Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Ek En My Bottel by Stef Bos from Dutch to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Ons lê hier langs die pad
We walk here along that path
Ek en my bottel
Ek and my bottel
Die mense loop verby
Those people walk away
Dis vroeg in die oggend
Dis asked in that oggend
Ons lê hier soos geliefdes
Our loved ones are here too
Verstrengel in mekaar
Intertwine
Sy is leeg van my
Sy is empty of me
Ek is vol van haar
Ek is full of her
Ek was 'n paar jaar in die weermag
I was in that weather for a few years
Geveg daar op die grens
Found there on that border
Die bos daar het my mal gemaak
Those bunches there made me crazy
Maar nou is ek weer 'n mens
But now I'm a human again
Ek het die land hier sien verander
I see the country here change
Selfde storie ander boek
Same story other book
Ek is die bruinman in die middel
Ek is that brown man in that waist
Nooit wit of swart genoeg nie
Never white or black enough
Sy is alles wat my reg hou
Sy is everything that keeps me right
Sy is al wat my laat val
Sy is all that makes me fall
Sy is die liefde van my lewe
Sy is that love of my lewe
Sy's my Heelal
Sy's my Universe
Sy's my sonde my verlange
Sy's my probe my desire
Sy's my honger en my dors
Sy's my hunger and my thirst
Sy's is die onmag wat my vashou
Sy's the one who can't hold on to me
Sy's die vrou
Sy's that woman
Wat my nooit sal los nie
What will never leave me
Ek is 'n swerver in die stad hier
Ek is a drifter in that town here
Slaap daar buite by die hek
Sleep outside there by that fence
Van die Kompanjie se tuine
From that Kompanjie garden
Voor die useless parlement
For that useless parliament
Waar hulle praat en praat en praat
Where Hull talks and talks and talks
Oor die toekoms van die land
About the future of that country
Ek lê daar buite en ek slaap
I lie out there and sleep
Met 'n bottel in my arms
With a bottle in my arms
Sy is alles wat my reg hou
Sy is everything that keeps me right
Sy is al wat my laat val
Sy is all that makes me fall
Sy is die liefde van my lewe
Sy is that love of my lewe
Sy's my Heelal
Sy's my Universe
Sy's my sonde my verlange
Sy's my probe my desire
Sy's my honger en my dors
Sy's my hunger and my thirst
Sy's is die onmag wat my vashou
Sy's the one who can't hold on to me
Sy's die vrou
Sy's that woman
Wat my nooit sal los nie
What will never leave me
En ek droom soms van'n meisie
And sometimes I dream of a girl
Met rooi lippe
With red lips
Wat met my dans
What about my dance?
Tot anderkant die maan
See you on the other side of that moon
Verby die wolke
Forget those clouds
Verby die sterre
Forget that star
Daar waar die hemel nog bestaan
Where that heaven still exists
My bottel My booze
My bottle My booze
My Lullaby My blues
My Lullaby My blues
My hemel My hel
My heaven My hell
Die naam Op my vel
That name On my skin
My sonde My verlange
My probe My desire
My honger My dors
My hunger My thirst
Die onmag wat my vashou
Who can't hold on to what I'm holding
Wat my nooit sal los nie
What will never leave me
Sy is alles wat my reg hou
Sy is everything that keeps me right
Sy is al wat my laat val
Sy is all that makes me fall
Sy is die liefde van my lewe
Sy is that love of my lewe
Sy's my Heelal
Sy's my Universe
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