Its a drinking song: dont expect too much...
translated into English: Give the man some of your coins
give the man just a little man
Give the man some of your coins
give the man just a little man
and the men are thinking
the men are drinking
we are busy with a bar song
mom tells me not to make jokes about booze
but Koos Kombuis sings a song about whiskey in his glass
tip there a bit
we make three hundred percent profit on the bottle
and then ... bring a bucket... let us ...
... tjorts!
then we drink again, yes then we drink more
tomorrow again
because you can see
this man is poor
he just needs a little for the end of the month
he sees his ship arriving on the horizon
Then he calls it closer
"come and get fresh water"
now we are going to drink
or we swim in that ship
or we swim in that ship
go crazy brother-brother
go crazy, go crazy
go forest brother-brother
go forest, go forest
‘n Bietjie van jou munte
Gee vir die man ‘n bietjie van jou munte
gee vir die man net ‘n bietjie man
Gee vir die man ‘n bietjie van jou munte
gee vir die man net ‘n bietjie man
en die manne dink
en manne drink
ons is besig met bar song
ma my sê moenie grappies maak oor drank nie
maar Koos Kombuis sing dan ‘n song oor onder in my whiskey glas
tip daar ‘n bietjie
ons maak mos driehonderd persent wins op die bottel
en dan... bring daar ‘n skottel laat ons...
... tjorts!
dan drink ons weer, ja dan drink ons meer
môre weer
want jy kan mos sien
hierdie man is arm
hy kort net ‘n bietjie vir die einde van die Maand
hy sien sy skippie op die horison aankom
Toe roep hom nader
kom haal vars water
nou gaan ons drink
of ons swem daai skippie in
of ons swem daai skippie in
gaan bos broer-broer
gaan bos, gaan bos
gaan bos broer-broer
gaan bos, gaan bos
@headfirstonly Mar 2022
I am now convinced that Afrikaans is even better suited to drinking songs than German is, and that's a pretty darn amazing achievement. The percussion on this on this really suits the vibe of the lyrics. This would be perfect (in my decades of drinking experience) for about the fifth round of the evening...
@porrectus Feb 2022
Thats pretty cool, I like a good drinking song. I'd love to hear it in Afrikaans, big fan of drinking songs in non-English languages.
The translation is a fun story. Nice work