Die Donker - Stellenbosch University Choir
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- Опубліковано 20 тра 2020
- Die Donker (The Dark)
Two Afrikaans Songs
Arranged by André van der Merwe
Die Gang - Christopher Torr
(Publisher: Christopher Torr Music)
As performed by Laurika Rauch
Klein Tambotieboom - Die Heuwels Fantasties
Audio recorded at Woordfees on Thursday 12 March 2020 in the Endler, Stellenbosch.
Videos recorded 4 - 11 May 2020 at the homes of choristers during lockdown.
Sound Engineer: Dr Gerhard Roux
Video Production: Regardt Visser
Choir Management: US Woordfees - sing@sun.ac.za
English Translation:
DIE GANG (The Corridor):
In the dark corridor I saw a light, but the flame was delicate and frail.
I yearned for springtime on my uncle's farm without electricity.
My aunt said, "My child, my child, love and moths are blind."
The flame is delicate and frail, and like a thief it can disappear in the night.
Deep within the corridor I yearned for something.
The wind was singing that spring would bring love.
I could hear the day withering - it was only the sun disappearing.
And as certain as the earth that turns, a cock would crow again.
One evening the night turned to day as the storm erupted with all its force.
And I hid in the corridor, because I was afraid of the electricity.
KLEIN TAMBOTIEBOOM (a farm in the Limpopo Province of South Africa):
When the shadows come to fetch me, and when the good Lord does not look out for me,
when the ozone layer perishes
and falls into a chandelier of stars,
lay my heart to rest in Klein Tambotieboom and scatter my ashes across the Bushveld horizon.
I'm from the Netherlands and I heard this song by this awardwinning choir at the beginning of the pandemie in 2020. It still moves me time and time again. These young people singing in front of a camera each alone in their own room.... and still, évery! face lights up and shows the meaning of the words, authentic and full of compassion. Mankind at its best. Thank you.
The pandemic was hard on many people.
Many people died, many people lost their incomes.
Many people suffered from isolation.
I was afraid of dying and make my daughters orphans.
To see and hear these beautiful faces sing this beautiful song
gave me much needed joy during this time.
Being Dutch I can understand quite a bit of the text. The end always brings me to tears! Hope to sing this one day. What a fantastic choir, ❤😊 😊
I can't explain why I keep replaying and replaying this video. I am just moved with warmth and happiness whenever I listen to this tune and I don't even understand a lick of Afrikaans 😅🥰
It stirs the soul. The words does too :)
This is what South Africa can produce when we all stand together and perform under excellent direction. Bravo!
Totally agree
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Awesome, proud to see what South Africans can do 😁
100%
Definitief nie onder kak Malema en sy gedrogte. Daar is nie hoop. Afrikaners/Boere het daardie land iets gegee en daar word net deur swart Afrika mense vernietig. Rugby is nou Glo van swart Afrika mense afkomstig. Haha wat n grap. Suid Afrika is lagwekkend. Ek was vier Jaar laas daar, het dinge verbeter? Glo nie
This the South Africa I want to live in !
Love Yall 🇿🇦❤
Yup agree... we must all sing in choirs. Music brings people together. Medicine for the soul.
Ek stem saam August! (I agree August!) 😊
Me too unity❤
Even me
Yes!! This is what South Africa looks like in my heart!
I don’t know Afrikaans but I know when they say elektrisiteit they’re crying about load-shedding plus they’re seeing in dark, we’re together guys ❤️amazing choir
You made me laugh. I hear you.
Kwaaahahaha 🤣 🤣 ...how you came to that conclusion baffles me
I came close to dying three days ago. Now I'm in hospital recovering alone... but not alone because I have a whole choir of brilliant singers with me. This, and all of SU Choir's lovely sounds in UA-cam, is lifting me up as much as the antibiotics. It's a reminder that music can bring or increase hope inside us. There is no greater gift other than true love. Thank you Andre van der Merwe for your inspired arrangements, and to everyone who makes the SU Choir the best in the world every year. May you always be safe and full of joy, and fulfilled in your lives.
Huw
Hi Huw, Kathryn here from Sing the North choir. I just wanted to say I read your note and I'm so glad to hear that this beautiful music lifted you up. I hope you're OK. Know I and everyone reading your note are wishing you well.
Ah, come and join our #ChoiroftheEarth 🌎 You'll never be alone ❤
I hope you are fully recovered by now. Yes these angelic voices bring hope and homage to the human heart. You are never alone, especially when in pain and trouble. God is with you.
Props to the sound engineer and the editor 🔥🔥🔥
That's what I'm impressed on more ❤️
While it was a job well done, they did have a much easier job than in most of these videos (the audio was a live recording with everyone still at Stellenbosch). Normally, these videos require the sound engineers to blend individual audio tracks together, and they got to skip that step here.
@@jacklogansmith7646 Interesting - thank you for sharing that.
@@rwbrown1904 It's in the video description. This is not insider info.
@@jacklogansmith7646 Yes, I see. I’m helping to put together a church choir ZOOM presentation and I’m trying to gather as much information as I can. This video is among the most beautiful that I’ve seen and heard.
Sound engineers, respect!🙌
I'm such a green blooded South African, I Love everything about the Father land. Our nation is talented, Come hell or high water!
Front row seats to the best choir in the world.😭😭😭 The sound engineers also did such an amazing job.
Couldn't agree more !
Most def.. Front row seats ✌️
While it was a job well done, they did have a much easier job than in most of these videos (the audio was a live recording with everyone still at Stellenbosch). Normally, these videos require the sound engineers to blend individual audio tracks together, and they got to skip that step here.
It's a place I wonna be am a Kenyan but the way south Africans sings oh my goodness! The best choir in the world ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you! I am South African, and we have some marvelous singers here. A lot of my family sings as well!
Dear sir. I had the privilege to also sing in this choir during 1995-1996
You're always welcome in South Africa. If you have a talent / skill come here with a work visa. I'll even help you. Seriously... We need more people to do more things in SA. If you can and you are willing, come here. Invest in this place and invest in Africa.
Dit is ons taal op sy mooiste. Al werk ek heeldag in Engels, maak ek seker dat ek my verdiep in Afrikaans as ek eers tuis is. Dit is die taal waarin ek bid, droom, dink en hoop. Julle maak ons trots. En dít is 'n erkenning van 'n Transvaler wat gedink het hy het 'n goeie Afrikaanse opleiding gehad. Welgedaan, Maties. Julle verdien die eer. Alle verwagtinge van die pro-PUK is oortref.
DIE GANG
In die donker gang is 'n lig wat skyn
Maar die vlam is delikaat en fyn
En ek het verlang na die lentetyd
Op my oom se plaas sonder elektrisiteit
My tannie sê: "My kind, my kind
Die liefde en die motte is blind
Die vlam is delikaat en fyn
en dit kan soos ’n dief in die donker nag verdwyn
Diep in die donker gang het ek na iets verlang
Ek het die wind hoor sing, lente sal liefde bring
Ek het die dag hoor kwyn, dis net die son wat nou verdwyn
En soos die aarde draai, sal 'n haan weer kraai
Laat een aand word die nag soos dag
Soos die storm bars met al sy krag
En ek het in die gang weggekruip
Want ek was so bang vir die elektrisiteit
Diep in die donker gang het ek na iets verlang
Ek het die wind hoor sing, lente sal liefde bring
Ek het die dag hoor kwyn, dis net die son wat nou verdwyn
En soos die aarde draai, sal 'n haan weer kraai
KLEIN TAMBOTIEBOOM ('n boerderij in de Limpopo-provincie van Zuid-Afrika):
As die donker my kom haal en die Here my nie soek nie,
as die osoonlaag vergaan
en in 'n kandelaar van sterre val,
begrawe my hart op Klein Tambotieboom
en strooi my as oor die Bosveldhorison.
Ode van hoop tijdens eenzame dagen van aan huis gekluisterd zijn tijdens de pandemie. De zang en Afrikaanse taal zijn prachtig.
The beauty of unity transcends the barriers of language.
Pragtig! Beautiful. Aroha nui from Aotearoa, New Zealand 🤗
Can't believe I was once part of this choir. Twee van my gunsteling liedere en kunstenaars - André en USK, dankie dat julle die donkerte vir ons kom helder maak het.
You lucky
Dit is bovenaards prachtig. Voor mij het beste koor dat ik ooit hoorde. Kristien uit België.
Tot tranen toe geroerd, steeds weer. Stilmakend mooi
Oh I LOVE this! I’m dutch and we speak basically the same language as this song is in 😍 you guys kill it all the time! Like we say in our country: “ik ben sprakeloos” ❤️
I'm English, and I understood that :-)
The song is in Afrikaans which I think comes from Dutch
Ek is ook sprakeloos!
Ek’s ook sprakeloos!
Yes, Afrikaans came from Dutch.
Interviewer: So uhhh why did you apply to our university?
Me: I just....I just want to be a part of this amazing choir....
Luister hierna nou, en verlang ook na iets weet nie wat nie, o die nostalgie
Pragtig
Goosebumps. I left S.A when I was a kid and never felt a real bond or connection with my country, but watching this brings tears to my eyes as if this is what South Africa truly is about and although where I live now is where my heart and home is, deep inside me there is still a longing of some kind. I feel an immense amount of love for each of you in that video !! Just amazing! ♡
I didn't understand a single word, but it doesn't matter. Love for music, singing and talent is universal. Great job guys! 🥰
Hi Nada, the English translation is in the video description.
Hartroerend. Pragtig!
Your languages?
@@axeljooste501 oh, hi. Thanks a million. I'll check them out.
It's a pity, because the emotions captured in these beautiful words too... just WOW!
The dislikes are from Eskom 👎you did a fantastic job 😊 goosebumps as always
XD good one! Only South Africans will get it. One good thing about Eskom... They provide humor... ( to make up for the shortage of power of course)
Classic comment
That's funny. Definitely, one of the prettiest Afrikaans songs :-)
Lol!
Best comment 😂😂💯💯💯
Wens ek kon dit 10x keer "thumbs-up"!
The most watchable choir on UA-cam, sung by real students who are members because they manage to fit it in with their studies, a fantastic watch and listen.
Bly nou 20 jaar lank in Engeland. Ook n eks-lid van die F# koor. Om hierdie te hoor in Afrikaans, my Moedertaal, en as 'n oud Matie, kry ek trane in my oë... Briljant!
I am Austrian and we have quite a lot of choirs, but this choir I love the most!!! I LOVE YOU guys, so amazing your songs and medleys, I love to hear you every day!!!
Solank daar so in Afrikaans gesing word sal die wondertaal bly voortbestaan.
My soul rests quietly when I listen to you sing. Thank you x
My heart is melt the second I hear this song. Even I don’t speak the language they are singing, it is still touching my heart. Wonderful choir.
Love that every single face-cam has some sort of light/shadow play going on :)
Blasting this on my speaker. The amount of talent is unbelievable.
Because the dark always comes before The Light. Beautiful example of self distancing, yet coming together for something magical. Your uploads are always appreciated. ❤
Yes. But you don't know how disgusting it is to have to do this! It simply isn't nearly the same as when it is done live. Especially when you know that the chances of dying from this supposed "calamity" is about 0.2%, which is pretty much the same as flu.
And anyway, they are all young, so there is no earthly reason why they shouldn't go out. But anyway. It was beautifull
YES ! Magical !!! Its here.
Greetings from old Europe .... you are so full of joy in life, God protect and keep you!
Lovely harmony . can't stop listening to this mesmerizing song I keep on playing it repeatedly its fantastics especially the voices of the sopranos and Base's is perfect
André, choir members, sound engineers, Laurika, Die Heuwels, you have caused a stir in emotions during a time we are desperate for re-enforcement that this Country has a wealth of talent that always overcome the dark clouds - halala Africa!
The arrangement and the execution of this song boggles my mind. This is when human voices truly stirs the soul.
The harmony is amazing😍 OMG!!🔥
Harmony is a powerful thing
Prachtig nummer en zo mooi gezongen. Wij gaan het ook doen met ons koor. Wel even oefenen op de uitspraak haha.
Welk koor is dat? :)
This is what God had in mind when He created the world. All skin color making music in harmony to His glory❤️❤️🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿 Thank you to this beautiful choir!!!!
Amazing how this choirs just moves me with their beautiful song love you guys 😘✨✨✨
Tranen van geluk elke keer als ik dit beluister! Ik kom hier vaak terug!
Dank je wel! Groeten uit Zuid-afrika!
I visited South Africa a couple times in the 80's and 90's. This choir makes my heart sing! Things are different now from that time!
As a Korean, I can't really understand a single word, but I can feel the feeling of being beautiful and purified to the point of tears.
My bucket list is to hear the Stellenbosch University Choir perform live. I'm sure it will be.
Same here I have been crying since this afternoon cause of this song 🎶
This makes the two of us. I cannot really understand any lyrics. Be it as it may, they sound so beautiful, it makes me emotional. I am with you on that bucket list item.
Translated here for you: ua-cam.com/video/TlAa-XoVUfw/v-deo.html
Check out the song with translation. I understand every word, and believe, if you understand the beauty of the words also, you will understand that what you find so good now is only half of it.....
@@ockertbrits6907 This song by Laurika Rauch has many layers of meanings......
Wow! As a critical choir singer I just want to say that I loved it! Nice to recognize the afrikaans that contains a lot of my mothertongue Dutch. And the lyrics are well pronounced!
The sound and the faces of our beautiful Rainbow Nation - the REAL South Africa. Stunning!
even in this situation you are top class
Thank you. You are the best. You sing from your hearts, not just your lungs! And André van der Merwe... one of the best choral arrangers and conductors ever. Total joy from everything I've heard and seen from you. Good luck, all of you. Stay safe and keep singing.
I'm so happy.
It has gotten to a point that anything sang by this Choir must and I repeat must be nice in my ears. What a clean piece. I hail you my favorite choir
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾Well done. This is beautiful.
One of the best choirs i've ever heard. Greetings from Germany.
this is one the most beautiful pieces ive ever listened to. i wish to conduct this composition to my choir one day.
Seeing the diversity, singing a song in my language had me in tears 15 seconds into this. Make art not war. This is otherworldly. You all are shaping the world we want to live in. DANKIE!
True thats the SA we want
Prachtig 🥰
😭😭❤
Andre Van Der Merwe is a very high class arranger
Genuine smile on my face, speaking afrikaans and understanding each and every word and knowing where the words come from and the kulture behind it is truly beautiful.
Wow amazing harmony. Kudos to conductor, sound engineer and video production and the rest of the team.
I love to see them singing. Congratulations! They are very good! All of you! God accepts them!!!
Wát een fantastisch koor... Fabuleus gezongen. De tekst op zich is al prachtig, maar door jullie unieke harmonische samenzang is het geheel alleen nog maar mooier. Van het begin tot het einde kippenvel... Die beste koor in jare gehoor. Dankie!
de timing is zo knap!! ik heb zelf jarenlang in koren gezongen en ik weet hoe moeilijk het is om alles zo strak te krijgen. en zelf thuis opgenomen en geedit? HEEL veel werk. knap.
Met dankie kom jou Afrikaans goed aan!
I love this choir, congrats from Dominican Republic🇩🇴🇩🇴😍🌹
wow, very impressive!! great job all the singers, great job mixing and combining all into a unified song.
Beautiful
I keep coming back to hear 1:48 and 3:27.
Was never ready for 3:27 chord.😭🙌🏽
Wow, I wished my choir sounded liked this.
Afrikaans never sounded more beautiful! Ongelooflik ❤️
100% agreed
Racist
Einfach wunderschön, ich liebe diesen Chor. Mein Wunsch ist einmal ein Konzert in Stellenbosch live erleben zu können ❤
Dann komm ich mit. 😉
Sud Afrika ist nicht weit weg. Ich komme mit auch 😍
Dauf ich mit auh? 😉 Ich bin in USA
They come to Belgium in 2021 for the world choir games Flanders ( antwerp etc ) !
@@leoniedijxhoorn6239 zijn er al data bekend?
😭😭I don't know Afrikaans but shuu! The sounds hits certain part of my body. The nostalgia💯😍! I Love you Stellenbosch❤️
Like how do these people even make such sounds with their mouths!? You guys are certainly the ones we've been waiting for!
💯You guys are music instruments!
Translated here for you: ua-cam.com/video/TlAa-XoVUfw/v-deo.html
Amazing sound. Afrikaans my ma se tall. From Namibia
I didn't understand one single word... but that energy... i'm so overwhelmed.. it doesn't matter which song i listen to i ALWAYS start to cry tears of pure joy!
Thank you for that
Translated here for you: ua-cam.com/video/TlAa-XoVUfw/v-deo.html
Fantastisch!!! Jullie begrijpen mij. Wat kunnen jullie heel erg mooi zingen...
Jissie, dis mooi julle ♥️👏👏👏👏
Afrikaans is die mooiste, mooiste taal 💖
Mia Vos I'm English-speaking - I couldn't agree with u more - I defintly want to learn it
@@ZO150ZO Compared to English it is very easy. And once you learn it so much opens up. I am a native speaker so I am not objective but I think it is a fun, colourful and expressive language.
ñ taal wat gepraat word van die hart❤
Ik ben Nederlands en ik ben het met je eens
Nee, Nederlands 😁😘
Just to watch the faces is amazing, it shows how they love what they do, beautiful
I don't understand any single word, but I listen to this tune multiple times every day. I love the song, keep up with the good work
Translated here for you: ua-cam.com/video/TlAa-XoVUfw/v-deo.html
Dit is bitter mooi. Julle het my diep geraak.
This choir!!!!!!!!
That final chord is everything.
Aah so beautiful. Just got to listen one more time. Thank you all 😄
Wonderful sound! Brilliant voices! Great ensemble with a fantastic choir director!!!
I'm English but I think Afrikaans is a beautiful language.
WOW !!!!!
Modern technology is, indeed, amazing! To coordinate all these wonderful voices is most interesting to see! LOVE this choir!!
The harmonies! When the ladies started singing in Klein Tambotie!
This is beautiful😭😭😍❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤.....my favourite choir for life🤗🤗🤗
DANKIE ANDRé...!! 💛💛💛💛
Luister AANMEKAAR hierna! Briljante Afrikaanse lied!! Maak my 'n hart juig as Afrikaner en Oud-Matie!!!
When the world around me gets too much to bear, I come here to calm myself down. This song despite not knowing what the lyrics is about has been a solace to me.
Sending love from Nagaland, India.
❤
Would you like me to translate it for you?
Translated here for you: ua-cam.com/video/TlAa-XoVUfw/v-deo.html
Thanks for blessing us with this!!!!* Dis soos n warm kombers van stemme wat om mens vou!*
So beautiful! I love this choir. Hugs from Brazil, Choir Madrigale (Coro Madrigale).
For folks wondering about the lyrics:
Afrikaans lyrics (English lyrics in video description)
In die donker gang is ñ lig wat skyn
Maar die vlam is delikaat en fyn
En ek het verlang na die lentetyd
Op my oom se plaas sonder elektrisiteit
My tannie sȇ, “My kind, my kind,
Die liefde en die motte is blind
Die vlam is delikaat en fyn
En dit kan soos n dief in die donker nag verdwyn.”
Diep in die donker gang het ek na iets verlang
Het ek die wind hoor sing,
“Lente sal liefde bring”
Het ek die dag hoor kwyn
Dis net die son wat nou verdwyn
En soos die aarde draai sal ñ haan weer kraai
Laat een aand word die nag soos dag
Soos die storm bars met al sy krag
En ek het in die gang weggekruip,
Want ek was so bang vir die elektrisiteit
Diep in die donker gang het ek na iets verlang
Ek het die wind hoor sing “Lente sal liefde bring”
Ek het die dag hoor kwyn
Dis net die son wat nou verdwyn
En soos die aarde draai sal ñ haan weer kraai
As die donker my kom haal en die Here my nie soek nie
As die osoonlaag vergaan en in ñ kandelaar van sterre val
Begrawe my hart op Klein Tambotieboom
En strooi my as oor die bosveld horison
As die donker my kom haal en die Here my nie soek nie
As die osoonlaag vergaan en in ñ kandelaar van sterre val
Begrawe my hart op Klein Tambotieboom
En strooi my as oor die bosveld horison
Ek wil huil, ek wil sing, ek wil gedigte skryf - oor wat julle in my losmaak 🤗😍
@@karinamulder2850 Hulle is ongelooflik, he? Ek sit hier in Suid Korea en luister en is sommer tranerig, maar dis goed so :)
Dankjewel! Met deze tekst is het als Nederlander toch beter te begrijpen.
Kara-Anja Thanks SO much for sharing the lyrics. Must have taken a while to transcribe 👍
@@arthurknox7143 I was silly; I didn't think of the fact that I could just look up the two respective songs' lyrics 😅. So it did take a while. Thank you for your appreciation 😄
And they ask why I'm inlove with this chior🔥❤🔥If that's not reason enough, I don't know what is.🔥❤
Are you guys from South Africa or Germany?
@@LoveHope-mi4lx Proudly South African...But there are some international students among the family too❤💫
Werkelijk ontroerend mooi. Dank voor het delen.
Onbeskryflik, Ongelooflik die mooiste stemme ooit. ❤❤❤
First one to view ❤️❤️i love this choir 💕💕💕
I'm amazed. Yall never disappoint 😊😊😊😊😊
Pure magic! A friend sent me this link and I'm so grateful as I'd never heard of this choir before. I'm about to listen to 'Always a Matie' now. Thank you to the wonderful choir and director.
Ik kan nauwelijks stoppen met huilen. Prachtig!
Baie mooi, my oë het getraan. Eskom sit die ligte aan asb. Uitstekend.......Bravo👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏