Chris van der Westhuizen

Luilekker in die sonnetjie
Luilekker op die plaas.
Die baas is gou-gou dorp toe
En ons ook nie meer Klaas.

Luilekker in die sonnetjie
Sit ons hier en bak,
Hier agter by die kaia.
Sit neer daai swaar streepsak.

Die vark kan maar honger ly
Die koei gaan ons nie melk,
Die tuin gaan ons nie skoffel,
Want ons is nie meer Klaas.

So in ons nuwe Suid-Afrika
Gaan ons ons glad nie haas.
As die kat mos weg is,
Is die muis mos baas!

                              Chris M. v/d Westhuizen '1996 (3de Jaar)

Where’s Klaas?

Lazy-lounging in the sun,
Life on the farm is kind of fun.
The boss went off to town real fast -
And we’re no longer Klaas, at last!

Lazy-lounging in the sun,
We’re baking here, just having fun.
Out back behind the old shed wall,
Drop that striped sack - no work at all!

Let the pig go hungry now,
We won’t be milking any cow.
No spades or hoes will scrape the ground -
Since Klaas is gone, we’re not around.

Now in our new South African state,
There’s no more rush, no hectic fate.
Because when the cat goes far away,
The mice, of course, will rule the day!

                              Chris M. v/d Westhuizen '1996 (3rd Year - Translated from Afrikaans)