Woorde van Haak Hom Blokkies - David Kramer

THE MOUSTACHE ON HIS LIP IS PENCIL THIN LIKE THE MIDDLE PATH THROUGH HIS HAIR AND ALTHOUGH HIS FRIENDS CALL HIM BLOKKIES HIS WIFE WOULD CALLS HIM JOUBERT AG CHRISTINA CHRISTINA HE THINKS TO HIMSELF, YOU NEVER COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO DUMMY AND TO SIDESTEP WITH A LEATHER BALL IN YOUR HANDS MAN IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE THIS IS BLOKKIES JOUBERT THE HOOKER IN THE SPRINGBOK SCRUM CAUSE HE’S OLD AND GREY AND HE SITS IN HIS CHAIR IN THE SLANTING WINTER SUN BUT HE MADE HIS NAME WITH THAT WONDERFUL GAME THAT HE PLAYED IN 1931 WELL HE SITS IN THE LOUNGE OF THE OLD AGE HOME JUST A NORTH OF BEAUFORT WEST AND HE WATCHES A T.V. PROGRAM OF THE SPRINGBOK RUGBY TEST AS THE IMAGES FLICKER UPON THE SCREEN HE CAN HEAR THE MANNE CALL THEY SAY HAK HOM HAK HOM BLOKKIES, BLOKKIES HAK DAAI BALL EN ONS SÊ: DRUK HULLE, DRUK HULLE BOKKIES, DRUK HULLE MANNETJIES FLOU HAK HULLE HAK BLOKKIES, HAK HULLE BOLLETJIE GOU LIG JULLE KNIEE DRUK JULLE DRIEE DAAR AGTER DIE DOELLYN NOU HE SITS THERE IN THE AFTERNOON SUN, HIS MEMORIES COME AND GO HE CAN CLEARLY RECALL BENNIE OSLER AND BOY AND FANIE LOUW YES, THERE THEY STAND WITH THE REST OF THE TEAM IN THE PHOTOGRAPH ON THE WALL AND IF YOU ASK HIM HE WILL SHOW YOU WHERE THEY SIGNED ON HIS RUGBY BALL EN ONS SÊ: DRUK HULLE, DRUK HULLE BOKKIES, DRUK HULLE MANNETJIES FLOU HAK HULLE HAK BLOKKIES, HAK HULLE BOLLETJIE GOU LIG JULLE KNIEE DRUK JULLE DRIEE DAAR AGTER DIE DOELLYN NOU JA ONS OUENS WAS ROF IN DIE OU DAE BUT WE PLAYED THE GENTLEMAN’S GAME BUT IT’S ALL BEEN SPILLED BY POLITICS NEVER GOING TO BE THE SAME SO HE DRIFTS BACK TO THE OLD DAYS AS HE HEARS THE MANNE CALL THEY SAY, HAK HOM, HAK HOM BLOKKIES, BLOKKIES HAK DAAI BALL EN ONS SÊ: DRUK HULLE, DRUK HULLE BOKKIES, DRUK HULLE MANNETJIES FLOU HAK HULLE HAK BLOKKIES, HAK HULLE BOLLETJIE GOU LIG JULLE KNIEE DRUK JULLE DRIEE DAAR AGTER DIE DOELLYN NOU EN ONS SÊ: DRUK HULLE, DRUK HULLE BOKKIES, DRUK HULLE MANNETJIES FLOU HAK HULLE HAK BLOKKIES, HAK HULLE BOLLETJIE GOU LIG JULLE KNIEE DRUK JULLE DRIEE DAAR AGTER DIE DOELLYN NOU