Sunday Quote

Elke outjie,
het sy lied:
krokodil
en zoeiii-muskiet,
elke
kokkerot
of sysie
met sy
eie sysiewysie.
Elke gogga, elke mensie
elke omie met sy pensie
moet kan skinner, krys of kweel
kwinkeleer of koer of neul.
Of dit fraai, of goor of gek is,
jy moet sing soos jy gebek is.

Everybody has a song,
be it short or be it long,
in the right or in the wrong key,
like the hee-haw of a donkey,
twitter, tweet, tu-whit, tu-whoo,
howl or growl or quack or moo.
Everybody has a song
and must sing it all life long.
Don't be silent
nor afraid,
you must sing
as you've been made.

- Philip de Vos, Under the Spell of the Moon