20 March 2012

A POOR MAN'S PRAYER

A POOR MAN'S PRAYER  
© Farouk Asvat  

Lord
Tchee 'n zoega
Maak 'n way daa'
Net 'n stukkie brood
En 'n half pint melk
Somme' soe saam met die freedom
Ag please tog Lord


© farouk asvat

original composed: 1985 [Johannesburg, South Africa under apartheid]
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[] WIETIE WHAT-WHAT:  

Bra Frooks is ...
                    []  nes 'n skollie
                    []  'n egte skollie
                    []  'n tsotsi
                    []  a real scamp
                    []  streetwise
                    []  the jokerman

Bra Frooks ...
                    []  praat soos 'n skollie
                    []  wietie soos 'n joster
                    []  wietie what-what
                    []  tunes like a durbanite
                    []  speaks like an englishman
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[] Acknowledgements:

A Poor Man’s Prayer was previously published in:

     A Celebration Of Flames (donker, p24, 1987);
     Gebed Van Een Arme Man: Dutch translation by Irene Scheltes (1989);
     Poetry 2000: an anthology of poems, ed T & F Oliver
          (Hodder & Stoughton, Johannesburg, p209, 1996);
     Bra Frooks … (piquant publications, p20, 2006);
     A Celebration Of Flames (piquant publications, p13, 2007); #
     https://faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com (20.03.2012); * #
     https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com (12.08.2014); * #
     Bra Frooks … (kindle, 2014); *
     Bra Frooks …  (amazon paperback, p9, 2014); *
     A Celebration Of Flames (kindle, 2014); #
     A Celebration Of Flames (amazon paperback, p19, 2014). #
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[§] Books by Farouk Asvat:

Sadness In The House Of Love (novel)
The Gathering Of The Storm (novel)
I Dream In Long Sentences (poetry)
The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (poetry)
A Celebration Of Flames (poetry)
The Time Of Our Lives (poetry)
This Masquerade (short stories)
Bra Frooks … (poetry)*
The Paanies Are Coming (short stories)*
In The House Of Love (novel)*
Weapons Of Words (comparative literature & literary criticism)

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A POOR MAN'S PRAYER  
© Farouk Asvat  

Lord
Give a sixpence
Make a way there
Jus' a piece o' bread
An' a half-pint milk
Just like that
With the freedom
Ag please my Lord


© farouk asvat

* original composed: 1985 [Johannesburg, South Africa under apartheid];
# english translation: by farouk asvat: 2006.

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GEBED VAN EEN ARME MAN 

     Dutch translation by © Irene Scheltes 

Heer
Tchee 'n zoega
Maak 'n weg daa'
Net 'n stukkie brood
En 'n halve liter melk
Somme' soe saam met die vrijheid
Ag alstubliwft tog Heer

     Dutch translation by kind permission of © Irene Scheltes

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