Afrikanerhart [English translation]
Afrikanerhart [English translation]
In fire and blood I find myself now 1
Like every Boer, child and woman
A superior force is drooling over our land
So stand armed to the teeth
Its shadow falls a dark cloud
Over the future of our nation
And if we won't fight we'll disappear
At Magersfontein 2, at Magersfontein,
at Magersfontein we draw the line
Come boer warriors, be heroes now
The day of reckoning is here
The enemy is running over our fields
Stand your ground against cannon fire
The Khakis 3 want to defeat our nation
They promise pain and sorrow
But if you shoot, shoot me through
But if you shoot, shoot me through
But if you shoot, shoot me through my Afrikaner heart 4
If you ask me, I will tell you
How deep the roots of my heart lie
If you ask me, I will show you
This is my soil, here in my fist
Come boer warriors, be heroes now
The day of reckoning is here
The enemy is running over our fields
Stand your ground against cannon fire
The Khakis want to defeat our nation
They promise pain and sorrow
But if you shoot, shoot me through
But if you shoot, shoot me through
But if you shoot, shoot me through my Afrikaner heart
Even if hell breaks loose behind us
And even if heaven falls down on us
Keep the line and stand your man
It is here where we can stop them
Stand firm, Stand firm (South Africa)
Stand firm, Stand firm (South Africa)
Come boer warriors, be heroes now
The day of reckoning is here
The enemy is running over our fields
Stand your ground against cannon fire
The Khakis want to defeat our nation
They promise pain and sorrow
But if you shoot, shoot me through
But if you shoot, shoot me through
But if you shoot, shoot me through my Afrikaner heart
But if you shoot, shoot me through
But if you shoot, shoot me through my Afrikaner heart
1. Afrikanerhart song is about the Boer war (1899-1902) - the Boer War lasted three years and was very bloody. The British fought directly against the Transvaal and the Orange Free State (Boere). The bloodshed that was seen during the war was alarming.2. Battle of Magersfontein was fought on 11 December 1899, at Magersfontein near Kimberley on the borders of the Cape Colony and the independent republic of the Orange Free State. British forces under Lieutenant General Lord Methuen were advancing north along the railway line from the Cape in order to relieve the Siege of Kimberley, but their path was blocked at Magersfontein by a Boer force that was entrenched in the surrounding hills. Eventually, General Piet Cronje and General De la Rey's Boer troops defeated the British troops.3. British soldiers4. Jopie Fourie(Boer Hero) was born in the Pretoria district in 1878. He was a scout during the Boer War, and was wounded and captured in action north of Pretoria.
After the war he became a captain in the Active Citizen Force, and in 1914 decided to join the rebellion in protest against Prime Minister Louis Botha's decision to invade German South West Africa as part of the international war effort against Germany. He was captured in the Rustenburg area on 16 December 1914 and was court-martialled. On 20 December of the same year he was executed by firing squad. Before the execution he asked that they shoot him threw his Heart
- Artist:Bok Van Blerk