KING OF THE
GUERILLAS
© Farouk Asvat
I am the king of the guerillas
I have come to fetch my name
Ek is nie hier om te lol nie
I have come to release Mandela
Not to bury his name
I have come to resurrect Biko
Wan' daa's net 'n quarter jumpas
Om by die koesta te kom
En dié is die laaste performance:
As djulle my nie alleen los
Môre riot ek op djulle
©
farouk asvat
original composed: 1985 [Johannesburg, South Africa under
apartheid]
[] 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:
King Of The Guerillas was previously published in:
A Celebration Of Flames (donker, p23, 1987); *
Koning Van De Guerillas: Dutch translation by Irene
Scheltes (1989);
Bra Frooks … (piquant publications, p27,
2006); *
A Celebration Of Flames
(piquant publications, p23, 2007); #
https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com
(26.08.2014);
Bra Frooks … (kindle, 2014); *
Bra Frooks … (amazon paperback, p11,
2014); *
A Celebration Of Flames (kindle, 2014); #
A Celebration Of Flames (amazon paperback, p14, 2014). #
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<> blog link: https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com
<> poem direct
post link: https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2014/08/king-of-guerillas.html
<> streetwise blog
archive: 27 march 2012
<>
streetwise direct post link: https://faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com/2012/03/king-of-guerillas.html
<> blog archive: 26
august 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)
¨ all my books are now available
on amazon: in paperback & kindle
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biography: https://faroukasvat-bio.blogspot.com
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KING OF THE
GUERILLAS
© Farouk Asvat
I am the king of the guerillas
I have come to fetch my name
I am not here to loiter
I have come to release Mandela
Not to bury his name
I have come to resurrect Biko
'Cause there's only a quarter hour
To get to the pad
An' this! is the last performance:
If you don't leave me
Tomorrow I riot on you
©
farouk asvat
* original composed: 1985 [Johannesburg, South Africa under
apartheid];
# english translation: by farouk asvat: 2006.
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[] KONING VAN DE GUERILLAS
Dutch translation by © Irene Scheltes
Ik ben de koning van de guerillas
Ik ben gekomen om mijn naam te halen
Ek is hier nie om te lol nie
Ik ben gekomen om Mandela te bevrijden
Niet om zijn naam te begraven
Ik ben gekomen om Biko te doen herrijzen
Wanʼ daaʼs net ʼn quartas jumpas
Om by die koesta te kom
En dié is die laaste performance
As djulle my nie los
Môre riot ek op djulle
Dutch translation by kind
permission of © Irene
Scheltes
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the NOVEL Sadness In The House Of
Love by Farouk
Asvat
is now available on amazon: in paperback @ $15 & kindle @ only $5
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