Was the first verse of the old Apartheid era South African National anthem. It is now the third verse of the new one as it has some catchy lines that everyone liked apparently. They kept the Afrikaans words though, "Uit die blou van onse hemel" seemed to grasp the concept a whole bunch better for everybody and it has stuck firm. Translated from afrikaans it means out of the blue of our heavens and not ringing out from our blue heavens. The Afrikaans version is better for a gl