There's
a mellow moon a-hiding
Behind the harbour wall tonight
I could dance in its reflection
If I could get out beyond the lights
There's a mist up on the Steenberg
My ship is in the bay
Will you still have tomorrow
What I’m giving you today.
Bye bye, bye bye maraai this is what I want you to see
Believe me, believe me
Unfortunately nothing's guaranteed
My love is made of particles
A thousand grains of sand
It can slip through careless fingers
Or nestle in your hands
I gave you all my love in a calabash
Like fire to chase the fear
Now is it you or just an alias
That I’m watching disappear.
Goodbye goodbye my annamaraai
I was no match for you
I was neutralised
In an electrical storm
And lost my point of view
I cannot grieve my regrets I leave
To those who stay behind
To the callous and the cynical
To the brutal and the blind
In the eyes of desperation
Could any man be whole
Take fate between the fingers
And dumbly watch it roll
But to reach for the horizon
Through darkness stretch a hand
And lift my heart on knocking knees
And shuffle to a stand.
Heimwee heimwee
Laat my los, laat my droom al weer
Heimwee heimwe
Nee, my dolla, nee
