Die Stem van Suid-Afrika [English & German subtitles]
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Die Stem van Suid-Afrika, literally ”The Voice of South Africa” also known as "The Call of South Africa" or simply "Die Stem", is the former national anthem of South Africa. There are two versions of the song, one in Afrikaans and the other in English, which were in use early on in the Union of South Africa alongside God Save the Queen and as the sole anthem after South Africa became a republic. It shared co-national anthem status with "God Save the King/Queen" from 1938 to 1957 and was the sole national anthem from 1957 to 1994.
In May 1918, C.J. Langenhoven wrote an Afrikaans poem called "Die Stem", for which music was composed in 1921 by Marthinus Lourens de Villiers, a reverend. The music composed that ended up being accepted was actually a second version; the first did not satisfy Langenhoven. It was widely used by the South African Broadcasting Corporation in the 1920s, which played it at the close of daily broadcasts, along with "God Save The King". It was recorded for the first time in 1926 when its first and third verses were performed by Betty Steyn in England for the Zonophone record label; it was sung publicly for the first time on 31 May 1928 at a raising of the new South African national flag. In 1938, South Africa proclaimed it to be one of the two co-national anthems of the country, along with "God Save the King".
It was sung in English as well as Afrikaans from 1952 onward, with both versions having official status in the eyes of the state, while "God Save the Queen" did not cease to be a co-national anthem until May 1957, when it was dropped from that role. However, it remained the country's royal anthem until 1961, as it was a Commonwealth realm until that point. The poem originally had only three verses, but the government asked the author to add a fourth verse with a religious theme. The English version is for the most part a faithful translation of the Afrikaans version with a few minor changes.
Afrikaans:
Die Stem van Suid-Afrika
Uit die blou van onse hemel,
Uit die diepte van ons see,
Oor ons ewige gebergtes
Waar die kranse antwoord gee.
Deur ons vêr-verlate vlaktes
Met die kreun van ossewa -
Ruis die stem van ons geliefde,
Van ons land Suid-Afrika.
Ons sal antwoord op jou roepstem,
Ons sal offer wat jy vra:
Ons sal lewe, ons sal sterwe -
Ons vir jou, Suid-Afrika.
In die murg van ons gebeente,
In ons hart en siel en gees,
In ons roem op ons verlede,
In ons hoop op wat sal wees.
In ons wil en werk en wandel,
Van ons wieg tot aan ons graf -
Deel geen ander land ons liefde,
Trek geen ander trou ons af.
Vaderland! Ons sal die adel,
Van jou naam met ere dra:
Waar en trou as Afrikaners -
Kinders van Suid-Afrika.
In die songloed van ons somer,
In ons winternag se kou,
In die lente van ons liefde,
In die lanfer van ons rou.
By die klink van huw'liks-klokkies,
By die kluit-klap op die kis -
Streel jou stem ons nooit verniet nie,
Weet jy waar jou kinders is.
Op jou roep sê ons nooit nee nie,
Sê ons altyd, altyd ja:
Om te lewe, om te sterwe -
Ja, ons kom, Suid-Afrika.
Op U Almag vas vertrouend
Het ons vadere gebou:
Skenk ook ons die krag, o Here!
Om te handhaaf en te hou -
Dat die erwe van ons vad're
Vir ons kinders erwe bly:
Knegte van die Allerhoogste,
Teen die hele wêreld vry.
Soos ons vadere vertrou het,
Leer ook ons vertrou, o Heer -
Met ons land en met ons nasie
Sal dit wel wees, God regeer.
English lyrics:
The Call of South Africa
Ringing out from our blue heavens,
From our deep seas breaking round;
Over everlasting mountains,
Where the echoing crags resound;
From our plains where creaking wagons
Cut their trails into the earth,
Calls the spirit of our country,
Of the land that gave us birth.
At thy call we shall not falter,
Firm and steadfast we shall stand,
At thy will to live or perish,
O South Africa, dear land.
In our body and our spirit,
In our inmost heart held fast;
In the promise of our future,
And the glory of our past;
In our will, our work, our striving,
From the cradle to the grave -
There's no land that shares our loving,
And no bond that can enslave.
Thou hast borne us and we know thee,
May our deeds to all proclaim
Our enduring love and service
To thy honour and thy name.
In the golden warmth of summer,
In the chill of winter's air,
In the surging life of springtime,
In the autumn of despair;
When the wedding bells are chiming
Or when those we love do depart,
Thou dost know us for thy children
And dost take us to thy heart
Loudly peals the answering chorus:
We are thine, and we shall stand,
Be it life or death, to answer
To thy call, beloved land.
In thy power, Almighty, trusting,
Did our fathers build of old;
Strengthen then, O Lord, their children
To defend, to love, to hold -
That the heritage they gave us
For our children yet may be:
Bondsmen only to the Highest
And before the whole world free.
As our fathers trusted humbly,
Teach us, Lord to trust Thee still:
Guard our land and guide our people
In Thy way to do Thy will. - บันเทิง
Als Nederlander ben ik met mijn broeders en zusters vaders en moeders, in het prachtige land Zuid-Afrika waar mijn Nederlandse taal gesproken wordt "Het Afrikaans" ons het verenig en God beskerm ons❤
Maravilhoso, dir-se-ia!
I’m a Muslim and I like the 4th stanza the most, since the lyrics seem to have been carefully chosen to avoid any potentially idolatrous wording. For example, between the English and Afrikaans lyrics, only the Islamically-acceptable names “Almighty”, “the Highest”, “Lord”, and “God” were used to refer to God, but the distinctly _un-Islamic_ appellation “Father” was avoided. This may well just be a coincidence, but it is a fortuitous one nonetheless, and I welcome it. It’s a big win for the 4th stanza of “Die Stem”.
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Great old days!!❤
Eish, as a black South African, you guys are lame 😭 but I still love you because you mean well
@@TheRemoKay.Ent.These people don't want apartheid. You can see from the 1992 election. But they miss an honest and competent government like the national party.
Pragtig!!! By the way, I speak all 3 languages. 👍
Suid-Afrika vir die Witman!
uh nee
Suid Afrika vir die witman en sommige swart mense
Net vir die wit man
Koos is the exact reason why white people are still hated and seen as how they were back then. Grow up little poes.
@@tsaki_titan We are hated because we don't want to live with balcks (and others) who murder and rape, and who can only breakdown what we build? Ok, luckily we don't care what anyone thinks about us. The laws of our God and the safety and future of our children are more important.
Still surprised that the ANC used the apartheid anthem for the new one but hey it’s a cool way to show that the nation is unified by mixing a song made by Africans and one by whites.
The "nation" is definitely not unified and will never be. And the anthem of the rainbow nation is not "cool". It is blasphemy to sing it as a white person.
@@Boerbok Ag, huil vir my 'n fokken rivier lmao
@@Boerbok : What’s “blasphemous” about a white person from South Africa, singing an anthem supplicating to God to bestow His blessings upon Africa? Supplicating to God to seek His blessings for one’s motherland is _quite literally the opposite_ of “blasphemy”. Even the 4th stanza of “Die Stem” _literally_ does the exact same thing.
@@BoerbokSo a plea to God that He bless and protect the South Africa that belongs to ALL of us in different languages is Blasphemy? ... I think you need to assess your use of words or alternatively request for a refund from your school and your English teacher. Clearly the term Blasphemy wasnt clearly explained to you.
Shows me you know nothing about ZA, Die stem was written by CJ Langenhoven along,long time before apartheid,you just showed everyone how ignorant you are ,go troll somewhere else!!!
The English lyrics don't line up at all with the German. Don't speak much Afrikaans son can't say on that
The English version has its own lyrics
German and Afrikaans are more alike, so the lyrics go easily into German, not so much into English though
@@dewayaeI agree, the English version seems to be an interpretation rather than a translation. In my personal opinion it gives more depth than what would have been a direct translation
Southafrica belongs to Zulu, Venda, Xhosa, Saan, Khoi-Khoi, etc, etc, etc not to English and Boers.
Afrikaners arrived long before these tribes that migrated from central Africa. Don't say what you don't know!
@@GabrielZuc ,Afrikaners came from Holland,not from Nigeria, Tanzania, Senegal or Gambia,therefore they are not Southafrica natives, and this Is a fact. You Better don't say bullshits.
@@PaoloCavestro-ey9bb When the Dutch arrived there, that vast region was completely depopulated. The Boers who settled there never attacked any African who came. It was the English who did this. Just like they did in Australia/Canada/USA and New Zealand. I'm not going to discuss history with you because you must be one of those progressives from Europe who are ruining their countries.