My Sarie Marais is so ver van my hart
Maar ek hoop om haar weer te sien
Sy het in die wyk van die Mooirivier gewoon
Nog voor die oorlog het begin

O bring my terug na die ou Transvaal
Daar waar my Sarie woon
Daar onder in die mielies by die groen doringboom
Daar woon my Sarie Marias

My Sarie Marais is so far from my heart
I'm hoping to see her again
She lived very close to where the Mooi River flows
Long before the war began

Oh bring me back to the old Transvaal
That's where my Sarie stays
Down among the mielies by a green thorn tree
My beautiful Sarie Marais

Ek was so bang dat die Khakis my sou vang
En ver oor die see sou stuur
Toe vlug ek na die kant van die Upington sand
Daar onderlangs die groot rivier

Verlossing het gekom en die huis toegang was daar
Terug na die ou Transvaal
My lieflingspersoon sal seker ook daar wees
Om my met 'n kus te verloon

O bring my terug na die ou Transvaal
Daar waar my Sarie woon
Daar onder in die mielies by die groen doringboom
Daar woon my Sarie Marais

Afraid that the Khakis would catch me and send me
Far across the oceans tide
So I fled to the land of the the Upington sands
Down by a great riverside

Liberation has to come and we can all go home
Back to the old Transvaal
My love will surely be
Waiting there for me with her kiss when I'm back in her arms

Oh bring me back to the old Transvaal
That's where my Sarie stays
Down among the mielies by a green thorn tree
My beautiful Sarie Marais