streetwise: December 2012

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

THE PSEUDO-INTELLECTUALS

THE PSEUDO-INTELLECTUALS

The intellectuals

From the college of little knowledge

Still talk about Marxism

Analyse the situation

To say 'The time is not ripe for a revolution'

But the children are already rioting

An' the workers are already on strike

An' the terrorists are already on the border

But the intellectuals still waver.

It's the wiseguys on the corner who say

The days of the law are numbered

original composed *: 1976 [Johannesburg, South Africa under apartheid]

english translation #: by farouk asvat: 2006.

[] Acknowledgements:

The Pseudo-Intellectuals # /

Die Kamma-Intellectuals * was previously published in:

The Time Of Our Lives (black thoughts publications, p59, 1982); *

Vuka (Crescent, Durban, p16, 1981); *

Benoni Students' Movement (Actonville, 5th annual soccer tournament, p58, 1982); *

University Students Bursary Committee (University of Witwatersrand, p9, 1982); *

Race and Literature 15 Hein Willemse,

"Maa' Die Manne Waver Nog: Jonger Swart Afrikaanse Skrywers,"

ed C Malan, O Burgess (Censal Publication, Pinetown, p197, 1987); *

Bra Frooks … (piquant publications, p13, 2006); *

The Time Of Our Lives (piquant publications, p14, 2007); #

Straight Talk From Bra Frooks: the legend of farouk asvat by Mphutlane wa Bofelo:

www . kaganof . com / kagablog (08.11.2007) #

Botsotso on line (2007) #

Islamic Focus #14 (CIP, p5, December 2007) #

Al Qalam (2007) #

www.faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com (25.12.2012);. *

www.faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com (05.08.2014);.#

Bra Frooks … (amazon kindle, 2014); *

Bra Frooks … (amazon paperback, p8, 2014); *

The Time Of Our Lives (amazon kindle, 2014). #

The Time Of Our Lives (amazon paperback, p14, 2014). #

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the NOVEL Sadness In The House Of Love by Farouk Asvat

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the NOVEL The Gathering Of The Storm by Farouk Asvat

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the anthology I Dream In Long Sentences by Farouk Asvat

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the anthology The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs by Farouk Asvat

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the anthology A Celebration Of Flames by Farouk Asvat

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the anthology The Time Of Our Lives by Farouk Asvat

is now available on amazon: paperback @ $10 & kindle @ only $5

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the anthology Bra Frooks … by Farouk Asvat

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the collection of literary essays Weapons of Words by Farouk Asvat

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Farouk Asvat asserts his moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

No part of this publication may be reproduced by any means whatsoever, or transmitted in any form or any means whatsoever, mechanical or electronic, including recording, printing, photocopying, or via any computerised means or media, including the internet. This publication shall also not be stored in a retrieval system. And the writing shall not be sold, lent, hired, resold or circulated in any form or binding or cover other than that in which it is published,

without the prior permission of the author in writing.

Permission to publish or reproduce the writings in any format can be obtained from the author.

Reproduction of this work without permission, except for scholarly & nonprofit purposes,

is liable to a payment of 10, 000 ren men bi or US$ 1,500.

farouk asvat can be contacted at: farouk.asvat@gmail.com

[] please check out my blogs @:

poems: www.faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com

weapons of words: www.faroukasvat-viewpoint.blogspot.com

piquante: www.faroukasvat-piquant.blogspot.com

piqued: www.faroukasvat-piqued.blogspot.com

books by farouk asvat: www.faroukasvat-books.blogspot.com

[] also link up on:

google+: www.google.com/+faroukasvat

linkedin: www.linkedin.com/farouk-asvat

facebook: www.facebook.com/faroukasvat

youtube: www.youtube.com/c/faroukasvat

twitter: www.twitter.com/faroukasvat

amazon kindle author @ www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat

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[] WIETIE WHAT-WHAT:

DIE KAMMA-INTELLECTUALS

Die intellectuals

Van'ie college van min knowledge

Praat nog van Marxism

Analyse die situation

Omtesê, 'The time is not ripe for a revolution.'

Maa' die kin'ers riot al

En'ie workers is al op strike

En'ie terrorists is al op'ie border

Maa' die intellectuals waver nog.

Dis die ou roekers op'ie corner wat sê

Die law se dae is genommer

original composed: 1976 [Johannesburg, South Africa under apartheid]

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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the NOVEL Sadness In The House Of Love by Farouk Asvat

is now available on amazon: paperback @ $15 & kindle @ only $5

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

THE IMAAM

THE IMAAM

Allah the Highest said in the Qur'an

You must keep your mouths shut,

The Imaam preaches in the shebeen;

Hook-me-Allah

He chants at the harlot's

Who only eats halaal food.

So the community excommunicated him.

But Allah knows much better

Because the man had remembered him

An' spread the word in-between the people.

An' so Allah sent him straight to heaven

With a bottle o' booze.

* original composed: 1980 [Cape Town, South Africa under apartheid].

# english translation by farouk asvat: 2007 [Johannesburg, South Africa under new apartheid].

[] Acknowledgements:

The Imaam # / Die Imaam * was previously published in:

The Time Of Our Lives (black thoughts publications, p58, 1982); *

The Time Of Our Lives (piquant publications, p15, 2007); #

Bra Frooks … (piquant publications, p14, 2007); *

Straight Talk From Bra Frooks: the legend of farouk asvat by Mphutlane wa Bofelo:

www . kaganof . com / kagablog (08.11.2007) * #

Botsotso on line (2007) * #

Islamic Focus #14 (CIP, p5, December 2007) * #

Al Qalam (2007) * #

But Is It Halal? : Khadija Patel

(blog: Worldly Fragments, 20.09. 2010);

www.faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com (18.12.2012); * #

www.faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com (16.09.2015); * #

Bra Frooks … (kindle, 2014); *

Bra Frooks … (amazon paperback, p17, 2014); *

The Time Of Our Lives (kindle, 2014); #

The Time Of Our Lives (amazon paperback, p15, 2014). #