LAS' BUS
© Farouk Asvat
(the
7 o' clock bus to Lenz)
Blue sky blue smoke and bluegums
In
the evening haze
As
the landscape passes
In
fleeting window frames:
Tired and languid.
Inside,
in the overcrowded space
Dagga
smoke and cigarette haze mix with the booze,
And
Pakree here at the back shouts:
• "Eh, Devlin, what you doing with
that little girl?
Your chando - sari wife waiting for you,
give you big hiding."
•
'Heit, howzit?!'
• "Ah smooth basin, one way."
• 'Hey Bro', send the beer;
we know you won by the horses again.'
•
"Strues god ninyani kapella tickey-for-free;
ai, but the bus is full, Jack."
• 'The driver is blind;
he won't hear you.'
•
"Prrrt. Prrrt.
Mr Dinath, can you come drive this bus for
us?"
• 'Sorry, the boss is enjoying
biryani.'
©
farouk asvat
* original composed: 08.12.1980
[Johannesburg, South Africa under apartheid]
[the day john lennon was killed]
# english
translation by farouk asvat: 2006 [Johannesburg, South Africa under new apartheid].
[] Acknowledgements:
Las' Bus * / Las' Bus # was previously published in:
The Time Of Our Lives
(black thoughts publications, p72, 1982); *
Botsotso 12 (Botsotso,
Johannesburg, p59, 2002); *
Bra Frooks … (piquant publications,
p15, 2006); *
The Time Of Our Lives (piquant publications, p20, 2007); #
www.faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com
(24.04.2012); * #
www.faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com
(11.11.2014); * #
Bra Frooks … (kindle, 2014); *
Bra Frooks … (amazon paperback, p16, 2014); *
The Time Of Our Lives (kindle, 2014); #
The Time Of Our Lives (amazon paperback,
p20, 2014). #
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● Sadness In The House Of Love (novel)
● The Gathering Of The Storm (novel)
● I Dream In Long Sentences (poetry)
● The Wind Still Sings Sad
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● A Celebration Of Flames (poetry)
● The Time Of Our Lives (poetry)
● Bra Frooks … (poetry)*
● The Paanies Are Coming (short
stories)*
● In The
House Of Love (novel)*
● Weapons Of Words
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[] WIETIE WHAT-WHAT:
LAS' BUS
© Farouk Asvat
(the
7 o' clock bus to Lenz)
Blue sky blue smoke and bluegums
In the
evening haze
As the
landscape passes
In fleeting
window frames:
Tired and languid.
Inside, in
the overcrowded space,
Dagga smoke
and cigarette haze mix with the booze:
And Pakree
here at the back shouts:
• "Eh Devlin, what you doing with
that pôrie?
Your chando-sarrie wife waiting for you,
give you big hiding."
•
"Heit, hoezit?!"
• 'Ah smooth basin, one way.'
• "Hey Majieta, stuur die bier;
Ons
ken jy't weer gewen byrie pêrre."
•
"Strues god ninyani kapella tickey basella,
Ai, maa' die bus is vol Jack."
• 'Die driver is blind.
Hy sal djou nie hoor.'
•"Prrrt. Prrrt.
Mr Dinath, can you come drive this bus for
us?"
• 'Sorry, the boss is chowing biryani.'
© farouk asvat
* original composed: 08.12.1980
[Johannesburg under apartheid, South Africa]
[the day john lennon
was assasinated]
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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