Om te poep is nie ‘n sonde nie; A.G. Visser *

F@rting is not sinful

As part of @siobhantheonly 's ongoing Afrikaans language lessons, here is a poem by renowned poet A.G. Visser (1879 to 1929).

The first stanza reads:

O’ gonna ek hoop dis die einde van die kerk

Ek kan nie meer sit nie, my maag wil werk

Die dominee praat lank en die son sit laag

Die vreeslikste pyne kruip rond in my maag.

Oh golly, I hope the end of Church is nigh;

I can't sit any longer with my tummy going nuts.

The Minister drones on and the sun's no longer high,

And the most terrible pain's rumbling around in my guts.

Anyone who enjoys Afrikaans or Dutch and scatological humour would probably find it worth googling the whole poem.