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Izak Bouwer
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OP MY OU RAMKIETJIE
C. Louis Leipoldt
Op my ou ramkietjie
Met nog net een snaar
Speel ek in die maanskyn,
Deurmekaar.
Ek sing van Adam
en Eva se val,
Van die ou Paradys,
"Halfpad mal!"
So s^e die mense
wat my hoor speel
As die skemer my wang soen
Soos ferweel.
As die maan my aanhoor,
En die sterre knik,
Dan speel ek kordaat voort,
In my skik.
Wat gee ek om mense
Wat s^e ek's mal,
As die varings my aanhoor
By die wal?
Wat om my vriende -
Wat nooit nie verstaan -
As die sterre my toeknik,
En die maan?
Op my ou ramkietjie
Met nog net een snaar,
Speel ek in die maanskyn,
Deurmekaar.
(Musiek deur Jan Bouws)
ramkietjie: a primitive stringed instrument,
usually home-made, with four
strings and sound box made
out of an oil can.
Etimology : From Nama "ramgi-b"
snaar : string (on a stringed instrument)
speel : play
maanskyn : light of the moon
deurmekaar : mixed up
halfpad mal : half seas over, on the way to being mad.
skemer: twilight
my wang soen : kiss my cheek
ferweel : velvet
die sterre knik : the stars nod
kordaat : bold, firm, resolute
in my skik : pleased with myself
mal : mad
varings : ferns
as die sterre my toeknik: when the stars nod at me
This song is, strictly speaking, not a folk song. It
is however much loved and frequently sung by
people, even if they only know the first one or two
verses. The poem was written by C. Louis Leipoldt
(1880-1947), who has become somewhat of a cult
figure in South Africa. Leipoldt was born in the town
of Worcester, but most of his poems talk about the
"Hantam" (an area around the Hantamsberge, on the
edge of Namaqualand, around the town of Calvinia.)
Leipoldt acted as war correspondent during the Boer
War for the "Manchester Guardian." He became a
medical doctor, but also practised journalism. He wrote
short poems about the beauty of nature, but also longer
very dark poems, describing the aftermath of the Anglo-
Boer War. In the First World War he was physician to
General Botha. Shortly before the Second World War he
wrote a cycle of scathing anti-Nazi poems that has never
appeared in book form. His most popular book in English
is "The Bushveld Doctor" (1937).
Gloudina Bouwer
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