Die kind is nie dood nie die kind lig sy vuiste teen sy moeder wat Afrika skreeu skreeu die geur van vryheid en heide in die lokasies van die omsingelde hart Die kind lig sy vuiste teen sy vader in die optog van die generasies wat Afrika skreeu skreeu die geur van geregtigheid en bloed in die strate van sy gewapende trots Die kind is nie dood nie nòg by Langa nòg by Nyanga nòg by Orlando nòg by Sharpville nòg by die polisiestasie in Philippi waar hy lê met 'n koeël deur sy kop Die kind is die skaduwee van die soldate op wag met gewere sarasene en knuppels die kind is teenwoordig by alle vergaderings en wetgewings die kind loer deur die vensters van huise en in die harte van moeders die kind wat net wou speel in die son by Nyanga is orals die kind wat 'n man geword het trek deur die ganse Afrika die kind wat 'n reus geword het reis deur die hele wêreld Sonder 'n pas
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Text Authorship:
- by Ingrid Jonker (1933 - 1965), "Die kind", written 1960 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Caroline Ansink (b. 1959), "Die Kind", 2004, copyright © 2008 [ soprano, flute, violoncello and piano ], Amsterdam : Muziek Centrum Nederland [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Gerrit Komrij) , "Het kind dat doodgeschoten is door soldaten bij Nyanga", copyright ©
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