10 April 2012

BOSS!

BOZA! 
© Farouk Asvat 

Boza! Jy het die kar
En jy het die sjhêld, Boza!
En ek, ek het die fok'all.

S'trues god! Boza,
Ons is nie die Mandelas
Ons soek net 'n paar cents
Om die brood te koop my Koning
Wan' my mag hy huil

Ag please, Boza!
Ek wil nes die Mandelas:
'n bloed rooi Mercedes
'n spier wit mansion
En Amandla!
Georgio Armani!
Awethu!


© farouk asvat

* original composed: 12.06.1990 [Johannesburg, South Africa, under apartheid].
# english translation by farouk asvat: 2006 [Johannesburg, South Africa, under new 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:

Boss!' # / Boza! * was previously published in:

     The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (piquant publications, p44, 2007); #
     Bra Frooks … (piquant publications, p32, 2007); *
     https://faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com (10.04.2012); * #
     https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com (28.10.2014); * #
     Bra Frooks … (kindle, 2014); *
     Bra Frooks …  (paperback, p29, 2014); *
     The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (kindle, 2014); #
     The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (paperback, p42, 2014) #.
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<> blog archive: 10 april 2012
<> blog archive: 28 october 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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[] WIETIE WHAT-WHAT:

BOSS!  
© Farouk Asvat  

Boss! You got the car,
And you got the money, Boss!
And I, I got the fok'all.

S'trues God! my Boss,
We are not the Mandelas,
We only want a few cents
To buy the bread, my King,
'Cause my stomach he cries.

Ag please, Boss!
I wannabe jus' like the Mandelas:
A blood red Mercedes
A pure white mansion
An' Power!
Georgio Armani!
Is ours!


© farouk asvat

# english translation by farouk asvat: 2006 [Johannesburg, South Africa, under new apartheid].

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