Albertus Daniël Keet (1888–1972)

Abstract This chapter contains newly crafted translations and International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions of seven stand-alone poems by prolific poet Albertus Daniël Keet. Poems include “Adoration,” “When in the Evening,” “It Is Late in the Night,” “I Love (the Color) Blue,” “Mr. Sandman,” “A Song of the Sea,” and “Mother.” Musical settings of some poems for various voice types were set by several composers, including S. le Roux Marais, P. J. Lemmer, Horace Barton, Jan Bouws, Peter Aerts, A. H. Ashworth; and notable women composers including Rosa Nepgen and Suzanne Rentzke. Lyric diction recommendations are provided for best practices for singing in Afrikaans. Topics include romantic love, familial love, regret, nostalgia, longing, lullabies, the sea, and nature.