2007
A Smorgasbord Of Tongues
I have learnt French songs de l'amour
and sang a song of heartbreak everywhere I ran
while funny German Lieder
were so much fun and made me laugh
and when I first heard Dalida
sing I love 'aHib in al-Harabiy
I was delighted by the guttural greatness
of such sexy sounds
But most of all I am enthralled
by my own mother tongue: Afrikaans
now that I am free to choose
which words I would like to use
I find the greatest words of all
is Langenhoven's Lullaby for Liefstetjie
Today I know exactly why I adore
the language I had heard before
I found a smorgasbord of tongues
that can confound and confuse,
bewitch and bemuse - and fill my head
and heart with sonorous sounds galore
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