ek loop die fyn lyn                       I walk the fine line
tussen                                            between
swem of verdrink                         swimming or drowning

een voet                                       one foot
                  voor                                       ­      in front of
                            die ander                                          the other

stap vir stap                                  step by step

    as ek bekommer                      if I worry
          help dit nie                                it doesn’t help
               die resultaat                               the result
                    is die selfde                                is the same

die lewe gaan maar aan          life just carries on

ek soek die                                   I seek the
         opegewondenheid                       excitement
            van elke                                              of each
            oomblik                                          ­    moment

my sieel                                         my soul
               is gaar                                         is ready
                          om te ontspan                            to relax
soos die                                         just like the

                      springkaan                             ­       grasshopper

moet ek leer                                  I must learn
van die miere                                from the ants
om te bespaar                               to save