Afrikaans art song literature is a fascinating but neglected genre, largely inaccessible to non-native speakers outside South Africa.For the first time, this translation and pronunciation guide makes Afrikaans art songs available to an English-speaking audience.Compiled by two music scholars and professional performers, it provides original International Phonetic Alphabet transcriptions and word-for-word translations in English.The selection represents some of the most beloved and beautiful Afrikaans poems from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, set by highly respected composers. As well as the poems themselves, the authors give a brief history of Afrikaans art song literature, information on influential composers and poets, and useful footnotes about the unique geography, culture, landscapes, and peoples of South Africa.The book concludes with a pedagogical lyric diction guide and lists of resources for obtaining sheet music.Afrikaans Art Song Literature is an invaluable book for all musicians who want to perform or teach this little-known repertoire worthy of inclusion among the greats of the art song literature canon.