"Die Sluise Van Die Hemel" - Lyrics and Translation

Sluise Van Die Hemel by Robbie Wessels and Bok van Blerk

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LYRICS
Afrikaans:

As die hart weer oor loop
Loop die mond ook oor
Van al die goeters wat jou bly maak
Wat jou bekoor

As die riviere oor loop
Loop die sluise oor
Van al die damme in die oorde wat hulle water verloor

Ja, so stap ek deur die lande
met my oë op jou gerig
Ja, so droom ek van my damme
Waar ek kon vis vang jare terug
Ek onthou hoe ek saans in die winter maande
Gehol het deur die reën sonder vrees of skaamte
Ek onthou hoe die stroom na die see geloop het uit die berg op my plaas
Voor dit opgedroog het

Daar was nooit 'n tekort aan reën
Daar was nooit 'n tekort aan reën

Toe die damme begin opdroog
En die feë begin te dood
Toe die wyn begin min raak
En gesny word aan die brood

Toe die vloei van die fonteine
En die water are stort
Staan die grond bak hand
O maak ons pense vol
En met die son se kondensasie
Begin die wolke saam te pak
En 'n hele reënboognasie begin hul arms in te hak

En 'n noodkreet weerklink in die hoogste hemele
En die aarde roep saam in die taal van engele
Ons is hier en ons is dors kom en vul die droogte
Uit die water are van die aller hoogste
Ons heel hartig vertrou
Ons sal vertrou op Jou

Ja, so staan ons uit die droogte op
Die halleluja vul die hart se klop
Die El Nino word 'n vee verhaal
En in al die tale van die land verdamp
Word geskei van die verlede af
Dis genade
Dis nie God se straf

Haal jou Bybel van die boekrak af
Haal jou Bybel van die boekrak af

Want die Kaap, die Kaap, die Kaap se vlaktes roep
Maak, maak die sluise, die sluise van die hemel oop
Die Kaap, die Kaap, die Kaap se berge roep
Maak, maak die sluise, die sluise van die hemel oop

Maak, maak die sluise, die sluise van die hemel oop
Maak, maak die sluise, die sluise van die hemel oop

English:

When the heart runs over
The mouth runs over too
Of all the things that make you happy
of the things that charm you

When the rivers run over
The floodgates run over
Of all the lakes in the reserves that lose their water

Yes, so I walk through the countryside
With my eyes on You
Yes, so I dream of my lakes
Where I could fish years ago
I remember how I'd run at night in winter nights
Without fear or shame
I remember how the stream ran to the ocean from the mountain on my farm
Before it dried up

There was never a need of rain
There was never a need of rain

When the lakes began to dry up
And the cattle began to die
When the wine began to run out
And there was cutting to the bread

When the flow of fountains
And the veins of water came down
The earth stood openhanded (begging)
Oh, fill our stomachs
And the sun's condensation
Let clouds gather together
And a whole rainbow nation stood arm in arm

and a cry of need sounds in the highest heavens
and the earth rallies in the language of angels
We are here we are thirsty come and fill the drought
out of the veins of the Almighty
Heartily, we will trust in You
We will trust in You

Yes, so we stand up out of the drought
The hallelujah fills the heartbeat
The El Nino becomes a fairy tale
The languages of the earth evaporates
Separated from history
It's mercy, not God's punishment

Take your bible from the book case
Take your bible from the book case

Because the Cape, the Cape, the Cape's plains are calling
Open, open the floodgates, the floodgates of heaven!
The Cape, the Cape, the Cape's mountains are calling
Open, open the floodgates, the floodgates of heaven!

The Cape, the Cape, the Cape's mountains are calling
Open, open the floodgates, the floodgates of heaven!

Open, open the floodgates of heaven!

Open, open the floodgates of heaven!

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