Je was op zoek naar: longing (Engels - Afrikaans)

longing is great
verlange is groot

yet you are longing for me so your well beloved niece
jou vurig-geliefde niggie!

for he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
want hy het die dorstige siel versadig en die hongerige siel met die goeie vervul.

songs of my homeland, you waken my longing bringing tears to my eyes!
klanke van die heimat,

thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.
jou seuns en jou dogters word aan 'n ander volk gegee, terwyl jou oë dit sien en die hele dag na hulle smag sonder dat jy daar iets aan kan doen.

one needs to know their identity and who they are , thus being important. identity puts together our personality or individuality. false perception of self leads to delusional identity. in the book, fiela se kind, three year old benjamin, who appears as white by race is taken in by the komoeties , a coloured family, and conforms to a coloured identity. later in the book, benjamin is taken away by the census men to go and live with his rightful family who are of white race. benjamin struggles to adapt to his white family, longing for the comfort and care of his adoptive black parents. these circumstances lead to the identity crisis that benjamin undergoes. yet later, he begins to accept his new identity as lukas van rooyen. the key symbols in the story reinforce its main theme : identity
'n mens moet hul identiteit ken en wie hulle is, en dus belangrik wees. identiteit stel ons persoonlikheid of individualiteit saam. valse persepsie van self lei tot waan identiteit. in die boek, fiela se kind, word die driejarige benjamin, wat as wit van ras voorkom, opgeneem deur die komoeties, 'n bruin familie, en pas by 'n bruin identiteit aan. later in die boek word benjamin deur die sensusmanne weggeneem om by sy regmatige familie wat van wit ras is, te gaan woon. benjamin sukkel om