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Dit lyk kompleet <strong>of</strong> die wêreld wil sing<br />

oor die genade wat weer uitkoms bring,<br />

want gou is die wêreld met blomme verfraai<br />

wat jubel van kleur as die wind daaroor waai<br />

It appears truly that the world wants to sing<br />

about mercifulness that again brings salvation,<br />

because instantaneously the world is bedazzled with flowers<br />

that rejoice with colour as wind blows over them<br />

Het iemand met ñ towerstaf<br />

ongesiens hier deurgedraf?<br />

Lap-lap lê dit aanmekaar<br />

ñ mooi gesig voorwaar!<br />

Gousblom en vergeet-my-nietjie<br />

met blou en pers so bietjie-bietjie.<br />

Did someone with a magic wand<br />

run through here unseen?<br />

Patch-patch it lies continuously<br />

a pretty face for sure!<br />

Arctotis hirsuta and Anchusa capensis<br />

with blue and purple little-little<br />

Slanguinjtjie weet nie wat haar noop<br />

maar stoot haar blommetjie skaam-skaam oop<br />

sy mag mos ook in die vreugte deel<br />

met skuterwit en spikkelgeel.<br />

Morea serpentina does not know what and where<br />

but pushes open her flower shy-shy<br />

she may also have her share <strong>of</strong> the happiness<br />

Geel en goud, bankvas aanmekaar<br />

met blouselblou, ñ bietjie hier, ñ bietjie daar.<br />

Yellow and gold, tightly packed together<br />

with blossom-blue, a little here, a little there<br />

ñ Wuiwend blommeparadys<br />

om sekerlik die Heer te prys.<br />

A lush flower paradise<br />

to surely praise the Lord<br />

Namakwaland<br />

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