• Kleingelowig (little believing) :
— Twyfel (doubt) - glo nie, tensy jy dit kan sien nie (don't believe unless you can see it)
— Wanneer ons grootword, wil ons alles rasioneel verklaar (When we grow up, we want to explain everything rationally)
— Dit word al hoe moeiliker om in iets te glo wat jy nie fisies kan bewys nie (It's getting harder and harder to believe in something you can't
physically prove) Little faith • ‘n Klein bietjie geloof (A little bit of faith) :
klein geloof — Die meeste rasionele mense hou tog ‘n klein bietjie geloof oor (Most rational people
still have a little faith left)
Kontras in elke reël (contrast in every line) : Droom/ — Byvoorbeeld: bid oor iets wat ons nie verstaan nie (pray about something we don't
fantasie/verbeelding - werklikheid (dream/fantasy/ understand)
imagination - reality) Sprokieskarakter (garden gnome) Werklikheid van ons samelewing (reality of our
the gnome was stolen from my garden society) – diefstal/misdaad (theft/crime)
1 die kabouter is uit my tuin gesteel
Ontnugtering wanneer mens grootword (Disillusionment when growing up) - dit waarin jy vas geglo het, bestaan
and Santa never comes on his sleigh again nie regtig nie(what you firmly believe in doesn’t really exist)
2 enTooth
kersvader kom nooit meer op sy slee
fairy: Ontnugtering - werklikheid (disillusionment - reality)
the tooth mouse was only my mother
3 die tandemuis was net my ma
Sprokie (fairytale): Ontnugtering (disenchantment) – dit bestaan nie in die werklikheid nie (it doesn’t exist in reality)
and frog princes are amphibians
4 en paddaprinse is amfibieë Wetenskaplike term vir paddas
(scientific term for frogs)
Kontras in elke reël (contrast in every line) : Droom/fantasie/verbeelding - werklikheid van fisiese wetenskap (dream/fantasy/
imagination - reality of physical science )
Neil Armstrong – fisies moontlik, nie ‘n fantasie
Armstrong was the man on the moon nie (physically possible, not a fantasy)
5 Armstrong was die man op die maan
Metafoor: beklemtoon ironie (emphasises irony) – kinderlike onskuld verdwyn (childlike innocence disappears –
and my milkshake road soured die melkweg is nou net ‘n natuurverskynsel (the Milky Way is now just a
6 en my melkskommelweg het versuur natural
Fossiele, bene: Mens kan dit bewys (fossils, bones: one can prove it) sour))
phenomenon (turned
2
dragons are dinosaurs
7 drake is dinosourusse
Lugkastele bou (building castles in the air): droom – drome word vervang met regte geboue (dreams are replaced
castles in the air are architecture with real buildings)
8 lugkastele is argitektuur
Geen kontras: Net die rasionele bly oor (only the rational remains)
Beklemtoon: Ontnugtering dat alle drome/fantasieë vernietig is (Disillusionment that all dreams/
fantasies have been destroyed) Maak plek vir twyfel (leave room for doubt): wat jy nie fisies kan bewys nie,
I burned all my fairy tales bestaan nie (what you can’t physically prove, doesn’t exist)
9 ek het ál my Hoofletters
sprokies brand gesteek
(capital letters): Beklemtoon die werklikheid (emphasises reality) – dis
Realism,Facts,Science: soos die nuwe rasionele godsdiens, daarom hoofletters (it's like the new rational
10 Realisme, Feite, Wetenskap:
3 religion, therefore capital letters)
I CAN PROVE! Alles hoofletters, ‘n uitroep, ‘n skreeu (All capital letters, an exclamation, a shout) :
11 EK KAN BEWYS! spreker probeer haarself oortuig (speaker is trying to convince herself)
Wending; teenstrydigheid volg (contradiction follows)
Retoriese vraag: ironie; mens kan nie alle vrae beantwoord nie (one cannot answer all questions)
but why do I sleep with my light still on?
12 maar waarom slaap ek met my lig nog aan
Irrasionele vrees vir die donker / onbekende (irrational fear of
wrestling with the monsters under my bed the dark / unknown) – metafoor vir vrese (metaphor for fear)
13 stoei met die monsters onder my bed
4 Retoriese vraag
and why I pray every day
14 en waarom bid ek elke dag
that the Prince on the donkey should save me? Geloof (belief) in God: irrasioneel
15 dat die Prins op die donkie my moet red?
• Hoofletter: Kontras met die vorige strofe (Contrast with the previous stanza) – god van die wetenskap vs God van die
Bybel wat jy nie rasioneel kan verstaan nie (god of science vs. God of the Bible that you cannot understand rationally)
• Kontras met sprokies (fairy tales) : “Prins op die wit perd” (Knight in shining armour)
Tanja Joubert
• Strofes 1-3: Stellings (statements)
• Strofe 4: Retoriese vrae
• Strofe 1, 2, 4: Kwatryn & Gebroke rym - sprokies (fairy tales)
• Strofe 3: Tersine (on the contrary) & geen rym - rasioneel
— Twyfel (doubt) - glo nie, tensy jy dit kan sien nie (don't believe unless you can see it)
— Wanneer ons grootword, wil ons alles rasioneel verklaar (When we grow up, we want to explain everything rationally)
— Dit word al hoe moeiliker om in iets te glo wat jy nie fisies kan bewys nie (It's getting harder and harder to believe in something you can't
physically prove) Little faith • ‘n Klein bietjie geloof (A little bit of faith) :
klein geloof — Die meeste rasionele mense hou tog ‘n klein bietjie geloof oor (Most rational people
still have a little faith left)
Kontras in elke reël (contrast in every line) : Droom/ — Byvoorbeeld: bid oor iets wat ons nie verstaan nie (pray about something we don't
fantasie/verbeelding - werklikheid (dream/fantasy/ understand)
imagination - reality) Sprokieskarakter (garden gnome) Werklikheid van ons samelewing (reality of our
the gnome was stolen from my garden society) – diefstal/misdaad (theft/crime)
1 die kabouter is uit my tuin gesteel
Ontnugtering wanneer mens grootword (Disillusionment when growing up) - dit waarin jy vas geglo het, bestaan
and Santa never comes on his sleigh again nie regtig nie(what you firmly believe in doesn’t really exist)
2 enTooth
kersvader kom nooit meer op sy slee
fairy: Ontnugtering - werklikheid (disillusionment - reality)
the tooth mouse was only my mother
3 die tandemuis was net my ma
Sprokie (fairytale): Ontnugtering (disenchantment) – dit bestaan nie in die werklikheid nie (it doesn’t exist in reality)
and frog princes are amphibians
4 en paddaprinse is amfibieë Wetenskaplike term vir paddas
(scientific term for frogs)
Kontras in elke reël (contrast in every line) : Droom/fantasie/verbeelding - werklikheid van fisiese wetenskap (dream/fantasy/
imagination - reality of physical science )
Neil Armstrong – fisies moontlik, nie ‘n fantasie
Armstrong was the man on the moon nie (physically possible, not a fantasy)
5 Armstrong was die man op die maan
Metafoor: beklemtoon ironie (emphasises irony) – kinderlike onskuld verdwyn (childlike innocence disappears –
and my milkshake road soured die melkweg is nou net ‘n natuurverskynsel (the Milky Way is now just a
6 en my melkskommelweg het versuur natural
Fossiele, bene: Mens kan dit bewys (fossils, bones: one can prove it) sour))
phenomenon (turned
2
dragons are dinosaurs
7 drake is dinosourusse
Lugkastele bou (building castles in the air): droom – drome word vervang met regte geboue (dreams are replaced
castles in the air are architecture with real buildings)
8 lugkastele is argitektuur
Geen kontras: Net die rasionele bly oor (only the rational remains)
Beklemtoon: Ontnugtering dat alle drome/fantasieë vernietig is (Disillusionment that all dreams/
fantasies have been destroyed) Maak plek vir twyfel (leave room for doubt): wat jy nie fisies kan bewys nie,
I burned all my fairy tales bestaan nie (what you can’t physically prove, doesn’t exist)
9 ek het ál my Hoofletters
sprokies brand gesteek
(capital letters): Beklemtoon die werklikheid (emphasises reality) – dis
Realism,Facts,Science: soos die nuwe rasionele godsdiens, daarom hoofletters (it's like the new rational
10 Realisme, Feite, Wetenskap:
3 religion, therefore capital letters)
I CAN PROVE! Alles hoofletters, ‘n uitroep, ‘n skreeu (All capital letters, an exclamation, a shout) :
11 EK KAN BEWYS! spreker probeer haarself oortuig (speaker is trying to convince herself)
Wending; teenstrydigheid volg (contradiction follows)
Retoriese vraag: ironie; mens kan nie alle vrae beantwoord nie (one cannot answer all questions)
but why do I sleep with my light still on?
12 maar waarom slaap ek met my lig nog aan
Irrasionele vrees vir die donker / onbekende (irrational fear of
wrestling with the monsters under my bed the dark / unknown) – metafoor vir vrese (metaphor for fear)
13 stoei met die monsters onder my bed
4 Retoriese vraag
and why I pray every day
14 en waarom bid ek elke dag
that the Prince on the donkey should save me? Geloof (belief) in God: irrasioneel
15 dat die Prins op die donkie my moet red?
• Hoofletter: Kontras met die vorige strofe (Contrast with the previous stanza) – god van die wetenskap vs God van die
Bybel wat jy nie rasioneel kan verstaan nie (god of science vs. God of the Bible that you cannot understand rationally)
• Kontras met sprokies (fairy tales) : “Prins op die wit perd” (Knight in shining armour)
Tanja Joubert
• Strofes 1-3: Stellings (statements)
• Strofe 4: Retoriese vrae
• Strofe 1, 2, 4: Kwatryn & Gebroke rym - sprokies (fairy tales)
• Strofe 3: Tersine (on the contrary) & geen rym - rasioneel
