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Broken Afrikaans

die briesie van herlewing kom saam met u besoek daar is 'n hindernis van byna 500 jaar wat ons suiwerheid geskei het in velkleur, godsdiens en verhoudings ons is van wortels gekastreer en gevoer met godsdienstige ywer, gierigheid, en wrede verkragting van ons voorgeslag vrees nie die seë wat God stilgemaak het nie die wind het gedreun van gehuil of die son kom nooit op vir rus nie the breeze of revival comes with your visit there's a barrier of almost 500 years that separated our purity in skin tone, religion and relations we've been castrated from roots and fed with religious zealotry, greed, and brutal rape of our ancestry fear not the seas God stilled the wind muffled from howling or the sun never rising for rest For a friend from CT

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Date: 10/13/2019 9:31:00 PM
Vegter, This prolific poem say so much of the modern world state of affairs. Entrenched in society's miasma. “I am the flail of God. Had you not created great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.” -Genghis Khan
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Date: 9/23/2019 10:23:00 AM
My wêreld! ??Jy laat my darem glimlag vanmiddag. Hoe ganit? I wish I could actually read it out loud for you in Afrikaans :)
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Vegter Papyrus
Date: 9/23/2019 3:48:00 PM
Smiles are free. They are gifts shared that accrue. Be amazing the way you are until God give you something better to do. Blessings... Thanks!!
Date: 9/15/2019 9:24:00 AM
Thanks for the translation. This is one that I would love to hear the original being recited. I imagine it would be a powerful emotional experience.
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Date: 9/21/2019 9:42:00 AM
Truly appreciated!

Book: Shattered Sighs