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stap vir stap ~ step by step

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

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Written by
jeannine-davidoff
South African
Published
Feb 23, 2012
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