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Started by Ceradyne4 REPLIES507 VIEWS· 25 May 2020, 16:08
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CeradynePro9,374 posts
25 May 2020, 16:08
#1
25 May 2020, 16:08#1

It linguistic jewels like this that makes me extremely and unapologetically proud of my mother tongue. 


I am not even going to try and translate it because IMO no translation would do it justice. Luckily I know that there are a number of guys who would understand and hopefully appreciate it. It is about the lockdown from an Afrikaans speaking South African viewpoint.


Sorry for the English only speaking guys.


Here goes:


Dana Snyman op sy beste

‘n Waarheid wat diep sny en seermaak...


HERFS, 2020


Dit was die herfs toe ons bedreig is deur ’n ding wat jy nie met die oog kon sien nie, toe ons nie ons woonplekke sonder ’n goeie rede mag verlaat het nie en ons mekaar nie meer met die hand kon groet nie. 

 Die herfs toe ons vooraf te veel toiletpapier en te min wyn gekoop het. 

 Die herfs toe die kerk se deure op ’n Sondag gesluit moes bly en elkeen van ons ’n kundige was op Facebook oor enigiets van virologiese infeksies tot die Egiptiese gode in die jaar 234 vC. Die herfs toe almal verkeerd en gedeeltelik verkeerd en net jy reg was.

 Die herfs toe ’n video-opname rondgestuur is waarop daardie bekende gospelsanger bevestig ons lewe nou in die eindtyd wat in Openbaring beskryf word en dat die antichris uit Sirië gaan kom. Kort daarna is hy egter reggehelp deur ’n pastoor van Pretoria. Die antichris gaan, volgens die pastoor, glo uit Turkye kom. Die tyd van die groot verdrukking het , aangebreek, en hierdie keer gaan dit nie help om te immigreer nie.

 Die herfs toe ons aan onsself bewys het ons is ’n spesie wat nie met onsekerheid kan saamleef nie. Te veel onsekerheid laat ons soek na sondebokke en gryp na verregaande verduidelings wat die grense van die wetenskap oorskry. Bill Gates sit agter die hele ding. Dis die duister werkinge van die nuwe G5-tegnologie. Kyk, hier l? elf wilde-eende iewers in Brittanje in ’n smal teerpad dood. Dit is die Chinese. Dit is die Illimunati. Dit is God se bestraffende vinger wat na ons wys. Dé, vat hier. Sluk vir ons hierdie rou eier af.

 Die herfs toe ons een-een deur winkels gedwaal het, soos bannelinge uit ’n Edward Hopper-skildery. Toe elke dag later soos ’n Sondagmiddag begin voel het en weer soos oorle Ouma gemmerbier begin maak het.

 Die herfs toe daardie vrou in die huis met die toe gordyne, die vaal enetjie op skool wat haar maatjies graag by die juffrou verklik het, se lankverlore hoofmeisiedrome verwesenlik is. Neem ’n foto van elkeen wat buite sy erf is. Bel dadelik die polisie!

 Die herfs toe jou plaaslike whatsapp-groep jou laat wonder of Jean Paul Satre nie dalk reg was toe hy ’n karakter in een van sy dramas laat laat s? het: “Die hel is ander mense.” 

 Die herfs toe jy skelm snags met my honde begin stap het en betrokke was in ’n geheimsinnige transaksie met ’n man in ’n pers Tazz in Shoprite se parkeerterrein waartydens ’n karton sigarette en ’n bottel Wellington-brandewyn van hande verwissel het. Die herfs toe jy laatmiddag gewag het vir die ibisse om verby te kom.

 Die herfs toe die daardie ryk man tog maar besluit het om die een wat sy gastehuis vir hom jare al getrou bestuur, nie verder te betaal nie. Dit gaan sleg lyk om sonder daardie karige salaris wat hy haar gewoonlik per maand betaal het, in die hiernamaals aan te kom.

 Die herfs toe ons die dodetal sporadies, soos die telling van ’n vyfdag-krieketwedstyd, begin volg het, toe ons aanhoudend vir mekaar ges? het: “Niks gaan ooit weer dieselfde wees nie.” 

 Die herfs voor die lang-lang winter wat enige dag nou gaan begin.

 - Dana Snyman Skrywer

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clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
25 May 2020, 16:41
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25 May 2020, 16:41#2

I used Google and made a few adjustments to get it into English:- 

Dana Snyman at best

A truth that cuts and hurts deeply...

 

AUTUMN, 2020

 

It was autumn when we were threatened by a thing you couldn't see with the eye, when we were not allowed to leave our dwellings without a good reason, and we could not greet each other by hand.

 Autumn when we purchased too much toilet paper and too little wine.

 The autumn when the church doors had to remain closed on Sunday and each of us was an expert on Facebook about anything from virological infections to the Egyptian gods in the year 234 B.C. Autumn, when everyone was wrong and partly wrong and only you were right.

 The autumn when a video survey was sent around on which that famous gospel singer confirms our life now in the end Times described in Revelation and that the Antichrist will come out of Syria. However, shortly afterward, he was corrected by a pastor of Pretoria. The Antichrist goes, according to the pastor, believes from Turkey coming. The time of the Great Tribulation has, arrived, and this time it will not help to immigrate.

 The autumn when we showed ourselves we were a species that could not live with uncertainty. Too much insecurity allows us to search for sin goats and seize to outrageous explanations  that exceed the boundaries of science. Bill Gates sit behind the whole thing. It's the obscure workings of the new G5 technology. Look, here l? Eleven wild-ducks killed in Britain in a narrow asphalt. This is the Chinese. This is the Illimunati. It is God's chastening finger that points at us. Dé, take a touch here. Swallow us this raw egg.

 Autumn when we wandered one-one by shops, like exiles from an Edward Hopper painting. When every day later began to feel a Sunday afternoon and then began to make it like the grandmother Ginger beer.

 The autumn when that woman was in the house with the drawn curtains, the pale one in school who had  told the teachers nasty things so as to become  the head girl.  Take a picture of everyone outside the  yard. Call the police immediately!

Autumn when your local WhatsApp group makes you wonder if Jean Paul Satre might not be right when he leaves a character in one of his dramas? : "Hell is other people."

 The autumn when you were naughty to start walking with my dogs at night and were involved in a mysterious deal with a man in a purple Tazz in Shoprite's parking lot during which a cardboard was interchangeable and a bottle of Wellington-brandy. The autumn when you waited on the afternoon for the hadedahs to come by.

 The autumn of the rich man who decided not  to pay the one who had faithfully managed his guesthouse for him years.   It is going to seem bad to get into the afterlife without the meager salary that he has paid her normally per month.

 The autumn when we started following the death toll, such as the score of a five-day cricket time, when we were constantly on each other? : "Nothing will ever be the same."

 Autumn before the long-long winter that is going to start any day now.

 -Dana Snyman Author


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DbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
25 May 2020, 16:54
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25 May 2020, 16:54#3

Ou Dana is nogal 'n gawe ou...en 'n gemaklike skrywer met 'n goeie sin vir humor. Ek hou van sy artikels...hy het gereelde bydraes in Die Burger en Afrikaanse tydskrifte.

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CeradynePro9,374 posts
25 May 2020, 17:03
#4
25 May 2020, 17:03#4

Hy het laaank terug altyd sulke goeie komiese sketse in Huisgenoot gehad. 

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CleanCutPro9,905 posts
26 May 2020, 08:42
#5
26 May 2020, 08:42#5

Nice. Haaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahaaaa!!

He sums it up perfectly.



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