Lotti Helmut - SARIE MARAIS Lyrics

My Sarie Marais is zo ver van my hart,
maar 'k hoop om haar weer te sien.
Sy het in die wyk van die Mooirivier gewoon,
nog voor die oorlog het begin.

O bring my trug na die ou Transvaal,
daar waar my Sarie woon,
Daar onder in die mielies by die groen doringboom,
daar woon my Sarie Marais,
daar woon my Sarie Marais

Ek was so bang dat die Kakies my sou vang,
en ver oor die see wegstuur;
Toe vlug ek na die kant van die Upingtonse sand
daar onder langs die Grootrivier.

O bring my trug na die ou Transvaal,
daar waar my Sarie woon,
Daar onder in die mielies by die groen doringboom,
daar woon my Sarie Marais,
daar woon my Sarie Marais

Verlossing het gekom en die huistoe gaan was daar,
terug na die on Transvaal;
My liewelingspersoon sal seker ook daar wees
om my met 'n kus beloon.

O bring my trug na die ou Transvaal,
daar waar my Sarie woon,
Daar onder in die mielies by die groen doringboom,
daar woon my Sarie Marais

Daar onder in die mielies
by die groen doringboom,
daar woon my Sarie Marais

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[Loose English Translation]

My Sarie Marais is so far from my heart,
but I hope to see her again.
She lived in the neighborhood of the Mooi River,
even before the war began.

Oh, bring my back to the old Transvaal,
where my Sarie lives,
Down there in the corn by the green thorn tree,
there lives my Sarie Marais,
there lives my Sarie Marais

I was so scared that the Kakies would catch me,
and send me far away over the sea;
Then I fled to the side of the Upington sand
down there along the Great River.

Oh, bring my back to the old Transvaal,
where my Sarie lives,
Down there in the corn by the green thorn tree,
there lives my Sarie Marais,
there lives my Sarie Marais

Salvation came and the way back home was there,
back to the Transvaal;
My favorite person will probably be there too
to reward me with a kiss.

Oh, bring my back to the old Transvaal,
where my Sarie lives,
Down there in the corn by the green thorn tree,
there lives my Sarie Marais

Down there in the corn
at the green thorn tree,
there lives my Sarie Marais