"Lente in Johannesburg" deur FERDI GREYLING (with translation)
LENTE IN JOHANNESBURG Ferdi Greyling Oor die koppies, uit die noorde, waai 'n droë wind op die stad. Later, na die donderweer, vee die reën oor die huise se sinkdakke. In die agterplaas hang die kristal van die stil oggend om die groen boom. Die voëls sing gaatjies in die stilte. Op die sypaadjie voor die verkeer is my liefde blou in die jakarandabome. Translations for Reka: lente: spring (somer, herfs, winter) koppies (small rounded hills) noorde: north (ooste, suide, weste) waai: blow 'n droë wind : a dry wind (droog = dry) stad : city donderweer : the thunder (weer: weather) vee: sweep reën: rain sinkdakke: roofs made of corrugated iron agterplaas: backyard kristal: crystal gaatjies: small holes (gat/gate/gaatjies) stilte: quietness sypaadjie: the sidewalk (pad/paaie/paadjie) verkeer: traffic blou : blue jacarandabome: jacaranda trees (boom/bome) (jacaranda trees have translucent light purple- blue sprays of flowers coming out early in the spring before any leaves appear. There is usually a blue carpet of the dropped blooms on the ground. South Africans living outside South Africa have been known to time their visits to South Africa to coincide with the blooming of the jacaranda trees, usually in October.)