Sarie Marais

/ ˈsɑːrɪ mɑːˈreɪ /

noun

1. a popular Afrikaans song

Example Sentences

The singers made nods to the immigrant roots of white South Africans, with tender renditions of “My Yiddishe Mama” in Yiddish and “Sarie Marais,” an old love song, in Afrikaans.

From New York Times

South Africans prefer their own Afrikander folk songs like Sarie Marais.

From Time Magazine Archive

E.S.T. his program, African Trek, opened with a few bars of his theme song, Sarie Marais; but as a special treat this time he sang the whole thing first in Afrikaans, then in English.

From Time Magazine Archive