Nature Boy…

Nature Boy
(Liedje van Nat King Cole / Abbey Lincoln – tekst: Eden Ahbez)
There was a boy
A very strange enchanted boy
They say he wandered very far
Very far
Over land and sea
A little shy and sad of eye
But very wise was he

And then one day
A magic day he passed my way
And while we spoke of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me

“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return”

Natuur jông…

dur waas oëit enne jông
bitje vremde ma vriendelukke jông
ze zagte daat heej vaan hiël wiet kwaom
hiël wiet ovver land en ovver water
ietwaat verlaege, in de oëge en traon
ma waal mit de wiësheid
vaan doezend jaor later

toen, ôp ennen magischen daag,
kruuste zich ôs waege heej
we sprooke ovver hiël veul dinge
ovver gekke spelle, liedjes zinge
en toen zâg heej dit taege meej:

“ut aallermoëiste
daat ge liërt misschien
is lief te hebbe en gelieft te ziën”