wil hom sommer sy tande laat proe. Maar Hasie het klaar geskrik en ver gedink. “Sjuut, Jakkals,” sê hy. “Kan jy nie hoor my vriende hou kerk nie?” “Waar?” vra Jakkals nuuskierig. “Hier in die klipskeur,” sê Hasie. “Ai, hulle sing tog te pragtig!” “Laat ek hoor, sê Jakkals, en hy druk sommer in. Dan trek hy sy kop weer uit en sê: “Nee wat, hulle kan nie sing nie. Dis net brom brom brom, al op dieselfde wysie.” “Hulle is seker moeg,” sê Hasie. “Steek ‘n bietjie ‘n stok daar by die voordeur in dat hulle weet ons is hier. Dan moet jy hoor.” En Jakkals gryp ‘n stok, en hy werskaf in die klipskeur rond, en toe druk hy sy kop in om goed te luister. Nee kyk, dit was ‘n sonde. Die bye mors met Jakkals; hulle verniel hom; hulle steek hom byna dood. Hy spring om en hardloop, maar die bye het nie tyd nie. Dis net zoem tjiek! “Eina!” Zoem tjiek! Zoem tjiek! Zoem tjiek! “Eina! Eina! Eina!” Hasie lê soos hy lag. Hy rol soos hy lag. Hy maak hom eintlik seer. Nee, Jakkals sal hom nie gou weer pla nie. iii. Vat Hom, Jakkals! Maar Hasie is glad te gerus. Sing sing in die paadjie. Wirts warts om die bossies. Kyk nie waar hy loop nie; trap nie waar hy kyk nie. Woep! daar sit hy. Jakkals het voëlent aan ‘n stomp gesmeer en dit in die paadjie neergesit. Hasie spook, maar hy sit al hoe vaster. Hy ruk en pluk en skree. Jakkals kom tussen die bossies uit. “Ha! nou het ek jou, Haas!” sê hy. Sy lippe is nog altyd skeef geswel van die bysteke sodat dit lyk asof hy nie kan ophou lag nie. Hasie word stil. Ja, jy het my, Jakkals,” sê hy. “Nou kan jy my maar opeet. Dis net jammer om so dorstig te sterwe. Ek was juis op pad rivier toe.” “Nee, ons kan ‘n bietjie gaan drink,” sê Jakkals, wat hom heeltemal droëtong gehardloop het om die strik vir Hasie reg te kry. Hy pluk Hasie los van die voëllym af, gooi hom oor sy skouer en stap af na die drinkplek toe. Ai, hoe stil en blink is die water nie. Jakkals laat sy kop sak om te drink. Maar kyk die ongeskik! Hierdie ander jakkals druk sommer sy snoet tussenin. “Gee pad!” brom Jakkals. “Wat is dit nou, Jakkals?” vra Hasie agter sy skouer. “Kyk self,” sê Jakkals, en hy sit hom neer. En: “Staan soontoe!” sê hy vir die ander jakkals wat hom al weer beskou. Hasie sien dadelik dat Jakkals met sy eie weerkaatsing baklei, maar hy sê niks nie. “Loop weg hier!” sê Jakkals vir die derde maal, en hy wys tande, maar die waterjakkals wys terug. “Moenie so met jou laat speel nie!” roep Hasie. “Kyk hoe staan daardie ander dier se mond soos hy jou uitlag. Vat hom, Jakkals!” Toe Jakkals gryp, gryp die ander jakkals ook. Toe Jakkals duik, is hulle doems! al twee binne in die water. Toe Jakkals verdwyn, is alles weg. “Ha ha ha!” lag Hasie: “Kwaai is kwaai, en kwaai se voet: ou Jakkals soek sy eie bloed!” En toe Jakkals hangstert uit die water klim, sing Hasie al ver in die paadjie af. ——— Die Mooiste Afrikaanse Sprokies uitgesoek en oorvertel deur PIETER W. GROBBELAAR SOP MET ‘N SKOP Die Boesmans het die dierewêreld fyn deurgekyk. Daarom is Leeu vir hulle die sterke, Wolf soos Hiëna dikwels genoem word ‘n wreedaard, en Jakkals ‘n lafhartige bedelaar. Wolf het ‘n ver pad geloop om by sy broer te gaan kuier. Nou is hy honger en dors. In die veld kry hy Leeu wat aan ‘n sebra lê en eet. ‘n Entjie weg sit Jakkals vir ‘n bietjie oorskiet en wag. “Naand, Leeu,” sê Wolf vriendelik. “Mmm,” sê Leeu, en hy kraak ‘n murgbeen oop. Wolf gaan op sy hurke sit. “Hoe lyk dit, nooi jy my dan nie om ‘n stukkie saam te eet nie?” “Ja, ja!” sê Jakkals gretig. “Bly stil!” sê Wolf, en Jakkals gee ‘n paar tree pad. “Nee,” sê Leeu, en hy skeur aan die boud se sagte vleis. “Net so ‘n bietjie soppies om op te lek,” vra Wolf. “Ek is baie dors.” “Ek lek my eie sop,” sê Leeu. “Net ‘n ou murgbeentjie om af te eet,” soebat Wolf. “Dè, vat dan!” sê Leeu, en hy gooi vir Wolf die been wat hy nou net self droog gesuig het. “En wat van my, Leeu ? ” vra Jakkals met ‘n huilstem. “Trap!” sê Leeu, en hy mik met sy voorvoet. Jakkals verskuif nog ‘n entjie verder weg. Wolf vat die been, en hy kou daaraan asof hy tog te lekker kou, en hy suig daaraan asof daar baie te suig is. Toe staan hy op. “Baie dankie, Leeu,” sê hy. “Ek sal sulke vriendelikheid nie vergeet nie. Kom eet gerus môreaand ‘n bietjie sop by my. “Dankie, ja,” sê Leeu, en hy lek al klaar sy lippe af, want hy weet Wolf se maats is dood as dit by sop kook kom. “Dankie, ja!” sê Jakkals asof Wolf hom ook genooi het, en hy gaan lek die droë been af wat Wolf laat agterbly het. Agter die bultjie kom Wolf op ‘n volstruis af. Dis net vere en voete, en toe begin Wolf weglê. Die stuk wat oorbly, sleep hy saam huis toe. “Eet julle maar die vleis, ” sê hy vir sy vrou en kinders. “Laat bly net die bene vir my.” Die volgende dag sit Wolf twee potte op die vuur vir die volstruissop. Die een pot haal hy betyds af om koud te word, maar die ander pot hou hy kookwarm. Dis ook nie te lank nie, of hier kom Leeu aan met Jakkals op sy spoor. “Hoe lyk dit met daardie sop waarvan jy gepraat het, Wolf?” vra Leeu. “Ja, hoe lyk dit met die sop?” vra Jakkals. “Kom sit maar hier in die ry,” sê Wolf, en hy beduie waar sy vrou en kinders al wag. Vrou Wolf hou haar mond oop, en Wolf gooi in, maar dis van die koue pot s’n. So gaan hy van kind tot kind, en hulle drink tog te lekker. Maar toe hy by Leeu en Jakkals kom, skep hy twee bekers van die vuurwarm sop uit. “Maak wyd oop!” sê hy, en hulle maak so. Toe gooi hy. Leeu wil nog sluk, toe spu hy al dat die sop met so ‘n wye boog staan. “Sjoe, vriend Wolf,” sê hy kortasem, “maar jou sop is vandag darem kwaai.” “Dis van ‘n volstruis se bene,” sê Wolf. “Dié voël kan mos so kwaai skop. Wil jy nog ‘n bietjie hê?” “Nee, dankie,” sê Leeu, “ek dink ek loop maar weer.” En Jakkals? Hy kan nie insluk nie, want dis te warm. En hy kan nie uitspu nie, want hy is te bang vir Wolf. Daarom sit hy so met die trane wat oor sy wange loop. Maar toe Leeu wegdraf, draf hy saam, en hy maak sy mond agter ‘n bossie leeg. En nou nog as Jakkals so in die maanskyn wag dat Leeu klaar moet eet, en hy dink aan daardie sop, dan begin hy sommer van nuuts af huil. Luister maar mooi. “Kwaai sop!” tjank Jakkals. “Volstruissop! Volstruissop met ‘n skop!” ———- Die Mooiste Afrikaanse Sprokies uitgesoek en oorvertel deur PIETER W. GROBBELAAR JAKKALS VERTROU SY EIE VREDE NIE Op ‘n oggend snuffel Jakkals tussen ‘n klompie bome rond, toe hy Hoenderhaan op ‘n hoë tak gewaar. “Môre, my liewe Haan,” groet hy vriendelik. “Môre, Jakkals,” groet Haan. “En waar stap jy dié tyd van die oggend nog rond?” “Ek soek ‘n bietjie ordentlike geselskap,” sê Jakkals vinnig. “Maar dis nie lekker om so kop in die lug te staan en praat nie. Kom sit liewers hier by my.” “O nee,” antwoord Hoenderhaan. “Ek ken jou streke. As ek naby jou kom, eet jy my op.” “Nog nooit nie!” roep Jakkals uit. “Het jy dan nie gehoor nie? Daar is vrede in Afrika onder al die nasies.” “Koe-ke-le-koe!” lag Haan. “Hoekom lag jy?” vra Jakkals. “Nee, ek lag sommer vir al jou stories,” antwoord Haan. “En dan lag ek vir my eie storie ook.” “Wat se storie is dit?” vra Jakkals. “Gisteraand het Wildehond my bekruip,” vertel Haan. Toe moes ek die bome in vlug. Nou is Boer met sy honde op pad om my te soek. Ek kan hulle al sien aankom.” “Nou ja, dan groet ek maar eers,” sê Jakkals skielik haastig. “Hoekom wil jy al loop Jakkals?” vra Haan. “Ons gesels nou eers lekker. Jy is tog seker nie bang vir die honde nie. Daar is mos vrede in Afrika.” “O ja,”‘ antwoord Jakkals, “maar die vraag is of die onnosele honde daarvan weet.” En hy draf vinnig weg. <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" height="16" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/06/25/lekker-afrikaanse-kinderstories/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Lekker Afrikaanse kinderstories">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-40 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-music category-songs tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaans-lyrics tag-afrikaans-traditional-songs tag-afrikaanse-musiek tag-dankie-liewe-ouma tag-music tag-nadine tag-songs tag-tradisionele-afrikaanse-liedjies tag-traditional-afrikaans-songs" id="post-40"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/06/18/traditional-afrikaans-songs/" rel="bookmark">Traditional Afrikaans songs</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/music/" rel="category tag">music</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/songs/" rel="category tag">songs</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-lyrics/" rel="tag">Afrikaans lyrics</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-traditional-songs/" rel="tag">Afrikaans Traditional songs</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-musiek/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse musiek</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/dankie-liewe-ouma/" rel="tag">Dankie Liewe Ouma</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music/" rel="tag">music</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/nadine/" rel="tag">Nadine</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/songs/" rel="tag">songs</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/tradisionele-afrikaanse-liedjies/" rel="tag">tradisionele Afrikaanse liedjies</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/traditional-afrikaans-songs/" rel="tag">traditional Afrikaans songs</a> on 18/06/2007| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/06/18/traditional-afrikaans-songs/#comments">5 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/nadine.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7462" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/06/18/traditional-afrikaans-songs/nadine/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/nadine.jpg" data-orig-size="200,198" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="nadine" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/nadine.jpg?w=200" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/nadine.jpg?w=200" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7462" title="nadine" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/nadine.jpg" alt="nadine" width="200" height="198" /></a> <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-40-45" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/03-dankie-liewe-ouma.mp3?_=45" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/03-dankie-liewe-ouma.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/03-dankie-liewe-ouma.mp3</a></audio> <h3>This mp3-song is a song in Afrikaans by Nadine. She says: “Dankie Liewe Ouma” which means ‘Thank you dear Grandma.’</h3> <h3> On the next link, which will open in a new window, you will find traditional Afrikaans songs, plus the lyrics.</h3>   <a href="http://esl.ee.sun.ac.za/~lochner/blerkas/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://esl.ee.sun.ac.za/~lochner/blerkas/index.html</a> h <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/06/18/traditional-afrikaans-songs/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Traditional Afrikaans songs">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> </div> <div id="sidebar"> <ul> <li class="sidebox"> <a class="wordpress-follow-button" href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com" data-blog="2198811" data-lang="en" data-show-blog-name="false">Follow Chessalee on WordPress.com</a> <script type="text/javascript">(function(d){ window.wpcomPlatform = {"titles":{"timelines":"Embeddable Timelines","followButton":"Follow Button","wpEmbeds":"WordPress Embeds"}}; var f = d.getElementsByTagName('SCRIPT')[0], p = d.createElement('SCRIPT');p.type = 'text/javascript';p.async = true;p.src = '//widgets.wp.com/platform.js';f.parentNode.insertBefore(p,f);}(document));</script> </li><li class="sidebox"><form role="search" method="get" action="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/" class="wp-block-search__button-outside wp-block-search__text-button wp-block-search" ><label class="wp-block-search__label" for="wp-block-search__input-1" >Search this site</label><div class="wp-block-search__inside-wrapper " ><input class="wp-block-search__input" id="wp-block-search__input-1" placeholder="" value="" type="search" name="s" required /><button aria-label="Search" class="wp-block-search__button wp-element-button" type="submit" >Search</button></div></form></li><li class="sidebox"><h2><label for="subscribe-field">Subscribe to Blog via Email</label></h2> <div class="wp-block-jetpack-subscriptions__container"> <form action="https://subscribe.wordpress.com" method="post" accept-charset="utf-8" data-blog="2198811" data-post_access_level="everybody" id="subscribe-blog" > Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. <label id="subscribe-field-label" for="subscribe-field" class="screen-reader-text" > Email Address: </label> <input type="email" name="email" style="width: 95%; padding: 1px 10px" placeholder="Email Address" value="" id="subscribe-field" required /> <input type="hidden" name="action" value="subscribe"/> <input type="hidden" name="blog_id" value="2198811"/> <input type="hidden" name="source" value="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/"/> <input type="hidden" name="sub-type" value="widget"/> <input type="hidden" name="redirect_fragment" value="subscribe-blog"/> <input type="hidden" id="_wpnonce" name="_wpnonce" value="de05d3b334" /> <button type="submit" class="wp-block-button__link" > Subscribe </button> </form> <div class="wp-block-jetpack-subscriptions__subscount"> Join 292 other subscribers </div> </div> </li><li class="sidebox"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img loading="lazy" width="440" height="417" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/welcome_0.gif" alt="" class="wp-image-10373" /></figure> </li><li class="sidebox"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img loading="lazy" width="68" height="50" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/south_africa-flag.gif" alt="" class="wp-image-19336" /></figure> </li><li class="sidebox"> </li><li class="sidebox"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" width="329" height="107" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/divider-7-.jpg?w=329" alt="" class="wp-image-19337" /></figure> </li><li class="sidebox"> "The Americans fight for a free world, the English mostly for honour, glory and medals, the French and Canadians decide too late that they have to participate. 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