Rainbow Nation/Reenboog Nasie

Rainbow Nation/Reenboog Nasie

A Poem by Adri Moolman
"

my language my love

"

My wêreld is 'n klein plek

normaal soos almal anders s'n

'n plek van liefde en woorde

'n plek van tale en stories


Dit is in 'n land wat almal nie altyd verstaan nie

gevul met rassehaat , maar tog vorm ons 'n nasie

moord, seermaak, woorde

deur geslagte voortgesit


mense verstaan nie my wêreld nie

waar oud en jonk nie met mekaar saamstem nie

waar liefde steeds die sterkste bly


waar geskiedenis nie altyd maak wie ons is nie

en waar slegte stories nie ons beskryf nie

waar die sonsondergaan altyd die mooiste is

en die natuur altyd lewe


woorde word na buite gedeel

woorde wat mense nie verstaan

my land is my lewe

my liefde


my land is gevul met elf tale

gevul met kulture waarvan ander net kan droom

met ongelooflike talent

en trots


want my land

is die reenboog nasie


ENGLISH TRANSLATION


My world is a small place

normal like everyone else's

a place of love and words

a place of languages ​​and stories


This is a country that everyone does not always understand

filled with racial hatred

 but we form a nation

murder , hurt , words

continued through generations


people do not understand my world

where young and old do not agree

 but where love is still stays the strongest


where history does not always make us who we are

and where bad stories do not describe us

where the sunset is always the most beautiful

and nature is always alive


words are shared out

words that people do not understand

My land is my life

my love


My country is filled with eleven languages

filled with cultures

 which others can only dream of

with incredible talent

pride


My country

is my Rainbow Nation

© 2015 Adri Moolman


Author's Note

Adri Moolman
tell me what you think it is translated from a poem I wrote in Afrikaans

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Added on January 1, 2015
Last Updated on January 1, 2015
Tags: afrikaans, different, me, who i am, love, hate, life

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Adri Moolman
Adri Moolman

pretoria, South Africa



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