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Straatfluitjie

23/12/2012 by Nikita

winter (1)
Picture: ecopreneurist.com

“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says “Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

This entry is basically meant to be in Afrikaans – only.
What you see in this picture, is what almost hit me in my face about two weeks ago. I was travelling on a road and when driving round a bend, this popped up in my face. Barrels of numbness washed over me, as I watched in awe and admiration, wishing I could sit on a bench and just enjoy the scene for hours without end. Everything was just so… white! I then realised that Winter is also ‘special’.

Winter

Nou lê die aarde nagtelang en week
in die donker stil genade van die reën,
en skemer huise en takke daeliks bleek
deur die wit mistigheid en suising heen.
Dis alles ryk en rustig van die swaar
geheime wasdom wat sy paaie vind
deur warm aarde na elke skeut en blaar,
en ver en naby alles duister bind
in vog en vrugbaarheid en groot verlange;
tot ons ’n helder middag skielik sien
die gras blink, en die jong graan teen die hange,
en weet dat alle rus die lewe dien:
hoe kon ek dink dat somer ryker is
as hierdie groei se stil geheimenis?
-N P van Wyk Louw

Winter is koud. Winter is naar en ongenaakbaar, maar dan is daar ook ‘n misterieuse ‘stilte’ rondom Winter. Winter laat my soms dink aan ‘n gesprek wat jy met jouself het. Winter laat my dink, beplan – of soms herbeplan. Ek dink Winter probeer iets doen, maar is nie seker hoe om dit te doen nie, daarom verkies hy om in ‘stilte’  dinge te doen. Hy bekruip jou en ‘pynig’ jou met sy koue. Winter is soos ‘n ‘boelie’ wat mooi is, so mooi dat jy hom vergewe dat hy jou ‘boelie’. Geniet die Winter – as jy in ‘n land is waar dit nou Winter is! Geniet die sonskyn waar jy nou Somer het! Geniet die liedjie van Johan van der Watt: Straatfluitjie wat so bietjie ‘warmte’ gee met sy pragtige stem.

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Posted in Afrikaans, Afrikaans poems, N P van Wyk Louw, Straatfluitjie, Winter | Tagged Afrikaans, Afrikaanse gedigte, N P van Wyk Louw, seasons, Straatfluitjie, Winter, Winter gedig | 7 Comments

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  1. on 23/12/2012 at 13:26 Eugene

    “Geniet die winter”! Round the bend, indeed. 🙂

    Geseënde Kersfees en voorspoedige nuwe jaar, anyway. 😡


    • on 23/12/2012 at 13:35 Nikita

      Hi Eugene! lol… ek het nie nou die idioom gebruik nie. 🙂 Maar ja, winter kan jou nogal irriteer – as jy hom toelaat! 🙂
      Geseënde Kersfees en Voorspoedige Nuwe Jaar vir jou ook. Ek het ‘n ‘sticky’ post met my Kersfeeswense, wat jy seker gemis het. 🙂


  2. on 24/12/2012 at 08:37 james higham

    Merry Christmas, Nikita. Think I even understand some of that Afrikaans, if Afrikaans it is.


    • on 24/12/2012 at 10:41 Nikita

      Hi James! Thank you! Merry Christmas to you too! Yes, Afrikaans it is. You need to read more Afrikaans here, your Afrikaans is getting better, I think. 🙂


  3. on 11/01/2013 at 05:02 kyker

    Ek het nou lekker gelees. Dankie. Hier het ek ‘n bloedwarm Kerstyd beleef. Die warmste dag was 46 grade. Mens moet sommer baie ver reis om van Perth af by sneeu uit te kom.
    Voorspoed vir die nuwe jaar!


    • on 11/01/2013 at 19:37 Nikita

      Hi Kyker! Ek is bly jy het lekker gelees. Dankie vir die Nuwejaarswense – ‘n Voorspoedige Nuwe Jaar vir jou ook! Sjoe, daardie plek van jou IS warm! Ek sal dit beslis nie kan hou nie. Ek verkies my lewe deur maar eerder die koeler en reenerige dae, veral reenerig! Sterkte met die hitte – ek hoop dis al koeler. 🙂


  4. on 18/01/2013 at 20:09 So…white and pure! « Chessalee

    […] will remember THIS entry of a few weeks ago about the snow and winter. Today was again a snowy day and this time, I had my […]



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