SUITE
© Farouk Asvat
My toppie meen ek makeer gebliksem
word
As
ek so rond neek met 'n boeshiemeid.
Maa'
strues god! my ma hoor my,
Ek nca
die show
En ek
kannie gebother wies met snaakse morality
En die lahnies, hulle speel met my
happiness,
En
die vrinne, hulle springbok my,
En die
gattas, hulle tchee my nie kop
Maa'
ek, ek tchee hulle min draad.
Omtesê
ek slaan nog kihtaar
En
wietie vannie gohvirmênt;
En
as ek my way het
Skop
ek die law tot in sy maai
Siezah! life is sweet like a lehmôn.
©
farouk asvat
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[] WIETIE WHAT-WHAT:
* 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
* original
composed: 1976
[Johannesburg, South Africa, under apartheid].
# english
translation by farouk asvat: 2007 [Johannesburg, South Africa, under apartheid].
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[] Acknowledgements:
Suite # / Suite * was previously published in:
The Time Of Our Lives (black thoughts
publications, p35, 1982); *
Bra Frooks … (piquant publications, p16,
2006); *
The Time Of Our Lives (piquant
publications, p21, 2007); #
Bra Frooks … (kindle, 2014); *
Bra Frooks … (paperback, p15,
2014); *
The Time Of Our Lives (kindle, 2014); #
The Time Of Our Lives (paperback, p21,
2014). #
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<> blog link: https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com
<> poem post
link: https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2014/10/suite.html
<> blog archive: 21
october 2014
<>
streetwise post link: https://faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com/2012/04/suite.html
<> blog archive: 03
april 2012
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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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[] please check out my blogs @:
weapons of words: https://faroukasvat-viewpoint.blogspot.com
piquante: https://faroukasvat-piquant.blogspot.com
streetwise: https://faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com
quran lectures: https://faroukasvat-quran.blogspot.com
biography: https://faroukasvat-bio.blogspot.com
books by farouk asvat: https://faroukasvat-books.blogspot.com
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SUITE
© Farouk Asvat
My father means I need to be beaten
up
If
I mess around with a coloured chick
But
strues god! my mother hears me
I
fancy the show
An'
I couldn't be bothered with strange morality
An' then,
The whiteys, they play with my
happiness
An'
my friends, they springbok me
An'
the cops too, they don't give me sense
But
I, I don't give them any rope.
To
say, I still strum guitar
Speak
of the gôver'mênt
An'
when I have my way
I
kick the law in its mother
Siezah! life is sweet like a lêmôn.
©
farouk asvat
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