't Is Weer Voorbij Die Mooie Zomer - Gerard Cox (1973)

Dutch lyrics

Word-by-word translation
Freely translated

Je hebt er maandenlang naar uitgekeken

You have there months-long to looked-for
You have looked forward to it for months

De koude winter wou maar eerst niet om

The cold winter wanted at-first not over
That cold winter surely took its time

Traag en langzaam kropen langs de weken

Slow and slowly crawled along the weeks
Slowly the weeks passed

Maar eindelijk, daar was-ie toch: de zon

But at-last, there was-he after-all: the sun
But at last, there it was: the sun

De nachten kort, de dagen lang

The nights short, the days long
Short nights, long days

De ochtend vol van vogelzang

The morning full of bird-song
Birdsong filling the morning

Het scherpe, hoge zoemen van een mug

The sharp, high buzzing of a mosquito
The sharp, high-pitched buzzing of a mosquito

Dan denk je: ha, daar is-ie dan

Then think you: hey, there is-he then
You're thinking: hey, there it is at last

Dat wordt minstens een zomer van een eeuw

That 'becomes' at least a summer of a century
That summer will last an age at least

Maar lieve mensen, oh wat gaat 't vlug

But dear people. oh how goes it fast
But, my friends, it's over so fast

't Is weer voorbij die mooie zomer

It is again over that beautiful summer
The beautiful summer is over

Die zomer die begon zowat in mei

That summer that began about in May
The summer that almost started back in May

Ah, je dacht dat er geen einde aan kon komen

Oh, you thought that there no end of-it could come
You thought it would never end

Maar voor je 't weet is heel die zomer al weer lang voorbij

But before you it know is whole that summer already again long past
But before you know it summer's gone

Herfst verkleurt weer langzaam alle bomen

Fall discolors again slowly all trees
Fall changes the colors of the leaves

'k Heb 's nacht al lang weer een pyama aan

I have nights already long again a pyjamas on
At night I'm wearing pyjamas again

Dan had je eens in juli moeten komen

Then had you once in July should come
You should have seen us back in July

Toen sliepen we 's nachts buiten op het strand

Then slept we nights outside on the beach
We were sleeping on the beach at night

En 's morgens vissen in de zon

And mornings fishing in the sun
In the sunny mornings we went fishing

En zwemmen zover als je kon

And swimming as-far as you could
We swam out as far as we could

We voeren met een boot een e(i)nd op zee

We sailed with a boat a fair distance on sea ['eind' is usually: the end]
We sailed ~ a lot on the sea

't Is jammer dat 't overging

It is a-pity that it went-over
It's a pity that it's over

't Is allemaal herinnering

It is all remembrance
All that's left are memories

Daar doen we dan de hele winter maar weer mee

There do we then the whole winter but again with
That will have to do to get us through the long winter

Marco Schuffelen - email