My translation of Lied van my Hart (now with Afrikaans lyrics as well)

The other day I was searching Youtube a bit and somehow found myself at an Afrikaans song. It's a little funny to me, because despite knowing the language, I don't really make much of an active effort to find any music. But I like this song, and since I'm not sure if there's a translation out there (the link didn't work in the video description, and a very quick search on Google didn't show anything, though there may be something that I missed) I'm going to see how well I really can translate from Afrikaans to English.

EDIT: I got a request to post the Afrikaans lyrics as well, so they're up now. Also did minor
changes to the English lyrics.

Lied van my Hart - Song of my Heart

Afrikaans
Steve
My lewe le en wag
net anderkant die wereld wat ek ken
Daar le my nuwe dag

Net een ding maak my vry
Ek luister na die sagte note diep
na die stem hier binne my

Maar alles wat ek is moet ek behou, om waar to bly
Dis die lied van my hart
Dis die lied binne my
Ek sing al my drome en dan is ek vry

Dis die lied van my hart
Dis die stem wat my ken
Bly naby die waarheid en dan sal ek wen
Dis die lied van my hart

Nadine
Al was ek net 'n kind
Kon ek die woorde saggies hoor oor my
'n fluister op die wind
My wereld raak nou stil
Ek luister na die woorde in my siel, want ek weet dis God se wil

Maar alles wat ek is moet ek behou, om waar to bly

Both
Dis die lied van my hart
Dis die lied binne my
Ek sing al my drome en dan is ek vry

Dis die lied van my hart
Dis die stem wat my ken
Bly naby die waarheid en dan sal ek wen
Dis die lied van my hart

Nadine
Maar diep hier binne my
is die stem van donker vrese
Sal ek die krag en moed he
om te wees wat ek wil wees

Steve
Want alles in jou lewe
het 'n prys wat jy betaal

Both
'n prys wat jy moet neerle
om jou drome te gaan haal

Nadine
Die dis lied van my hart
Dis die lied binne my
Ek sing al my drome en dan is ek vry

Both
Dis die lied van my hart
Dis die lied binne my
Ek sing al my drome en dan is ek vry

Dis die lied van my hart
Dis die stem wat my ken
Bly naby die waarheid en dan sal ek wen
Dis die lied van my hart

Dis die lied van my hart
Dis die stem wat my ken
Bly naby die waarheid end dan sal ek wen
Dis die lied van my hart

Dis die lied van my hart

English
Steve
My life lies and waits
just beyond the world that I know
There lies my new day

Just one thing makes me free
I listen to the soft notes deep
To the voice here inside me

But everything that I am I must retain, to stay true
It's the song of my heart
It's the song inside me
I sing all my dreams, and then I am free

It's the song of my heart
It's the voice that knows me
Stay close to the truth, and then I will win
It's the song of my heart

Nadine
Though I was just a child
I could hear the words softly over me
a whisper on the wind
My world is getting quiet
I listen to the words in my soul, because I know it's God's will

But everything I am I must protect, to stay true

Both
It's the song of my heart
It's the song inside me
I sing all my dreams and then I am free

It's the song of my heart
It's the voice that knows me
Stay close to the truth, and then I will win
It's the song of my heart

Nadine
But deep inside me
is the voice of dark fear
Will I have the strength and courage, to be what I want to be

Steve
Because everything in your life, has a price that you pay

Both
A price you have to lay down, to fetch your dreams

Nadine
It's the song of my heart
It's the song inside me
I sing all my dreams and then I am free

Both
It's the song of my heart
It's the song inside me
I sing all my dreams and then I am free

It's the song of my heart
It's the voice that knows me
Stay close to the truth, and then I will win
It's the song of my heart

It's the song of my heart
It's the voice that knows me
Stay close to the truth, and then I will win
It's the song of my heart

It's the song of my heart


Aaand, that's it. This is how I would translate it. Others might put it a little differently, but this is how I see the words translate to in my head, if that makes any sense. And since this was fun, I might do more translations in the future.

Clouds

Mmm...rainbow cupcakes taste good. The chocolate's a bit sweet for my tastes, but I expected that.

It's not often that my entire family goes out for dinner or something. And usually when we do, there's a few people mad at each other for some reason. Usually a stupid reason as well. But yesterday we all went out and somehow nobody got mad (except for my younger brother because my little sister was taking her sweet time eating her food)

Actually, this post has nothing to do with that. I just mentioned it because when we were driving home, I was looking outside at the clouds. I've always liked looking at clouds. I've never really tried seeing shapes in them, but they really are pretty and calming. And even though the clouds were dark and it looks like it's going to rain sometime in the future, I still like them.

I think that what really got my interest this time was that there was a bit of a gap in the clouds where the sun was shining through. Not the shape of the sun, but rather the rays. I've only ever seen a few times in real life the suns rays like how they often are in paintings (or at least the ones I look at) so it's always fascinating to me when I see it.

Birthday birthday birthday

I feel a little guilty for not coming on here. But between having no internet (why I get punished for something my siblings did I don't quite understand) and not really knowing what to say, I can't really say that I've had a reason to.


My birthday is coming up. In less than a week. I already know that I'm going to get a Kindle, but the rest of my gifts remain a mystery. I actually could ask what I'd be getting, but since my mom is mostly behind the decision for buying the gifts, I don't really care. She's never gotten me something I didn't want yet, and I don't expect her to start now.


So next weekend, I think, I'm going to Medieval Times. We always get to choose a nice restaurant to go to for our birthday, and since we went there for my mom's birthday in December, I've only wanted to go back. So for once I actually knew without making a last minute decision where I wanted to eat.


And I'm going to be making myself a nice rainbow cake. I made rainbow cupcakes last night, and melted some chocolate over them earlier, and haven't had any of it yet except for a piece that my little sister was kind enough to give me, but it tastes good. I'm just waiting on others to finish their chores so I can have one. (Maybe I can have the leftover chocolate...)


Some people might be wondering why I want a rainbow cake. (I know that my younger brother does, anyways) Usually girls like pink and all, so that'd end up being a strawberry cake most likely. But ever since watching Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, I've been a bit put off of pink (agh, way too much pink! And cats! I don't like Dolores Umbridge) And I've always loved rainbows. I'm actually a little surprised that I've only now made them and not a long time ago. That, and I'm really tired of strawberry and chocolate cakes, which is what everyone else in my family decides to have in the end.


Am I looking forward to my birthday? Yes. I have been looking forward to it when my little sister asked me "How many sleeps until your birthday?" and I realized that the answer was two weeks exactly. (I think she just wants my birthday to be done with so that she can bring hers up the entire time...though it's only in August)


Do I think that it's going to be a nice birthday? Um, the day of my birthday probably not so much, because we never really do anything here at home, and my dad will be gone for work. But the presents? I'll probably go crazy over them for a little while and just fast fade back into my regular routine with some minor adjustments. That's how it was for Christmas anyways. But the overall celebration that gets stretched out little bit by little bit between now and the time we're done with Medieval Times? That'll be nice.


That's about it on birthday news for now. And for some random and not really at all related news, I found my psp! It's been missing for I don't even know how long (just like my DS, I don't use it that much) but it's been gone for probably about a year. And then my brother found it while he was washing laundry. So I'm happy about that :)

Contradictory

I'm sad, I'm happy.

I don't need anyone, I need someone.

I hate my life, I love my life.

I want to scream, I want to laugh.

I want to cry, I want to sing.

I want to sleep, I want to dance.

I feel useless, I feel useful.

I'm numb, I'm aware.

I'm dead, I'm alive.

I don't want to learn, I want to learn.

I need to live a lie, I can live my life.

I don't care, I will care more than you know.

I'm brave, I'm afraid.

I despair, I fly.

I live in reality, I live in dreams.

Sometimes it's hard. Other times it's easy. For what exactly, I can't say. That's up to every person to decide for themselves. The above is just some of the things that I go through. In reality, I'm all those things, but I feel more of the first parts. It's only really in my dreams that I feel the second parts.

Oh, and if you're wondering, I did deliberately but 'brave' before 'afraid'.

One wish

If you had one wish, what would you wish for?

What if one day you were suddenly given a wish. You could wish for anything you wanted, no restrictions. Would you wish for money? Fame? Love? World peace? World domination? A cure for cancer/other illness? Anything?


Hmm...there are probably too many stories that go along those lines. But still, if it's done right, it can be very unique and interesting. 'Course, most of the (very few) ones I've read either have happy endings and don't have a single thing go wrong, or otherwise have downright depressing endings where everything goes wrong.


Still, if someone had to ask me what I wanted, and I could get anything without restriction, I'd take my time deciding on something.


I wouldn't ask for money, that I do know. Even though it would be incredibly helpful since most of modern day society seems to depend on it, but I don't think I'd ever be happy. Same goes for fame.


Love is a tricky thing. I do believe that love really exists and that people can be happy with it, but if it happens because of a wish, I'm not sure I'd ever believe that it's a 'real' love. I'd never be able to stop worrying that whoever it is didn't just fall in love with me just because of a wish, and wouldn't have under any other circumstance. So I wouldn't wish for love.


World peace. As much as I hold a small part of me to hope for it, it would never last. I believe that human nature has conflict written into it, so as long as we still exist there will always be conflict of some sort. So world peace would be out.


As for world domination, that's automatically out. Not only do I not fancy being a ruler of any kind, but for all those people secretly (or not so secretly) hoping for this, think about it this way: you watch the movies with kings and rulers and such, and if you see them on a normal day, usually they have a lot of responsibility dumped on them, from anything to do with wars, laws, dealing with the numerous complaints from the people, and other such burdens. I've never liked having too much responsibility, so this wish would never happen.


I know that some people would opt to vote for a cure for cancer or some other illness, but I can't see myself doing that. It might be because I've never known anyone personally to have cancer or some other life-threatening illness, which some would consider lucky. But I think that part of this would also be that technology advances every day, and someone's bound to find the answer eventually, even if it happens by a pure accident. I didn't think that they'd ever make a vaccine for the flu that lasts longer than a single season or whatever, but according to my older brother and some sites found using Google, it seems that there is one being worked on (my brother says it's on animal testing stages) Now if they could only make one for the common cold and one for allergies...Actually, you can build up immunity to allergies with the help of doctors injecting concentrated stuff in your blood and watching you and stuff, but that takes time and money. I just want a single shot.


In the end, I think that if I'd wish for anything at all, it'd be happiness. Or wisdom. Or some other helpful trait. Because while the ones I'm thinking of can actually be obtained through natural means, technically all the other things can be too. And it'd be a help to me, if not necessarily for everyone else. And with the right set of mind, they could be used for good (or evil, but then I don't view myself as a particularly evil person)


What would you wish for?