Bok van Blerk : De la Rey

De La Rey [English Translation]

On a mountain in the night
we lie in the darkness and wait
In the mud and blood
I lie cold,
grain bag and rain cling to me.
And my house and my farm,
burned to ashes
so that they could catch us
But those flames and that fire
burn now deep, deep within me.

De la Rey, De la Rey,
will you come to lead the Boers?
De la Rey, De la Rey
General, General, as one man
we'll fall in around you
General De la Rey

And the Khakis (Brits) that laugh
-- [just] a handful of us
against their whole great might --
With the cliffs to our backs,
they think it's all over [with us]
But the heart of the Boer lies deeper and wider,
that they'll still find [out]
At a gallop he comes,
the Lion of the West Transvaal

De la Rey, De la Rey,
will you come to lead the Boers?
De la Rey, De la Rey
General, General, as one man
we'll fall in around you
General De la Rey
De la Rey, De la Rey,
will you come to lead the Boers?
De la Rey, De la Rey
General, General, as one man
we'll fall in around you
General De la Rey

Because my wife and my child,
lie in a Hell-camp* and perish
And the Khakis' vengeance
is poured over
a nation that will rise up again

De la Rey, De la Rey,
will you come to lead the Boers?
De la Rey, De la Rey
General, General, as one man
we'll fall in around you
General De la Rey
De la Rey, De la Rey,
will you come for the Boers?

[We're ready ...]