Huisbesoek
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- Written October 2024
Het ons in die kombuis saamgesit
Om geselskap met koffie en beskuit te geniet,
En ma het ‘n ruk ophou vee
Terwyl ons saam uit die bybel lees
En die seening van die Allemagtig ontvang het.
Maar deesdae is ons almal te besig
Om eers ‘n paar minute in die voorkamer te sit,
En ons is gelukkig as daar tog iemand tuis is
As hy huisbesoek per telefoon doen.
Wie gaan dan kla dat die seening
Met ons koffie en beskuit verdwyn het?
September 1974
After spending a weekend with the Eva family on their farm near Mazabuka
Home Visit
In days long ago, when our officers used to visit,
We sat together in the kitchen
Sharing conversation over coffee and rusks
And mum stopped her cleaning briefly
While we read the bible together
And received the blessing of the Almighty
But these days we’re all too busy
To sit together in the front room for even a few minutes
And we’re fortunate if at least one of us is home
When he does his house-visit by phone
So, who then will complain that the blessing has disappeared
Together with the coffee and rusks?